2016 Election
#3933
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Joined: Dec 2015
Location: california
Posts: 6,035
Re: 2016 Election
Yes I remember the Bush, Gore hanging chads fiasco in Florida. They certainly chose a real winner there
#3935
Re: 2016 Election
This good question almost belongs in the "WTF in America" thread. Here is an article in the Washington Post that explains it:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...primary-works/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...primary-works/
Here's what I got from it:
- state caucuses are paid for by parties, and they can set the rules/process, and date.
- state primaries are paid for by the state, and the state sets the rules (open/closed, etc).
- But it seems like the state has to abide by the national party in terms of the date of the primary ... which seems very odd ("If states abide by the rules that the national parties have set for 2016, the four so-called carve-out states — Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina — will all hold their respective primaries and caucuses in February.
This cannot be over-stated. CA and NY really don't matter, which is a f**ing tragedy.
#3936
Re: 2016 Election
So if it's Rubio and Clinton ... Rubio has said he'll ban abortion, kill Planned Parenthood, kill Obamacare, fight efforts to stop Global Warming, fight gay marriage, and so on. I can only hope the moderates / independents are outraged enough to vote for Hillary.
As for Obamacare ... at one point, the 'simple statistic' was that more people were opposed to it than in favor; but the more subtle statistic was that a good number of those who opposed it did so because it did not go far enough; so does anyone know what the numbers are today if you group those in favor with those who think it didn't go far enough? I would hope that would be a bigger predictor of voting intention.
As for Obamacare ... at one point, the 'simple statistic' was that more people were opposed to it than in favor; but the more subtle statistic was that a good number of those who opposed it did so because it did not go far enough; so does anyone know what the numbers are today if you group those in favor with those who think it didn't go far enough? I would hope that would be a bigger predictor of voting intention.
#3940
Re: 2016 Election
Not sure if this should go here, or the WTF thread, but it appears that Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. This isn't real is it?
#3943
Lost in BE Cyberspace
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: San Francisco
Posts: 12,894
Re: 2016 Election
Confirmation for the Fox News crowd that Obama is a muslim:- he's visiting a mosque today.
#3945
Re: 2016 Election
What, this guy?
Scrat. That seems a vaguely appropriate nickname for Cruz as well.
http://www.wallpaper-bg.eu/user-cont.../Scrat-web.jpg
Scrat. That seems a vaguely appropriate nickname for Cruz as well.
http://www.wallpaper-bg.eu/user-cont.../Scrat-web.jpg