Xbox Live is a Blue State
Xbox Live is a Blue State
November 4, 2008
The official Xbox color may be green, but when it comes to politics, online gaming venue Xbox Live is clearly a blue state.
According to a Microsoft rep, a final pre-election poll taken over the weekend shows Democrat Barack Obama with a commanding lead over Republican John McCain among XBL gamers. Here are those numbers:
- Obama 53%
- McCain 33%
- Undecided 14%
In a late September XBL poll, Obama led 43-31%. The new data seems to suggest that some XBL users who were undecided or who supported other candidates in the earlier poll have largely shifted to Obama.
As Xbox Live project manager Ben Vaught recently pointed out to GamePolitics, with 14 million subscribers, if Xbox Live was a state, it would be the seventh largest in the U.S. with 20 electoral votes.
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Posted 03/15/10 at 04:05pm
Andrew Eisen: I'm still here and I'm doing a lot of behind the scenes work (as time permits me). But it's true, I've only written one piece under the new GP but if that Facebook/JT bit is the last thing I write for the site, I’d be okay with that.
Andrew Eisen: I'm still here and I'm doing a lot of behind the scenes work (as time permits me). But it's true, I've only written one piece under the new GP but if that Facebook/JT bit is the last thing I write for the site, I’d be okay with that.
Posted 03/15/10 at 04:01pm
ZippyDSMlee: I suppose its not inane enough for petes muses*giggles*
ZippyDSMlee: I suppose its not inane enough for petes muses*giggles*
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:55pm
PHX Corp: It had the Video Games tag on it, I thought that it had been a video game law that was concerning it
PHX Corp: It had the Video Games tag on it, I thought that it had been a video game law that was concerning it
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:54pm
JDKJ: And what happened to "Senior GP Correspondent, Andrew Eisen, reporting from San Diego [and who has a better finger on the pulse of GP's readership than some others]?" Huh? Did he fall victim to the Night of the Long Knives?
JDKJ: And what happened to "Senior GP Correspondent, Andrew Eisen, reporting from San Diego [and who has a better finger on the pulse of GP's readership than some others]?" Huh? Did he fall victim to the Night of the Long Knives?
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:53pm
Andrew Eisen: No, but my one example was not meant to cover the entire spectrum. Besides, multiplayer is a big part of video games.
Andrew Eisen: No, but my one example was not meant to cover the entire spectrum. Besides, multiplayer is a big part of video games.
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:50pm
Andrew Eisen: PHX Corp - Are you referring to AB 847? I haven't read the bill but the summary doesn't appear to apply to video games.
Andrew Eisen: PHX Corp - Are you referring to AB 847? I haven't read the bill but the summary doesn't appear to apply to video games.
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:49pm
DarkSaber: 2 mediocre games do not "a big part of video games" make.
DarkSaber: 2 mediocre games do not "a big part of video games" make.
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:49pm
JDKJ: I suspect that'll fall victim to the "pass." Wrong side of the fence. It's North Korea we aren't supposed to like.
JDKJ: I suspect that'll fall victim to the "pass." Wrong side of the fence. It's North Korea we aren't supposed to like.
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:48pm
DarkSaber: Although, following the "MW2 Made Lots of Money" excuse for a story, GP would be hard pressed to justify WHY they passed on it.
DarkSaber: Although, following the "MW2 Made Lots of Money" excuse for a story, GP would be hard pressed to justify WHY they passed on it.
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:47pm
Andrew Eisen: DS - Not necessarily. See recent Ubisoft stories.
Andrew Eisen: DS - Not necessarily. See recent Ubisoft stories.
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:47pm
Andrew Eisen: Zip - Or it will and GP hasn't had a chance in the last couple hours to get to it yet. Or yeah, maybe he’ll pass on it.
Andrew Eisen: Zip - Or it will and GP hasn't had a chance in the last couple hours to get to it yet. Or yeah, maybe he’ll pass on it.
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:46pm
DarkSaber: Only if you play multiplayer AE.
DarkSaber: Only if you play multiplayer AE.
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:45pm
Andrew Eisen: Except, aside from following up on an earlier story, GP frequently reports on internet censorship and net neutrality issues (the internet being a big part of video games and all).
Andrew Eisen: Except, aside from following up on an earlier story, GP frequently reports on internet censorship and net neutrality issues (the internet being a big part of video games and all).
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:45pm
ZippyDSMlee: I emailed it in DS, if Venezuela gets covered so should south koera but I gues not :P
ZippyDSMlee: I emailed it in DS, if Venezuela gets covered so should south koera but I gues not :P
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:45pm
PHX Corp: The CA S(Foghorn)heads are at it again, instead of banning M rated video games for children They are going to tax the hell out of them Literally and yhis time Yee aint The one trying to do it
PHX Corp: The CA S(Foghorn)heads are at it again, instead of banning M rated video games for children They are going to tax the hell out of them Literally and yhis time Yee aint The one trying to do it
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:39pm
DarkSaber: That is a VERY tenuous link to the "GamePolitics" umbrella, to be sure. One sentence referencing an older story tacked on at the end of 7 paragraphs.
DarkSaber: That is a VERY tenuous link to the "GamePolitics" umbrella, to be sure. One sentence referencing an older story tacked on at the end of 7 paragraphs.
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:38pm
JDKJ: And as a change of pace, there's the article with the thinly-veiled criticism of the Chavez administration. Never seen that one before.
JDKJ: And as a change of pace, there's the article with the thinly-veiled criticism of the Chavez administration. Never seen that one before.
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:35pm
DarkSaber: OBJECTION! The bobblehead only started being awarded AFTER Dennis got the boot. I mean voluntarily left, sorry.
DarkSaber: OBJECTION! The bobblehead only started being awarded AFTER Dennis got the boot. I mean voluntarily left, sorry.
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:33pm
JDKJ: Dennis used to give more than mere "credit." Tipsters used to get a Hal Halpin bobblehead. If you're truly appreciative, show it. If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.
JDKJ: Dennis used to give more than mere "credit." Tipsters used to get a Hal Halpin bobblehead. If you're truly appreciative, show it. If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands.
Posted 03/15/10 at 03:33pm
DarkSaber: Good to see GP is in touch with the community as always then.
DarkSaber: Good to see GP is in touch with the community as always then.
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I honestly wouldn't have guessed. Based on the things that get yelled at me during games anyway...
@ MaxVivian
Yeah, made me think it was just a badly run day care that I could meet my friends on if I want civilized play lol.
Kind of funny how so many support Obama, despite his anti-game comments.
Although I personally don't think (should he get elected, as well as not assassinated shortly after) he's going to write/sign any anti-game legislation.
Well, if McCain wins there is a 80% chance that he will die of old age or illness before the end of 4 years, while Obama has about a 40% chance to get assassinated. Hopefully Obama wont be, and McCain will die a peaceful death when he does go, but either way, the odds aren't really pretty for either of them from my world view of possibilities.
Okay, maybe the odds for the Obama thing is higher... It happened to JFK, but JFK was stupid enough to get out in the public like he did. I thought a shot would have been taken by now if someone was going to do it though. We'll see...
Wow. Nice made-up statistics. Thanks for the deep analysis!
I don't know about those percentages, but there is a distinct possibility that no matter who gets elected, the Vice President will end up sitting in the Big Chair.
Actually, Obama's biggest fear is cancer. His mom and grandma both died of it. And families with a history of cancer tend to die in their 50's. Obama will likely make it through the first term, but Biden's got a higher chance at the presidency than Palin.
I think the biggest follow-up to the election will be the 'splainin' that BHO may likely have to do about who "Barry Soetoro" is ... since that was he legal name when he was a citizen of Indonesia. If the vote goes as it seems to be going tonight, the XBox Live voters may have selected the first illegal alien president elect in the nation's history.
The Berg case regarding's "Obama's" true nation of birth, his loss of U.S. Citizenship after being adopted by an Indonesian step-father and the lack of evidence that it was regained by him is not going to disappear just because the man gets elected. --Verbinator
I do find the issue of Obama's indonesian citizenship to be rather complexing... first off, their seems to be little doubt that he was born in Hawaii; poeple have looked over the actual physical birth certificate and their is even a newspaper clipping announcing his birth (along with everyone else born that month)...
As for his indonesian citizenship... if i'm correct, Idonesia did not allow duel citizenship back then and as such his american citizenship should have made him inelegable for citizenship... However, since the US does allow multiple citizenships, i think the only way to voluntarily give up american citizenship is to actually go to the american government and tell them you are giving it up... in otherwords, in order to to give up his american citizenship his parents would have needed to go to the US embassy and sign paper work to officially take away his citizenship; if they don't, then the records he will keep him listed as a citizen. This would mean that there should be a physical record of Obama giving up his US citizenship. If there is no record then that means there is no evidence that he OFFICIALLY gave up his citizenship. But then the question remains, if he never gave up his US Citizenship, then how did he gain Indonesian citizenship when he should have been inelegable... that is another mystery.... though my crackpot theory in that case would be that his parents found a loop hole in the indonesian system by giving them a new name instead of his american name (thus barry in indonesia, Barack in america)
All in all, i think the only way his citizenship status will come into play is if they find records where his parents forfeited his citizenship... I'm not sure, but i think the only way to forfeit american citizenship is to sign paperwork declaring such... thus, if there is no declaration, then according to all US records and for all legal purposes, Barack Obama has always been listed as an american citizen
It will be pretty fun watching all that come down.
Though i do wonder... if Obama was actually found to be inelegible before he is sworn in, what happens then? I figure if it happens after january, Biden will be president, but i'm not sure about what happens before the actual swearing in.... Does Biden get to sit in the big chair, or do they hold some kind of emergancy re-election...
I think i recall reading their being actual stastics on McCain's chances of dying in the next 4 years... i think it was something like 20%; though not sure, been a while since i saw the article... though when it comes to the idea of President Palin, i gotta say, i would not want to take a 1 in 5 chance... I mean really, if McCain wanted to pick a woman to steal Hillary votes, why couldn't he pick a competent one; i think Kay Hutchinson and Olympia Snow were two very fine choices
It would be nice if they showed the percentages for people that are elgible to vote on xbox live along with this.
http://www.eliteownage.com/nice
This feels like an AVP fight.
"McCain vs. Obama: whoever wins...we lose!"
How many electoral votes is Live?
Now in this "vote" they did bother to only count those gamers age 18 and over right?
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