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calculusninja wrote:
Stephen colbert could seriously win if he wanted to.
You honestly think that the majority of voting-age Americans would actually cast a vote for him?
Maybe he could get a few percent of the vote, but surely you can't actually believe he'd have a chance at getting even close to winning.
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keep in mind that the people in this great nation actually elected JFK and Ronald Reagan into presidency, as well as putting Arnold in office in California. Seeing as history is typically doomed to repeat itself, I'd say yes, there is a pretty decent change in hell he could be elected. People tend to prefer the familiar over the unknown, those that have watched the Colbert Report possibly feel that they know him better than some of the other "newbies" running for office.
I, however, cannot say whether or not him getting elected would be a good thing...
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ShadowCat38 wrote:
keep in mind that the people in this great nation actually elected JFK and Ronald Reagan into presidency, as well as putting Arnold in office in California. Seeing as history is typically doomed to repeat itself, I'd say yes, there is a pretty decent change in hell he could be elected. People tend to prefer the familiar over the unknown, those that have watched the Colbert Report possibly
I, however, cannot say whether or not that would be a good thing...
Yeah, but I think you are projecting the percentage of COLLEGE-AGE people who know who he is, onto the TOTAL voting population. I would bet money my folks have ZERO clue about who he is....
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jthxv wrote:
Yeah, but I think you are projecting the percentage of COLLEGE-AGE people who know who he is, onto the TOTAL voting population. I would bet money my folks have ZERO clue about who he is....
and I know for damn sure that my grandparents would say.. 'who'?
You honestly think that the majority of voting-age Americans would actually cast a vote for him? Maybe he could get a few percent of the vote, but surely you can't actually believe he'd have a chance at getting even close to winning.
I think we'd at least see a huge increase in voters in the 18-30 demographic. Perhaps not win, but I think he could get close. Besides, as Bush showed in 2000, you don't actually have to get a majority number of votes in order to get the presidency.
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Altaica wrote:
LoganHill wrote:
You honestly think that the majority of voting-age Americans would actually cast a vote for him? Maybe he could get a few percent of the vote, but surely you can't actually believe he'd have a chance at getting even close to winning.
I think we'd at least see a huge increase in voters in the 18-30 demographic. Perhaps not win, but I think he could get close. Besides, as Bush showed in 2000, you don't actually have to get a majority number of votes in order to get the presidency.
He wasn't the first...
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You honestly think that the majority of voting-age Americans would actually cast a vote for him? Maybe he could get a few percent of the vote, but surely you can't actually believe he'd have a chance at getting even close to winning.
I think we'd at least see a huge increase in voters in the 18-30 demographic. Perhaps not win, but I think he could get close. Besides, as Bush showed in 2000, you don't actually have to get a majority number of votes in order to get the presidency.
He wasn't the first...
I'm aware, and he probably won't be the last, but I didn't think a history lesson for everyone was really necessary when the Bush example is the most relevant one of our times.
You honestly think that the majority of voting-age Americans would actually cast a vote for him? Maybe he could get a few percent of the vote, but surely you can't actually believe he'd have a chance at getting even close to winning.
I think we'd at least see a huge increase in voters in the 18-30 demographic. Perhaps not win, but I think he could get close. Besides, as Bush showed in 2000, you don't actually have to get a majority number of votes in order to get the presidency.
he's done so many things since creating his own "news" show. I dont really think he would win, but he would increase voter turnout, and i think that would be doing a huge thing in america. i'de love to see the attacks on his campaign by other candidates too
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