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Post by The Bishop on Dec 4, 2018 11:36:49 GMT
As far as I know, there isn't any literature on how candidates name length affects the vote. There are studies that suggest that a candidates surname affects voter choice - people with alphabetical names go at the top of the ballot and get more votes. That reminds me of my time at the University of Manchester. All student union elections had the candidates in alphabetical order. Or the did until the Internal Vice President (who was responsible for all elections) discovered a forgotten rule that in alternate elections the order would be flipped to reverse alphabetical. His name was Dave Watson! That does seem quite a sensible rule though...... |
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Post by andrewp on Dec 4, 2018 11:39:20 GMT
That reminds me of my time at the University of Manchester. All student union elections had the candidates in alphabetical order. Or the did until the Internal Vice President (who was responsible for all elections) discovered a forgotten rule that in alternate elections the order would be flipped to reverse alphabetical. His name was Dave Watson! That does seem quite a sensible rule though...... It does. Could easily be done in alternate elections. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2018 13:52:23 GMT
When I ran for the Standing Committee of the Oxford Union last term I went from being 4th on the ballot to 7th owing to another candidate being left off first time.
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Post by neilm on Dec 9, 2018 3:13:49 GMT
Very good episode on 88 election on Netflix What's it called? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2018 9:35:28 GMT
Very good episode on 88 election on Netflix What's it called? how to win the us presidency |
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Dec 9, 2018 9:54:38 GMT
how to win the us presidency Narrated by a certain Kevin Spacey if I'm not mistaken.. |
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Post by finsobruce on Dec 9, 2018 10:28:28 GMT
how to win the us presidency ....Without really trying |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2018 10:36:27 GMT
For Dukakis to win he would’ve had to flip the following states:
California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Vermont.
A tall order to say the least. It would’ve given him 272 Electoral Votes.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2018 10:55:19 GMT
For Dukakis to win he would’ve had to flip the following states: California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Vermont. A tall order to say the least. It would’ve given him 272 Electoral Votes. have a go www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/ |
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Post by The Bishop on Dec 9, 2018 10:56:22 GMT
Notable that quite a few states that *did* go Democrat in 1992 are not on that list.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2018 11:06:08 GMT
11 states can get you to 270.
California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas.
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Dec 9, 2018 11:14:05 GMT
For Dukakis to win he would’ve had to flip the following states: California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Vermont. A tall order to say the least. It would’ve given him 272 Electoral Votes. have a go www.americanhistoryusa.com/campaign-trail/Still got comprehensively defeated by 364-174 electoral votes and 51.2-47.8% in the popular vote. Came within 0.6% of winning California, which would have made it more respectable. |
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Post by Izzyeviel on Dec 9, 2018 11:31:24 GMT
how to win the us presidency Narrated by a certain Kevin Spacey if I'm not mistaken.. Not sure, but he does narrate another presidential election series which includes 1988. |
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Post by timrollpickering on Dec 9, 2018 12:07:20 GMT
Notable that quite a few states that *did* go Democrat in 1992 are not on that list. In 1992 one could have talked of a "Red Wall" * of 21 states that had voted Republican in all of the last six elections and seemed to give the GOP a firm advantage in the electoral college with 191 reliable votes, compared the Democrats with just 3. In 1992 Bill Clinton won nine of these states, comprising 118 electoral votes, and several of the largest have never come back. (* Well okay not in those terms as both "red = Republican" and "wall" came later. But the supposed lock was much assumed.) |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2018 12:28:09 GMT
Going into 1992, New Hampshire was a more reliably Republican state than many that Bush and Dole would go on to win like North Carolina and Virginia.
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Dec 9, 2018 15:20:28 GMT
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Post by Izzyeviel on Dec 9, 2018 16:55:53 GMT
Can't play it, don't have the manual?
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Post by pragmaticidealist on Dec 9, 2018 17:13:58 GMT
Can't play it, don't have the manual? Click on the power button in the middle of the screen, then press the numbers that correspond to your choice. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2018 17:23:43 GMT
Can't play it, don't have the manual? Click on the power button in the middle of the screen, then press the numbers that correspond to your choice. its a very technical game |
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Post by Izzyeviel on Dec 9, 2018 18:39:50 GMT
 Well I got it working... I lost as Bush 51-49. |
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