I put Middle Earth Journal in hiatus in May of 2008 and moved to Newshoggers.
I temporarily reopened Middle Earth Journal when Newshoggers shut it's doors but I was invited to Participate at The Moderate Voice so Middle Earth Journal is once again in hiatus.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Who wouldn't you vote for?

I have said all along that the election in 2008 will be decided by people who vote for third party candidates or just stay home. With that in mind the latest Zogby Poll is interesting.

The question was "Whom would you NEVER vote for for President of the U.S.?" Now I'm not clear if people could name more than one candidate. Fifty percent of those questioned said they would never vote for Hillary Clinton while only forty three percent said they would never vote for Rudi Giuliani. The question arises is how many would not vote for either one of them. I would guess there would be some over lap since a big chunk of the Christian Taliban would not find either one of them acceptable. The two candidates with the least negative rating were Democrat Bill Richardson and Republican Mike Huckabee.

Now I don't see the "winner" in 2008 getting close to fifty percent of the popular vote. Third party candidates are going to syphon off a lot of voters. Second point is a lot of people are simply not going to vote both on the left and the right; there is an incredible amount of dissatisfaction with the crop of candidates. Given that Hillary's high negative approval doesn't mean she can't win but it does mean she is going to have to work at it.

Update
As those of you who read this blog know I'm not a Hillary fan. The below is from comments:
We of the Democrats Against Hillary must agree. Watch this video and make up your own mind-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_gI-_wQvQY

If anyone in the world had the information and experience to see the truth about Iraq, it was Hillary Clinton. But she favored her electability over her integrity and traded votes for death. HILLARY KNEW.

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous10:49 PM

    We of the Democrats Against Hillary must agree. Watch this video and make up your own mind-

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_gI-_wQvQY

    If anyone in the world had the information and experience to see the truth about Iraq, it was Hillary Clinton. But she favored her electability over her integrity and traded votes for death. HILLARY KNEW.

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