What does "VOTE FOR PEDRO" mean?
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It is from the movie Napoleon Dynamite.  His best friend is Pedro and he wants Pedro to win the election for class president so he can be secretary.  They wear the shirts in the movie.
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The real reason is this:\n\nThe politician will get more votes from the Latin-American populace if they take a pro-immigration stance. \n\nIn states where politicians stand to win from latin-American voters, they will be pro-immigration. In states where there is little latin-American voters, they will tend to be pro-FENCES.\n\nIn one sense, this seems duplicitous, but in fact we have a representative democracy. Whatever gets a politician elected is supposed to represent the politician's constituency.\n\nPoliticians want guest-worker programs to be elected. Politicians want fences so they can be elected.\n\nPoliticians also represent unions - so they have to weigh a balance - and the balance usually means money from PACs.\nWhen the Union's PAC gives more money than the Latin-American PAC, then the representative can be elected - so they go pro-Union. The contrary is obvious.\n\nIf American's really voted the issues, this wouldn't be true. But, Americans are a fickle bunch, and they tend to vote for the side with the most, brightest, loudest, most-offensive ads.\n\nRemember Willy Horton. The guy who came up with that ad apologized on his deathbed.
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AL Jose Contreas winner of his last 12 straight regualr season apperances.\nNL Pedro Martinez because hes got the capability of striking out tons of people.
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propaganda - Spanish word for advertising.\nplainfolk - what people are before they put on their makeup\ntestimonial - your side of the story\nbandwagon effect - not knowing for sure, you do it because everyone else is doing it.  obviously, not wholly reliable, but a good indicator absent other information.  Also, a principle explained in economics textbooks.\nsoundbytes - quick and dirty.\nstraight ticket - voting the party line in an election.\nsplit ticket - voting two different party candidates.  or your offer to the cop to pay half of the ticket he just wrote you so he won't have to see your ugly mug again in court.  To my knowledge, it has never worked.\nAbesentee ballot - ballot filled out by a blond. An absentee ballot allows you to vote in advance if you are not able or not willing to go to your assigned polling location.  \n\nFrankly, I'm not usually this serious.  But, like usual, I should be seriously taken. Although I am usually right without intending to be wrong, I am rightly accused of being wrong if I am wrong about being right.  Hey, this is more fun than being absent now that I have voted.  Ah, the sanity in humanity is where I reside.  Apologies to anyone feeling uncomfortable reading this.
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I believe it is law. Check with yur local elections officer. They should give you time to go and vote. What are they, republican? LOL
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I think that somone who is willing to vote not base on what he thinks is right is an inherently corrupt person. We live in a republic wich means that we elect leaders to vote and make descisions. If we wanted every descision to be based on popular opinion then we would live in a democracy.
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You shouldnt ask people what they are going to vote for, then that would mean that your vote wouldnt be from you. You should vote your yourself, and its not like one vote is going to make the world of difference anyway.
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This abbreviation DOES stand for walks and hits per innings pitched.\n\nOne example is Pedro Martinez's WHIP at this point in the season, 1.50. This means he has a combined average of 1.5 walks AND hits per innings pitched.\n\nPedro has 4 hits allowed and has walked 5, which equals 9 total. He has pitched 6 innings, so 6 divided by 9 equals 1.5.\n\nI hope I've helped you!
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It stands for the "Grand Old Party" and I suppose when it comes to elections it tells you that if you vote Republican, which is the GOP, you are a traditional person whose voting has roots that go way back in the grand old traditions that this country was founded upon, so it is good PR.
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To be in favor of something is best translated as "estar por".\n\nFor example, if you decided to vote for Bush in the last election, "Yo estaba por Bush." (I was for/in favor of Bush.)\n\n"Estar para" means that you are about to do something; you are ready to do it; you are going to do it soon.\n\nFor example, let's say your friend calls and asks you to go out at night, but you are just going to get into the shower:\n"Yo estoy para ducharme."  (I'm just about to take a shower.)
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A combination. There are as many motivations for voting a certain way as there are people voting. Maybe more.
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{This is from the Simpsons:}\n\nSEX\n\nnow that I got your attention, vote for me
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Well, if you're asking what it means it just means that it leans to the agenda of a certain political party. It is frowned upon mostly though because things usually work out better if single-party agendas are put aside and a Bi-Partisan or cooperative agreement can be reached that are better for the country all around.
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www.albinoblacksheep.com\nDoes this mean I WIN!!!\nP.s vote for pedro!!
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Political power.\n\nEDIT:\nI won't vote for López Obrador, Calderón or Madrazo. None of them is better than the others.
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That's a motivation line to bring to ballots a new generaion of voters with the musical analogy of rocks; Also rocks means to be cool, IN-STYLE\n\n\nThose are some of the new trends to guarantee more participation at every level.
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Politics is the candidates' quest to persuade the voters to elect him/her. The ad campaigns, news conferences, and the debates. The ordinances you mentioned is the legislative process of governing. The constituents can only influence, not control, the way an elected official governs. If the community gets angry enough at the leaders, the community will vote them out of the next election. This is the system of a republic as opposed to pure democracy, which is simply majority rule, as seen in California's proposition system.