Exit Poll #1

[Snivelly]

Come over to the Light side, Iggs, I'm sure James would be willing to give you some tips on sarcasm-recognition.

On a more on-topic note:

VOTE FOR HARRY/RON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They're obviously the best team for the job! Which other group has better team dynamics, or the skill and experience necessary for the job? Harry and Ron can actually fight alongside the Ministry when the time arises, both being top quality aurors. Plus Harry is the Head of the Auror Department, and has shown exemplary leadership qualities. Nobody's better than him when it comes to this job.

[The_Green_Woods]

I chose the best team first. SNAPE/MOLLY.

Dobby/Luna next.

The third I chose was Hermione/Neville. I had to decide between this and Harry's team (I wanted to vote for both), but then decided in favour of Hermione/Neville.

[Den_muggle]

Hermione and Neville? What about Ron? We wouldn't want Neville to be murdered in his second day in office due to a jealous Ron would we?
Hermione lacks experience. She lacks clout. The bureaucracy at the Ministry will not listen to her. She is rash, she is impulsive, she criticizes too often to gain much support from the Ministry bureaucrats.
Her attempts at fairness are nothing but idealistic wishful thinking, what will most likely happen is that she will tax more Galleons from your pockets, to fund ineffectively unpopular programs like the SPEW.
While the Ministry debates and roils in internal warfare, it will lose reputation and become more vulnerable.

May I ask you to back up these unfounded accusations? Ron, a murderer? Hermione lacks experience & clout and isn't listened to by the bureaucracy? Where do you get all this? She has been a valued member of the Ministry for many years in two different departments. She has never asked for tax money for pet projects. SPEW, her youthful first attempt, was done on donations, not school money. In short, I see absolutely no basis whatsoever for any of your accusations.

Voldemort/Malfoy is our only chance for order, peace, and lower taxes.

Hope is good, but reliability is better.

Reliability? Order? Peace? If by that you mean slavery and death for anyone who disagrees, I suppose you're right, but that isn't something I'd brag about.

P.S. Does St. Mungo's treat delusions?

[DeathlyH]

I voted for Arthur/Filius, because between they two of them they have the most experience. Arthur has worked at the Ministry so hard for such a long time, and he has the experience fighting in the Battle of Hogwarts and helping to defeat Voldemort that will come in handy as Minister. Filius is very knowledgeable in magic, for he was a teacher, so he would provide a strong running mate for Mr. Weasley.

I also voted for Neville and Hermione, because they would make a great team, and Ron and Harry, because Harry was the Chosen One and the Boy Who LIved, after all (and Ron helped).

[FirstConsul]

Originally Posted by Snivelly

Come over to the Light side, Iggs, I'm sure James would be willing to give you some tips on sarcasm-recognition.

On a more on-topic note:

VOTE FOR HARRY/RON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They're obviously the best team for the job! Which other group has better team dynamics, or the skill and experience necessary for the job? Harry and Ron can actually fight alongside the Ministry when the time arises, both being top quality aurors. Plus Harry is the Head of the Auror Department, and has shown exemplary leadership qualities. Nobody's better than him when it comes to this job.

So you're putting two cops into a position for minister? Cmon, I woudn't doubt the ability of Harry and Ron as Aurors but does that necessarily make them good ministers?
Ron reads books to help him attract witches! Geez, I wonder if the Undersecretaries of the Minister will be safe with him around. If you're not careful, you might push Ron to his level of incompetence(I think he already is being an Auror)! Ron is known for losing his head up in the clouds, he might just have an affair or two and it'll break our Hermione's heart. We wouldn't want that, would we?

Ten Reasons Why Harry Should Not Trust Ron and Why These Two Will Not Make a Good Pair:
1.Harry is rich, Ron is not. Ron envies Harry and is highly jealous.
2.Ron deserted Harry in the Deathly Hallows, what a nice ally. "I thought you had a plan!" Now we know why Scrimgeour did what he did to keep the public's confidence eh?
3.Harry dreamt of impressing Cho. Ron dreams of becoming Head Boy and powerful.
4.Harry's wife being Ginny will lead to accusations (and I do not believe they are unfounded) of nepotism. Incompetent Ron with no O on his Owl running with Harry while there are clearly better choices? Wow, maybe it's because his sister is pulling the strings!
5. Unfounded (or perhaps quite real) rumors will emerge that Ron sacrificed his sister to get closer access to Harry. How's that for a partnership?
6. Ron has no leadership experience. The only experience he has is ******* people off.
7. Ron's greed will lead to avarice and you bet a lot of your Tax Galleons are going to end up in Ronald's Offshore Retirement Fund for himself!
8. Ron will try to control and manipulate Harry. If he succeeds, the worse off for the wizarding world.
9. If he fails, Harry will mistrust him and these two might start an internal fight that will spread chaos throughout the ministry. We know how many times they've had cold relations with each other. There's no proof they've grown up.
Finally, We don't want to ruin their friendship do we? After 4 years, we don't want to hear Harry say, on the record, "If you want a friend, get a Pygmy Puff."

Originally Posted by ignisia

Ron would never do that!

And Hermione is definitely not rash and impulsive. Especially in comparison to some of her Housemates.

Not rash or impulsive? Marrying Ron was quite rash and impulsive. The Ron-who-deserted-them-when-they-were-seeking-for-the-horcruxes-at-the-time-they-needed-him-the-most.

[Voldemorts8thHorcrux]

Very well said FirstConsul.

Although I do believe Harry is pure of heart, he is far too influenced by those who may have ill intents.

[FirstConsul]

Originally Posted by Den_muggle

She has been a valued member of the Ministry for many years in two different departments.

Do you know the true story as to why she's been in two departments? Maybe it's because she has yet to find her true spot . And I'll wager it won't be minister.


"We want to work for a fairer wizarding world, where no one loses out because of what they are....We’ll look into providing better welfare services for all witches and wizards."--Neville's speech

I wonder how high the tax rate will be with Hermione&Neville? Don't complain when they start confiscating 80% of your income!

"Finally, we will work closely with other Nations to help them ..."--Neville's speech

Neville is not only an idealist, he actually has an imperialist, expansionist trait and wants to enforce his ideals....Hmm...

[leah49]

I chose my own team Harry/Ron and then I chose Hermione/Neville because I feel Hermione is the second best choice. After that I went with Arthur/Flitwick because they are the last remaining (of the ones I hadn't voted for yet) group without a dead guy.

[Voldemorts8thHorcrux]

I have a slightly different view of their speeches. Although Hermione and Neville are inherently good individuals with good ideas, that's all they will be, good ideas. Who's to say their ideas will one day come true. They do not have what it takes. Hermione may be smart, but she does not do well under pressure. For example, in Hermione's third year, she was under the pressures of taking many classes and using her time turner. In the end, she cracked, she dropped a couple of subjects. However, Hermione even slightly better with coping with pressure than people like Neville, Ron and Harry. Ron and Harry took far less classes than Hermione and they still got worse grades. Neville could barely cope with his original classes. I do not think they have what it takes to be in such a position

[vampiricduck]

Originally Posted by ignisia

Exactly. I'm glad to see you've finally realized how attractive Sev is!

Hear hear!!

[Den_muggle]

FirstConsul, why don't you promote your own candidates instead of promoting unfounded accusations again other teams? You are even promoting accusations you acknowledge are unfounded. Can you explain to me and others exactly why you are promoting...who are you promoting? All I remember of your posts is unfounded rumor and innuendo. Whoever it is, I hope for their sake they have better supporters. If all their supporters can come up with is this type of rhetoric, they obvious have little to recommend them. And if you think the law enforcement branch of government is a boring, fringe departement, you obviously have no clue of how government runs. Lawmaking may seem boring to outsiders, but there are few (if any) branches more important.

Don't support such negative campaigning. Vote Hermione/Neville for their positve views of the future and teamwork attitude.

[Voldemorts8thHorcrux]

Originally Posted by ignisia

Exactly. I'm glad to see you've finally realized how attractive Sev is!

Well, this brings me to my next point. How many of the voters and campaigners are on the team of someone they think is "sexy" and "attractive" (though I shudder to think why people say Snape is attractive). I don't think being "sexy" and "attractive" are part of a Minister's job description nor are they useful when you are Minister. Besides, if we ever do need good looks, we'll get Lockhart and have our enemies laugh themselves to death, no need to sacrifice the Minister anyway

[boushh]

I voted last night after having reviewed the speeches a few times. Considering what the candidates have done in the past and how their speeches turned out, I decided to vote for the following:

Severus/Molly
Luna/Dobby
Hermione/Neville

These three teams seem to compliment each other the best so far, IMHO, and have brought up points that I can get behind.

[Yoana]

Originally Posted by Voldemorts8thHorcrux

They do not have what it takes. Hermione may be smart, but she does not do well under pressure. For example, in Hermione's third year, she was under the pressures of taking many classes and using her time turner. In the end, she cracked, she dropped a couple of subjects.

She dropped them after she had taken the exams for all her subjects. So she never cracked; she just reconsidered her earlier judgment.

She does extremely well under pressure, and what pressure - Xenophilius Lovegood's house in DH? How does one come up with an escape plan which ALSO takes care for a third party's well being in a situation such as this? Someone who does badly under pressure?

Plus, seventh year beats third, and further shows her ability to develop and mature.

[Voldemorts8thHorcrux]

Originally Posted by Yoana

She dropped them after she had taken the exams for all her subjects. So she never cracked; she just reconsidered her earlier judgment.

She does extremely well under pressure, and what pressure - Xenophilius Lovegood's house in DH? How does one come up with an escape plan which ALSO takes care for a third party's well being in a situation such as this? Someone who does badly under pressure?

Plus, seventh year beats third, and further shows her ability to develop and mature.

But that simply brings up another point. Yes, I believe in second chances, but sometimes they don't come up, and sometimes, Hermione won't be able to reverse a decision

[Den_muggle]

Originally Posted by Voldemorts8thHorcrux

But that simply brings up another point. Yes, I believe in second chances, but sometimes they don't come up, and sometimes, Hermione won't be able to reverse a decision

So you are the only team who gets to have ever made a mistake? Interesting take on that. Especially since hers was made as a child, while yours were made as full adults who should have learned your lessons long ago.

[Voldemorts8thHorcrux]

I only used her mistake as a child as an example, there was nothing wrong with that decision, however, it does show something about what could happen in the future if Hermione was Minister. That reminds me, Hermione does show a tendency to take on too many things at once. I admire her thirst for knowledge, but it's not wise to invest your time and energy on too many things at once. The Ministry is stronger united and weaker divided.

[Den_muggle]

Originally Posted by Voldemorts8thHorcrux

I only used her mistake as a child as an example, there was nothing wrong with that decision, however, it does show something about what could happen in the future if Hermione was Minister. That reminds me, Hermione does show a tendency to take on too many things at once. I admire her thirst for knowledge, but it's not wise to invest your time and energy on too many things at once. The Ministry is stronger united and weaker divided.

And Hermione is running for co-Minister. How does that show she takes on more than she can handle? She is sharing her office. She promotes unity even in the office she seeks.

[Yoana]

Originally Posted by Voldemorts8thHorcrux

But that simply brings up another point. Yes, I believe in second chances, but sometimes they don't come up, and sometimes, Hermione won't be able to reverse a decision

She did not reverse her decision. She caried it through in full, because she had commited to it. (another great quality for a leader.) She just made another decision the following year - adjusted it rather than reversed it.

[leah49]

I would like to remind you that Hermione dropped Diviniation without fully giving it a chance! She disagreed with the professor and was gone. She did this in the middle of the semester.

(This does not express the views of the Harry/Ron for Minister of Magic 08 Campaign)