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sir_eccles Nov 1st 2016 7:52 am

Re: 2016 Election
 

Originally Posted by Giantaxe (Post 12093108)
I presume a lot of people are voting solely with Supreme Court picks in mind.

Undoubtedly, though Roberts has on a number of occasions betrayed his conservative leanings.

scrubbedexpat099 Nov 1st 2016 7:59 am

Re: 2016 Election
 

Originally Posted by Giantaxe (Post 12093108)
I presume a lot of people are voting solely with Supreme Court picks in mind.

Has been mentioned to me as a main reason by real people.

morpeth Nov 1st 2016 8:04 am

Re: 2016 Election
 

Originally Posted by Steerpike (Post 12093072)
I think anyone with half a brain can determine that Trump will be more damaging than Clinton. At worst, you can speculate that with Clinton, we'll have 'four more years' of what's gone before; which hasn't been that bad. With Trump, we could have financial AND foreign policy catastrophes of amazing proportions.


"At worst" 8 more years of decline in parts of the country where people are hurting, and more mess in the Middle East. Maybe not bad for people who live in California. Trump is such a wild card who knows what on earth would result from his presidency. Two bad candidates in my opinion. And worse seems country will be hard to govern- I doubt "stronger together' means considering views of Trump supporters, And Trump, well he doesnt seem to be the most forgiving person to any perceived slights.

And I dread after a Clinton victory the Republicans spending millions investigating a bunch of emails.

scrubbedexpat099 Nov 1st 2016 8:17 am

Re: 2016 Election
 
Stronger together (excluding Deplorables)

sir_eccles Nov 1st 2016 8:26 am

Re: 2016 Election
 

Originally Posted by morpeth (Post 12093141)
"At worst" 8 more years of decline in parts of the country where people are hurting, and more mess in the Middle East. Maybe not bad for people who live in California. Trump is such a wild card who knows what on earth would result from his presidency.

The markets reacted with a huge drop on Comey's announcement, it's pretty clear what their opinion of Trump is.

scrubbedexpat099 Nov 1st 2016 8:30 am

Re: 2016 Election
 

Originally Posted by sir_eccles (Post 12093161)
The markets reacted with a huge drop on Comey's announcement, it's pretty clear what their opinion of Trump is.

Not as bribable?

You can look at these things many ways.

Giantaxe Nov 1st 2016 8:32 am

Re: 2016 Election
 

Originally Posted by Boiler (Post 12093167)
Not as bribable?

You can look at these things many ways.

I would suggest that Trump's policies such as "tearing up NAFTA" are much more likely to figure into the market's thinking.

scrubbedexpat099 Nov 1st 2016 8:35 am

Re: 2016 Election
 
Winners and Losers, NAFTA is good for some and bad for others.

sir_eccles Nov 1st 2016 9:02 am

Re: 2016 Election
 

Originally Posted by Boiler (Post 12093167)
Not as bribable?

You can look at these things many ways.

Well, he does know a thing or two about bribes.

zargof Nov 1st 2016 9:55 am

Re: 2016 Election
 

Originally Posted by sir_eccles (Post 12092332)
Was a server registered to the Trump Organization communicating with Russia’s Alfa Bank?

This is a rather esoteric analysis which is beyond my understanding (i.e. too hard for the public to understand) but it does seem like rather damning evidence of further ties between Trump and Russia.

It would do, if it wasn't all bollocks.

https://theintercept.com/2016/11/01/...-email-server/

sir_eccles Nov 1st 2016 11:27 am

Re: 2016 Election
 
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwNqM_BVIAExdbS.jpg

Seems to work for Boiler

scrubbedexpat099 Nov 1st 2016 11:32 am

Re: 2016 Election
 
What direction have we been going in during the last 8 years?

Leslie Nov 1st 2016 12:11 pm

Re: 2016 Election
 

Originally Posted by Boiler (Post 12093316)
What direction have we been going in during the last 8 years?

Is your life worse? Are you in the shitter today yet you were farting through silk 8 years ago?

You can add this to the post where you answered (couldn't answer) my question about Byrd vs Duke.

scrubbedexpat099 Nov 1st 2016 12:30 pm

Re: 2016 Election
 
Inside the West Virginia steel town destroyed by Nafta – where 94% of jobs have gone and Trump is king | The Independent

This may explain it better.

And this:

The American Middle Class Is Losing Ground | Pew Research Center

Leslie Nov 1st 2016 12:53 pm

Re: 2016 Election
 

Originally Posted by Leslie (Post 12092405)
I'm having some bad flashbacks to Bush/Gore. It seems like I remember them being stuck in boxes and storage closets --- overall very poorly managed.


Originally Posted by Wintersong (Post 12092407)
It's pretty bizarre when you think about it :blink:


Originally Posted by Steerpike (Post 12092432)
I've never given early voting much thought before, but having to vote early myself gives me reason to focus ... so, when you've voted early, it was using an an actual voting machine, whereas mine was definitely treated just like a postal ballot. In fact, I saw people coming in with the same envelopes and just dropping them off ... it was also listed as a ballot drop-off location:


So when do they start counting early / mail-in ballots? You hear the pundits talking about early voting 'trends' and 'results', suggesting they are actually counting (and announcing) results, but that sounds wrong, and I am guessing all that is speculation by pollsters perhaps doing 'exit polls' at the locations?

Okay, went to vote tonight and they use the machines in my new county.

I do prefer the idea of my ballot sitting inside that machine rather than being stored in a box or a closet or even a dumpster. :eek:


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