St. Phatty
Active member
Personally, I admire Edward Snowden.
I have been wondering what would happen if American citizens wrote in Snowden's name on their ballots.
There is a side issue, the technicalities of write in state-by-state. Wrote about that below.
There was a specific election when a third party did 'throw' the election. In 1992, Perot got a big chunk of votes. Most of them Republican. I think the general feeling among history wonks is that probably the net effect of the Perot candidacy was to help elect Clinton.
So, the initial question raised by the idea of Ed Snowden being written in on the ballot is, what effect would that have on Hillary and Donald voters ?
I think there's a lot of young voters who are alarmed by Donald's public statements, most of the time where he just spoke his mind, other times when he was pandering to the crowd.
So that's part of Hillary's "base."
Part of Trump's core voter base is the many American who have lost trust & respect for the US government and/or the US political process.
The 'government rebellion' vote, call it whatever you want.
I think that is part of Trump's appeal.
Snowden being young, and certainly a prime example of rebellion against the US government, would appeal to both young voters (who might otherwise vote for Hillary) and "don't trust the US government/ conventional political parties anymore" vote.
I think part of the demographics is that the latter, the 'don't trust the US gov' Trump voter, is also age related. I think these folks tend to be older.
So, I'm just curious what IC Mag'ers think. I can't afford to spend $1 Million on a multi-city poll, that money would obviously be better spent on seeds
I have been wondering what would happen if American citizens wrote in Snowden's name on their ballots.
There is a side issue, the technicalities of write in state-by-state. Wrote about that below.
There was a specific election when a third party did 'throw' the election. In 1992, Perot got a big chunk of votes. Most of them Republican. I think the general feeling among history wonks is that probably the net effect of the Perot candidacy was to help elect Clinton.
So, the initial question raised by the idea of Ed Snowden being written in on the ballot is, what effect would that have on Hillary and Donald voters ?
I think there's a lot of young voters who are alarmed by Donald's public statements, most of the time where he just spoke his mind, other times when he was pandering to the crowd.
So that's part of Hillary's "base."
Part of Trump's core voter base is the many American who have lost trust & respect for the US government and/or the US political process.
The 'government rebellion' vote, call it whatever you want.
I think that is part of Trump's appeal.
Snowden being young, and certainly a prime example of rebellion against the US government, would appeal to both young voters (who might otherwise vote for Hillary) and "don't trust the US government/ conventional political parties anymore" vote.
I think part of the demographics is that the latter, the 'don't trust the US gov' Trump voter, is also age related. I think these folks tend to be older.
So, I'm just curious what IC Mag'ers think. I can't afford to spend $1 Million on a multi-city poll, that money would obviously be better spent on seeds
and not one standing american in sight
