Author: Dan

Here are a handful of political sites that I thought were interesting. The Political Compass is site that asks you questions to determine where you fall on the political spectrum. It then places you on a grid. The horizontal (X) axis defines left or right economics, and the vertical (Y) axis defines social libertarian or authoritarian. I ended up at X -6.50, Y -4.36. That’s in roughly the same area as Gandhi and Nelson Mandela, according to this.

For a funnier test try How F**king American Are You?. According to this test I’m a bleeding heart liberal.

If you’re truly paranoid be sure to check out Propaganda Matrix.com – Exposing the New World Order and Government Sponsored Terrorism

This article just makes me want to scream, cry, yell, something….. Didn’t we learn from Florida?

Bush won the election. He probably deserved it, much as it pains me to say that. I mean even with a bad economy and what seems to be a perpetual war that we didn’t need to start, he still convinced enough people that he deserved another four years.

I think there are fundamental problems with the Democratic party. They do a decent enough job getting left wing liberals like me to vote for them, but that’s mainly an anti-Republican reaction, not a vote for the Democrats. That and a realization that none of the third parties stand a chance of electing anyone at the national level.

The Democrats have won three elections since Johnson choose not to run again in 1968. Carter’s 1976 win was in large part a reaction against Watergate and Ford’s appointment to the presidency. And of course Carter lost in a landside to Reagan four years later. Clinton won in 1992 against Bush due to a recession and force of personality. He won in 1996 thanks to economic prosperity and an unremarkable challenger in Bob Dole. While Clinton won the electoral votes and the election, he failed to win a simple majority of the popular vote. Although he got close in 1996 with 49.2 percent of the vote.

For more election stats check out President Elect.

In her blog Lori has a plan for the next Democratic candidate. Sounds like a good place to start.

There is an urban legend, a true one, that says if the Washington Redskins lose their home game just before and election, the challenger wins. The Skins lost yesterday to the Packers. This would seen to indicate a win for John Kerry. I knew I liked the Redskins for some reason.

Slashdot has commentay here and here. I voted early, are you going to vote tomorrow?

As of yesterday (Oct. 31) electoral-vote.com had Kerry ahead of Bush 283 to 246. 270 votes are needed to win.

Update: Today Kerry is ahead 298 to 231. Looking good, although I wish Tennessee wasn’t almost certain to go for Bush.