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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (6242)	11/15/2000 8:32:55 PM
From: Ron	Respond to of 10042

Anyone else notice the odd way the Bush politicians retreat to a cloistered abode in hard times? I really believe the main reason old George was not re-elected was his withdrawal to the golf courses during the height of Operation Desert Storm when young Americans were asked to kill soldiers of another nation. There was old George, talking on his cell phone, riding a cart around the greens. Now here is young George out on the Texas ranch, above the fray. Odd. Seems like they would be Dukes or Counts if they were in a monarchy. If a CEO operated that way, he would be out on his ass. As a matter of fact thats what happened to the CEO of Coca Cola when the Europeans got tainted Coke. He stayed above the fray until they were demonstrating against Coke at the supermarkets. Then he decided to pay attention. Sayonara. I really dislike Gore and Bush. Voted for door number three.

To: epicure who wrote (6242)	11/15/2000 8:49:43 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10042

Of course, what we are talking about here is those that fit into the population of people easily capable of understanding a linear ballot, but unable to comprehend candidates on the right with an arrow going to a middle hole. People that are confused by all ballots are not really part of the questioning here. Perhaps they should be, but whatever... It would seem that most people capable of following arrows to the middle from the left, would be able to follow arrows from the right. An arrow is an arrow. It starts someplace, and it ends someplace. Having said that, one must admit that the Buchannan votes are beyond expectation, at least IMO. Is the explanation that some people did not follow the arrow to where it ended, but just punched a hole nearby? Maybe. I know if I voted without reading glasses, I would have one heck of a time seeing where the end of the arrow was. But then, I would have had the same problem following the left to right arrow, as the right to left arrow. Some people, perhaps, wouldn't. One can presume (I think), that because Gore's name had the left to right arrow, which conforms to the normal reading direction, that people not able to follow that arrow to its end (for the most part), may have had similar difficulties with only a left to right arrow configuration in a linear ballet. Those capable of following a left to right arrow, may well have been capable of inferring, that the right to left arrow from another name to another place...may have correlated to an intention of voting for that other particular person. Who knows, however. People are complex, and are subject to many different influences; And voting can be quite stressful. As I said, IMO, the Buchannan vote is somewhat surprising. As to why??? The fact that all parties believed in good faith that they had designed a fair ballet, however, seems to make the question one for consideration of future prophylactic measures, rather than the impossible task of attempting redress for assumptions. Voter confusion should be kept to a minimum, and officials should be cognizant of an aging population.