# A Presidential Poll for the Rest of Us **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 18, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040 "2004-03-18T16:18:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/1 "2004-03-18T16:18:11Z")
I have serious issues with **Omnipresent** ’s extremely limited presidential poll so I figured I’d open one that doesn’t place a ludicrously artificial restriction on the choice of candidates. Here, it’s absolutely fine if you don’t like either Bush or Kerry. I want to know who you’d _really_ vote for. Like **Omnipresent** , however, I don’t wanna turn this into a GD thread. No editorializing, just the name of the candidate, regardless of party affiliation, for whom you’d vote for president. I’ll post a tally when we hit 100 posts. So… me first. Nader. ---
**Author:** ![storyteller0910](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@storyteller0910](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/storyteller0910)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/2 "2004-03-18T16:22:54Z")
Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c67d28/32.png) [@Weird\_AL\_Einstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weird_AL_Einstein)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/3 "2004-03-18T16:31:37Z")
Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/4 "2004-03-18T16:39:27Z")
Bush. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/5 "2004-03-18T16:44:36Z")
Otto ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/6 "2004-03-18T17:12:47Z")
Kerry even though I normally vote 3rd party. ---
**Author:** ![Nametag](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nametag/32/406_2.png) [@Nametag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nametag)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/7 "2004-03-18T18:51:39Z")
Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/8 "2004-03-18T19:16:41Z")
Once, just once, before I die I’d like to participate in a presidential election that included a candidate that I could happily vote for. This year ain’t it. I can’t stand any of these guys, so I guess it’s going to be another case of holding my nose and voting for the least awful choice. That said: Bush ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/9 "2004-03-18T19:19:08Z")
Bush. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/10 "2004-03-18T20:04:24Z")
Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![DarkPrince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@DarkPrince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkPrince)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/11 "2004-03-18T20:08:28Z")
Whoever has the greatest chance at winning vs Bush, AKA Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/12 "2004-03-18T20:08:52Z")
Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/13 "2004-03-18T22:35:58Z")
Bruce Campbell. ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/14 "2004-03-18T22:43:38Z")
Richard Lugar ---
**Author:** ![Southerner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@Southerner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southerner)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/15 "2004-03-18T23:00:18Z")
Libertarian ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2004, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/16 "2004-03-18T23:25:56Z")
Anybody but Bush. AKA: Kerry ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/17 "2004-03-19T00:33:07Z")
Kerry ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/18 "2004-03-19T01:00:53Z")
I voted for him in 2000. I’ll vote for him in 2004 Dave Barry I’m not kidding. ---
**Author:** ![alphaFemale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecb155/32.png) [@alphaFemale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaFemale)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/19 "2004-03-19T01:05:04Z")
**Nader** , if his vote won’t split the democratic party. If it does, I vote **Kerry**. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2004, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/20 "2004-03-19T01:18:58Z")
> [@Exgineer](#): > > Once, just once, before I die I’d like to participate in a presidential election that included a candidate that I could happily vote for. Welcome to the club. Kerry. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040.md?page=2)