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<blockquote data-quote="wkmac" data-source="post: 677515" data-attributes="member: 2189"><p>But even still, there's <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140704235902/http://c4ss.org/content/1767" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">more good news</span> </a>to be found! Since more and more I've suggested voting "None of the above" like the 65% in Mass. did, I'd say "my candidate" did win if one were truly counting the majority. Even in the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/05/uselection-voting-turnout-obama-mccain" target="_blank"><span style="color: red">2008' election</span></a>, 36% choose "none of the above" so what would happen and what would the message be if with that 36% another 30% who went to the polls turned in a blank ballot or just voted on local candidates and issues? When you factor in the 36% no matter who you declare the winner, the larger majority still voted against so now where does this leave the illusion of democracy at?</p><p></p><p><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/happy-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":happy-very:" title="Happy Very :happy-very:" data-shortname=":happy-very:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wkmac, post: 677515, member: 2189"] But even still, there's [URL='https://web.archive.org/web/20140704235902/http://c4ss.org/content/1767'][COLOR=red]more good news[/COLOR] [/URL]to be found! Since more and more I've suggested voting "None of the above" like the 65% in Mass. did, I'd say "my candidate" did win if one were truly counting the majority. Even in the [URL='http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/05/uselection-voting-turnout-obama-mccain'][COLOR=red]2008' election[/COLOR][/URL], 36% choose "none of the above" so what would happen and what would the message be if with that 36% another 30% who went to the polls turned in a blank ballot or just voted on local candidates and issues? When you factor in the 36% no matter who you declare the winner, the larger majority still voted against so now where does this leave the illusion of democracy at? :happy-very: [/QUOTE]
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