Last night, Liz and I went to a nearby bar for karaoke. On a spur of the moment decision, I went up to about 20 people and stated “I am taking an informal poll. Who are you for in the presidential election?”
Several people were reluctant to respond until I stated, don’t worry, I am not going to debate you, I just want to know who you are for.
The mix of people was roughly 50% men and 50% women. There were no blacks. The age group was roughly mid-30s to mid-60s.
Mish Tabulation
- Trump 9
- Sanders 6
- Cruz 1
- Not Voting 3
- Refuse to Answer 1
The person who said he would vote for Cruz disclosed he really preferred Rubio. Of the three who said they would likely not vote, two probably won’t. The other was a woman for Trump but is totally disgusted by the posting of candidate’s wife’s pictures.
The one person who refused to answer was a woman who said I will tell you if you tell me who you are voting for. After I told her, she refused to answer.
I was positive that one woman whom I know reasonably well from karaoke would have been for Clinton. She surprised me with a vote for Trump and an outright tirade against Hillary.
I live in a swing district of sorts. It went from a male Republican congressman to a female Democrat back to Republican. Each switch was unexpected, if for no other reason than it is typically difficult to dislodge an incumbent.
None of this is scientific, but I was surprised that not a single person I asked was for Hillary. I listened to comments but did not seek comments. Several women blasted Hillary.
Disaster for Republicans if Trump Not the Nominee
According to a just released Reuters poll, one third of Republican voters who support Donald Trump could turn their backs on their party in November’s presidential election if he is denied the nomination in a contested convention.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted March 30 to April 8 asked Trump’s Republican supporters two questions: if Trump wins the most delegates in the primaries but loses the nomination, what would they do on Election Day, and how would it impact their relationship with the Republican Party?
This is what the respondents said:
ZeroHedge has more details in his commentary Poll Finds Denying Trump Nomination Would Crush GOP.
I remain convinced that Cruz cannot possibly beat Hillary, but Trump might.
My reasoning: Hillary will get nearly 100% of the black vote and most of the female vote. Evangelical Cruz offers anti-war independents and angry white union workers nothing, but Trump does.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock
I will write in Ron Paul, again!
I wrote in Ron Paul in the past but the man has turned out to be a complete idiot. Then again libertarianism is for people that are idiots anyway. We don’t live in a world where people have the means to take care of themselves and that’s the foundation upon which libertardianism is based. Little to no government and everyone fends for themselves. Simply not realistic in a modern society, especially one with such a huge disparity for education and opportunity.
Completely convinced that a Trump nomination virtually guarantees a Clinton win, as enough of the ~60% of the primary voters really find Trump anathema, on policy, demeanor (with Authoritarian leanings), and temperament. He hasn’t exactly been magnanimous with his lead, nor meaningfully attempting to reach out beyond his core.
That is aside from the “yuge” negatives he has vs Clinton.
He also seems to have been totally unaware of how the process works. Maybe fine, if he were to hire “smart managers” (as he claims he would for the many policies he cannot explain much detail about) who could provide the expertise, strategize,,and execute on a plan. Trump fired his Colorado delegate manager, and Trump pretty much got spanked there.
Makes one seriously wonder just how well he could run a campaign vs Clinton, without the boost of a divided field, and without the free and unconditional publicity from the media.
Forget how he would run the Presidency with his “smart people”, if this is an example of what it would be like.
In the end, have to wonder if 2016 isn’t completely borked already for the GOP, short of some dramatic disaster befalling the Dems. Trump loses – many of his supporters promise to stay home. Trump wins – many #NeverTrump supporters promise to stay home.
I agree. Trump, assuming no further crazy tweets, can beat Hillary. Cruz cannot. Bernie will be torched by Democrat establishment. I talked to a local Legislative candidate and she said she finds locals are heavily for Trump as she goes door to door. And this is a swing District,
First … no person who espouses the incarceration of a woman who ends a pregnancy can be elected President in 2016, unless the oponent is either a socialist or a person who has accepted a “plea deal” during the campaign.
Second … I expect HRC to be offered a plea deal to a pair of misdemeanors (in the negligence category). If this occurs before the convention the nominee will be Sanders. If it occurs after the convention the nominee be her, and, being a ‘Clinton,’ she will attempt to elbow her way to a win despite the fact that anyone other than a Clinton would withdraw.
So there you have it: the most bizarre election since the end of WWII.
Trump should have realized he was being handed a no-win question. He was effectively asked whether a lawbreaker should be punished. Remember that it was stressed “if abortion were illegal”. Given that, saying he espoused the incarceration of women is incorrect. Going by the sound bite I heard, he said a woman should be punished, “but what that punishment should be I can’t say” (or maybe “I don’t know”-TBH I forget the exact phrasing). Again,that isn’t espousing incarceration.
Again, he still should have seen he was being set up.
Currently it is illegal to kill the unborn in 37 states, except for a legal abortion. So legally right now a women could be prosecuted for self terminating her own pregnancy. The State of California was going to prosecute a women who did this.
Trump is an extreme extrovert and if you have never delt with an extreme extrovert you are in for a shock. These type of individuals think out loud. Their thought process is external. They will say something then based on feedback adjust what they said. This is the direct opposite of most politicians.
Trump’s slimy tactics are hurting him more than helping. People are getting tired of the childish fabrications about the other candidates. The problem is too many people still buy the BS he is selling.
You’re talking about Trump? Or did you mean Cruz and Hillary?
I think the Boston Globe really nails it: http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/04/09/etrump/JPOQJZK9hUBdBx5rdPkWFK/story.html
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My opinion without a doubt, the Clinton’s are one of the most corrupt and
disgusting people in politics. The shame is they are good at it.
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The Clinton-led State Department also authorized $151 billion of separate Pentagon-brokered deals for 16 of the countries that donated to the Clinton Foundation, resulting in a 143 percent increase in completed sales to those nations over the same time frame during the Bush administration.
EXAMPLE
In its 2010 Human Rights Report, Clinton’s State Department inveighed against Algeria’s government for imposing “restrictions on freedom of assembly and association” tolerating “arbitrary killing,” “widespread corruption,” and a “lack of judicial independence.” The report said the Algerian government “used security grounds to constrain freedom of expression and movement.”
That year, the Algerian government donated $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation and its lobbyists met with the State Department officials who oversee enforcement of human rights policies. Clinton’s State Department the next year approved a one-year 70 percent increase in military export authorizations to the country. The increase included authorizations of almost 50,000 items classified as “toxicological agents, including chemical agents, biological agents and associated equipment” after the State Department did not authorize the export of any of such items to Algeria in the prior year.
During Clinton’s tenure, the State Department authorized at least $2.4 billion of direct military hardware and services sales to Algeria — nearly triple such authorizations over the last full fiscal years during the Bush administration. The Clinton Foundation did not disclose Algeria’s donation until this year — a violation of the ethics agreement it entered into with the Obama administration.
http://www.ibtimes.com/clinton-foundation-donors-got-weapons-deals-hillary-clintons-state-department-1934187
THIS IS JUST ONE example of the Clinton weapons sales for Foundation Contributions there are many many more. These CLINTON’S are NOT ONLY ALLOWING, NOT ONLY CONSENTING – BUT ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN ASSISTING 3rd world countries to use chemical weapons against their own people.
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As such and as there are no other viable candidates at this time, it appears there is but one choice Trump.
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. Just one persons opinion but please ask yourself, how dirty, how corrupt are the Clintons and how could anyone want them to be a spokesperson or representative.
. disgusting.
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Rest Assured Bill was getting it at both ends as usual.
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EXAMPLE
Goldman Sachs paid Bill Clinton $200,000 to speak at an event at the same time that they owned a part of defense contractor Hawker Beechcraft, who received a $675 million deal less than two months after Bill’s speech.
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So Countries were paying for weapons, and at the same time in the US
Corporations were paying for the contracts…..
EXAMPLES
Bill Clinton speaking circuit included as much as $625,000 for events sponsored by Boeing, General Electric, and Lockheed Martin.
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. Banks, Contractors, Countries know the Clinton’s are pay to play and can easily provide what you want for money.
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Just one persons opinion but please ask yourself, how dirty, how corrupt are the Clintons and how could anyone want them to be a spokesperson or representative.
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Alexa, the Clintons are not ONE OF the most corrupt and disgusting families in modern politics, they the THE most corrupt and disgusting. While Bill is a POS, Hitlery is pure evil. I know people who support her. When I talk to them I realize they absolutely will no way look at or consider any information that reveals the truth about her. I do not understand that. What is wrong with them?
Hey Shamerock I just looked at your Boston Globe link. Wow I had an idea Bostonians are liberal but really! The Globe obviously intends to completely destroy the Repub party. Romney oh yeah a guaranteed first class loser, so the Globe likes him. Another reason to like The Donald!
Shamrock:
So basically we should just do away with that voting / democracy thing huh?
Amazing how unlogical people are……..You think the world just conforms to your wishes?
How about more likely you are exploited as a dupe by the establishment when you are convenient?
after 8 years of barry Donald damn duck would be a massive improvement,irregardless next prez gonna have some serious chit to deal wish,massive papered over dept,half the population damn near on welfare,massive exploding gov’t,and that’s not even the half of it
Hillery will not survive the FBI investigation of her email mistakes and will be forced to quit the race or face jail time. Sanders has the experience that Trump has not faced and will make Trump look like the person he has been hiding. Set them side by side and look at the qualifications, look at the past baggage of each, and then start looking for Sander’s vice president running mate. QED
I heard two encouraging pieces of news lately concerning this Clinton thing.
1. The FBI is continuing the investigation into her emails far longer and with more agents then on General Petraeus, because early in the investigation, they discovered that Petraeus’ information was never released and never got into the hands of a potential enemy. Not the case with Clinton.
2. Guccifer has already testified. We know he said early on that he was reading her emails for 5 to 6 hours and then would go do some gardening.
Given these two pieces of information, we should expect her to be in front of a firing squad within a year… if she wasn’t royalty, of course.
Not votinng. It’s a pointless exercise that accomplishes nothing. The elites will get what they want regardless.
The black vote is all about blatant pander. A Trump Vice President pick like Alveda King could swing the black vote.
True that Jack. One group that often votes solely based on race is the black population. Hillary is going to have a huge “enthusiasm gap” because most black voters won’t bother to vote for that old white woman. I trust the poles that say Trump has the highest negatives. His slimy tactics are disgusting many voters.
It will be interesting to see how Republicans react when they find out Trump’s role in Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich. Maybe they won’t vote for a third party after all….
Tw Colorado RNC tweeted out a message about nevertrump and deleted it this evening. Cruz sweeps all Colorado delegates. Cruz gets all 34 delegates. Expert opinion said Trump would get 7 of them. The race will in all likelihood come down to what happens in WA and OR. If Cruz firewall out west continues, he may go into RNC with lead. Trump operation on ground out west seems like they don’t get it.
Surely the most surprising thing is Mish and karaoke.
Don’t go changin’
To try and please me
I love just the way you are
ara aaa haahhahhaaaaa
wooowhoa
From: MishTalk “Last night, Liz and I went to a nearby bar for karaoke. On a spur of the moment decision, I went up to about 20 people and stated “I am taking an informal poll. Who are you for in the election?” Several people were reluctant to respond until I stat” | |
If the nomination is stolen from Trump, I will not vote. If Cruz wins outright, I will vote for him.
I would rather speed the destruction than kow tow to the GOP.
But let me say this: before the establishment was badmouthing Trump, they were attacking Cruz. That speaks volumes.
What it says is that the republican party DESERVES destruction.
The real value in this election is that the operatives of the deep state are being revealed en masses.The phony conservatives are having their costumes ripped off as we speak.
Their main rhetorical question is “Is Trump really a conservative?”
Well, was Boehner, Ryan, , and the rest of the phonies we elected?
At worst we simply have more of the same. At least less the smugness of the republican mainstream.
The same applies for the other side I believe. If Hilary escapes indictment, and wins nomination, the left will see their folly and act accordingly. Rule of law will be seen as a false and or broken concept.
I’m amazed that dummies from Illinois keep voting in corrupt democrats that are ruining the state. Most voters are swayed by little sound bites and no substance so it’s no wonder most think Trump has something to offer.
and I’ve noticed a large ‘Democrats for Trump’ movement if Hillary is crowned the nominee
I drove up & down the eastern seaboard to Maine recently. Not surprisingly, I saw lots of “Bernie” bumper stickers.
What *was* surprising, is that I didn’t see a single ‘Hillary!’ sticker the entire way. Not one.
The level of accuracy of your poll could be wildly off the mark because of your sample size. But I hope you are right.
What did you sing?
Pretty Varied list, but all Older
Teenager in Love* – Dion
Don’t be Cruel*, Devil in Disgusie – Elvis
Ring of Fire*, Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
King of the Road* – Roger Miller
Here Come the Sun* and All My Lovin’ – Beatles
Henry VIII* – Herman’s Hermits
Only the Lonely – Roy Orbison
Blue Moon – Marcels (need some to sing with me on the very high notes)
Everybody Loves Somebody* – Dean Martin
Little Red Riding Hood – Sam the Sham
Sister Golden Hair* – America
Peaceful Easy Feelin – Eagles
Songs with * I can nail without looking at the words or perhaps a glance once in a while
I can do many others. Those are off the top of my head
I do Only the Lonely very well by myself but I cannot hit that high note at the end
Mish
Nice! That’s quite a setlist, Folsom Prison Blues is a great tune and appropriate given Merle’s passing.
Don’t ever think you can sing like Orbison. He had the widest vocal range of any pop singer. The other members of the Traveling Wilburys were in awe of his voice. Try doing “Crying”, “In Dreams”, or “Running Scared” sometime. But don’t try it in public – you can’t do it.
Me – I support a Trump / Sanders ticket, maybe as third party. Why not. Trump could also take a Socialist position if necessary for votes as well.
If these men were Patriots they actually should form a coalition party. That’s how Israel forms governements sometimes. Parliamentary coalition’s are.more Democratic than the US’s rigged 2 party nonsense. It would be hard to stomach for either one but they have commonground which would keep them busy for many years:
– campaign finance reform
-stop Wars
-wreck 2 party scam
– return Corp taxes back to US
-reform of Gov finances
-rebuilding infrastructure
– throwing the book at the banks
-reform the FED
-Education Dept reform.
They also agree that Social Security payouts should be made because people have paid into it.
They would lock up the pissed off Voter vote no problem
And I think destroying 2 Party system and corruption is the most important thing
You are wrong about the Black vote. I live in North Carolina. I also work in a very busy retail establishment. From time to time I ask people who they like for president. Every single black person has said that they will vote for Trump. When I ask them why they say that Trump tells it like it really is and that they are tired of kiss ass politicians that promise the world to get elected but end up delivering nothing. Here’s a news flash for you. Blacks don’t like Latinos one little bit. They say that Latinos are taking all of the jobs that Blacks used to have. It was once upon a time that Blacks dominated the laborer jobs. Now the Latinos have taken those jobs and the Blacks can’t buy a job. Trump has promised to close the southern border and deport illegal aliens. Now if you were Black and unemployed, who would you vote for?
history: bill got elected with a 3 way race and so will hill. bush/cheney got in on a coup and so will hill. not what I want, but what I think will happen. we the people are not the powers that be.
I don’t think a kareoke bar is fertile territory for Hillary.
The repub and Dem rank and file favor The Donald and The Bern but the party elders won’t have it.
Blacks won’t actually turn out and vote for Hillary esp with Black Lives Matter trumpeting her “super predator” comments.That will be her Waterloo,black voters will be waiting for the next black dem prez nominee, anything else is a step backwards.
Did you or Liz win anything at Kareoke?
“The one person who refused to answer was a woman who said I will tell you if you tell me who you are voting for. After I told her, she refused to answer.”
Hence the difficulty of polls. You can’t get honest responses and bias shows up too much in the questioning. Karaoke bars people will stand up and sing in front of strangers, …but reveal their political support? Good luck with that.
I live in a GOP closed primary state. I abandoned the Republican Party in 2009. I called the Registrar of Voters the other day and was told that it’s perfectly acceptable to re-register from Independent to Republican to vote in the GOP presidential primary and then switch back to Independent immediately afterwards. So that’s what my wife and I intend to do to support Trump.
All the institutions that have a financial stake in the status-quo are doing their best to bring Trump down. Wall Street, the banks, the crooked establishment pols from both parties, the media, foreign governments, the pope, the public labor unions, the illegal alien lobby, the defense industry, etc….
The idiots supporting Hillary Clinton or Ted Cruz don’t have the insight to realize that either one gives us 8 more years of George Bush and Barack Obama.
Trump is our only hope for a better direction.
Good for you! You are one of voters I refer to in my post below who has awoken to the “party machine approved candidate” scam. Not enough have, unfortunately.
I do not agree that Trump will be the nominee, but if he is I will not be voting. He will cost the GOP the election.
Has anyone noticed that Trump did better when the stock market was falling in January and early February. And now that it has rallied for over a month Trump’s momentum has slowed?
If Trump is the nominee, the GOP will lose the election. I cannot imagine any universe that exists where I would cast a vote for him.
Perhaps if you ask around you will find other people differ dramatically
Trump seems to have a ceiling of around 35 to 40 percent. Perhaps in the more liberal northeast this will change, but he cannot win the Presidency with a minority of the people. He seems to be more of a regional candidate. His negatives are very high and this without the media attacks that he would surely sustain in the general election. His early wins were the result of a very fragmented field, his Hollywood persona, and “yuge” free media publicity. It is becoming more and more apparent he is a very shallow candidate with no substance or grasp of the issues and no ground game. He has surrounded himself with incompetent people who do not understand elections or the campaign process. He is used to buying influence and bullying people to get what he desires.
The GOP establishment would rather have a Kasich, Rubio, or Ryan, but this is a pipe dream. I am coming to appreciate Alan Dershowitz’ description of Cruz as “off the charts brilliant” as I see him lock up delegates (CO), especially in states where Trump “won” the popular vote (LA). Cruz has demonstrated that Trump has no clue how to play the political game. I’m the lone wolf here, but I see Cruz being the nominee and winning the general election.
Both Trump and Cruz will face an uphill battle. Part of the reason the party machine wanted someone else, anyone else, than one of those two, may well have been that they all are a bunch of corrupt hacks. But another one is simple strategy, and odds of beating the Dems.
I tend to agree with Mish and most here, that Trump is probably an easier sell in the general, than Cruz. And I’m personally more of a Cruz guy, as I just don’t trust Trump to not both screw up Supreme Court picks, and be walked all over by all the “great negotiators” and advisors he will pick. All of whom conveniently hail from New York/Wall Street, where they have “achieved” great wealth almost solely and entirely the new fashioned way: By having it printed up and taxed and stolen from others, then handed to them.
But voters who are independent and not committed, which are the ones that are realistically up for grabs, tend to be swayed by candidates’ personas. And Trump, with all his gaffes and follys and hot temper and uncouth language, does seem like “one of us” to many. While Cruz comes across like an amalgam of Spock and Mr. Bean’s evil twin.
Of course, with the Dems in shambles, especially if Hillary looks severely weakened, “The Machine” may just decide to nominate a Rubio, Ryan or Kasich regardless of primary votes. Figuring some middle-of-the-roader will fare well enough against an opposition who has left the “middle” for the Bern. And that whatever anger initially ensues, will be forgotten once “our” side’s candidate wins…
well stated
Mish
If Trump is not the nominee, the GOP will once again snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
If one of the dummycrats wins, it’s Bye Bye America, it was nice while it lasted.
Simple math
Black vote = % 90 Democratic
Hispanic vote=%70 Democratic
Older woman’s=%70 Democratic
vote
The simple math is that any Republican needs to capture a large majority(%60) of both the white male vote and the younger woman’s vote in order to win.Republicans also need to hope for a low turnout among the Blacks and the Hispanics.
Traditionally, the Black vote is 50% sit at home. Obama changed that, but Hilary??? Or some milky white relic who still haven’t gotten over Stalin corrupting “pure” Leninism?
Stuki I think you meant Stalin corrupting pure Marxism. Lenin said “The goal of socialism is communism”. I think he was right. I wish more ignorant Bern fans knew that.
The CFR folks brokered a deal between Hillary and Obama back in 2008. The deal was, if Hillary backs off and allows Obama to become POTUS, she would be elected POTUS in 2016. Those CFR leaders are from both parties and they “promised” Hillary she would get elected in 2016. If you think about it, the best way for them to be able to keep that promise is to blow up the Republican party and that’s exactly what they are doing. They continue to play the American people like a fine instrument.
Well Merrill that’s a very interesting theory. Now what about your sources?
Mish —
I love it that you have time for a karaoke bar on top of being as productive as you are. Also like your common-sense approach to politics, and the fact that it leads to Trump. So far, so good.
You know I live in Ukraine. I am pleased that the Dutch voted down extending EU partnership. We don’t need the EU social diseases here. On the other hand, we also don’t need the heavy boot of the Russians.
Perversely, the “honest corruption” of Ukraine offers an easier environment in which to keep one’s moral bearings than today’s United States. I, like you, look for Trump to change things for the US. As for Ukraine, it has to be us. It will not be the EU, IMF, Washington or anything else coming from the corrupt west.
Unless I missed it, it’s not clear from the Reuters survey page (as it SHOULD be) that they were polling just Rep voters, but I suspect it is so. If so, I believe it is GROSSLY underestimating the negative effects for the Reps in the general election if Trump is not nominated as I suspect that a LARGE percentage of the largest registered voter block, indies at 43%, will simply not bother to vote at all if Trump isn’t nominated. I am in that group.
I suspect the bitterness will remain to the next election two years from now as more voters FINALLY REALIZE that the entire reason they get an endless series of bought and paid for RINOs and DINOs representing the oligarchy’s preferred public funds and new debt accrued on the public tab cash flow status quo is mainly due to their corrupt party machine’s vetting process to determine which bought and paid for candidates they are ALLOWED to vote for in the general election. It’s impossible to fix a totally compromised system via legislation, so the only fix is to REJECT THE PREFERRED PRODUCT of that system.
Winston if you want to make known your dissatisfaction with the Big Two Party candidates, vote for a third party candidate. Otherwise, you are just invisible.
Trump? Ugh. Sheer insanity.
anyone who Followed the GOP corruption during both Ron Paul campaigns knows how extreme are the Dirty Tricks. Just wait until June – you will observe the most shameless open corruption qnr vote stealing
As a conservative, I should probably be voting for Cruz (given the options) but he can’t win and Trump is the obvious choice of the rank and file. If Trump gets denied by the party, I WILL NOT VOTE for anyone who is chosen by them. Incidentally, I am also committed to never voting for Trump. (we won’t like what we get…) I now detest the GOP elites just as much as I ever did the Dems. They don’t/won’t get me to just hold my nose and vote Republican which I think is their assumption. Wrote in last time, will do so again….
I cannot participate in casting a vote for someone I wouldn’t be proud to have voted in. While I sure like the Donald’s disregard for Dems, Elites and the Media, I can’t support him–even though I think he can win, even, possibly, 3rd party.
It will be entertaining to see him elected, but terrifying to see anyone else elected. Cruz will be bogged down forever fighting lawsuits on his eligibility. And despite, his conservative bonafides, his willingness to get ‘dirty’ in the political campaign process has destroyed his supposed ‘integrity’.
Cruz’s wife works for Goldman Sucks, the ultimate TBTF crony bankster. That’s really all you need to know to know that Crudz is a phony. The Donald is the only anti-establishment and anti-war candidate on the repub side. If you want the mess we are in to get even worse, then vote for any other candidate but The Donald.
I can’t imagine Trump winning, but the Republican party is in a fix. If he’s the nominee, many Republicans won’t vote. If he’s not the nominee, many of the crossover people supporting him won’t vote. Either way, the Republicans lose because either way turnout will very, very poor. Losses will run much deeper than at top of the ticket. I expect landslide level losses in Congressional and Senate races, and the loss of many statehouses as well.
The good news is that this will be a banner year for the Libertarian party. It could become a party to be taken seriously, at long last. I most likely will vote Libertarian, unless it appears that there is a chance Trump might be elected, in which case I will swallow hard and vote for Hillary.
I would add that I don’t see what the big deal is with the idea of a brokered convention. That’s the way it is supposed to work. If a candidate can get a majority, great. If not, then they wheel and deal and try to find a candidate that can win. Some say that if Trump is is not the nominee, that disenfranchises the 35% of voters who voted him. True, but if he doesn’t win a majority of delegates, and gets the nomination anyway, that disenfranchises the 65% who did not vote for him. Either way, there may be scars that will not heal.
The candidates, however, are not totally stupid, unlike the pundits. They will try to come up with an ending that doesn’t chase away everyone. As an example, we might end up with a Trump-Cruz ticket this fall.
A Trump/Cruz ticket will never happen. The collaboration of the Trump & Kasich campaigns in Michigan to deny Cruz any delegates would point to a Trump/Kasich ticket and the reason Kasich is staying in the race. Exit polls from Wisconsin indicate Cruz would get 80 to 90 percent of those voting for Kasich if he were not in the race. Carson wanted the VP slot, but he has served his purpose in slamming Cruz’ win in Iowa as tainted. (Has anyone heard of any voter that changed his vote form Carson to another candidate?). Christie will be AG, Sessions most likely SOS.
Great decision Carl. Hillary is the the worst presidential candidate EVER. She is pure evil. Anyone who supports her has either somehow managed to avoid knowing anything about her, or they want to destroy America.
http://www.ibtimes.com/clinton-foundation-donors-got-weapons-deals-hillary-clintons-state-department-1934187
I don’t care for Hillary at all, but I’ strongly disagree with you. In my opinion Trump is in a whole other league of bad. If we end up with Hillary in the White House, and Ryan continues as Speaker, we could end up with four more years of Washington gridlock, which is an acceptable alternative. As a Libertarian, the second best alternative to a Government which does nothing is a Government unable to do anything because of gridlock. The absolute worst possibility is a Government that is capable of doing things, and which is led by a power hungry megalomaniac.
People in bars don’t seem to vote for Hillary:
A recent digital signage-based political poll conducted by EYE Play in bars, clubs and high-energy venues across the U.S. shows that in a Donald Trump versus Hillary Clinton race, 40 percent of people would rather cast a ballot for an independent, unknown or other candidate. Clinton trailed Trump by approximately 6 percentage points in the poll.
http://www.digitalsignagetoday.com/news/digital-signage-based-poll-asks-clinton-or-trump-respondents-say-other/
I intimidate internet chat guys by asking “Trump or Hillary?”
I was for Cruz until I read this:
http://www.newswithviews.com/Barnewall/marilyn222.htm
Is Ted Cruz the ‘North American Union’ Candidate?
By Marilyn MacGruder Barnewall February 17, 2016
I just wish Trump was more articulate and statesman in his comments. He should have one more debate with Cruz. But I hear that the GOP elites may choose another candidate in the Convention. They may then shoot themselves in the foot for the last time.
But if Hildabeast gets elected then that likely will be it for the Republic. The US will become the Peoples United States of UN Satellite.