2016 USA Presidential election thread I: The warm-up

[Xantavia]

Yeah, I wasn't sure how to read that comment. Trump pretty much dominated the fuck out of the Republican party through and through.

Sorry, I do poorly with sarcasm/conspiracy online. I'll try conspiracy list form

1. Cruz wants Trump supporters to vote for Bernie, thereby lowering the total votes for Trump in the final primaries.
2. Cruz has his supporters come out and vote for him.
3. As a result, Cruz gets a majority of the remaining delegates up for grabs.
4. At a contested convention, he argues there was a surge of support for him over Trump, even after suspending his campaign.
5. Since his support is obviously rising and Trumps is dropping, he would be the best candidate to choose.

[Dantrag]

I thought Cruz dropped out....

[Minions]

I thought Cruz dropped out....

Just because people drop out, doesn't mean they don't still exist on the ballots generally. Those things are kinda set ahead of time

[Krandor]

And Cruz didn't actually drop out, he suspended his campaign. It's a key difference

[Ksandra]

God I love this man:



I think he hit the nail on the head about a lot of stuff.

[thetruepandagod]

Why has he lived so long without facial hair? He a qt now

[Serra]

Clinton edges Trump in Florida and Pennsylvania, while Trump leads in Ohio, according to the Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/10/politi...nia/index.html

If this poll holds up in November, and other states behave as expected, that puts Clinton at 266 and Trump at 209. Clinton just needs one more state out of Nevada (7), Colorado (9), Iowa (6), Wisconsin (10), Virginia (13), North Carolina (15), or New Hampshire (4).

[Andalusian girls]

Spoiler: show

no poll from today is going to hold up in November

[Melena]

Spoiler: show

no poll from today is going to hold up in November

Tell that to all the berniebros who keep making posts that Hillary should concede because Bernie is polling better against trump then hilldog

[Galkaeater]

Bane if Serra posts any more poll results, ban him.

[Galkaeater]

How much is Gred being paid to shill for hill?

http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-n...htmlstory.html

[Serra]

Spoiler: show

no poll from today is going to hold up in November

I know, but I think it'll give some insight into campaign strategies over the next few months -- namely that I imagine Trump will heavily target Florida and Pennsylvania.

Bane if Serra posts any more poll results, ban him.

It's been a while since I posted any. I've been keeping them to myself, tyvm!

[archibaldcrane]

*don't go chasing individual polls*
*just stick to the polling averages you're used to*

[Talint]

So this is a thing:

A meme offering instructions on how to make "Bernie Sanders glow sticks" actually provides a recipe for a chlorine bomb.

[archibaldcrane]

A meme, eh?

[BerenTebogo]

A meme, eh?

This one weird trick will scare all Hillary supporters away!

[Dotsudoku]

pretty sure that's circulated with a different topical thing in the theme several times before. And tbh it was probably created by a Bernie supporter. LOOK WHAT HILLARY SUPPORTERS ARE TRYING TO DO TO US etc

[Byrthnoth]

To be real for a moment, it was probably created by a disengaged 4channer who hasn't thought much about politics and just wants to see people give themselves chemical burns.

[Dotsudoku]

granted

[archibaldcrane]

Lulz. Trumpers faking it for Bernie may have given him the victory in West Virginia.

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016...rginia-n571791

"In fact, 39 percent of Sanders voters said they would vote for Trump over Sanders in the fall. For Clinton, nine percent of her voters say they plan to come out for Trump in the general election."

Obviously you have to take exit polling with a grain of salt, but if you subtract Berners for Trump and Hillhoes for Trump from their vote totals, she would've won 78k to 75k.