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Subject: Re: Re: Final Presidential Poll Results
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Date: Wed, 14-Nov-84 02:15:20 EST
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> What would the result have been if all candidates had only been known
> by their USENET postings? And what would the result of the real elections
> have been (supposed that all Americans had net access)? Wouldn't it be a
> nice idea to start a net-president campaign: Whoever wants to be candidate
> just starts posting articles about his/her political,economical &c. views,
> and in some months elections will be held? No parties, just private candi-
> dates. Of course, someone who feels he will loose might propose one of his
> opponents to be voted. Polls could be held, debates could be arranged, any-
> thing.

Yes, we can even start a new party, the Hackercrats... I'm afraid that
if our platform were based on the way most of the people on this net
seem to feel about politics, it would be much too anarchistic for my 
taste... :-)

	Wayne