ext_35513 ([identity profile] cemeterygates.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2008-01-09 11:08 am
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Davis Square Area Presidential Poll

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[personal profile] ifotismeni 2008-01-09 04:30 pm (UTC)(link)
ah yes, but which stripe of liberal? moonbat? limousine? etc etc

[identity profile] thetathx1138.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Considering Hill's showing a lot stronger than in [livejournal.com profile] b0st0n I'd say the Square is actually surprisingly conservative.

I dislike Hillary's attitude towards censorship (she support federal legislation on video games), but then all the candidates kind of suck when it comes to free speech issues.
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[personal profile] ifotismeni 2008-01-09 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
i think age demographics might have something to do with it too -- this could be totally wrong, but i have a feeling there is larger ratio of, er, "young" voters to older ones in b0st0n than in the davis comm.

[identity profile] thetathx1138.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Obama's precedence bears you out. I have to wonder how HE'S going to play here. Boston is pretty much in the bag for him; most of the people leaning towards him sound like Boston residents. But the rest of the state? Who knows?

What I'm wondering is what'll happen if there are two candidates who are so close in delegates that they might take the nomination if they can talk the superdelegates over to their side. The conventions might actually be worth paying attention to for once!

[identity profile] thetathx1138.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
That's because of her "inevitability" pitch. But if Obama has a strong showing and gets a lot of delegates behind him, they can quite easily change their minds.
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[personal profile] ifotismeni 2008-01-09 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I really hope so. The conventions and delegates have felt increasingly irrelevant as of late, it'd be nice to feel like the whole thing's not decided by NH and SC for once.

the rest of the state is really anybody's guess. where i grew up in MA it's pretty conservative so i see a lot of signs on yards for mccain and paul, a few for romney still. obama has little hold there. even out in the happy valley he might have a tough fight with hillary supporters.

this is why i don't do politics reporting :P i really don't have any expertise here.

[identity profile] thetathx1138.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm just glad that a woman and a black man are running so we don't have the usual P.C. wank about how "it's another white Protestant man blah blah blah."

[identity profile] anomie666.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
But then in the unlikely event that the democrats don't win the white house, its going to be RACISM! SEXISM!

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[personal profile] ron_newman 2008-01-09 04:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Right now it says 12 for Hillary, 21 for Obama, which I don't consider an especially strong showing by Hillary. But let's take another look here at the end of the day.

[identity profile] thetathx1138.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I saw that. I posted that comment when Obama had only a two-vote lead. :-)

[identity profile] anomie666.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Kuninich is the real moonbat, any everyone else is a limousine.

But I actually prefer the term "Mercedes Marxist".

[identity profile] thetathx1138.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Because you have an oxymoron fetish?

[identity profile] anomie666.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Its not an oxymoron, its ironic. It would only be an oxymoron if it wasn't true. These liberals are multi-millionaires.

[identity profile] thetathx1138.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, but you can't have a Mercedes if you're a Marxist. Unless you bought all the people a Mercedes.

[personal profile] ron_newman 2008-01-09 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Go far enough into Latin America and I'm sure you'll find some Marxists whose daughters have that name.

[identity profile] thetathx1138.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
:::looks at Ron's comment:::
:::considers possible tasteless remarks one could make concerning own comment:::

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[identity profile] closetalker11.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
I like "Starbucks Democrat."

[identity profile] anomie666.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmmm.

I just thought of a good one:

Sushi Socialist

[identity profile] somertricky.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Rush Limbaugh called. He wants his playbook back.

[identity profile] anomie666.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Did Rush say Sushi socialist? Damn, he can't steal my thunder like that!

[identity profile] closetalker11.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
HAH! Except I love sushi. Fish, please get in my belly.

I just like the Starbucks Democrat term because it so perfectly describes the way in which people who subscrube to the two main parties have changed in demographics, beliefs, and issue prioritization.

[identity profile] anomie666.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly, modern liberalism is a cultural phenomena as much as a belief phenomena. NPR listening, sushi eatin, soy latte drinkers. Its a big city coastal thing.

[identity profile] closetalker11.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I think the same thing about Neo-Cons (about being more cultural in political or issue-driven).

As far as I'm concerned, they're all full of crap.

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ext_36698: Red-haired woman with flare, fantasy-art style, labeled "Ayelle" (lrrh laughing)

[identity profile] ayelle.livejournal.com 2008-01-09 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
LOL