Poker Played Its Part - Page 3

RoundGuy · #21 11-09-2006, 06:13 PM

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People can "take credit" all they want, but no politician with any electoral sense about him/her will believe that the pro-online-gaming constituency will play a significant role in vote tallies in their future.

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I don't know. Thinking about Leach in Iowa (my state, not my district), I have to wonder how in the hell he lost. This was one good, decent, positive individual that was loved by nearly everyone.

How do college students vote? Do they vote in their college district, or do they file absentee in their home district?

I can imagine one hell of a lot of pissed off University of Iowa poker players that may have voted against Leach, when otherwise they may not have bothered.

autobet · #22 11-09-2006, 06:18 PM

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I can imagine one hell of a lot of pissed off University of Iowa poker players that may have voted against Leach, when otherwise they may not have bothered.

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The college vote across our country could have been huge. If not, it can be next time with more time to organize.

flytrap · #23 11-09-2006, 07:19 PM

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I have no real way to determine in Ohio if poker swayed the vote. I, like many of you, have typically voted Repub. Of course, I voted Dem this time, and asked others too as well. If you pay attention to our elections, you'll notice that we are typically a Repub state, and we've had Repub Governors forever. We now have a Dem governor, and Repub Sen Dewine has been ousted by a Dem as well. Essentially, the Dems took over Ohio.

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Ohio is probably a very good example. Since to my knowledge there is no legal live poker in Ohio, I could definately see the Ohio poker players being especially upset at the online poker ban. Here in Michigan I can drive 20 mins to play in some decent NL games, but in Ohio you're SOL without the internet.

Bilgefisher · #24 11-09-2006, 07:34 PM

While I agree with many folks, that poker was not the key issue resulting in certain close raises swinging towards one canidate or the other, it can still be considered the straw that broke the camels back. (Any number of issues can be considered as such, but we need to champion our cause)

Power is perceived. If we want politicians to be wary of the average poker player who votes, they need to perceive poker as one of the key incredients in this years election result. So I say we do what it takes to give them that perception.

Archon_Wing · #25 11-09-2006, 07:53 PM

Given that the races were extremely close, I guess a straw would have a little impact. Not many people really know about the legislation due to the clandestine measures used to pass it. I guess if more people know, it would annoy them a little more and might have had some small impact. As of now, not really but it's fun to think about it as such.

WooIsMe · #26 11-10-2006, 02:53 AM

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I don't know. Thinking about Leach in Iowa (my state, not my district), I have to wonder how in the hell he lost. This was one good, decent, positive individual that was loved by nearly everyone.

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This election was about IRAQ. Republicans were voted out of office because it seemed the only way to get through Bush's thick skull.

GardenaMiracle · #27 11-10-2006, 10:22 AM

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I am a Reagan/Contract with America Republican. The strategy of pandering to the Religious Right (Shiavo, Stem Cell, Defense of Marriage, Internet Gambling, ad nauseum) obviously pissed of a lot more swing voters and libertarian republicans than it "energized the base", and made the difference in the election. I think it was pretty clear to the Religious Right that their boys are all ethically challenged anyway (Abramoff, sex scandals).

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I am amazed how many people I speak to fall into this category. I hope that a strong message was sent to any candidate, that America will not tolerate extremists on either side.

RoundGuy · #28 11-10-2006, 11:00 AM

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This election was about IRAQ. Republicans were voted out of office because it seemed the only way to get through Bush's thick skull.

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In the case of most Republicans you may be correct, but not in Leach's case. He opposed the war from the beginning.

jackaaron · #29 11-14-2006, 10:16 AM

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Root says, “This election was not won by Democrats. It was lost by Republican arrogance. Voters didn’t choose Democrats for their views- because they offered none. Voters certainly didn’t vote Democrat in support of higher taxes. They chose moderate to conservative Democrat candidates over the perceived religious and right-wing extremist GOP image created by Bush and Rove.

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This would describe my normally Republican vote for Democrats across the board.