American Political Poll

[Cloudbringer]

Well, despite being a registered Republican, I vote whichever candidate I feel is best...or along the lines of DM, whichever one I dislike the least! [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Yorick]

Originally posted by skywalker: I apologize for this blatantly American poll. If I was not so ignorant of political parties in other nations, it might have been a better poll. Funny how there are no "Real" Democrats responding yet. Mark

That's no excuse on an international forum. It's pretty exclusivist and offensive Mark.

Even your tag line after your 'apology' ignores that there could be "real Democrats" from other nations who've already posted.

[skywalker]

Well, I was pretty sure I would offend someone.

As for Democrat line, I was kidding and hoping to nudge a few to respond.

Mark

[Donut]

In Britain the two main parties are The Conservatives (right wing) and the Labour Party (right wing).

[Ar-Cunin]

with proportional representation (and a 2% minimum vote requred for representation) we have a lot of parties in DK. The ones currently represented in Parliament are (from 'left to right'):

Unitylist, Socilist PP, Social-democrats, Radical Left (center), Christian PP, Conservative PP, Left - The Danish liberal party, Danish PP.

PP stands for Peoples Party. There are several other marginal parties out there. Don't be too confused by the names (with 'left' in them) - they are traditional.

In the last election I voted Conservative in local election and Left in state election. These two parties currently form a coalition government. The Social-democrats is the main opposition party.

[Yorick]

Originally posted by Donut: In Britain the two main parties are The Conservatives (right wing) and the Labour Party (right wing).

And you Sir are as dry as burnt toast. Very good.

[Yorick]

Originally posted by skywalker: Well, I was pretty sure I would offend someone.

If you were pretty sure you'd offend, then why proceed with a post presuming everyone's American? Why not have a clarifier in your topic line: "US Political Poll" or "American Political Poll". It is the presumption and exclusivity which is offensive, not the content of the discussion.

[Melusine]

Actually I wasn't offended. Most political discussions revolve around America anyway, I'm used to it. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Seriously though, I didn't really mind. When I saw the poll options I just thought, oh well, can't vote and left the thread. [img]smile.gif[/img]
And it is true that since a lot of the people I know online are Americans, discussions DO tend to have a very American focus. No problem for me. If I want to discuss Dutch politics I do it with friends in real life, in chats or on Pandemonium. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[skywalker]

Does it help if I admit I screwed this up?

Crow appears to be my favorite meal this week.

I guess I should have called it the Inadequate American Political Poll.

Mark

And Yorick, I do not presume that everyone here is American. I'm not that ignorant, I was just not giving it enough thought.

[ 12-16-2002, 01:33 PM: Message edited by: skywalker ]

[Sir Taliesin]

Oh, you didn't screw it up to badly. I understand what you were looking for. As for how I vote, I'm have to go along with Cloudy. I typically vote Republican, but not always. In the Tennessee Governors race I crossed over and voted for a Democrat for governor (Bredeson). I just didn't find anything good for the other guy to vote for. But most of my concerns are best voiced by the Republicans.