the outcome of the election

[eppie]

Hi,

Seeing that the lounge doesn't have exactly such a thread yet, I thought it was time to start one. We could have all discussion over the result of the vote at this neat place.

As time goes by, George W. Bush seems to emerge victorious from this presidential election. Indeed about 250000 provisional ballots must still be counted, but John Kerry needs a major trend reversal to preserve his chances.
(see www.cnn.com)

My question to all that voted for Bush would be:

Why did you vote for him? What reasons influenced your decision? I'm really interested. Here in Europe (more precisely: Germany), most of us can hardly comprehend that choice. Please let us not turn this into flame bait, and try to restrict yourself to a short statement of 5 to 10 lines.

I'm not cagey about my own opinion: I would have chosen Kerry. Likewise would have 2/3 - 3/4 of all Europeans, as surveys show.

Thanks, Fragbait
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Same for me. I would probably vote for the green candidate but mainly against Bush.

I think (because you also see that here, (NL)) that the religious right influence outcome ussually very much. These people are often only interested in a candidate that is against abortion, euthanasia, gay marriage etc. For these people the rest is less important, and they will never think about voting democrat even if the candidate would promise to give them a 50,000 dollar christmas bonus. Voting against a certain candidate just because he is religious does not happen often. This difference would for sure account for several % of the voters.