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spindles · 02-26-2007, 07:02 PM

I wouldn't vote for:
1. mormon - personally, I think it would be harder for them to be a credible candidate to me, whereas Jewish and Catholic are more mainstream.
2. 72 yo - people of retirement age should retire, not start running countries
3. 3 times married - I think if you've fucked this up three times, you probably shouldn't be running a country.

I think this kind of poll is hard because you don't have an actual candidate to vote for - you have no idea of their political leanings/policies/histories.

I think the poll just shows that people are likely to vote for people similar to themselves.

edit - I wonder why those specific religions where chosen? It would be interesting to throw a muslim and a protestant in there...

02-26-2007, 07:02 PM	#41 (permalink)
spindles Mine is an evil laugh Location: Sydney, Australia	I wouldn't vote for: 1. mormon - personally, I think it would be harder for them to be a credible candidate to me, whereas Jewish and Catholic are more mainstream. 2. 72 yo - people of retirement age should retire, not start running countries 3. 3 times married - I think if you've fucked this up three times, you probably shouldn't be running a country. I think this kind of poll is hard because you don't have an actual candidate to vote for - you have no idea of their political leanings/policies/histories. I think the poll just shows that people are likely to vote for people similar to themselves. edit - I wonder why those specific religions where chosen? It would be interesting to throw a muslim and a protestant in there... __________________ who hid my keyboard's PANIC button?