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View of the Obama Election: A Nader Supporter from Nassau County, NY

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

Steve Sloane, a Long Islander who supported Nader, sent out the following e-mail: Nader Forum-You are blind-copied to protect your privacy (what is left of it). I voted for Nader again yesterday.  I watched the results on CNN, Comedy Channel and NET.  They did not mention Nader during the hours that I watched.  It was […]

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Post-Election Vision from Cindy Sheehan, Peace Mom

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

Cindy Sheehan ran for Congress in San Francisco, against Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. As an independent, first-time candidate, Cindy Sheehan received about 17% of the vote. I Will Never Concede Defeat Cindy Sheehan “I have fought the good fight, I have run the good race, I have kept the faith.” St. Paul in […]

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View of the Obama Election: A Libertarian

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

Estelle Edwards is a Libertarian from Long Island, New York. Estelle Edwards wrote: We libertarians will always strive to put some pro-Constitution, small government person in the Oval Office. But sometimes we get so bogged down in our own view of the world we miss the significance of events unfolding.  Even though Obama was not […]

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View of The Obama Election: Mexican American Political Association

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

November 05, 2008 Greetings! BANKING ON OBAMA WITH OPEN EYES I’M VOTING FOR THE BLACK MAN Nativo Vigil Lopez National President, Mexican American Political Association (MAPA) The American people can now rejoice in one of the greatest blows against racism in its history – the election of President-elect Barack Hussein Obama. This is the culmination […]

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View of the Obama Election: Party Chiefs React

Posted on November 6, 2008 by iwilder

This video is truly worth seeing. It is from the National Press Club, where there is a debate between DNC Chairman Howard Dean and RNC Chairman Mike Duncan about if Barack Obama has a mandate, and what is that mandate. Some highlights:

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ML: An open blogpost to the president-elect

Posted on November 5, 2008 by iwilder

Dear Mr. President-Elect, You just closed your victory speech by referencing a 106 year-old Georgian woman and all the change she saw (and presumably, this year, voted for) in that time.  You asked what the world will look like for your daughters (those pretty girls Kimberly is so fond of) should they live to see the next […]

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National vote totals for McKinney and third party candidates

Posted on November 5, 2008 by iwilder

There may still be more votes (especially for minor party candidates) as the automatic recanvasses happen at Boards of Elections all over the country. Though, for now, here are more updated numbers. Found this at www.gpnys.org. Barack Obama, Dem 52.34% 62,748,399 John McCain, GOP 46.38% 55,596,984 Ralph Nader, EPF 0.54% 645,158 Bob Barr, Ind 0.40% […]

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Comparing Green Party and Green-ish Presidential Figures

Posted on November 5, 2008 by iwilder

So, due to the sheer luck of which counties publish their election resuls, and how thoroughly, I can come up with the following comparisons to put Green Party votes in perspective. First of all, in 2008, Cynthia McKinney received 825 votes in Suffolk County. That is .13% of the vote. (Totals may increase on this […]

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CNN and Yahoo report: Barack Obama wins the Presidency

Posted on November 4, 2008 by iwilder

Update: Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2009. Go to our home page for live blogging with regular updates. You can watch the Inauguration events live at C-Cpan: here. KW: Looks like that’s it. The United States of America has an African-American President. (Which is really nice, and a step forward. Though, he is still a corporate […]

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Best Third Party Presidential Results: 2008 (with 2012 update)

Posted on November 4, 2008 by iwilder

2012 Update: Places to find good, third party election results: For great and detailed state-by-state charts, which include third party totals, go to Politico: here. Or, try Google’s results page: here (You have to click on “show all candidates” to see third party statistics). For Green Party results and victory anecdotes, go to Green Party […]

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Cynthia McKinney/Green Party and Nader have success in Long Island, NY

Posted on November 4, 2008 by iwilder

Ian and I just went down the street to poll watch and catch the numbers. Ian will be back with his. I have from 4 ED’s in our suburban neighborhood of North Babylon. (Ian’s now added. This is what we got, a report on 5 ED’s in Long Island, New York.

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Election Night: Watching Ballot Access Successes: State-by-state

Posted on November 4, 2008 by iwilder

With the elections today, alternative parties, minor parties, or third parties (however you like to call them) in some states may move up or down on the rung of ballot access. The chart below explains how in some states, the Presidential election year affords an opportunity for an alternative party to score the votes they […]

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Video AND For Voter Support In Suffolk (631) 650-2301

Posted on November 4, 2008 by iwilder

Video of some of the volunteers with the PeaceSmiths, Inc. Voter Support Project. Please feel free to call with election and voting questions.

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4:19pm: Round-up of voting anecdotes on Long Island

Posted on November 4, 2008 by iwilder

[For Voter Support in Suffolk County, call: (631) 650-2301. A grassroots volunteer can try to answer questions about voting rights and voting rules.] I have to admit, Newsday has interesting coverage and lots of video of voting places on Long Island. There synposis is: “Turnout Through The Roof”. Here are my anecdotes garnered from my […]

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