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#701 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Last night I saw Obama, Mark Warner, Tim Kaine, and Jim Webb all on stage together.
__________________Keep an eye on us. Assuming all goes well polls close here at 7pm ET, and if we go blue it's over. |
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#704 |
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#706 |
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Studies Find a Candidate's Looks Matter
Jeanna Bryner Senior Writer livescience.com Fri Oct 31, 12:07 am ET Voters look for someone who appears both competent and attractive when choosing a president, at least when the candidate is female, finds a new study. If true, the reportedly astronomical fees spent on vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's appearance could have been right on the money. "Campaign managers seem to be ahead of the game in understanding that image really matters," said Joan Y. Chiao, a psychologist at Northwestern University in Illinois. "They know that, contrary to popular notions, people are not necessarily using deliberate and rational strategies in deciding whom to vote for, especially when it comes to women." Male and female voters Chiao and her colleagues asked a group of more than 70 undergraduate students, about evenly split between females and males, to judge a series of male and female political candidates on how competent, dominant, attractive and approachable they seemed based on their facial appearances. Then participants looked at images showing pairs of political candidates and indicated which candidate they would vote for in a hypothetical election for U.S. president. Overall, participants judged male faces as more competent and dominant than females. And the participants perceived female faces as more attractive and approachable than males. All participants were most likely to vote for candidates who appeared more competent. However, male candidates who appeared more approachable and female candidates who appeared more attractive were most likely to win votes. Both male and female participants in the study were most likely to vote for women candidates seen as attractive and competent. "Even female voters seemed to tap into the cultural expectation that women who are attractive as well as competent are more worthy of high status roles," Chiao said. The results, detailed online in the Oct. 31 issue of the journal PLoS ONE, diverged for male candidates. Male voters were more likely to vote for a guy only if that candidate appeared competent, while female voters preferred a male candidate who was both competent and approachable. Voting on the brain Another recent study also shows that facial looks matter for political candidates. The study, published online this week in the journal Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, suggests that negative views about a person's facial appearance could cost that candidate the election. The researchers used functional MRI scans to measure brain blood oxygenation of participants as they made decisions about pairs of political candidates based solely on the candidates' photos. The candidates had run in elections in 2002, 2004 or 2006. In some cases, the participants had to cast a hypothetical vote and in others they made character judgments about each candidate, including which of the two looked more competent to hold a congressional office or looked more physically threatening. When participants viewed photos of politicians who lost elections, in the lab and in the actual elections, brain areas associated with processing emotions showed activity. The results suggest negative evaluations of a candidate based on appearance affect real election outcomes, said lead researcher Michael Spezio, a psychologist at Scripps College and a visiting associate at Caltech. The researchers stress that the brain effects seen, while statistically significant, were small. In addition, the results likely only apply to voters who know very little about the political candidates, and in general, appearance is just one piece of the political puzzle. "We are not claiming that how the candidates look is all there is to the story of how voters make up their minds - or that this is even the biggest part of the story," said Ralph Adolphs, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Caltech. "However, we do think it has some effect - and, moreover, that this effect may be largest when voters know little else about a candidate." |
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#707 |
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Poll shows Obama up by 13 in NH
By The Associated Press | October 30, 2008 THE POLL: Suffolk University/ WHDH-TV poll in the presidential, U.S. Senate and gubernatorial races in New Hampshire of 600 likely voters. THE NUMBERS: President: Barack Obama, 53 percent, John McCain, 40 percent. OF INTEREST: Women are supporting Obama by a 60 percent-to-35 percent margin. Obama also is leading in all regions of the state and in all age groups. DETAILS: Telephone poll of 600 likely voters conducted Oct. 27-29 by the Suffolk University Political Research Center for Suffolk University/WHDH-TV in Boston. Sampling margin of error plus or minus 4 percentage points. MORE: Suffolk University - Obama Up by 13 in NH, with Strong Support from Women |
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#709 |
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I just got a robocall from our Gov here in MD, urging us to vote Yes for slot machines.
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#711 |
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2008 Presidential Discussion
I'm voting for Obama. I have never heard so many ridiculous statements like the ones accusing Obama of being a socialist.
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#716 |
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Biden had a rally today at Trent Arena(Kettering - suburb of Dayton - Ohio)...which is part of the campus of the high school I graduated from in 2003(this building wasn't there yet, it was built after I graduated). It's a hop and a skip away from my house. I pass by it all the time. So my mom and I went. It was great time, lots of energy. Our camera wasn't working properly though so we don't know how many of our pictures came out ok. The speech was great
![]() ![]() When we were leaving, there was a group of pro-McCain protesters on the street holding up signs that said things like 'Vote McCain, Not Hussein', and 'Vote to fight terrorism'(or something like that, I can't remember, might've been 'vote for the candidate that will fight/protect us from terrorism'...I'm having trouble remembering), and 'School Indoctrination In Progress'(because Trent Arena is part of the high school). That last one is my favorite. See, McCain himself had a rally there in the exact same room as Biden did today four days ago on Monday. I wonder if that person was complaining about school indoctrination then. After we passed them, my mom began shouting 'bigot!' at the guy holding up the 'Vote McCain, not Hussein' sign and 'idiots!' at the lot of them in general(don't take that as an insult towards all McCain supporters necessarily, the signs this particular group were holding up were absurd). That was pretty funny. It was a really interesting and enjoyable experience. |
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#717 |
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Go Mom!!
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^Speaking of that, one of my best friends has very racist grandparents who own a convenience store in our city. They've actually tried to intimidate my friend and her brother, who are supporting Obama. My mom was in the store today buying some pop and talking to Lindsay's grandma. Mom said it took every bit of self-control to not yell "Go Obama" as she was walking out just to see their reactions.
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#719 |
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#720 |
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No, I don't see ass protection. I see a balanced statement.
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