Editor in Chief Bill | 29 Nov 2023 4:13 p.m. PST |
We recently ran a poll, suggested by Flashman14, that broke gamers down by political preference and how they felt about historical gaming. TMP link Breaking down the results… prefers historical gamingOf this group: 33% politically liberal 33% politically conservative 26% politically centrist 8% apolitical prefers some genre other than historical gaming67% politically liberal 33% politically conservative 0% politically centrist 0% apolitical games everything41% politically liberal 44% politically conservative 9% politically centrist 6% apolitical Of those who expressed a preference:53% prefer historical gaming 4% prefer something other than historical gaming 43% game everything and: 38% identify as politically liberal 38% identify as politically conservative 18% identify as politically centrist 9% identify as apolitical politically liberalOf this group: 46% prefer historical gaming 7% prefer something other than historical gaming 46% game everything politically conservative46% prefer historical gaming 4% prefer something other than historical gaming 50% game everything politically centrist77% prefer historical gaming 0% prefer something other than historical gaming 23% game everything apolitical60% prefer historical gaming 0% prefer something other than historical gaming 40% game everything |
William Warner | 29 Nov 2023 8:11 p.m. PST |
How many people participated in the poll? |
Editor in Chief Bill | 29 Nov 2023 9:30 p.m. PST |
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Old Contemptible | 30 Nov 2023 12:16 a.m. PST |
Interesting that most of the votes were for "this is ridiculous." |
Stoppage | 30 Nov 2023 7:21 a.m. PST |
Piqued interest from the other side of the Pond… Your state may give you the opportunity to declare your political party affiliation on your voter registration card. USA – Voting Y'what Y'All? (Excepting that you need to have affiliated with a party in order to participate in a closed causus vote.) Here in Blighty your voting preference and actual ballot is "secret". And it is considered extremely rude to question how someone voted. (Secret NB: Excepting that MI5 – apparently – record and compile voting from a secret location in Somerset. It is to be noted that at the Polling Station the staff _very_carefully_ record your electoral roll number on the ballot paper.) |
robert piepenbrink | 30 Nov 2023 2:19 p.m. PST |
Stoppage, in some states, voting in a party primary is restricted, which prevents "strategic" voting--that is, voting in the primary for a candidate you think will be less attractive in a general election, giving the party of your allegiance a better chance. In those states, you have to declare a party preference in order to vote in the party primary. My father for many years did not vote in primaries for just that reason. Understand, none of this prevents voting for anyone except that in the primary, you only pick from one party. And I have the word of the government that they keep no record of my vote. |
Cerdic | 01 Dec 2023 12:09 a.m. PST |
Yes, that's the difference. We don't have the primaries system here. Each party selects their candidate for each constituency by whatever means they choose. Most constituencies have at least half a dozen parties on the ballot paper – that would be a lot of primaries if we did it that way! |
robert piepenbrink | 01 Dec 2023 7:12 a.m. PST |
Oh, we usually have three or four parties on the ballot here and sometimes more, and the number of parties doesn't mean "a lot of primaries"--just that when you go to the polling station (or vote absentee) for the single primary election, you only get the ballot for your specified party. It does require a single primary, but it does avoid fights over who speaks for a given party, and gets to choose the party candidate. How do you avoid those? |
robert piepenbrink | 01 Dec 2023 7:19 a.m. PST |
Not "most" OC, but a plurality. Actually, "this is ridiculous" "no opinion" and "not willing to reveal politics/preference" outweighed "prefers historical gaming" altogether. |
Cerdic | 01 Dec 2023 12:49 p.m. PST |
Robert – interesting! Our parties choose their own candidates. How they do it depends on the party. I believe mostly the local constituency branch will interview candidates and select one. To be honest I don't really know or care. I suspect most people in Britain don't! Any wrangling about choosing candidates is an internal party affair. And very few people are actually members of political parties, although turnout for General Elections is usually quite high. I would also guess that Brits are more likely to change the party they vote for than Americans? |
etotheipi | 05 Dec 2023 8:02 p.m. PST |
I would also guess that Brits are more likely to change the party they vote for than Americans? No idea, since we have a secret ballot. |