So who would YOU have voted for this and is that different than before ?????

[Nirish guy]

So - as it's being reported that Trump is claiming to have doubled or even trebled his vote from the LGBT community ( which is very hard to quantify of course like most else that he's saying of late ) - so just for FUN / and out of interest ( and just assuming for a second that we all actually had a vote to cast!) so as LGB(T)? people and knowing what we do about both candidates, who would YOU have voted for in the US election and would your choice have changed this time party wise since the last election ??

* Again this is intended just for fun / out of interest and to see how us lot of LGBT voters might have voted and more importantly to see WAS there a big swing taking place between LGBT voters here on our own board compared to previous elections.

This isn't intended to open a thread about politics or even the election result itself, we'll leave all that drama to the many other straight drama queens out there this time perhaps :) Hence why the poll has been anonymised to hide your voting choice.

[Nirish guy]

So, whilst not a massive "turnout" in our election :-) so far at least the one thing it shows that none of us "swung" to the other side, mind you perhaps that's more an age related thing as we're all mainly old codgers here these days it seems, but I do wonder are those LGBT swing vote numbers that were thrown about correct as it sort of beggars belief. But hey that's not to say Gay people can't be as stupid / racist / HOMOPHOBIC and generally just as easily fooled in getting their hot buttons pressed ( depending on your choice of candidate) as straight people of course.

[latintopxxx]

...how can anyone vote foir a career politician...gives parasites a bad name..a serial dole bludger....all politicians should be made to have real joibs before being allowed to govern us

[Nirish guy]

So does working for your Da's firm and spending / losing his and others money while you're at it count as that then ? Asking for a certain (orange) friend - and for once that's not even anything to do with Irish politics ! :)

[goji]

...how can anyone vote for a career politician...gives parasites a bad name..a serial dole bludger....all politicians should be made to have real jobs before being allowed to govern us

Agreed completely. Why is it considered rational to put someone without even low level supervisory management experience in charge of the country, spending 30~50% of GDP & generally having a negative influence on the remainder of GDP ?
They also need a few extra quality controls, such as excluding people with a track record of bankruptcies etc.

For Singapore:
"The qualifications required for a person to be elected as President are set out in the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore and are as follows:

He or she must be a citizen of Singapore.[7]
He or she must not be less than 45 years of age.[8]
His or her name must appear in a current register of electors.[9]
He or she must be resident in Singapore at the date of his or her nomination for election and must have been so resident for periods amounting in the aggregate to not less than ten years prior to that date.[10]
He or she must not be subject to any of the following disqualifications:[11]

(a) being and having been found or declared to be of unsound mind;
(b) being an undischarged bankrupt;
(c) holding an office of profit;
(d) having been nominated for election to Parliament or the office of President or having acted as election agent to a person so nominated, failing to lodge any return of election expenses required by law within the time and in the manner so required;
(e) having been convicted of an offence by a court of law in Singapore or Malaysia and sentenced to imprisonment for a term of not less than one year or to a fine of not less than S$2,000 and having not received a free pardon, provided that where the conviction is by a court of law in Malaysia, the person shall not be disqualified unless the offence is also one which, had it been committed in Singapore, would have been punishable by a court of law in Singapore;[12]
(f) having voluntarily acquired the citizenship of, or exercised rights of citizenship in, a foreign country, or having made a declaration of allegiance to a foreign country;[13]
(g) being disqualified under any law relating to offences in connection with elections to Parliament or the office of President by reason of having been convicted of such an offence or having in proceedings relating to such an election been proved guilty of an act constituting such an offence.

He or she must be a person of integrity, good character and reputation.[14]
He or she must not be a member of any political party on the date of his or her nomination for election.[15]
He or she must satisfy either the public sector or private sector service requirement introduced on 1 April 2017:[16]
Public sector service requirement. The person must have held office:

(a) as Minister, Chief Justice, Speaker, Attorney-General, Chairman of the Public Service Commission, Auditor-General, Accountant-General or Permanent Secretary;[17]
(b) as the chief executive[18] of a key statutory board or government company: the Central Provident Fund Board, the Housing and Development Board, the Jurong Town Corporation, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, GIC Private Limited (formerly known as the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation), or Temasek Holdings;[19]
(c) in some other public sector office, and the Presidential Elections Committee ("PEC") "is satisfied, having regard to the nature of the office and the person's performance in the office, that the person has experience and ability that is comparable to the experience and ability of a person who satisfies paragraph (a) or (b)", and "that the person has the experience and ability to effectively carry out the functions and duties of the office of President".[20]

Paragraphs (a) and (b) above have been described as the "automatic track", and paragraph (c) as the "deliberative track".[21] The person must have served in the above capacity for a single period of three or more years[22] or for two periods adding up to three or more years,[23] and the period(s) of service must fall partly or wholly within the 20-year period before the date when a writ of election is issued to initiate the presidential election process.[24]

Private sector service requirement. The person must have served in one of the following capacities:

(a) As the chief executive of a company[25] with an average of $500 million in shareholders' equity[26] for the most recent three years in that office, and which is profitable after taxes.[27] If the person is no longer the company's chief executive when the writ of election is issued, the company must not have been subject to any insolvency event[28] for three years from the last day of the person's service, or the date of the writ of election, whichever is earlier, assessed on the basis of events happening on or before the writ of election.[29]
(b) In an office in a private sector organisation, and the PEC is "satisfied, having regard to the nature of the office, the size and complexity of the private sector organisation and the person's performance in the office, that the person has the experience and ability that is comparable to the experience and ability of a person who has served as the chief executive of a typical company with at least [a shareholders' equity of $500 million] and who satisfies paragraph (a) in relation to such service", and "that the person has the experience and ability to effectively carry out the functions and duties of the office of President".[30]"
(Wikipedia)

[dinagam]

It appears all well and good for Singapore, but how are they dealing with nepotism?
Two prime ministers out of three from the same family?
Perhaps sglad could enlighten us...