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Vadskye91
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posted November 01, 2004 06:13 PM |
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Results of the Global Vote
I made a thread a few weeks ago titled "non-americans can vote!" Poorly titled that it was, it had a link to a site that let anyone who wished cast an unofficial vote in the US election. The results were just released, and here they are:
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Dear global voter,
You asked to receive the results of the global 2004 presidential election. Your vote was one of 113,552 votes from 191 countries (confirmed votes from countries other than the US only). The winner is John Kerry (Democrat) with 77.1% of votes.
The votes are as follows:
Candidate Votes Percentage
Bush 10221 9.0 %
Kerry 87446 77.1 %
Cobb 4347 3.8 %
Nader 7622 6.7 %
Brown 2292 2.0 %
Peroutka 345 0.3 %
Badnarik 1279 1.1 %
The results have now been released to the media. Thank you for supporting our project, and may whichever candidate you voted for win on Tuesday!
For a more detailed technical breakdown of figures, click here
"Do you really think Americans care what you linguini-spined Europeans think about our election?" For encouraging feedback from US citizens, click here
Benrik Limited & Poke London
Interesting, no?
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Wolfman
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posted November 01, 2004 06:47 PM |
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No, it’s not really interesting. That was completely predictable. Most Europeans are far left of center on the American spectrum, which would rule Bush out as a choice.
Look you made it onto CNN.
It is interesting that Bush had the majority of his votes come from the Middle East though.
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Vadskye91
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posted November 01, 2004 07:27 PM |
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Yeah, that's definitely an interesting quirk. They must have really d Hussein.
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terje_the_ma...
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posted November 01, 2004 08:02 PM |
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No, it’s not really interesting. That was completely predictable. Most Europeans are far left of center on the American spectrum, which would rule Bush out as a choice.
If we are so far to the left, how come Kerry won? He's conservative by European standards...
And there are more parts in the world than just Europe and North America, is it not? 
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pitsu
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posted November 01, 2004 10:57 PM |
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Edited By: pitsu on 1 Nov 2004
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It is interesting that Bush had the majority of his votes come from the Middle East though.
Indeed, but if the nationality was determined by IP, also US troops in the middle-east counted as locals.
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Wolfman
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posted November 02, 2004 01:48 AM |
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If we are so far to the left, how come Kerry won? He's conservative by European standards...
And there are more parts in the world than just Europe and North America, is it not?
Wouldn't you vote to unseat Bush, and not necessarily vote for Kerry because you like him? I know that's what many Democrats here are doing.
The whole world only consists of Europe and North America, where did you learn your geography?
Seriously, I would be willing to bet most of those votes came from Europe and North America.
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Dingo
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posted November 02, 2004 01:57 AM |
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I'm pretty sure the votes didn't come from Kenya.
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Khaelo
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posted November 02, 2004 02:28 AM |
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There were quite a few votes from Australia. Given the recent elections there (and my imperfect knowledge of the candidates' positions), I'd be curious to know our Australian members' opinions of the GlobalVote2004 results.
Australia:
Bush: 681 (8.5%)
Kerry: 5725 (76.2%)
Other: 1103 (15.3%)
Total: 7509
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doomfreak
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posted November 02, 2004 03:02 AM |
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I thought more Aussies would have voted for bush as Howard won our elections again a few weeks ago. But I personally voted for Kerry, just like I voted for Mark Latham (Howards main opponent) in the Aussie elections.
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Dingo
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posted November 02, 2004 04:04 AM |
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Edited By: Dingo on 1 Nov 2004
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Why do foreigners want to vote for the American President? Is it really that big of a deal outside of America? I don't want to vote for the head of Germany, it's none of my buisness.
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Wolfman
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posted November 02, 2004 04:11 AM |
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The leader of Germany can't really affect your life very much either. The "Leader of the Free World" may have an effect on their lives.
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sirzapdos
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Open the pod bay doors, Hal.
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posted November 02, 2004 05:40 AM |
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Yeah, seriously. The President of the US is the most powerful person in the world. Period.
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this_other_guy
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posted November 02, 2004 06:16 AM |
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I thought more Aussies would have voted for bush as Howard won our elections again a few weeks ago. But I personally voted for Kerry, just like I voted for Mark Latham (Howards main opponent) in the Aussie elections.
People voted for Howard for his strong economic policies, not for his foreign policy with the US, so its not surprising that Bush didn't get many Aussie votes. Plus, the majority of Australian are against Bush's policy concerning the war in Iraq.
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TheRealDeal
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posted November 02, 2004 07:08 AM |
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Hey Hey Now! I'm European, and i'll vote for bush anytime.
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terje_the_ma...
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posted November 02, 2004 10:57 AM |
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Wouldn't you vote to unseat Bush, and not necessarily vote for Kerry because you like him? I know that's what many Democrats here are doing.
True.
But that's betraying your ideals; voting for someone you don't support. I can understand that other people do so, but I'd never do it (except in the more extreme cases. Hitler vs. Bush as an example. Bush'd get my vote ther, of course.)
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"Sometimes I think everyone's just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending to be brave is how you get brave, I don't know."
- Grenn, A Storm of Swords.
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted November 02, 2004 01:29 PM |
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VOTE NADERRRRRR!!!!!
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Wolfman
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posted November 02, 2004 01:35 PM |
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terje_the_ma...
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posted November 02, 2004 01:55 PM |
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"GREAT IDEA your Website! Let's put our energy together and bless John Kerry
as new American President! Let's vanish away the entire terrible Bush's Dark Power
on this lovely planet! I pray every single moment that terrorism will be replaced by cultural
understanding and RESPECT. We should honour FIRST to be honoured!
Blessed BE all of you out their in the world!
BE FIRST the blessing you whish to see in the world!
BE FIRST the love you wish to experience in your life!
BE FIRST the understanding in the subject you wish to be understood!
BE THE GREATEST VERSION OF THE GREATEST VISION OF WHO YOU REALLY ARE!
Love and Light,"
Sabine - Germany
If this hadn't been so long, I'd use it as a sig...
I thought of posting some of the American reactions to the poll as well, but I'd probably be busy the rest of the day with editing their cursing and offensive language and I simply don't have time for that
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"Sometimes I think everyone's just pretending to be brave, and none of us really are. Maybe pretending to be brave is how you get brave, I don't know."
- Grenn, A Storm of Swords.
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