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With 32,071 voters casting ballots, Democrat Clinton received 71.63% of the vote. Republican Donald Trump received 24.16%, and Socialist candidate Emidio Soltysik — the only third-party candidate on the ballot — received 4.22%....While the result of the Guam election has no bearing on the national election, it may be an indicator of how the rest of the country will vote. Residents here have correctly chosen the winner of each presidential race since 1980, when the first straw poll for president was conducted.
A Gallup poll released last month showed a 28-point increase in FiveThirtyEight employees savagely owning me in private Slack channels. Another recent poll from YouGov showed a 12-point bump (from the same time last year) in those who would pay to watch my lifeless body slide down the side of a mountain.
Quote from: Trim on October 27, 2016, 09:45:25 AMQuote from: Trim on October 27, 2016, 08:59:41 AMQuote from: Mrs. Gooch on October 27, 2016, 08:15:20 AMQuote from: Trim on October 27, 2016, 12:12:17 AMHalf-baked election idea:Election still decided by electoral votes, but to get the presidency the winner has to have gotten some minimum percentage of all votes cast nationally (40%?). If the electoral winner doesn't hit that mark, new election between new candidates. Voters are motivated to vote none of the above or write in something ridiculous if they don't like either.I need help thinking how the calendar for this would work to be able to get someone picked in time. Would parties need to have someone on deck if their 1st round candidates don't have what it takes?I like this idea but there are going to be complications on how you determine which ballots count in the "all votes cast". If the field is left blank, does that count? If they write in a fictional character, does that count? If they write in a name that was not an official write in candidate, does that count? Any ballot cast, no matter what it has on it - blank, absurd, whatever. Might have to lower the minimum % of those ballots won for the electoral winner to earn the presidency.An alternative method would be having a quorum on the number of ballots that have to be cast for the election to stand, but that would discourage voting on the non-presidential matters on the ballot. Maybe have an official "none of the above" or "abstain" option on the ballot that would be scored to determine if the electoral winner has enough national support to take office.The timing is the tricky part.You'd need a None of The Above option to differentiate between people who specifically want to vote for no one and people who don't want to vote for President at all but submitted their ballot so they could vote for other offices.
Quote from: Trim on October 27, 2016, 08:59:41 AMQuote from: Mrs. Gooch on October 27, 2016, 08:15:20 AMQuote from: Trim on October 27, 2016, 12:12:17 AMHalf-baked election idea:Election still decided by electoral votes, but to get the presidency the winner has to have gotten some minimum percentage of all votes cast nationally (40%?). If the electoral winner doesn't hit that mark, new election between new candidates. Voters are motivated to vote none of the above or write in something ridiculous if they don't like either.I need help thinking how the calendar for this would work to be able to get someone picked in time. Would parties need to have someone on deck if their 1st round candidates don't have what it takes?I like this idea but there are going to be complications on how you determine which ballots count in the "all votes cast". If the field is left blank, does that count? If they write in a fictional character, does that count? If they write in a name that was not an official write in candidate, does that count? Any ballot cast, no matter what it has on it - blank, absurd, whatever. Might have to lower the minimum % of those ballots won for the electoral winner to earn the presidency.An alternative method would be having a quorum on the number of ballots that have to be cast for the election to stand, but that would discourage voting on the non-presidential matters on the ballot. Maybe have an official "none of the above" or "abstain" option on the ballot that would be scored to determine if the electoral winner has enough national support to take office.The timing is the tricky part.
Quote from: Mrs. Gooch on October 27, 2016, 08:15:20 AMQuote from: Trim on October 27, 2016, 12:12:17 AMHalf-baked election idea:Election still decided by electoral votes, but to get the presidency the winner has to have gotten some minimum percentage of all votes cast nationally (40%?). If the electoral winner doesn't hit that mark, new election between new candidates. Voters are motivated to vote none of the above or write in something ridiculous if they don't like either.I need help thinking how the calendar for this would work to be able to get someone picked in time. Would parties need to have someone on deck if their 1st round candidates don't have what it takes?I like this idea but there are going to be complications on how you determine which ballots count in the "all votes cast". If the field is left blank, does that count? If they write in a fictional character, does that count? If they write in a name that was not an official write in candidate, does that count? Any ballot cast, no matter what it has on it - blank, absurd, whatever. Might have to lower the minimum % of those ballots won for the electoral winner to earn the presidency.
Quote from: Trim on October 27, 2016, 12:12:17 AMHalf-baked election idea:Election still decided by electoral votes, but to get the presidency the winner has to have gotten some minimum percentage of all votes cast nationally (40%?). If the electoral winner doesn't hit that mark, new election between new candidates. Voters are motivated to vote none of the above or write in something ridiculous if they don't like either.I need help thinking how the calendar for this would work to be able to get someone picked in time. Would parties need to have someone on deck if their 1st round candidates don't have what it takes?I like this idea but there are going to be complications on how you determine which ballots count in the "all votes cast". If the field is left blank, does that count? If they write in a fictional character, does that count? If they write in a name that was not an official write in candidate, does that count?
Half-baked election idea:Election still decided by electoral votes, but to get the presidency the winner has to have gotten some minimum percentage of all votes cast nationally (40%?). If the electoral winner doesn't hit that mark, new election between new candidates. Voters are motivated to vote none of the above or write in something ridiculous if they don't like either.I need help thinking how the calendar for this would work to be able to get someone picked in time. Would parties need to have someone on deck if their 1st round candidates don't have what it takes?
I know you mean curt and not that brain dead super relig qb.
Nate Tinfoil 60% clinton
Quote from: Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!) on November 08, 2016, 09:17:36 PMNate Tinfoil 60% clintonthat's not based on voting result tho, just a crippled version of his polls model. nyt has a model based on voting that's around 80% trump (jumps around a lot).
Clinton needs to do hari kari during her consession speech if she loses, imo
