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Post by Geodude 🌻 on May 7, 2016 18:42:48 GMT -5
My state is staunchly a "red state" meaning it always goes to the Republicans when it comes to electoral votes. Also we have a lunatic governor that created a budget mess that may cause schools to not open on time in the next semester due to inadequate funding. But my state, Kansas, also didn't go for the businessman. If the part of the GOP that hates said businessman does mount a third party candidate just to keep him from it would be interesting to see how my state votes...hey it may be interesting if we don't have a third party because maybe our state will flip to blue for once. Who knows? My state did reelect our lunatic governor though so maybe I'm too optimistic. For those not in the US, in the US, winning the popular vote (as in a simple majority of all the votes nationwide) does not automatically mean you win...far from it. We have something called the Electoral College with electors that actually cast the votes that ultimately matter in the end. I don't want to write a whole essay here so I'll just post a link: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral_College_(United_States)The last line of defense if all else fails against the GOP frontrunner would be electors going rogue and not voting the way everyone expects them to. Very unlikely scenario though. |
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Post by Breakingchains on May 27, 2016 22:21:20 GMT -5
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Post by M is for Morphine on May 28, 2016 8:42:08 GMT -5
We're getting the DMC (lucky us  ) and our police have been very quiet about it, even after Nevada. All of the prep talk has been like, "Where is everyone going to sleep, do we have enough hotels". Though I guess freeing up some prison beds could solve that problem, too. Edit, Democratic National Convention I automatically acronymed Detroit Metal City. |
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Post by Jae on May 28, 2016 8:55:28 GMT -5
I can't say for certain, but I don't think this is normal, no. Most people honestly never cared before, especially about the Republican party because up until this year, it was thought of as the party for old, white dudes. Trump alone, though, is more controversial and polarizing than Romney, McCain and Bush Jr combined. |
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Post by Geodude 🌻 on Jun 13, 2016 8:21:34 GMT -5
Lol write in Queen Fyora xD. I thought it was interesting that of all places, Kansas could be a battleground state if current polls hold steady. kcur.org/post/poll-suggests-kansans-are-unhappy-state-government-leaning-toward-clinton#stream/0I think it's because the people here are tired of the politics here that may cause our state supreme court to order all public schools to be closed until adequate funding is allocated in the state budget. Since all of the policies that got us into this mess were enacted by members of the GOP on the state level, it's natural that people will associate that with the national level GOP as well. I mean could you imagine, schools not opening on time in your respective states due to political ideals gone to the extreme? The people here are also sick and tired of Donald Trump, especially after his incredulous remarks on Twitter in the aftermath of yesterday's tragedy in Orlando. He's gone to a whole new level of jerk. Maybe our state politics will change finally after all these years of essentially a one party system in Kansas. |
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Post by Jae on Jun 13, 2016 9:38:08 GMT -5
Wasn't that one of the GOP establishment's biggest fears, losing formerly red states they could consider a lock because of Trump? Makes all the people who thought Trump was a Clinton plant gone rogue seem almost sane. Almost.
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Post by Breakingchains on Jun 13, 2016 10:47:50 GMT -5
Trump running a fake campaign is my faaaavorite conspiracy theory!
Not saying it's true. Just saying wow I wish it was true
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Post by Geodude 🌻 on Jun 13, 2016 16:01:41 GMT -5
Trump even showing a bit of benevolence to anybody but himself is extremely unlikely.
No offense to anybody that may be supporting Trump here...as slim as the likelihood may be.
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Post by Moni on Jun 18, 2016 1:00:42 GMT -5
Cheeto Jesus is probably the best argument against democracy. But at least Cheeto Jesus is not as bad as an African politician! (like the brutal military regime led by Baby Ghaddafi/Pharoah Sisi in Egypt! plz Morsi I'm sorry for what I said about you, come baaaaack.) Oh wait . . .
(I actually had to check whether the segment had any swears, and to my luck it didn't!) |
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Post by Yoyti on Jun 18, 2016 11:44:39 GMT -5
Gary Johnson on the Libertarian ticket is polling surprisingly highly. Presumably that's not so much due to his own merits as it is due to so many people looking for a viable alternative to the current frontrunners. Of course, thanks to the spoiler effect (and what's more, people worrying about the spoiler effect) this could lead to a seriously skewed election.
Disclaimer: I am neither a poli-sci expert nor a statistician, so I don't know all the intricacies here or how likely any of these scenarios are. But there are some interesting hypotheticals here.
If Gary Johnson does well enough (note: "well enough" does not necessarily mean "well"), we may be looking at an election where no candidate gets a majority, even if by a slim margin where Clinton and Trump each get forty-someodd percent and Johnson picks up the remainder. This would put the choice in the hands of the house of representatives, whom I have to hope would steer clear of Trump. Meanwhile, the senate picks the vice president. Still don't know who the Veep candidates are yet, and I'm a little scared to find out.
If the House ends up deadlocked, the speaker becomes acting president, so while I don't know how likely this is, we could potentially be looking at the temporary presidency of Paul Ryan.
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Post by Ian Wolf-Park on Jun 18, 2016 13:35:51 GMT -5
I think it's bad enough when companies and other countries are wading in and implicitly saying who they'll support/prefer. Trump's that divisive.
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Post by Joker on Jun 18, 2016 15:14:55 GMT -5
Speaking as someone who actually does agree with Gary Johnson on the vast majority of issues, I'm very torn between throwing in my vote for a Libertarian candidate I actually believe in, and stopping the Apocalypse at all costs by voting for a candidate I don't like.
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Post by Geodude 🌻 on Jun 20, 2016 17:09:14 GMT -5
Not going to link anyone (since the site may be seen as social media spam) but there is some site that does calculate your "Trump Score" that is circulating in social media circles.
Apparently my fate is deportation according to the joke site. The stated reason? I wasn't born here (was naturalized a decade ago), I'm a minority race (Asian), and I'm not rich enough (not a 1 percenter).
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Post by Geodude 🌻 on Jun 23, 2016 22:08:21 GMT -5
Hmm...depending on how much the global economy panics over Brexit (the leave camp is ahead at this time of writing) we may find the campaign shifting to the economy again. Trump mentioned defaulting on our country's debt a few times. I don't think that's a good idea because trust is hard to earn back once you lose it. Holders of our debt do want to be paid at some point you know. I don't know what we would be walking into with a default but it would be chaotic, much more chaotic than a win for Brexit.
It's also worthy to note that not all debt is held overseas so a default would impact some people here as well.
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Post by Zoey on Jun 24, 2016 13:45:25 GMT -5
Hmm...depending on how much the global economy panics over Brexit (the leave camp is ahead at this time of writing) we may find the campaign shifting to the economy again. Trump mentioned defaulting on our country's debt a few times. I don't think that's a good idea because trust is hard to earn back once you lose it. Holders of our debt do want to be paid at some point you know. I don't know what we would be walking into with a default but it would be chaotic, much more chaotic than a win for Brexit. It's also worthy to note that not all debt is held overseas so a default would impact some people here as well. Greece and Argentina are two countries that have defaulted on their debt before. There are two or three others that I can't remember the names of, but we all know how well Greece is doing right now (ie. having to get money from Germany, economy in shambles, etc.). It would ABSOLUTELY be way more chaotic than a Brexit. It would shatter the world economy, since the world is also a giant web of debts, among other things. If America defaults, the world economy would lose one of its most important links holding it all together. In addition, there would be massive inflation of our currency because our economy had been devalued, much more so than how much the British pound has been devalued atm. Maybe to the point where we could burn George Washingtons and Abraham Lincolns for fuel in the winter instead of buying actual firewood. |
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) and our police have been very quiet about it, even after Nevada. All of the prep talk has been like, "Where is everyone going to sleep, do we have enough hotels". Though I guess freeing up some prison beds could solve that problem, too. 
