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View Poll Results: Are Americans smart enough to place an informed vote?
Yes 1 2.27%
No 7 15.91%
After reading these threads I have my doubts. 28 63.64%
It's a right! Leave it at that! 8 18.18%
Voters: 44. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 10-25-2008, 11:13 AM
 
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I don't know about their level of intelligence, but there were a lot of angry faces on line to vote yesterday...
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Old 10-25-2008, 11:20 AM
 
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I have no problem with anyone who has studied the issues voting for either candidate. There are differences. A person should vote for his or her vision of America based on the issues. Unfortunately, many of us on both sides vote for only one issue--gay rights, marriage between a man and a woman, abortion, pro-choice, etc. These are almost non-issues because they are decided in the states or by Congress or the Supreme Court. It scares me when a voter looks at only one issue.

Scarier is when voters don't do research and believe the lies that are spread about on the internet for each candidate--even when the lies are beyond belief.

I don't know what the answer is, but we need to do something to make sure voters are informed. Our candidates certainly don't help with their lying ads based on fear and "loaded" words.
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