[POLL] United States Presidential Elections 2016

[Northstar]

Yet it didn't sink Bill.

That's because Monica did the sinking.

 

[GTPorsche]

Sanders wins Alaska Caucus and is leading in Washington.

https://news.vice.com/article/berni...s-expects-another-victory-in-washington-state

 

[Dotini]

Sanders...is leading in Washington.

Pretty impressive if he wins. That's up to 101 delegates.

But on the other hand, Western Washington, where the bulk of the population lives, may be the most liberal - even socialist or, gasp, communist - region in the nation.

I recall Postmaster General James Farley's famous quip about "the 47 states and the Soviet of Washington."
http://old.seattletimes.com/special/centennial/july/reds.html

 

[GTPorsche]

Most of Sander's individual campaign donators come from Washington so it was expected that he would win. I just don't think anyone expected that win to be a landslide over Clinton.

 

[squadops]

Pretty impressive if he wins. That's up to 101 delegates.

But on the other hand, Western Washington, where the bulk of the population lives, may be the most liberal - even socialist or, gasp, communist - region in the nation.
I recall Postmaster General James Farley's famous quip about "the 47 states and the Soviet of Washington."
http://old.seattletimes.com/special/centennial/july/reds.html

It's close to it I'm sure, Alaska is much more surprising to me. Then again it's not always so easy to vote there. We have a member here who lives near Spokane(he could chime in, I've always been around Kettle Falls), I'm hanging, much closer to a bible belts of sorts. I spend quite a bit of time in the area and I remember telling one of my ex's "I don't think you understand that these people fly flags, bibles on the table, and guns underneath.(Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, you know...) You guys all ran to the big city when the money floated in from Gates?

My kind of people, not Seattletons

 

[Sanji Himura]

GOP wants Cruz to be their savior from Trump, but this scandal still hasn't hit full speed yet. Lots of information yet to come out about it.

Yes, like how Trump has a personal friendship with the CEO of the National Enquirer, David Pecker?

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/10/trumps-alliance-with-the-national-enquirer.html#

Article was written back in 2015, when Trump was trying to get Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, and Carly Fiorina out of the race by going negative. When the Trump attacks didn't work, in stepped Mr. Pecker to do a smear job on all three. Left out of the negative parade by the Enquirer? Donald Trump!

 

[GTPorsche]

Trump might have sparked the scandal with Cruz, but it's not something he fabricated.

 

[Northstar]

I don't see how that proves anything. It's a morning show so the early morning tweet makes sense considering the show is on at 6AM ET. I don't see how the other things prove anything either.

 

[squadops]

I think the question is will the GOP support Trump when it comes down to it? It's hard for me to believe, if Cruz tanks maybe they could choose Johnson. Sure it's a long shot but based on @Danoff 's news, we might very well get a 3 party ticket right? 11% is not shabby at all.

 

[TRGTspecialist]

All of that is great but I completely lost it at the Churchill tattoo coming in sets of two That is Reddit levels of pretend investigative journalism!

 

[Crash]

Pretty impressive if he wins. That's up to 101 delegates.

But on the other hand, Western Washington, where the bulk of the population lives, may be the most liberal - even socialist or, gasp, communist - region in the nation.

I recall Postmaster General James Farley's famous quip about "the 47 states and the Soviet of Washington."
http://old.seattletimes.com/special/centennial/july/reds.html

It's not surprising to me at all. Lots of people I know are caucusing for Bernie, and most of them generally weren't very politically active in the past, let alone actually going to caucus. Plus you know as well as anyone, Seattle and the surrounding metropolitan area dominate the political landscape at the state level, and the support for Bernie is especially strong out here.

 

[GTPorsche]

All of that is great but I completely lost it at the Churchill tattoo coming in sets of two That is Reddit levels of pretend investigative journalism!

The tattoo is just further proof that he's consistently been a liar.

 

[squadops]

If the numbers are up then that's a good thing, even if it's for the crazy looking old man. It is not surprising to me if true, he seems to have stirred some interest especially with the youth. I'd rather see that sort of excitement than, for say a tea party sort.

I'm sticking to my guns with Johnson

.....

Since when does a Christian get a tattoo? *runs very far away.

 

[GTPorsche]

I don't think Churchill and evangelicals fall into the same plane with politics.

I'm a bit amazed that Sanders has managed to get younger voters out there to vote and possibly make a difference. It'll be more interesting to see if that movement of younger voters taking part actually sticks through November and beyond.

 

[squadops]

They surely do not, neither does the GOP.

I latched onto a Christian Conservative viewpoint at an age of adulthood, I didn't come from anything near that mind you. I did grow 1/2 my youth around Democratic Catholics however(still very far from what my family was), Evangelicals are a bit hard to figure but surely they are not impressed with neither Cruz nor Trump nor Hillary.

You could group me with them I suppose if you like, but I can tell you my true beliefs have not had representation in a very long time, I wish people would get over prohibition because we're not all that bad, we let the ladies speak

 

[Harry6784]

It's close to it I'm sure, Alaska is much more surprising to me. Then again it's not always so easy to vote there. We have a member here who lives near Spokane(he could chime in, I've always been around Kettle Falls), I'm hanging, much closer to a bible belts of sorts. I spend quite a bit of time in the area and I remember telling one of my ex's "I don't think you understand that these people fly flags, bibles on the table, and guns underneath.(Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, you know...) You guys all ran to the big city when the money floated in from Gates?

My kind of people, not Seattletons

I live in Redmond and work in Seattle, Bernie is HUGE around here. Drive anywhere and you're guaranteed to see a prius with a Bernie bumper sticker. Interesting thing is once you cross over the mountains and head into Eastern Washington it is nearly all conservative.

 

[Biggles]

What I'm curious about is where does Sanders massive (& unexpected) level of support get him when Clinton wins the nomination (largely based on her much higher support with the DNC establishment & amongst African Americans)? Is there a place for Sanders in a Clinton cabinet? Would he accept it? Unlike some other candidates in this primary cycle, Sanders has nothing to lose - he is too old to run again. If Clinton could co-opt the enthusiasm of young Sanders' supporters in the general, it would likely make her unbeatable.

 

[Tornado]

No and no, and I'm assuming if either of those answers came up "Yes" instead anyway most of his support wouldn't follow him to her regardless.

 

[GTPorsche]

Sanders would not accept any cabinet position from Clinton.

 

[mustafur]

I highly doubt she will have him in her cabinet, it will be counter productive to what ever she ends up doing(which is an already obvious Obama 2.0).

 

[squadops]

Who would her running mate be?

 

[mustafur]

Who would her running mate be?

My guess is she will try her hardest to get Elizabeth Warren but I doubt Warren will want to do it.

That would be her best bet at getting some Sanders supporters on her side against Trump.

If she gets a Moderate as a Running mate she will be destroyed by Trump, the Bernie supporters will avoid her like the plague.

 

[A2K78]

I don't think Churchill and evangelicals fall into the same plane with politics.

I'm a bit amazed that Sanders has managed to get younger voters out there to vote and possibly make a difference. It'll be more interesting to see if that movement of younger voters taking part actually sticks through November and beyond.

You're suprised? I'm not and why? For starters like Ron Paul the theme of his campiagn isn't about wanting to bomb some middle eastern country but actually talking about stuff that matters to young people. The only difference is that Sanders going about wanting to solve those problems wrong.

As for Warren, an endorsement of Clinton would be political suicide considering her[fake] views of wall street. In the end though Warren is a fraud as Trump rightly points out.

 

[Sanji Himura]

Trump might have sparked the scandal with Cruz, but it's not something he fabricated.

Fabricated. Here is the editor of Texas Monthly dismantling the rag:

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/201...tional-enquirer-in-tweetstorm-defending-cruz/

BREAKING NEWS: New York Court of Appeals has just ruled that Ted Cruz is a legal Natural Born US Citizen in a lawsuit filed by two New York residents. That and any legal challenges to the ballot was missed by three weeks. As a result, Ted Cruz is on the NY primary ballot.

 

[mustafur]

You're suprised? I'm not and why? For starters like Ron Paul the theme of his campiagn isn't about wanting to bomb some middle eastern country but actually talking about stuff that matters to young people. The only difference is that Sanders going about wanting to solve those problems wrong.

As for Warren, an endorsement of Clinton would be political suicide considering her[fake] views of wall street. In the end though Warren is a fraud as Trump rightly points out.

care to explain something without using a 4th grade english student as an example.

 

[CodeRedR51]

I don't think Churchill and evangelicals fall into the same plane with politics.

I'm a bit amazed that Sanders has managed to get younger voters out there to vote and possibly make a difference. It'll be more interesting to see if that movement of younger voters taking part actually sticks through November and beyond.

Probably because he's talking about issues that matter over ones that don't. (like building a wall on the southern border)

 

[CSLACR]

[Note: Linking to the Daily Caller, mainly because the Wall Street Journal article is behind a paywall.]

While Donald Trump may have won Louisiana by 4 points, Ted Cruz may be the real winner of the primary. First, he won an equal amount of delegates to Trump, but second, it was announced that Cruz supporters scooped up five out of the six positions that the state has in writing the RNC's rules and platform, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Only one Trump supporter managed to receive an appointment to a senior level delegate post. Eric Skrmetta, the Trump campaign’s state co-chairman was named vice chairman of GOP convention delegation, a mainly ceremonial position without decision-making responsibilities.

It appears the Cruz camp’s strategy of winning over state delegates who will be major players at the convention is bearing fruit. Cruz may end up with up to 10 more delegates in Louisiana favorable towards him in his goal to reach 1,237 delegates before Trump does at a possible contested convention.

Source

But Cruz will lose to....her. Either democrat actually.

 

[squadops]

Probably because he's talking about issues that matter over ones that don't. (like building a wall on the southern border)

You don't care about illegal emigration? What do you do, just turn a blind eye? You are in Arizona ain't ya? Having a hard time with that one. Maybe you don't mind human trafficking or slavery or drug cartels, some of us do. It's right in your backyard ffs.

A wall is a silly proposition I'll give you that much, barely.

 

[CodeRedR51]

You don't care about illegal emigration? What do you do, just turn a blind eye? You are in Arizona ain't ya? Having a hard time with that one. Maybe you don't mind human trafficking or slavery or drug cartels, some of us do. It's right in your backyard ffs.

A wall is a silly proposition I'll give you that much, barely.

I said the wall doesn't matter, I didn't say anything about immigration/trafficking or drugs. You're starting to pick up ques from Johnny. Don't fall to his level.

 

[Harry6784]

I'm a bit amazed that Sanders has managed to get younger voters out there to vote and possibly make a difference. It'll be more interesting to see if that movement of younger voters taking part actually sticks through November and beyond.

Well I'd imagine that if you would start advocating for free tuition, many young millennials in college would support you which is ironic, as you would think they would have taken a few math & econ courses