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View Poll Results: If you were/are registered as a U. S. voter, who would/did you choose?
John Kerry (Democrat) 27 52.94%
George W. Bush (Republican) 17 33.33%
"Go ahead. THROW YOUR VOTE AWAY!" 7 13.73%
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Old 11-02-2004, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Zeke
The poll is open to everybody, though. I hope the phrasing makes that clear enough.
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If you were/are registered as a U. S. voter, who would/did you choose?
Got it. I read it as "If you were" = "If you used to be," but you actually correctly used the subjunctive, = "Supposing that you were." Excellent. So everyone around the world, read it subjunctively and vote for Kerry--I mean, vote for whoever you think ought to be president.
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