# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/41 "2004-03-20T06:16:37Z")
John Edwards. Does it bother anyone else that about half of the people choosing Ralph Nader don’t even know how to spell his name? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/42 "2004-03-20T06:55:15Z")
> [@Lamar Mundane](#): > > Does it bother anyone else that about half of the people choosing Ralph Nader don’t even know how to spell his name? 😃 Yes. John McCain ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/43 "2004-03-20T06:59:45Z")
Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![Calliope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Calliope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calliope)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/44 "2004-03-20T07:01:02Z")
Bill Clinton. Failing that, I’d have loved to vote for General Clark. As it is, it will be Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/45 "2004-03-20T07:34:39Z")
Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![Anna\_Nimity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Anna\_Nimity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anna_Nimity)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/46 "2004-03-20T11:47:04Z")
Kerry ---
**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/47 "2004-03-20T12:46:59Z")
Kerry That’s cool. But, after you’re done, I’d like the break-down between Bush and Kerry. Since, that’s really what it will come down too. Not really interested in people writing in Grandpa Al Lewis for President! That was my point to the original post. ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/48 "2004-03-20T12:57:32Z")
> [@alphaFemale](#): > > **Nader** , if his vote won’t split the democratic party. > > If it does, I vote **Kerry**. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/49 "2004-03-20T14:48:36Z")
Kerry. There are some things that I absolutely refuse to support on any level. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2004, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/50 "2004-03-20T16:23:31Z")
Cthulhu or Libertarian…whoever has a better chance of winning. ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/51 "2004-03-21T14:29:07Z")
and is unlikely to so this year, I fail to see tha Democrats’ logic that my voting for Nader or the Libertarian candidate or even myself would constitute a vote “thrown away”. Instead of voting for the lesser of two evils, maybe I’ll vote for Evil himself–Evil being the narcissistic black cat who deigns to allow the humans in my household to share his home. He has a much better sense of right and wrong than does either Bush or Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/52 "2004-03-21T14:36:18Z")
Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/53 "2004-03-21T14:36:46Z")
Again, Kerry. Yes, my state will go for him come hell or high water. No, I agree he’s not an ideal candidate. I don’t care. I shudder to think someone from a contested state would hear me endorse a third party and not vote for Bush’s strongest opponent. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/54 "2004-03-21T14:46:03Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > But I’ll close my eyes and imagine I’m voting for Bob Kerrey. That guy can kick ass. _\_ Kodos. No, that other guy whose name starts with K. Oh yeah…Kerry (albeit reluctantly). And **Zenith** : don’t forget that Nebraska doesn’t award electoral votes on a “winner-takes-all” basis, so if you’re in Lincoln (which is more liberal than the rest of the state) a vote for the Democrats might help them pick up at least one elector. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/55 "2004-03-21T17:48:05Z")
I’d vote for Paul. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/56 "2004-03-21T18:37:33Z")
I’m voting for the white rich guy with the rhetoric. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/57 "2004-03-21T18:56:19Z")
Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/58 "2004-03-22T03:39:37Z")
Kodos. ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/59 "2004-03-22T05:45:08Z")
Bush. I’m kidding! I’m kidding! Kerry. ---
**Author:** ![AmericanMaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@AmericanMaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AmericanMaid)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2004, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-presidential-poll-for-the-rest-of-us/235040/60 "2004-03-22T14:42:09Z")
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