NH-Gov Poll Results

Math? (0.00 / 0)

How is that a thousand votes? That's not even three hundred votes cast, according to those numbers.

Only the left protects anyone's rights.

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by: RealNRH @ Thu Oct 06, 2011 at 19:09:44 PM UTC

There are three types of people in this world; (4.00 / 2)

Those that know math, and those that don't.  :>)

In the immediate aftermath of Since the start of the financial crisis, the Fed/Treasury lent, spent, or guaranteed $28 $29 trillion to save the banking system.

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by: StraffordDem @ Thu Oct 06, 2011 at 19:16:16 PM UTC

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The Math Works (0.00 / 0)

You take the number of votes for each candidate (i.e. 88 votes), multiply by the percentage of that vote (for example, 30.14%), divide by the number of total candidates including "other" and "undecided" (8), then add all the numbers together, multiply by a factor of 8 candidates, including "other" and "undecided," divide that by the number of people participating in the poll, and you'll get over 1,000.

After the Baldi-zero nonsense, I thought we needed my try at humor on this beautiful Fall day.    

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by: Rep. Jim Splaine @ Thu Oct 06, 2011 at 19:47:29 PM UTC

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Nearly 300! (4.00 / 1)

Sorry written too quick! Diary has been edited updated to reflect "Nearly 300" vs 1000.  

Hope >> Fear





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by: Mike Hoefer @ Thu Oct 06, 2011 at 20:07:35 PM UTC

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Jobs (4.00 / 1)

As in how many were lost due to GOP shenanigans, and how Democrats wouldn't have allowed that to happen.

While this is not MY top priority, it will be front and center during the campaign. We MUST have a strong candidate on the jobs issue...

Aaron / Deering. Kuster 2012: http://www.kusterforcongress.com/

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by: nhveedub @ Thu Oct 06, 2011 at 20:30:50 PM UTC

progress (4.00 / 3)

When I was a wee lass in the 50's and 60's, our national dialogue included frequent mentions of progress and goals. We were going to put a man on the moon, etc.

Now there is no mention of progress. Now we have a 19th century infrastructure in the 21st century, and no one willing to even acknowledge the needs of the future.

What ever happened to those goals, those dreams of the future? Whatever happened to progress?

Also: Military spending, war, and US global military imperialism.  

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by: susanthe @ Thu Oct 06, 2011 at 23:33:36 PM UTC

Asked and answered. (4.00 / 3)

What ever happened to those goals, those dreams of the future? Whatever happened to progress?

...Military spending, war, and US global military imperialism.

Also: Perpetual tax cuts for the terribly oppressed extremely wealthy. And a rejection of any interest in "promot(ing) the general welfare" by said elites.

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by: Tim C. @ Fri Oct 07, 2011 at 02:20:07 AM UTC

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Infrastructure (4.00 / 3)

New Hampshire has for too long acted like a one-trick pony, relying almost entirely on the lack of a sales or income tax in order to attract businesses, residents and shoppers.  That pony is getting tired, and while we can debate the merits of changing the state's tax structure elsewhere, any candidate for governor needs to address New Hampshire's outdated infrastructure.

The Memorial Bridge is out for the next two years in Portsmouth.  Manchester is the only "satellite city" not to be linked to Boston by commuter rail.  It's also one of the largest metropolitan areas not served by Amtrak.  Roads and bridges throughout the state are crumbling.  Public transit in the state's largest cities--including the towns and cities in 400,000-person Manchester-Nashua area--are disjointed and inconvenient at best, and a joke if we're being less generous.

As Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont invest in their infrastructure, New Hampshire is being left behind.  No one cares if there's no sales tax if they can't cross the bridges to get to New Hampshire, and businesses don't want to set up shop in a state whose legislators refuse to offer a rail connection between downtowns and the airport, let alone to the big city nearby.  Young people and college graduates don't want to live in a place where they have to drive everywhere all the time, and where that reliance on cars leaves downtowns, villages and neighborhoods dead.

Infrastructure is a quality-of-life issue (not to mention a safety one), but it's also an economic development issue.  Whether a candidate supports the existing tax structure, something different or even an open conversation on taxes, they have to understand and express that relying solely on the crutch of low taxes is not going to cut it anymore.

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by: FrankLloydMike @ Fri Oct 07, 2011 at 19:59:20 PM UTC

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One Issue? (4.00 / 2)

- Abolition of Capital Punishment
- Protection (and Federal Expansion) of Gay Marriage
- Protecting a Woman's Right to Choose
- Increasing Tax Revenue in unconventional ways (yeah, I'm talking about casinos)
- Getting the money back for the most at risk people in our population, not the least of which are our severely disabled kids.

And on, and on, and on....

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by: ChrisMelcher @ Fri Oct 07, 2011 at 00:23:24 AM UTC

And Gambling! (0.00 / 0)

It's one thing for a legislator to want to pollute NH with gambling, it's quite another for the chief executive to also support it.

We need to find out where each stands on this crucial issue.Our valuable NH identity is at stake.

No'm Sayn?

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by: BurtCohen @ Sun Oct 09, 2011 at 18:09:06 PM UTC

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Get the money (4.00 / 2)

out of our elections!  Do it for Granny D and our children.

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by: Lucy Edwards @ Fri Oct 07, 2011 at 01:30:48 AM UTC

Maggie Hassan Appoints Political Director (0.00 / 0)

Just got an email from Wyatt Fore about his new position as Political Director. Congrats Wyatt and good move Maggie!

note to close readers: this might be sarcastic so think twice before reading to candidates for use in their attacks on each other

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by: JonnyBBad @ Fri Oct 07, 2011 at 17:47:33 PM UTC