Hillary's Troubles Solidify

[Carrikature]

Refusing to vote for A, is a vote for B.

How does that statement make sense? Refusing to vote, is simple refusing to vote. Wanting neither of them.

Lower voter turnout in the US is generally correlated with conservative success in elections. People who are less likely to vote (young, minorities) are more likely to vote for the Democratic candidate. It's considered to be a contributing factor to Republicans winning senate races, for example.

[Starlight]

An interesting analysis of how the under-30s age-group voted in the primaries, from here. It shows data from the primaries during which both parties still had a choice of candidates:

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The "Obama coalition" that propelled Obama to the White House included getting a disproportionate amount of young people and African Americans to vote for him. Hillary has got the African American vote wrapped up, but is currently losing badly when it comes to young people (not that Trump is doing much better).

[Mountain Man]

New emails reveal that Hillary's server was actually left unsecured for a period of time while her techs tried to repair a variety of technical issues!

Source: Breitbart

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presid...-email-server/

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I love the quote, "This should trump all other activities." Could there have been a more fitting turn of phrase?

[JimL]

Refusing to vote for A, is a vote for B.

How does that statement make sense? Refusing to vote, is simple refusing to vote. Wanting neither of them.

Its not a matter of not "wanting either of them, you're going to get one of them whether you like it or not. So, its a matter of which of the two would you rather have as president. Not voting for the one of the two that you would rather be president, is one more vote in the others column.

[JonathanL]

Its not a matter of not "wanting either of them, you're going to get one of them whether you like it or not. So, its a matter of which of the two would you rather have as president. Not voting for the one of the two that you would rather be president, is one more vote in the others column.

This kind of reasoning is a part of why you guys are stuck in a two party system in the US.

[Jaecp]

This kind of reasoning is a part of why you guys are stuck in a two party system in the US.

That and the structural setup that basically guarantees one

[Cow Poke]

So, its a matter of which of the two would you rather have as president.

No, in this election cycle, it's a matter of which of the two I would rather NOT have as president.

[Adam]

The election bumper sticker for this year is the picture of a screw (actually seen so far as the word with "ed" on the end) and "Election 2016".

[rogue06]

And in case that doesn't work...

[One Bad Pig]

This kind of reasoning is a part of why you guys are stuck in a two party system in the US.

I don't think a two-party system was ever really intended, it's just more or less been that way since the beginning. The Republican-Democrat (today's Democrats) party has been there all along. After the Federalists faded, the Whigs took their place; in the waning years of the Whig party, the Republicans rose to prominence. There have been occasional third parties, but they've mostly been ephemeral or largely irrelevant.

[Jaecp]

I don't think a two-party system was ever really intended, it's just more or less been that way since the beginning. The Republican-Democrat (today's Democrats) party has been there all along. After the Federalists faded, the Whigs took their place; in the waning years of the Whig party, the Republicans rose to prominence. There have been occasional third parties, but they've mostly been ephemeral or largely irrelevant.

And anytime they get big enough to matter, one of the larger two parties will just absorb them.

Our electoral system just doesn't support more than 2 major parties.

[Mountain Man]

Source: Breitbart

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presid...3/smoking-gun/

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If this was anybody but Hillary, she'd be in jail right now and wouldn't get out for a long, long time.

[JimL]

This kind of reasoning is a part of why you guys are stuck in a two party system in the US.

Thats not my reasoning, its just the facts here in the U.S. I agree that the two party winner take all elections in the U.S. should be scrapped, it's a government that is not representative of all the people. Particularly in this country which is so evenly divided that even if a canidate wins by only one vote out of 100,000 cast, the 49,999 who voted for the loser get no representation. Its not really very democratic at all if you ask me.

[One Bad Pig]

Thats not my reasoning, its just the facts here in the U.S. I agree that the two party winner take all elections in the U.S. should be scrapped, it's a government that is not representative of all the people. Particularly in this country which is so evenly divided that even if a canidate wins by only one vote out of 100,000 cast, the 49,999 who voted for the loser get no representation. Its not really very democratic at all if you ask me.

The United States is not a democracy.

[Cow Poke]

The United States is not a democracy.

I lost track of how many times he's been told that.