Odd thought on friends and available categories

[redbird]

I mentioned this to wild_irises and she said to go ahead and post it.

If I'm ever tempted to think that my LiveJournal friends list is a valid cross-section of anything (with the possible exception of my social circle as a whole), I need only remember that there are more transgendered people on my friends list than there are Republicans (or Tories [1]). There may, in fact, be more space probes and fictional characters on my friends list than there are Republicans/Tories (and that is not an accurate reflection of my social circle as a whole).

If anyone who thinks I'm wrong about the numbers or proportions wants to come out as a Republican, please do.

[1] My first thought was just "Republicans," but considering the geographic distribution of my friendslist, it seemed only fair to throw Tories into the mix.

Comments

[dhole.livejournal.com]

Hmm. In the next election, I can see myself voting Likud, Green, or Shas, depending on what the parties look like ideologically and the number of mandates they're likely to get -- so, center right, far left, centrist, I suppose.

I'm not sure if I'll be voting in the next US election, either -- I don't have any particular problems with Kerry, but it seems highly unlikely that NY is going to be contested, and I lack sufficient information to make an informed vote on the other things that are going to be on the ballot.