In a Foolocracy poll asking its readers to pick which state the United States is better off without, Texas was the decisive winner with 41% thinking the other 49 states should kick Texas out of the Union. Utah came in second with 23%. Trailing further back were California and Florida tied with 11%. Alaska followed [...]

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Foolocracy is asking our readers to select the “Fool of the Year.” Realistically, there are more candidates than we can list for a poll. Undoubtedly, there are some very good choices that have been missed, but these are the top candidates we selected.
The criteria is straightforward. Pick the politician who you think has acted the most foolish over the last year.
The rules for this [...]

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In a Foolocracy poll, 42% said Barack Obama is doing just fine with his appointments thus far. They feel his choices are just the right blend of experience and change. A mere 2% were sheep-like Obama followers who claimed the appointments did not matter because Obama could do no wrong.
On the other side, 11% called [...]

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Everyone has a bias when it comes to politics, but I have to say I am glad that most visitors to Foolocracy see the site as generally unbiased. In a recent Foolocracy poll, 47% agreed with the statement “Bias? The stories are all over the political spectrum.” Another 7% said Foolocracy was “Right down the [...]

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For what it’s worth, Foolocracy readers picked Barack Obama over John McCain by a whopping 74% to 11% in the web site’s regular survey. The poll comes with a 35-point margin of error. I figure that should cover it, unless McCain wins. In that case, no one will remember the poll anyway.
Bob Barr and Ralph [...]

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Here is a semi-lighthearted poll to alleviate some of the intensity of the last few days before voting begins.
Which of these two late developments in the Presidential campaign will have the most significant, negative impact on the election?

Barack Obama’s paternal aunt, Zeituni Onyango, has been found to be living illegally in the U.S. in public housing. [...]

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In a Foolocracy.com poll, 56% said that Sarah Palin was the biggest liar of this Presidential election. John McCain was selected by 33%. That gave the Republican duo an astounding 89% who agreed that the Republicans were stretching the truth.
Barack Obama was selected by only 11% as the major distorter of truth in the campaign. [...]

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In a Foolocracy.com poll tallied from over 6,700 people who visited the site, 81% predicted Barack Obama would win the Presidency. The total was broken down further with 50% believing that Obama will get between 325 and 399 electoral votes, 18% felt that Obama would exceed 400 electoral votes and 13% felt Obama would squeak [...]

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In a Foolocracy.com poll asking readers what would be the greatest influence on this year’s election, over 75% chose racism over ageism or sexism. Ageism and sexism hardly registered with less 6% picking ageism and less than 2% picking sexism.
The question let polltakers enter their own choice. Although the poll was trying to weigh the [...]

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Nearly three out of four picked either Florida or Ohio as the state most likely to screw up this year’s Presidential election, according to Foolocracy.com’s weekly poll.
Florida and Ohio were dead even at 36% each. Trailing far behind was Michigan with 13% and Pennsylvania with 5%. Colorado came in with 3%, New Mexico with 3% [...]

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