2016 US Presidential Elections Thread [Trump Wins]

He's also fairly influential in the pundit sphere.
 
As a Republican primary voter, I definitely want to "flip off" (as Ivysaur puts it) the establishment. They've betrayed their base for far too long. Trump is far from perfect, but the establishment needs to be taught a lesson. Boehner, Ryan, and McConnell have caved to Obama at every turn. I really hope McConnell doesn't cave on the SCOTUS issue, but I'm not holding my breath given his track record.

I think the Dems and RINOs quietly know that Trump will defeat Clinton, as this model shows. All the reliable models also show that the only hope of a Democrat defeating Trump in the general election is a Bernie Sanders nomination.
 
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Ivysaur said:
But, Live, is "getting tough on Trump" the solution? Everybody with a mouth has come out saying very clearly that they don't want Trump. The National Review made an entire issue begging not to vote for him. In fact, I'll have Ezra Klein explain it: https://www.vox.com/2016/2/24/11103704/the-republican-party-is-broken

I'll admit that there is some truth when you say that some people refuse to fight him because they still believe he's just going to disappear overnight. But it's not like he's just going his merry way either. The sad truth is that Republicans "are voting with their middle fingers". It doesn't matter how much sense Trump's policies make, whether he was pals with the Clintons, or his ideas on marriage or abortion. He's the "press one to flip off the Establishment" option and that's what really matters.

Trump is vulnerable but Rubio is hardly an extraordinary candidate -his own endorsers can't think of anything relevant he's ever done-, and Trump can easily lock over a third of the required delegates with under a third of the states voting in two weeks and a half. I said last summer that he was likely to win... and this Saturday, I'll be handing in an article to my newspaper in which I essentially explain why he's a shoe-in by now. Either Rubio eekes out a win in Virginia, or...
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Until the debate tonight, (if you can count Rubio's repeating himself comment as a true jab) nobody from the GOP field, or from the rank-and-file party itself, has particularly stood up to him, or fought back in debates, or run ads against him - Cruz and Rubio have been bickering between themselves or having a go at Jeb! or Christie. On top of the inflated size of the GOP field which Trump immensely benefits from. The only way to beat him now is to amp up the attack ads, hammer him in debates and get somehow get Cruz, Kasich and Carson out of there and hope to god Rubio gets the major endorsements and donor infrastructure, otherwise Trump will win the GOP nomination. He's favored in 8 of the 11 Super Tuesday states and does have a sizable lead in Virginia, around the 15% mark. Cruz has a big Texas lead (38%-23%, Rubio with 21%) but that's to be expected, I guess. Trump also leads in Florida.

That being said, yeah, he will probably be the nominee which is incredibly frightening to me. I cannot begin to explain to you how embarrassed that would make me as an American voter.
 
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Lance said:
That being said, yeah, he will probably be the nominee which is incredibly frightening to me. I cannot begin to explain to you how embarrassed that would make me as an American voter.
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Winning a party's nomination doesn't mean they are elected President.
 
I'm a lefty and Clinton supporter and find this election cycle to be as bizarre as it frequently is entertaining. On the one hand, Donald Trump is the most compelling public figure in recent memory (most of what he says is nonsense, but by being up there front and center he's sort of illuminating the theatricality of modern American politics, especially on the right--what are pointless votes to defund Obamacare but grand theater?) On the other hand, Bernie Sanders' supporters are so fanatical they are kickstarting action figures of Bernie and starting dating websites to meet other people who support him. It's a...unique time to be alive.
 
Hi guys, I'm new to this forum but I'm also really into politics, so I'ma join on it. <3

I really don't know who I am going to vote for at all, ever since Rand Paul dropped out I have not a single clue. Sort of glad in a way he dropped out though since he started to change his views to garner GOPs attention.
I really got hyped for him, he seemed so level-headed, I was totally crushed when he dropped out. He's better off in the Senate, so I shouldn't be that crushed.

Since I'm a libertarian I might just vote Gary Johnson but he doesn't even stand. He has less of a chance of winning than Rand did, lol
 
That's... wow. The guy who single-handedly derailed Rubio's entire NH campaign is back for the full kill.

This means way more things than one. After two little-known Representatives, this is Trump's biggest in-office endorser... and Christie could have been the Trump if Trump hadn't run, since both have similar temperaments. This is actually pretty meaningful for Trump, as it's the first big-level break from the "all with Rubio" orders, and one that won't really harm his anti-Establishment image, so.. Oh boy.
 
If the GOP elites and and rank-and-file members propping up Rubio is the Titanic, then the Christie endorsement is the iceberg. You can kiss any unified GOP resistance to Trump's nomination goodbye. This might just make a brokered convention probable now, it's not just a possibly anymore. This is the GOP imploding on itself because now it can't stop Trump. Wow.
 
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Can't stump the Trump, as they say.
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Lol yeah.

I did think that the Christie endorsement was appropriate due to the reasons Wentos said. Christie was supposed to be the "Straight talk brash" candidate but Trump took that mantle alongside the other labels xD

Dunno about that 97% chance of winning. Democrats still have a sizable electoral base and a lot of the GOP "moderates" are turned off by Trump and might skip out the general.
 
Super Tuesday will be Trump's coronation for the nomination (rhymes!).

Frankly, the state he'll have the most trouble in is Texas and if he manages to beat Cruz there, it's game over for the rest. Carson should've dropped out when Bush did, Kasich is hanging onto a hopeful resurgence come Ohio - it's not gonna happen.
 
I am looking forward to a Trump presidency. All signs show that the only way the Dems can stop him is a Sanders nomination.
 
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Super Tuesday will be Trump's coronation for the nomination (rhymes!).

Frankly, the state he'll have the most trouble in is Texas and if he manages to beat Cruz there, it's game over for the rest. Carson should've dropped out when Bush did, Kasich is hanging onto a hopeful resurgence come Ohio - it's not gonna happen.
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In some ways, it might not even make sense for Trump to try hard in Texas. Why? Because Cruz is "supposed" to win Texas. If Cruz is defeated in Texas, he drops out and Trump loses the benefit of the vote split with Rubio. Sure some Cruz supporters may also move to Trump, but why even risk it with the current lead? The fact that Florida and Ohio vote two weeks later makes a big difference.
 
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