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#31
10-10-2007, 01:07 PM
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Re: What\'s your vote worth?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] A better question: how much would you pay to buy a vote? [/ QUOTE ] I'd pay a penny a vote and buy up all the swing states. [/ QUOTE ] No you wouldn't, DOUCY? [/ QUOTE ] No. 
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#32
10-10-2007, 01:11 PM
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Re: What\'s your vote worth?
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How much would you pay for an actual elector's vote? [/ QUOTE ] I think the key here is how much would someone pay me for the elector's vote. Assuming there was a free market for elector's votes and considering that something like $500 million was spent on the 2004 general election, I imagine the value of one elector's vote would be in the $1-5 million range. Same goes for buying ordinary votes. The campaigns spent about $200/vote in the swing states with perhaps another $100 spent by independent groups.
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#33
10-10-2007, 01:40 PM
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Re: What\'s your vote worth?
With all this vote talk, why is voting not mandatory? Certain people are always saying men died for your right. So it's worth sending men to die, but not worth enforcing?
That is to say, peeps get fined on income taxes if they dont vote. (rant over)
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#34
10-10-2007, 01:45 PM
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Re: What\'s your vote worth?
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] A better question: how much would you pay to buy a vote? [/ QUOTE ] I'd pay a penny a vote and buy up all the swing states. [/ QUOTE ] No you wouldn't, DOUCY? [/ QUOTE ] No. [/ QUOTE ] 
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#35
10-10-2007, 01:57 PM
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Re: What\'s your vote worth?
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With all this vote talk, why is voting not mandatory? Certain people are always saying men died for your right. So it's worth sending men to die, but not worth enforcing? That is to say, peeps get fined on income taxes if they dont vote. (rant over) [/ QUOTE ] Because we are a free people. People didn't die to vote, they died to rid themselves of an unjust government.
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#36
10-10-2007, 02:04 PM
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Re: What\'s your vote worth?
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With all this vote talk, why is voting not mandatory? Certain people are always saying men died for your right. So it's worth sending men to die, but not worth enforcing? That is to say, peeps get fined on income taxes if they dont vote. (rant over) [/ QUOTE ] Most people who don't vote don't care. Do you really want people who don't care voting? I wish more people wouldn't vote.
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#37
10-10-2007, 02:24 PM
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Re: What\'s your vote worth?
Wow, alot of you completely suck at hypothetical situations.
A. Random US Citizen: 50K B. Random person on the planet: 100K C. Opposite views: 500K I vote based on what I think will be best for me first and foremost, and what I think will be best for everyone else secondarily. By taking money for my vote I'm doing what's best for me.
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#38
10-10-2007, 03:44 PM
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Re: What\'s your vote worth?
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* George W. Bush (R) $367,227,801 / 62,040,610 = $5.92 / vote * John Kerry (D) $326,236,288 / 59,028,111 = $5.52 * Ralph Nader (i) $4,566,037 / 463,653 = $9.85 * Michael Badnarik (L) $1,093,013 / 397,265 = $2.75 * Michael Peroutka (C) $709,087 / 144,498 = $4.91 [/ QUOTE ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...ection%2C_2004
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#39
10-10-2007, 03:59 PM
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Re: What\'s your vote worth?
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[ QUOTE ] * George W. Bush (R) $367,227,801 / 62,040,610 = $5.92 / vote * John Kerry (D) $326,236,288 / 59,028,111 = $5.52 * Ralph Nader (i) $4,566,037 / 463,653 = $9.85 * Michael Badnarik (L) $1,093,013 / 397,265 = $2.75 * Michael Peroutka (C) $709,087 / 144,498 = $4.91 [/ QUOTE ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...ection%2C_2004 [/ QUOTE ] Nice find.
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#40
10-10-2007, 05:48 PM
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Re: What\'s your vote worth?
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* George W. Bush (R) $367,227,801 / 62,040,610 = $5.92 / vote * John Kerry (D) $326,236,288 / 59,028,111 = $5.52 * Ralph Nader (i) $4,566,037 / 463,653 = $9.85 * Michael Badnarik (L) $1,093,013 / 397,265 = $2.75 * Michael Peroutka (C) $709,087 / 144,498 = $4.91 [/ QUOTE ] Interesting that the least "big-government" candidate spent less per vote than the most.
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