Republicans need to run Bernie Sanders as a 3rd party Independent candidate with John Kasich as his running mate. They win Vermont and Ohio maybe 2 other states and chaos ensues.
That's just crazy enough to work.
Republicans need to run Bernie Sanders as a 3rd party Independent candidate with John Kasich as his running mate. They win Vermont and Ohio maybe 2 other states and chaos ensues.
This applies to this topic. Mitt Romney just posted this on FB...
Democratic Convention 2016
Hillary comes out to rapturous applause.
She has her big speech, and, just before she ends it, A familiar face rushes the stage...
Kanye West: "Yo, Hillary. I'mma let you finish, but I'm gonna run the best Presidential campaign of all time! OF ALL TIME!!!"
Clinton: "I'm sure you will, but this isn't the time to talk about 2020."
Kanye: "2020? Naw, man. The GOOD Party starts RIGHT NOW!!!"
Kanye 2016 banners are unfurled from the rafters as Jesus Walks plays to a completely dumbstruck crowd.
This applies to this topic. Mitt Romney just posted this on FB...
The fact that Mitt keeps changing his mind about a stop-Trump strategy shows just how badly the Republicans are flailing about.
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And this, my friends, is why we have and always will have a two party system. People who think the constitution is the be-all-end-all don't really realize that it has some pretty fucking stupid shit in there that guarantees we have a clusterfuck of a gov't.
Democratic Convention 2016
Hillary comes out to rapturous applause.
She has her big speech, and, just before she ends it, A familiar face rushes the stage...
Kanye West: "Yo, Hillary. I'mma let you finish, but I'm gonna run the best Presidential campaign of all time! OF ALL TIME!!!"
Clinton: "I'm sure you will, but this isn't the time to talk about 2020."
Kanye: "2020? Naw, man. The GOOD Party starts RIGHT NOW!!!"
Kanye 2016 banners are unfurled from the rafters as Jesus Walks plays to a completely dumbstruck crowd.
Sorry, but Mr. West isn't old enough yet
This is mind-numbingly stupid. Clinton would get over 400 EVs easily if Trump and Some Republican split the conservative vote.
The only reason they might do this is to give them a moderate republican who can campaign for downticket senate and house races. That would allow them to put some distance between vulnerable candidates and Trump.
It wouldn't ever be to try and actually win the presidency - it would just be to isolate Trump and shore up republican votes for downticket candidates.
Sorry, but Mr. West isn't old enough yet
Multiple parties would be viable in the presidential race if all the states gave electors proportionally instead of giving them solely to one candidate. That's a state-by-state issue.
can someone post the video of this exchange. i cant find it.
such a hilarious moment.
Are EVs assigned to >50%s, or to first past the post?
Because Trump + Mitt running is exactly how Hillary runs to a clean sweep, if it's the second.
Okay, clean sweep ain't happening, but 400-500 hell yes.
I've said this in other threads but the absolute worst thing the Elephants can do is stealing the nomination from Trump through a backroom deal in Clevelandl or running a third candidate against him.
De-legitimizing the democratic process by ignoring the overwhelming voice of their electorate would be incredibly destructive,
I'm sorry but if it's Hillary vs Trump vs say Mitt, Hillary is amassing at least 450 electoral votes.
Trump doesn't take votes away from Hillary, though. At least by no conventional wisdom other than potentially some of the fringe Bernie base. So I still wouldn't see how a Trump 3rd party run results in a House election.
Only way this is plausible is if the Democratic base becomes split.
But lets assume something happens to move the entire country to the right--something that's unlikely but by no means implausible. A terrorist attack, for instance--not necessarily in the US. Or even a major snowstorm that's large enough to have a serious effect on turnout.
Precisely how I see something like that potentially playing out:
But lets assume something happens to move the entire country to the right--something that's unlikely but by no means implausible. A terrorist attack, for instance--not necessarily in the US. Or even a major snowstorm that's large enough to have a serious effect on turnout.