Swing Vote

[Trekker4747]

I didn't see this movie this weekend, though I *am* curious so I may check it out on a matinee later this weekd. Maybe.

But I was wondering, for those who've seen it, how was it? And did they even *try* to explain the absurd fracturing of the election process in it? ("The first ever popular vote!") The person in me who got a B- in 8th grade Civics is dying to know.

 

[nx1701g]

I have been tempted to see if but it's too farfetched to believe.

Apparently there was a tie in the presidential election between Hopper and Grammer's characters. A computer error erased Costner's vote and now he has the vote that will decide the election. Since they would violate his civil rights by sending it to the House (they would be ignoring his vote because of the error) it was decided to let him revote at a later date. Or so I read.

 

[Trekker4747]

I have been tempted to see if but it's too farfetched to believe.

Apparently there was a tie in the presidential election between Hopper and Grammer's characters. A computer error erased Costner's vote and now he has the vote that will decide the election. Since they would violate his civil rights by sending it to the House (they would be ignoring his vote because of the error) it was decided to let him revote at a later date. Or so I read.

Yeah, I know what happened. But it just CAN'T happen.

Countless votes in the Florida 2000 election were thrown out because they weren't clear. And there CAN'T be a tie in an election due to our system of voting and even if it DID come down to an undecided election the House and Senate make the decision. They don't go find the one person who's vote was jacked up and ask him to revote.

 

[ParticleMan]

I have been tempted to see if but it's too farfetched to believe.

Apparently there was a tie in the presidential election between Hopper and Grammer's characters. A computer error erased Costner's vote and now he has the vote that will decide the election. Since they would violate his civil rights by sending it to the House (they would be ignoring his vote because of the error) it was decided to let him revote at a later date. Or so I read.

Yeah, I know what happened. But it just CAN'T happen.

Countless votes in the Florida 2000 election were thrown out because they weren't clear. And there CAN'T be a tie in an election due to our system of voting and even if it DID come down to an undecided election the House and Senate make the decision. They don't go find the one person who's vote was jacked up and ask him to revote.

I didn't see it either, but what makes it even more unbelievable is that:

Spoiler: Spoilers about key plot point

His little girl actually casts his vote for him when the machine malfunctions. Which means his vote was illegally cast, therefore shouldn't have counted in the first place.

 

[Aragorn]

Anyone think this was originally a story about a small-town election that got bloated with increasing the stakes to the maximum via rewrite and/or studio meddling?

 

[Trekker4747]

Anyone think this was originally a story about a small-town election that got bloated with increasing the stakes to the maximum via rewrite and/or studio meddling?

That's my suspicion. A tie and resolution of this nature is much more likely, and possible, in a small-town.

But some studio big-head probably said to bloat it up to a Presidential election to "increase the stakes" and most Americans are too dumb to know how the country's election process works.

 

[Harvey]

I have to say, as a movie about a small town election, this could have been far more nuanced, more intelligent, and not to mention funnier than what we (apparently) got. Reviewers have not been nice to this film, the trailers have made it look incredibly mediocore, and its arrived pretty late in the movie seasons, so I'll be passing.

 

[Kegek]

Didn't look that interesting. I want to see a movie with Kesley Grammer as a presidental candidate, sure, but it's more of a Kevin Costner vehicle.