Just did this. It put me right on the line 1.62 to the left, almost 2 lines over, right in the middle between Authoritarian and Social Libertarian, -.05, so just slightly down.

Obama and Romney are far to the upper right. I'm out on my own. Seems kind of disconcerting. haha I'm making my way towards Gandhi.

+5.12 economic, -4 down so I'm clearly a libertarian lunatic.

Was 89% with Gary Johnson from the who I side with site.

The political compass test seems a little flawed to me. I tried as hard as I could to be a fascist, and I wound up in between Romney and Obama. It seems like they're trying to make a statement.

What astounds me about Obama and Romney is how close together they are - I mean they're virtaully the same! This is surprising especially when you consider all the talk on right-wing radio and the Fox News Channel blasting Obama for being an alleged socialist/Marxist/Communist radical extremist power crazy maniac bent on anniliating the free enterprise system and destroying America. The last place I expected to see Obama was where they show him on the graph. That result is so strange that I wonder if Obama and Romney actually took the test?

I think romnesia is going to stick.

A report just aired on CNN about a fairly young guy up in Virginia who was working on voter registration for the GOP. He apparently was caught in the act of destroying filled out voter registration forms by discarding them in a dumpster. (One assumes he was getting rid of the ones who identified themselves as Democrats.) He has been indicted on eight charges of voter fraud and will probably face prosecution.

One has the sense that of all the folks who were out registering people to vote, (on both sides of the political spectrum), it's doubtful that this one "true believer" is the only person to engage in such behavior. Of course, destroying voter registration forms (rather than turning them in) could lead to big problems on election day. If substantial numbers of people show up to vote, believing that they are registered, only to be told "Sorry, but your name is not on the list of registered voters so you cannot vote," that's liable to create a lot of consternation - especially if the "ineligible voter" happens to reside in a state where the race is very close.

After this race is over, Congress (and/or state legislatures) ought to tighten up voter registration laws and increase the punishment doled out to "workers" who destroy or discard filled out registration forms. I would even be in favor of making it illegal to have paid (or unpaid) workers going around signing people up. There's just too much opportunity for fraud and abuse with the way this process is handled now. There is undoubtedly a bunch of "shady stuff" (like this kid in Virginia) going on right now. When this kind of fraud gets out of hand, it threatens the integrity and legitimacy of the entire electoral process. If people believe their Government is important enough to care about and be involved in, they should be willing to make a trip down to their local courthouse to register in person. I did.

What kind of question is this?

Tom's test speaks in too many absolutes.

LOL do newspaper endorsements have any effect whatsoever? I'm sure that about 3.5 voters will be swayed by the Salt Lake Tribune's statement of support for Obama.

Note that this evaluation was for this year, not 2008. And this is before ppp switched to its LV model. I think their LV model is less tilted, but I could be wrong. But that might explain why they were pretty darn good in '08 but not as good this summer.

The only difference between the two is that 4 people died in one event and there are a lot of unanswered questions about why it happened. It's nice that all democrats conveniently are ignoring the issue because it will potentially hurt Obama in the election.

the deadcount since 2000


dems-4


gop-- has to be at least 100k killed around the world right? is that a low estimate?



gop should be bitching about welfare, and taxes, not people dying (don't have a leg to stand on imo)

I took this and got

Romney: 87%
Gary Johnson: 79%
Obama: 61%
American voters: 55%

The big headline: 55% of Americans agree with Antneye

Lol Anatta doubts every poll that doesn't support Obama.

FOs are not allowed in the staging locations on election days. We have to run our teams from an offsite location and are only allowed to talk to specific people. Our teams have to be fully self functioning.

I'm believing the theory that he had not done his job in time (have 15 days to turn in incomplete forms) and freaked out about getting fired and tried to get rid of the evidence. Mainly because he works for the GOP so most likely people from the Republican party would register with them and it would be very difficult for him to know which party they sided with as Virginia doesn't use that system on voter registration forms.

Still not a great look for the GOP but I'm not thinking it was some nefarious purpose other than this guy just trying to cover his ass and keep his job after messing up.

Chris Bowers created a simple, useful swing-state chart, now updated through yesterday. He'll probably update it continuously. It shows where each swing state stands as per 538, RCP and Pollster, and then averages the three of them.

https://docs.google.com/a/macalester...2RWc5V3c#gid=0

I wish I could figure out how to copy the chart over here. It's a nice way to get a quick overview.

Sam Wang's map, updated this morning.

Hmm, I must be the only one here with nothing else to do on a Saturday morning. So, I'll keep posting for myself.

Obama had huge fundraising day after the second debate. I think this is noteworthy not for its implications about the ability to spend, but for its implications as to possible rising enthusiasm for him.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics...sing-day-ever/

It shows that people working for a political party or a private company are willing and able to cause someone how is eligible and wanting to vote to not be able to. That's a flaw in the system. Where I am from registering to vote is between the eligible voter, the electoral commission and no one else (just like actual voting is). I cant see why for profit companies and political parties should be involved at all. If the answer is they make it easier for people to registrar then the solution is for the electoral commission to do just that. In this day and age I don't know why an eligible voter cant registrar on their way into the voting booth...

me: RAS was bad in 08 when it counted, in their final swing state polling they NEVER missed for obama. they were wrong by over 6-10 points often. they were the worst polling outfit in many states.

ike: look at the democratic primary in 08 and tell me they are bad.

I agree, you should have one stop registration and voting in all the states but the GOP hates that so it's not going to happen. Allowing 3rd parties to register people is not a bad thing though.

anatta you don't get to pretend for a second that what you've done is an analysis good enough to hold a candle to Nate.

Those are good points. I had never really given it much though. Some googling turned up a proposal that I can get behind:

Voter Registration Modernization

RAS just bad man.

lol where did anatta claim to be "better than nate'.