I'd say it's a stroke of genius from the Alabama Republican Party if they had anything to do with this.
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Interesting
So one could technically vote for Roy Moore without actually voting for Roy Moore. You would just have to pick the straight Party voting option, and color in the box with the elephant. Obviously the inclusion of the straight Party option for an election with only one race seems a bit redundant. But it may serve the purpose of allowing some of those on the fence to effectively cast a ballot for the womanizer girlizer without actually having to physically do so.
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Two choices to do the same thing means more chance to screw up, and if voters can screw it up we know they will.
I wonder if Alabama will soon have a bill to lower the age of consent after this?
Really, WP, when was the last major election the voters betrayed you?
but not personal tax cut
The Republican tax plan faces opposition from a majority of Americans. Over half disapprove of it – including four in 10 who disapprove strongly, and only one in five Americans expect their own taxes to go down. Though the plan finds support from Republicans who believe it will help the economy overall, only one-third of Republicans expect their own taxes to go down. Large majorities of all political stripes believe the plan will help corporations and the wealthy, but only one in three believe it will help the middle class.
Have we forgotten the 2000 circus in Florida??? Other examples abound, up to and including this most recent Presidential election, which was a literal farce.
Voters generally don't get everything wrong, but they never get it right either. THAT is the human condition, but what *I* am talking about is the propensity of an alarming number of voters to be so stupid that they wind up casting votes differently from what they intended. Given ANY excuse to do so.
Special election, flawed candidate(s), it seems like a recipe for a low voter turnout in Alabama. Low turnout does sometimes amplify the influence of the more partisan voters who are swayed by extremist rhetoric. Which Alabama is hip deep in.
So who does that really aid more, Jones or Moore? Pundits are somewhat confused in addressing that question - I think, in any "normal" election in Alabama, the Republican is practically automatic and therefore Jones needs something drastically different, such as voters staying home. Therefore, were I him, I'd utilize that big advantage of funds and advertising to make people sick of the election, give up in disgust and stay home, and hope that enough Democrats and minorities can sneak out to the polls to snag a surprise win.
Republicans reliably go to the polls. Democrats? Not so much.
This "loophole" isn't going to save any evangelical piece of shit who votes for Roy Moore from hell.
How many evangelical scumbags vote "Alabama Republican Party" instead of "Roy Moore" will be a direct indicator of how far gone the evangelical movement is.
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