Is everyone else following the American election too?
I'm amazed at how close the popular vote is. Absolutely amazed.
The exact intricacies of their electoral system isn't something I understand very well. But it sure is exciting, eh?
You know how they label Democrat states 'blue' and Republican ones 'red'? Apparently, that's a recent thing. The colour labeling thing began so tv could show pretty graphics during election coverage. The parties actually alternated colours (ie red one election, blue the next) until the Bush-Kerry elections, when the massive amount of media coverage have now ensconced the blue-democrat, red-republican relationships into our minds.
Also, did you know that psychologists have done studies to show that teams dressed in red win more?
They're showing video coverage of all these line ups at polling stations in the states. Our recent Canadian elections had very poor voter turn-out. They need to revamp our system. People feel like their vote doesn't matter.
I'm amazed at how close the popular vote is. Absolutely amazed.
The exact intricacies of their electoral system isn't something I understand very well. But it sure is exciting, eh?
You know how they label Democrat states 'blue' and Republican ones 'red'? Apparently, that's a recent thing. The colour labeling thing began so tv could show pretty graphics during election coverage. The parties actually alternated colours (ie red one election, blue the next) until the Bush-Kerry elections, when the massive amount of media coverage have now ensconced the blue-democrat, red-republican relationships into our minds.
Also, did you know that psychologists have done studies to show that teams dressed in red win more?
They're showing video coverage of all these line ups at polling stations in the states. Our recent Canadian elections had very poor voter turn-out. They need to revamp our system. People feel like their vote doesn't matter.
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