# Decision 2004: SDMB ultra-prelim straw poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 17, 2003, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012 "2003-10-17T14:37:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/21 "2003-10-18T06:20:17Z")
**Not Bush.** And I ain’t a partisan for _any_ party. Sadly, it’s a vote of No Confidence. [sub]I hate when that happens.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/22 "2003-10-18T13:28:43Z")
Not Bush. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/23 "2003-10-18T14:01:55Z")
Not Bush. Anyone who is less foreign-policy challenged. ---
**Author:** ![Menocchio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@Menocchio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Menocchio)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/24 "2003-10-18T15:37:49Z")
Not Bush. Dems unless Lieberman, in which case probably Green. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/25 "2003-10-18T16:14:30Z")
Not Bush. Koko the sign-language gorilla if necessary, but not Bush. ---
**Author:** ![sirtonyh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@sirtonyh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sirtonyh)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/26 "2003-10-18T16:14:49Z")
I am not an American, but please, please, please elect anyone except Bush. I’m not sure the world will survive another 4 years of this hate-mongering fundie ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Lisa-go-Blind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Lisa-go-Blind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa-go-Blind)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/27 "2003-10-18T16:59:05Z")
**Not Bush**. I will vote for whoever the Democratic candidate is, hopefully Dean. ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/28 "2003-10-18T17:08:18Z")
Not Bush. Any democratic candidate put forward. I’d even vote for Lieberman (although I would have to hold my nose), the democratic version of Bush. Bob Prefer Dean, though. ---
**Author:** ![Soup\_du\_jour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Soup\_du\_jour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soup_du_jour)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/29 "2003-10-18T17:26:47Z")
Not Bush. Dean is my main man. ---
**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:** [October 18, 2003, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/30 "2003-10-18T17:46:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVeblen \* > \*\*Sadly, it’s a vote of No Confidence. \*\* Me too. ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/31 "2003-10-18T19:43:52Z")
This coming election, I’m voting for the first time ever. **Not Bush** Possibly Wesley Clark **Not Hillary** I can’t stand her. She just rubs me the wrong way. **Not Lieberman** Big dork. _Hijack:_ How many people here are going to vote for this first time this coming election? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/32 "2003-10-19T00:15:32Z")
**Stephi** : Are you voting for the first time because you haven’t been old enough, or because you find this election important? FWIW, I’m 32, so I’ve been voting for 14 years. Does anybody have a recommendation for a relatively impartial website that outlines the differences between the Democratic candidates? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/33 "2003-10-19T00:42:39Z")
The unscientific straw poll is seeming to answer the earlier debate on whether this board leans left. That said… Bush. And I concur with milroyj. You anti\_Bush folks are doomed to eight years of pain, just as I and millions like me suffered between 1993 and 2001. ---
**Author:** ![Stephi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stephi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephi)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/34 "2003-10-19T00:49:06Z")
**Green Bean** Mostly because I’ve really never been pissed off enough about a candidate to go out and vote. And I never really had any kind of interest in politics before. Not that I have a _whole_ lot now, but I don’t know, I guess because I think it’s too important to not vote. Erm…I hope that answers your question. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SnoopyFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@SnoopyFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnoopyFan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/35 "2003-10-19T01:19:00Z")
I’ll be voting for **Bush.** And yeah, he’s gonna win again. Might wanna start thinking about running away to Canada, Dems. Karma’s a bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/36 "2003-10-19T01:22:13Z")
**Not Bush** And _this_ time, I’ll be in the majority. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/37 "2003-10-19T01:40:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > > Does anybody have a recommendation for a relatively impartial website that outlines the differences between the Democratic candidates? Try [http://www.vote-smart.org/](http://www.vote-smart.org/). ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/38 "2003-10-19T04:55:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dr. Rieux \* > \*\ ***Not Bush** > > And _this_ time, I’ll be in the majority. \*\* You were in the majority **last** time, but that’s not the way the system works! ---
**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:** [October 19, 2003, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/39 "2003-10-19T08:01:36Z")
Not Bush. Wesley Clark would be my top choice. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012/40 "2003-10-19T13:15:41Z")
**Bush**. I’m pretty confident he’ll be re-elected, but not certain. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decision-2004-sdmb-ultra-prelim-straw-poll/208012.md?page=3)