Not very surprising. Same up here in Canada. Many people vote for a particular party regardless who is running because "My parents voted xxxxx". Sometimes because "I always vote xxxx." Somewhat disheartening.

>I watched CNN last night and they had an interview with a professor at Emory who studied how people vote in the U.S. It turns out that the majority of Americans study some of the issues (the ones they care about most) but always vote by their gut and emotion. If their gut or emotion leans toward one candidate while another candidate actually has policies they agree with, they will vote with their emotion pretty much every time. That was very disheartening to listen to.
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>>>>What do you consider trivial? Sitting on a board with Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn (and being in his home and calling him his friend publicly), the man who states that he doesn’t regret detonating bombs in the Pentagon and a police station but denies he is a terrorist and gets away with it? Belonging to a church with separatist and racist views for 20 years but claiming to never heard or share those views? A relationship where he promoted and supported Louis Farrakhan, an obvious anti-semitic and then denouncing his words during the election? Writing books clearly anti-white but promoting unity in an election?
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>>>Dahlink, are you trying to say that neither of the Dems is worth a dang?<g> I reckon you're openly (as in publicly) conceding that McCain will be your candidate, by default. Don't feel bad, there's a bunch of us in this lifeboat, and I hope it doesn't sink.<s>
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>>I'm there too. So many Americans are so in love with empty rhetorics and emotionally charged feel good speeches cloaked in promise of "change we can believe in" (whatever that means),... I worry. Some how "what's best for the country" got changed to "what feels good for ME".
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>>If McCain had Obama's talent (or Obama's speech writter and coach) he'd be almost a sure thing.