Originally Posted By Mr X <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/04/grayson-leading-in-republ_n_486090.html?ref=twitter" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...=twitter</a> ***Republicans like a politician who stands up for what he believes -- even if he believes the Republican Party is populated by a bunch of "knuckle-dragging Neanderthals." The candidate leading the Florida GOP primary to determine who will take on Rep. Alan Grayson, the Democrat who represents the Orlando-based district, is none other than Grayson himself, according to a poll paid for by his campaign. Grayson is a freshman congressman who has drawn scorn from the GOP and has quickly built a nationwide following of progressives.*** If the Democrats had more guys with spines like Greyson, the GOP would soon be extinct! Instead, the spineless twerps freak out and offer up apologies for his behavior to the Republicans when he explains, truthfully, things like the GOP health care reform plan consists of "don't get sick", and "If you do get sick, die quickly". How is it that progressives don't GET this. HE is the kind of person people respond to, not the wishy-washy "let's all get along" 98 pound weakling Democrats constantly getting sand kicked in their faces by Republican bullies.
Originally Posted By snappyfun who are these republican bullies you speak of? Most republicans i talk to think their people are wimps.
Originally Posted By SuperDry I remember hearing something about this or a similar case recently. It may be that this poll is just an aberration and does not reflect what will happen on Primary day, but it does raise an interesting question: Is it possible for the same candidate to win the primary election for both the Republican and Democratic parties, for the same race in the same election? So many questions get raised in thinking about this: - In a primary election, each voter can only vote a single party's primary ballot. In states where you register as a member of a particular party as part of your voter registration, then you get that party's ballot in the primary. In other states, you just state your party affiliation at the polls at each primary election and are given the ballot for that party. Some states have an "open primary" where everyone gets the same ballot but can vote for only one candidate. Regardless of the state system in place, any particular voter could vote for Grayson only once in the primary. - Is there a requirement in Florida that candidates on a primary ballot be members of that party? I guess it's possible that this is NOT a requirement, as long as the candidate otherwise qualifies for the primary ballot by receiving enough signatures or nominations or whatever the party requirements are in that state. And, even if there is a requirement of party membership, could Grayson be a member of both parties at the same time? He himself certainly could only vote the primary ballot of one party, but who's to say he can't be a dues-paying and card-carrying member of both parties at the same time? - If Grayson won both primaries, would the result be the candidate appearing twice on the general election ballot, once for each party? Or, would he appear once, with a party designation of "Republican and Democratic parties" ? - If he won both primaries and appeared separately for each party on the general election ballot, would each appearance be considered a separate candidacy for the purposes of vote tallying, or would the votes be combined into a single result? That is, if Grayson-R got 40%, and Grayson-D got 40%, would he win the election, or would there be a runoff since no person got a majority? (Assuming that a majority is required to win such a race). If they were treated separately, and only a plurality of votes was required, you could have a very unusual situation of Grayson-D 30%, Grayson-R 30%, and Perot-I 40% with Perot winning the race.
