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Old 11-06-2024, 11:33 AM
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Old 11-06-2024, 11:52 AM
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Old 11-06-2024, 03:27 PM
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yes.. there are the Presidential choices that should be pretty much the same across the country.. then each state will list the Senate and House choices that pertain to that state/district.. and then any local races as well.. and any local initiatives.. my ballot in Sonoma County, CA was 4 pages for example (2 front and back)
Only, the President/Vice President (they are elected as a pair) are not elected by popular vote, but by a complicated system called the Electoral College, in which people actually vote for Electors, and not directly for their preferred candidate. It is possible to be elected president even if you received less popular votes than another candidate, if you received more Electoral College votes.
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Old 11-06-2024, 04:06 PM
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Only, the President/Vice President (they are elected as a pair) are not elected by popular vote, but by a complicated system called the Electoral College, in which people actually vote for Electors, and not directly for their preferred candidate. It is possible to be elected president even if you received less popular votes than another candidate, if you received more Electoral College votes.
true, but I was just trying to answer the question as it was asked
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Old 11-06-2024, 06:02 PM
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I rode my Serotta Legend to the polling place.

I know we're not supposed to be political, but I wrote in a vote for....

Ben Serotta *

* Disclosure: May or may not be true. Probably not. But then again possible, maybe, or not, could be, perhaps.
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Old 11-06-2024, 06:13 PM
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I rode my bike to forget about voting today.
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Old 11-06-2024, 06:35 PM
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I rode my bike to forget about voting today.
+1000. It actually helped quite a bit, in spite of gray skies, cold breeze and temp in the 40’s.

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Old 11-06-2024, 07:21 PM
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I rode my bike to forget about voting today.
And really hard too. Might even be soar tomorrow.
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Old 11-06-2024, 07:24 PM
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Glad that Paceline is a site that doesn't do politics.
Well... yeah, I guess.

OTOH, I must admit the most intelligent discourse about politics -- including dramatically antipodal polical views -- that I have ever seen on an internet forum was courtesy of Velocipede.com (aka, ATH) back when they were active in their OT subforum. Apparently some cyclists can talk comprehensively *and* respectfully about politics!

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Old 11-06-2024, 10:11 PM
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Well... yeah, I guess.

OTOH, I must admit the most intelligent discourse about politics -- including dramatically antipodal polical views --
back when they were
Apparently some cyclists can talk comprehensively *and* respectfully about politics!
I think back in the day was the key word. Then facts were basically agreed upon, now beliefs are facts. Hard to have common ground to build a discussion on in the current climate (oops, that is political).
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Old 11-06-2024, 11:42 PM
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Thank you Kiwi.
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