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Bullying Guide

Here we have compiled a series of answers to your bullying questions, providing in a bullying FAQ format:


What is bullying?

* Physical or mental abuse such as hitting, nipping, scratching, being called names and taunted on a daily basis.

* Receiving unwanted and often threatening e-mails, phone calls and text messages on a daily basis.

* Constantly being made to look foolish in the classroom by a teacher, such as being called stupid, thick and general put downs that happen on a daily basis.

* Constant attempts in the workplace to undermine your status, value, position and potential.

* Being put down or patronized constantly especially in front of others.

* Being overload at work or having major work taken away and menial tasks assigned to you on a constant basis.

* Having annual holidays, sick days and compassionate leave denied on a regular basis within the workplace.

* Being given disciplinary procedures for trivial reasons or made up ones on a regular basis in the workplace.

How do I recognize a bully?

* Bullies will very often be in gangs and will be the leader, they will delight in the power that they have over the victim and enjoy feeling powerful as head of a gang.

How can I tell if a school has a problem with bullying?

* Check the schools attendance records, schools which have a big problem with bullies usually have a bad attendance record. This is mainly due to victims of bullies having a lot of time off from school because of the bullying.

* Look for a high level of staff turnover, staff are reluctant to work in schools were bullying is rife.

* Check Ofsted reports for signs of bad behaviour on record.

My child is being bullied on the way to and from school

* Some schools have a policy that the school is responsible for a child’s safety until they reach home, other schools take no responsibility for your child once they have left the school premises. Most schools however will do all they can to help a child who is being bullied. Schools realize that if the bullying is occurring out of school then it will most likely continue in school if the children attend the same school.

My child was being bullied and now fights back and gets into trouble at school for it

* Make an appointment to go and talk with your child’s school and tell them your child was being bullied and explain that they have been told to stick up for themselves and have begun fighting back. Unfortunately most schools have a “two wrongs don’t make it right” policy and will class your child as misbehaving if they are fighting back against the bullies.

* Make sure your child understands that there are different ways of standing up to a bully and that hitting back isn’t always the best policy, explain to them that walking away doesn’t mean you are a coward and the bully is getting away with it but that it means they are a stronger and better person than the bully by just walking away.

The school my child attends seem to trivialize bullying

* All schools have to meet certain guidelines and all schools should have a policy regarding bullying and how to deal with them, if you think your child’s school isn’t taking bullying seriously then first you should make an appointment to speak with the head teacher and ask about the schools bullying policy.

Make it clear to them that your child is being bullied while in their care and present them with any evidence pertaining to the bullying incidents. If you are still not happy with what’s being done in school then take advice from higher authorities such as Ofsted.


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Bullying Questions Question & Answers

Bullying Questions Question: 1


two bullying questions, survey...?

1) according to you, what are the characteristics of a victim of bullying? (not characteristics of the bully, characteristics of the victim). As in, what are different characteristics or weird things about a victim that a bully would focus on? 2) we've all encountered bullies, some are just bullied more than others. what are the emotional/personal effects a bully has had on you? serious answers only please, this is for a report

Answer:
1) they are usually nerds and they can't defend themselves or they are emotionally weak they are also like timid and will do anything the bully wants them to do.(believe me i know) 2)to tell u the truth that bully made me become the me that i am now. I'm stronger, have more friends, and i don't let nobody boss me around!

Bullying Questions Question: 2


Questions on bullying in Canada..?

I'm looking for parents/teachers/children/teens perspectives on bullying in school in Canada. Preferably Ontario. I am doing a presentation for parents/teachers and would like to know if you had a question to ask what would it be? Presentation is only 5 min. long but people can come up to ask questions after. What would be important for you to know? For people being bullied, tell me about your experiences. What helped? What can you do legally? What have parents done before? What role do teachers play? Thanks ok I want views on Bullying from all over, not just Canada. I don't seem to be getting a big reply in Canada, so could other's please give me their views and experiences. Thanks

Answer:
I'm a teacher in the UK and very aware of bullying in my class/school. This is such a big issue. I never suffered bullying as a kid, but I am suffering as an adult at the moment. What has helped me is a special phone line and friends that I can talk to about it. I have also told my union and human resources and they are giving me help and support. I try to instil in my classroom ethos a sense of respect and rapport for others. We use circle time to tackle issues and I am known as a teacher that will listen to both sides of an argument. I do not have favourites. That is not to say that I do not have children in my class who are not being bullied. It is unfortunately a characteristic of human behaviour. Recently I noticed a child behaving out of character, very withdrawn and depressed. When I tried to talk to him he would not share his thoughts with me. Later that day I was told by the head that the parent had complained about her child being bullied. I was upset to think that: 1) one of my children was suffering. 2) neither the child or parent had confided in me. He did confide in me later and we eventually were able to work on the problem. What I have learned as a teacher is: - that the victim needs support as soon as it is noticed, but it may take some time before they are ready and willing to face the situation/name names/admit there is a problem. - that the children need to have a way to communicate with you. They need to know that they will be listened to and taken seriously. - that the children need to know what true bullying is. They need to try to avoid the 'cry wolf' syndrome as it leads to parents/teachers/adults not taking the true cases seriously. It does help to have an overt school policy that has a no tolerance attitude to bullying. Ideas that have been suggested in out school are: -playground buddies -school councillors/mentors -bully boxes (this tends to be abused) -assemblies about bullying -secret buddies (where the children pick someone's name randomly from the class list to be nice to them that week) At the end of the week the children try to guess who their secret buddy was. They suggest the name of someone that has been nice to them that week. Names that are mentioned over and over again are praised and rewarded). There are no easy answers to this. We have to be supportive and patient with the victim and firm about what is acceptable behaviour and what is not to be tolerated.

Bullying Questions Question: 3


2 questions about bullying, for a report, take seirously....?

1) according to you, what are the characteristics of a victim of bullying? (not characteristics of the bully, characteristics of the victim). As in, what are different characteristics or weird things about a victim that a bully would focus on? 2) we've all encountered bullies, some are just bullied more than others. what are the emotional/personal effects a bully has had on you?

Answer:
I think bullies look for someone who might be smaller than they are, doesnt have alot of freinds. Won't stand up for themselves. 2.) NONE, my parents didnt raise me to follow the pack, to march to my own drummer so inside of me I am strong. Once It made me cry and the girl came back the next day thinking she was going to pick on me and I got so mad I told her to shove it up her a s s infront of the whole lunch room, she never bothered me again plus everyone knew I was in karate and being taught by a fellow student who had 4 black belts,lol

Bullying Questions Question: 4


im thinking of doing a citywide survey on bullying to find stats on bullying wat questions should i include?

thanks for your suggestions www.antibully.tk

Answer:
Ask the kids how it makes them feel to be bullied? What does it do to them? Does it affect their self esteem and in what way. Do they ever think of revenge and what type of revenge?

Bullying Questions Question: 5


what's with all the questions about bullying on yahoo answers?

can i have some examples i've never seen any. bullying on a message board how does work?? maybe i'm being an idiot but seriously i dont get it.

Answer:
I rarely come on here in the evenings so these were emailed to me by people too frightened to say anything because the wrath would be directed towards them. I first came on here and within a couple of hours saw disgusting posts by 2 users in particular, 1 debating fiddling with a little girl with a terminal illness (A user named Eden's daughter) and the other encouraging and laughing about it. Since then I have tried to redress the balance a little, it's not my nature to let it go unchallenged. That's the background, but to answer your question This: Usually I am blocked (which should suit us both) but she unblocked me so that I could see these answers. I have also never emailed her, nor would I. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aq8wFSo2GFLBS9Bp.hM5vl_G7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20071007101107AAKel5E&cp=2&tp=2&tnu=34#all- which came shortly after: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Am8ACPE5jDoI7hUVIZhZpkrF7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20071007082404AADmXtG There were others last night that you my have seen, but they have been deleted. If you put freethinker in the answer search there is a back catalogue that has not been deleted. eg: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Am8ACPE5jDoI7hUVIZhZpkrF7BR.;_ylv=3?qid=20071007082404AADmXtG or http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqW2bnZR8I2fPwDkbKq6tzUjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20070815074945AAkngks. Feel free to check my Q's and A's and all I ask is that you make up your own mind

Bullying Questions Question: 6


5 open-ended questions about bullying that I should put on my survey?

Answer:
why do you bully someone? how do you bully someone? should I bully someone? when should I bully someone? where should I bully someone?

Bullying Questions Question: 7


I've seen a lot of questions about bullying here lately ??!?

don't you think school should be able to diagnose the problem and at least make an effort to stop these bulliers?? I'm 14 btw , I just feel sorry for them =(

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Bullying Questions Question: 8


I know there has been a lot of questions about bullying but...?

Over the weekend our puppy died. My son is 8 and was close to the pup. He was the pup's boy. So yesterday [monday] at school my son was talking about it and this kid comes up and says to my son "I don't give a c*** about your G** D*** dog so just shut up now! This made my son very upset.. He cusses at my son constantly. He does this to other kids too, not just mine. The teacher says that this boy gets his name on the board all the time. What does that do?? So what, his name is on the board? I've talked to the teacher to no avial. The boy still picks on him. Just a few weeks ago the boy took my son's puzzle magazine and threw it across the playground. I told my son to 1. Tell a teacher 2. If it happens again walk away 3. If it still happens ignore him 4. If it happens again then tell him off. My son is sick and tired of being picked on. Any ideas on what I should do? I called the school and they said I have to work it with the teacher? That doesn't help! Any ideas? I plan on taking him out of public school next year and teaching him at home. I want to try that and see if it's something we can do. He says I teach him more than the school does but we'll see how it works. I don't have the option of private school, I don't think there's any near us. I've talked to the teacher nothing happens, and this is a teacher who won Teacher Of The Year last year!!! I'm so angry I want to shake the kid. Of course, I won't because I don't like the idea of jail and I don't really believe in child abuse! I can't talk to the parents because the boy rides the bus home. I pick up my son. But I told my son to ask the kid for his phone number in hopes that he won't know that I'm calling to talk to his mother. I'm about to shake her too! LOL You all have great ideas. I'm going to tell my son next time the boy picks on him to say something nice back to him! I think that would really catch him off gaurd. I know it would me. LOL Thanks to everyone. My son cannot be transferred to another class because it's the GATE class {gifted and talented class} and it doesn't happen during class just at recess. Even if they weren't in the same class they would still have recess together so he'd still have the problem. Unfortantly a new class is not an option.

Answer:
If none of this works, i suggest advising your son to do what the bully least expects, tell him something nice. Tell him that God loves him, that he forgives him for not knowing how to express himself, ask him does he need a friend to talk to, etc. Although it seems that telling him off would work better, the truth is that it would only intensify the situation. The bully wants that negative attention and conflict. If your son only responds nicely, not cowardly, but nicely it will not give the bully the satisfaction of aggravating him. That's what makes the bully feel powerful, controlling the feelings and emotions of others. He will feel that bothering your son is a waste of time if he can't get him angry.

Bullying Questions Question: 9


What do so called "Christians" get from bullying and harassing questions on here?

I have notice that a very prolific minority (David Israel is but one example) seem to post endless diatribes against gays with a rhetorical question worked in. What do these so called Christians get by spending so much time on a LGBT forum like this? Does any one think they really believe they are doing the Lords work by insulting and being sanctimonious? It seems their bombastic attacks would have the exact opposite effect.

Answer:
There are 2 different types posting in this group. The first types are the ones (such as David Israel) that feel the need to spread the word to as many people as they can. These people can be shown other Biblical passages that contradict their question. The second types are the ones whose questions are actually diatribes against gay people and they are bigots that are only using the Bible to hide their bigotry. The best thing that can be done with bigots is to ignore them. Some Christians take the words literally (from whichever version of the Bible they are using) instead of seeing the message and some go to church and are told what the Bible means instead of reading it and interpreting it themselves. By posting these messages, they fail to realize that they are making Christianity look like a religion of hatred.

Bullying Questions Question: 10


Do you think the intolerance we have seen here in some questions and answers is really bullying?

check out the definition of "cyberbullying" from Bill Belsey at bullying.org

Answer:
Yes, I do. People talk about free speech but that only seems to be an excuse to be a bigot, people don't always try to empathize and some will moan about their religion being attacked whilst using their religion to attack. Some people also create threads to attack a person in a town close to them, if that isn't bullying then I'd be amazed

Filed under: Bullying Guide: Learning About & Dealing With Bullying

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  1. Tyrone says:

    Bullying and police officer and black community is normal! Shamefully blacks are demonize by this white society so no body cares! Black children as young as 7 years old are bully by mostly white cops! Especially in New York where school age black children are made to drop trouser and take off their shoes going and coming from school! Bullying is a horrible reality that happen everywhere in American society! Shamefully many white directed and produce of “Reality Show” promote bullying! MTV put on the “Real World” where they bring mostly white young adults and a token black together in a house and stage fights and disagreement! Then came “College Hill” a all black so-call reality show about black college students that follow the format of “Real World”! But”College Hill”took bullying to a higher evil ignorance ghetto level that was totally disgraceful! In fairness I must asked where is the black leadership??? The Housewives of Whatever’ feature older adults that are down right disrespectful to each other and bullying is part of the show! Physical and verbal fights are the norm and encourage by the white directors and producers! Shamefully the majority ( WHITE AMERICANS) have shown a lack of leadership in America and are fueled by greed and less about morals! I watch “Parent Control” and witness mostly white young adult disrespect their girlfriend or boyfriend’s parent cursing and calling them names! Again where is the white leadership on MTV??? The death of the young white college male student that committed suicide because his roommate film him having sex with another boy! Was horrible but this was a bullying issue and the evil fact that the young white male didn’t feel he could tell his parent who he was! This should be a wake up call for all parent instead of trying to imprison the young suspects! The young people that participated in filming the young men needs America’s help! Also young people like the young white male needs America’s help by taking suicide off the table to solve a problem! My question to the people that put on the programs I mention above! How do young people that are trying to find their way in life do that with the garbage Reality Shows you feed them!

  2. Tyrone says:

    Torture homosexual acts abuse of authority and straight up brutality against another human being is bullying! Not one American has to look far or oversea to find that evil! It’s right here in the USA! We hear repeatedly black on black crime over and over in USA but you never hear American on American crime! Shamefully the American on American crime is mostly white police officer on black American crime! AND IT’S BULLYING!!!!! It’s a horrible pathetic sick racist evil that is allowed by city state and federal government. Black are seen as the Boogie Man. So therefore you can discriminate against them beat them bully them while handcuff and murder them many time shooting the Boogie Man in the back while face down. With only a excuse of “I thought they had a gun or It looked like he or she was reaching for something! Or he or she ran” or the car was seen as a weapon so all 6 or 10 police officers had to fire 60 to a 100 bullets to stop the threat! It seem that the Boogie Man or Boogie Child must be shot to get them to cooperate or they must be beaten! The way the racist sick police officer has evolve now you are told to laid face down to be handcuff and a 200 plus cop puts their foot on your back neck or head while he or she handcuff you. Many times holding a conversation if you move they then justify beating or murdering you! I woke up this Morning to a documentary on HBO about the prisoners in Iraq “Abu Ghraib”! The narrator describe the horror done to the human being by mostly white military troops! He act as he was surprise at their behavior! Torture homosexual acts abuse of authority and straight up brutality against black American in America by white police officers is normal! Katie” Couric reported from Afghanistan on the horrible treated of Afghan women! White people can see evil thousand of mile away from American’s soil but can’t see evil right under their nose in America! Katie Couric did no story on the black American female just seven years old! She was murder by a white Detroit cop in America. At the time she was asleep when the stupid lowlife threw a flash grenade into her home which burn her . Then he shot her in the neck and blame her grandmother and some blame the little child for living in a dirty home! So you don’t have to go to Afghanistan just wait their will be more incident of horrible brutality against a black American right here in America!

  3. Tyrone says:

    There is something very very sick about a human being that would point weapon at the elderly and or a pregnant women and children! That just lost everything they own and lost love ones! I was watching ” If GOD is Willing Creek Rise” a documentary by Spike Lee on HBO! I saw the United State of America military pointing weapons at black children the elderly and pregnant black women! The shameful thing was at the time black men and women where fighting and dying in two wars for the same idiot that where pointing guns at black people! The shameful thing was in Iraq a war that should have never been started President Bush was sacrificing needlessly American life’s and liberating their country and their people. While American “HIS PEOPLE “where being treated like animals and lowlife! Then Lt. General Russel L. Honore arrive retire United State Army! He had to order mostly white American troops to lower their weapon and to stop treating the black survivor like criminal! Especially if they where unarmed and sitting waiting for transportation! The white control media refer to black people as looters and whites doing the same thing as survivors! Now having said all that I must say BLACK PEOPLE” wake up and get it together. Stop the blame game and the woo-as-me and the white man hate me and the I need someone to help me! Learn from Katrina learn that you better teach and learn to swim to build houses to have at all times survivor gear! Every black child should know how to swim starting at 6 months to a year old! Learn to talk and articulate with good and better grammar! Encourage your children to be lawyers Doctors, Carpenters, Police Officers, Judges, Correction Officers! In New Orleans as much as you care about partying and parades! Put those video games AWAY! That Mardi Gras ” should take a backseat to raising educate children to eliminating violent preventing underage pregnancy of acting like downright idiot! Mardi Gras should take a backseat to drinking alcohol and taking drugs and selling drugs! Many black American that was feature in Spike Lee’s documentary use too much profanity and where overweight and spoke with horrible diction! That must stop!

  4. Tyrone says:

    It is no secrete that white Republican and the white control media is showing black people that “you may have the first black President”. But we hold the power and will demonize President Obama and any effort of recovery that might make President Obama look good! Even if it hurts more white people then any other race of America! Whether it’s holding up unemployment check for Americans ( mostly white Americans) to voting against healthcare for the 40 million uninsured Americans! Or voting against government discriminated black framers to voting against the billion dollars for Hattie relieve! To NEVER apologizing for sending American soldier to their death in Iraq for NOTHING! Never explaining or apologizing for turning a surplus into a debt under Republican President and Republican rule! Republicans will never explain why they allow company to leave our country and go oversea and taking jobs from Americans! Throughout American history white Americans have been against equality and have hated or discriminated against other American or non-Americans! But their hatred for black people have been consistent! White Republicans have aligned themselves with that hate mentality and have base many of their political decision on that behavior! Shamefully at the same time black men and women are fighting and dying in to wars for the white racist that vote against them and their family! Hispanic and Muslim who where silence as black where demonize and discriminated against! Will return to Arizona and New York and many Southern states to see that they are under attack! They will find a country where racism is alive and well and hatred is being taught to the next generation! The Republican should be made to explain why they don’t denounce Sarah Palin ( racist idiot) Bill O’Reilly ( race batter and pervert) Glenn Beck ( racist lying idiot) Rush Limbaugh ( total racist and drug dealer a leader in the Republican Party) Ann Hart Coulter (racist opportunist!

  5. Tyrone says:

    Talk about white racist ignoracne and bullying just look at the white so-call Christian protesting with sign at a white soldier funeral! The shame is that many whites don’t speak out against the evil! Attacking the dead is shameful! White racism in America is ones of the strongest forms of bullying and has gone on for century! So when people are told to stand up to the bully with the notion he or she will back down . That is not true and only happen in white movie and white TV shows! Blacks have stood up spoke out and march and died and where beat and murdered standing up to white racist bullying! And the white racist bully mentality gets stronger over the years! Under President Obama their have been more threats to an American President’s life! That has taking on record numbers! More white militant group Under President Obama more white anti-America groups! Hate and divide is the Program of the white Republican Party that also encourage bullying and hate and divide! HELLO TEA PARTY”…… We see white reality shows that encourage bullying and fights verbal and physical like MTV ” Real World” Jersey Shore”The Challenge: Cutthoat”. The Housewives of “whatever”…… Then it’s Jerry Springer” a white disgusting show that not only encourage violent but promote the show for it’s violent! Many white show on TV encourage bullying and violent then have the nerve to wonder why American children of all race are violent and become bully! They look at Judge Judy a white woman that is educate and in authority. But treats the litigant that come into the courtroom like second class citizen! She scream yells and calls litigant names like idiot ‘fools’ ignorance’ moron’ and one white male litigant she refer to as “This Thing! This makes her a bully because number one she already has power over the litigants! Given to her by America’s justice system! Second she knows that if the litigant respond like she talked to them she can just dismiss their cases…. THAT IS EVIL!… THAT IS A BULLY!!!!! That same bullying behavior is taught to America’s young that is taught to white police officers that abuse their authority and bully black women and children black senior citizen and especially black males! That racist bullying is in America’s government and has been forever! So we all must wake up and take responsibility for not identifying the racist bullying in America and how it is taught. Whites must take a leadership stand against bullying in America! They are the majority and with that comes responsibility! White are more likely to be in authority and as a matter of history have disrespected authority and theirselves!

  6. Tyrone says:

    Bullying in America

    In America no one should be surprise with young people bullying! Especially in white community! Just look at all the white reality shows that our children look at! MTV Jersey Shore which feature white young people fighting and bullying each other! Or Parent Control where young people mostly white curse at adult parent of there girlfriend or boyfriends! Hockey is one of the most violent mostly if not all white sport were fighting is encourage! Wrestling is another mostly white sport violent is front and center. Where white children are seated in the front roll looking at men and women trying to kill each other! Housewives Of Whatever” adult in their 30 and 40 get into physical and verbal fights! The white producer and directors encourage for their rating! Judy Judy is a big and nasty bully that sits in authority and has no reason to be a bully! But she teaches many adults and especially children out to enter act! Judge Judy have called litigants morons, idiot, fool, stupid and one litigant she refer to as “this thing! Judge Judy is a pathetic bully because she know she can call litigant names. If the respond in angry she can dismiss their cases! On The Steve W. Show he kicks chair and calls women the “B’ word that is bullying! There should be no surprise to white people why young people bully each other! Jerry Springer promotes fights between mothers and daughter husband and wives and girlfriend and boyfriends etc…The Jerry Springer’s audience is encourage to bully and call his guess names! White TV and movie are full of hatred and bullying there should be no surprise! Movie like “Mean Girls” Natural Killer” The God Father” all full of violent! Take a visit to New York where white cops are stoping and frisking black children going and coming from school! They are bulling black children!

  7. Tyrone says:

    During any election season, the question of how accurate the polls are comes up all the time. To start with, some of the pollsters are working for one of the parties and have a vested interested in making their candidates look good.THAT SHOULD BE DISCLOSE! Clearly, their results can’t be trusted. But even for pollsters who are completely honest, there are genuine pitfalls. Newsday columnist Jimmy Breslin wrote a column, in which he said the polls were worthless because they missed the 169 million cell phones in America. This column set off a discussion on the accuracy of polling. Below Breslin’s point and several others will be discussed. The American people need to demand full discloser on any polls quote on TV! America should go further and make it law that anyone that quote a poll must tell. How many people where polled the racial makeup of the polled. The date the poll was taking and who or what origination took the poll! Too many polls are use to dictate or inform America as LAW! When in fact many of these polls are all white people polled or anywhere from 500 to 5,000 polled! That is suppose to reflect what all race of American people think! Nearly 350 million American people! I started to really question these polls quoted by the most white control media. When I heard that 71% of American are against the building of the Mosque in New York! Then as I talk to many people online and in person. Not one person I talked to either living in New York or not where against the building of the Mosque in New York! In fact many where ashamed of the behavior of the protesters! They found the behavior UN-AMERICAN!!! So AGAIN…The American people need to demand full discloser on any polls quote on TV! America should go further and make it law that anyone that quote a poll must tell. How many people where polled the racial makeup of the people polled and maybe even demographic. The date the poll was taking and who or what origination took the poll! Too many polls are use to dictate or inform America as LAW! Every American should question all polls! Another block of voters who are missed in telephone polls are the people using Internet telephone companies such as Vonage. Early adopters of new technologies like VoIP (Voice over IP) are typically highly skilled urban professionals with college degrees working in modern industries. This is prime Kerry territory. Their numbers are still small, but not zero. VoIP raises another issue: area code. Some of the VoIP carriers allow the customer to pick the area code. For example, a Vonage customer living in Texas but formerly from Michigan can choose a Michigan area code so his family can call him without incurring long-distance charges Consequently, even if there were a way for pollsters to poll him (which there isn’t) he would be polled as a Michigan voter instead of a Texas voter.

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