So if you're looking for who Facebook users might vote for in 2016, I did a quick poll.
According to this page these are the current possible candidates for president on the Democratic and Republican, bipartisan agenda. After their names, I have added how many facebook likes they have currently as of 11/19/2014 followed by a brief commentary.
Joe Biden - as a "politiciain" 845,800
Bernie Sanders - as a "politician" 732,964, independent considering running on the Democratic line. Once described himself as a "democratic socialist." Also has a page encouraging him to run for prez. as a "political organization" with 16.157 likes. Judging from the "politician" page alone, Sanders is second to Biden in FB "likes," above Clinton.
Hillary Clinton - as a "politician" 298,161
Martin O'Malley - as a "politician" 59,703
Joe Manchin - as a "Govenment Official" 22.165
Jim Webb - as a "public figure" 15,447, as a "politician" 447
Mitt Romney - as a "politician" 11,345,953, "for president in 2016" 10,693, "mitt romney sucks" 29,581, former GOP Presidential nominee
Paul Ryan - as a "politician" 5,041,723, "paul ryan is a douchebag" 228,137, former GOP vice-Presidential nominee
Rand Paul - as a "politician" 1,823,410, maverick "libertarian" Republican, son of Ron Paul
Mike Huckabee - as a "politician" 1,640,298
Rick Perry - as a "politician" 1,142,604, "not having rick perry as governor" 21,908
Dr. Ben Carson - as an "author" 1,090,141, "for president" as a "public figure" 115,088, retired neuosurgeon, It is his "author" page that has the majority. Thus, many folks may appreciate his work as a neurosurgeon, but may not agree with his politics.
Ted Cruz - as a "politician" 1,033,148, as a "governmental official" 862,098, His "politician" page likes still dwarf Joe Biden's, the leading Democrat.
Scott Brown - as a "Public Figure" 382,908
Marsha Blackburn - as a "Government Official" 32,401, as a "politician" 14,763
Bob Corker - as a "politician" 25,009, as a "government official" 12,572
John Bolton - as a "business person" 6,537
Jan Brewer -
Jeb Bush - as "public figure" 107,400
Chris Christie - as a "politician" 102,809
Carly Fiorina - as a "public figure" 23,103
Lindsey Graham - as a "politician" 87,918, as a "government organization" 25,759
Bobby Jindal - as a "politican" 224, 754
John Kasich - as a "politician" 1,249, as John R. Kasich "politician" 104,381
Pete King -
Steve King -
George Pataki - as a "politican" 372, as George E. Pataki "politician" 1,173
Mike Pence - as a "politician" 59,653, as a "government" official" 14,444, "Mike Pence Is A Douche" 245
Rob Portman - as a "politician" 129,485 as a "government official" 41,400
Marco Rubio - as a "politician" 705,629, also as a "politician" 8,223, as a
government official" 228,948
Rick Santorum - as a "politician" 262,601, "for president" 1,052 also a "closed group"
Scott Walker - as a "community and government" 195,376
Notable third party candidates:
America's Party - Tom Hoefling - as a "politician" 1,709, ultra-right party that apparently thinks the Republicans are not conservative enough
Green Paty - Jill Stein - as "public figure" 102,547, "for president" 1,031, as a "politician" 9,041, the main left-alternative, although she doesn't approach the numbers of even to top Democratic politicians, she still has more "likes" than any of the other third-party candidates
Libertarian Party - Gary Johnson - as a "politician" 360,296, former Libertarian Party Presidential nominee
also Libertarian Party - Judge Andrew Napolitano as a "News Personality" 618,470
Of course, we know the old cliche that if voting changed anything it would be illegal. However Lenin wrote in Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder:
...[T]he Bolsheviks did not boycott the Constituent Assembly, but took part in the elections both before and after the proletariat conquered political power. That these elections yielded exceedingly valuable (and to the proletariat, highly useful) political results has, I make bold to hope, been proved by me in the above-mentioned article, which analyses in detail the returns of the elections to the Constituent Assembly in Russia.
The conclusion which follows from this is absolutely incontrovertible: it has been proved that, far from causing harm to the revolutionary proletariat, participation in a bourgeois-democratic parliament, even a few weeks before - the victory of a Soviet republic and even after such a victory, actually helps that proletariat to prove to the backward masses why such parliaments deserve to be done away with; it facilitates their successful dissolution, and helps to make bourgeois parliamentarianism "politically obsolete". To ignore this experience, while at the same time claiming affiliation to the Communist International, which must work out its tactics internationally (not as narrow or exclusively national tactics, but as international tactics), means committing a gross error and actually abandoning internationalism in deed, while recognising it in word.
- From the chapter entitled "Should We Participate in Bourgeois Parliaments"
According to this page these are the current possible candidates for president on the Democratic and Republican, bipartisan agenda. After their names, I have added how many facebook likes they have currently as of 11/19/2014 followed by a brief commentary.
Joe Biden - as a "politiciain" 845,800
Bernie Sanders - as a "politician" 732,964, independent considering running on the Democratic line. Once described himself as a "democratic socialist." Also has a page encouraging him to run for prez. as a "political organization" with 16.157 likes. Judging from the "politician" page alone, Sanders is second to Biden in FB "likes," above Clinton.
Hillary Clinton - as a "politician" 298,161
Martin O'Malley - as a "politician" 59,703
Joe Manchin - as a "Govenment Official" 22.165
Jim Webb - as a "public figure" 15,447, as a "politician" 447
Mitt Romney - as a "politician" 11,345,953, "for president in 2016" 10,693, "mitt romney sucks" 29,581, former GOP Presidential nominee
Paul Ryan - as a "politician" 5,041,723, "paul ryan is a douchebag" 228,137, former GOP vice-Presidential nominee
Rand Paul - as a "politician" 1,823,410, maverick "libertarian" Republican, son of Ron Paul
Mike Huckabee - as a "politician" 1,640,298
Rick Perry - as a "politician" 1,142,604, "not having rick perry as governor" 21,908
Dr. Ben Carson - as an "author" 1,090,141, "for president" as a "public figure" 115,088, retired neuosurgeon, It is his "author" page that has the majority. Thus, many folks may appreciate his work as a neurosurgeon, but may not agree with his politics.
Ted Cruz - as a "politician" 1,033,148, as a "governmental official" 862,098, His "politician" page likes still dwarf Joe Biden's, the leading Democrat.
Scott Brown - as a "Public Figure" 382,908
Marsha Blackburn - as a "Government Official" 32,401, as a "politician" 14,763
Bob Corker - as a "politician" 25,009, as a "government official" 12,572
John Bolton - as a "business person" 6,537
Jan Brewer -
Jeb Bush - as "public figure" 107,400
Chris Christie - as a "politician" 102,809
Carly Fiorina - as a "public figure" 23,103
Lindsey Graham - as a "politician" 87,918, as a "government organization" 25,759
Bobby Jindal - as a "politican" 224, 754
John Kasich - as a "politician" 1,249, as John R. Kasich "politician" 104,381
Pete King -
Steve King -
George Pataki - as a "politican" 372, as George E. Pataki "politician" 1,173
Mike Pence - as a "politician" 59,653, as a "government" official" 14,444, "Mike Pence Is A Douche" 245
Rob Portman - as a "politician" 129,485 as a "government official" 41,400
Marco Rubio - as a "politician" 705,629, also as a "politician" 8,223, as a
government official" 228,948
Rick Santorum - as a "politician" 262,601, "for president" 1,052 also a "closed group"
Scott Walker - as a "community and government" 195,376
Notable third party candidates:
America's Party - Tom Hoefling - as a "politician" 1,709, ultra-right party that apparently thinks the Republicans are not conservative enough
Green Paty - Jill Stein - as "public figure" 102,547, "for president" 1,031, as a "politician" 9,041, the main left-alternative, although she doesn't approach the numbers of even to top Democratic politicians, she still has more "likes" than any of the other third-party candidates
Libertarian Party - Gary Johnson - as a "politician" 360,296, former Libertarian Party Presidential nominee
also Libertarian Party - Judge Andrew Napolitano as a "News Personality" 618,470
Of course, we know the old cliche that if voting changed anything it would be illegal. However Lenin wrote in Left-Wing Communism: An Infantile Disorder:
...[T]he Bolsheviks did not boycott the Constituent Assembly, but took part in the elections both before and after the proletariat conquered political power. That these elections yielded exceedingly valuable (and to the proletariat, highly useful) political results has, I make bold to hope, been proved by me in the above-mentioned article, which analyses in detail the returns of the elections to the Constituent Assembly in Russia.
The conclusion which follows from this is absolutely incontrovertible: it has been proved that, far from causing harm to the revolutionary proletariat, participation in a bourgeois-democratic parliament, even a few weeks before - the victory of a Soviet republic and even after such a victory, actually helps that proletariat to prove to the backward masses why such parliaments deserve to be done away with; it facilitates their successful dissolution, and helps to make bourgeois parliamentarianism "politically obsolete". To ignore this experience, while at the same time claiming affiliation to the Communist International, which must work out its tactics internationally (not as narrow or exclusively national tactics, but as international tactics), means committing a gross error and actually abandoning internationalism in deed, while recognising it in word.
- From the chapter entitled "Should We Participate in Bourgeois Parliaments"
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