Who do you think should be elected in 2008?

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Originally Posted by brownjenkins

Third party candidates are a different story, but there doesn't look to be any this time around.

And I'd say that "single issue" voters, those who won't vote based on what they don't like as opposed to what they do, are a small enough population to not really matter. I also would not call them "base" voters.

Independents are far and away the largest swing vote and thus, by definition, decide every election.

The real reason why candidates play to their bases is not for votes, but for money, which is much more likely to come from that angle. They just don't dare say it out loud.

See, I can agree, here. Independents decide the general elections, thank God.

Primaries are craziness, only their mother loves them.