Shannon Larratt is Zentastic

I'm working all day… The queue of images is quite massive… So now to keep my fingers crossed that the software does what it's supposed to do I guess.

Oh, and according to the latest polls on BME…

BME Poll-of-the-Moment:    How will you be voting in the next US election? I'm not an American!!!!:   41.53% Too young to vote:    9.95% I don't vote:   11.31% Democrat (ie. Dean, etc.):   17.54% Republican (ie. Bush, etc.):    7.74% Other (ie. Nader, etc.):   11.92%   1317 votes so far.   Return to BME   |   Suggest a new poll   |   Visit poll archive

Now, I realize there are certain flaws in this poll, such as the ommission of an “undecided” category, as well as the fact that the choice of Democratic candidate will of course massively swing the vote as well. However, I think it's important to note that as far as support from BME readers go, there is a strong majority that votes Democrat, and a surprising number that vote independent — even more than vote Republican.

In Canada, a while back, we had two “Progressive Conservative” govenments in a row (sort of like our equivalent to the Republican Party). Both were landslide victories and majority governments. However, by the end of their second run, the people were so pissed off at their lying and economic scams and corruption that they got so few votes that what had been a dominant major party actually lost their official party standing.

In my riding (an ethnic area that traditionally voted NDP, Canada's farthest left major party), even the Marijuana Party (who I voted for) received more votes than the Conservatives. So don't think it can't happen in the US as well. Assuming the voting system isn't rigged, if you get out and vote, not only can you defeat Bush, but you can potentially make the Republicans the “meaningless third party”.

Every independent poll I've seen has numbers similar to these. It's just the polls published in the (Republican owned) news media that present different numbers. Draw your own conclusions I suppose.