2016 Presidential Campaign

hillary rodham clinton vs donald john trump who will win?

  • hillary rodham clinton

    Votes: 12 40.0%

  • donald john trump

    Votes: 18 60.0%
  • Total voters
    30
EagleSmack

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mentalfloss said:
Time for the deplorables to move aside so a legitimate president can start her job.



Clinton casts Trump aside

She spent the weekend dismissing Trump -- “I don’t even think about responding to him anymore,” she said Saturday, turning her attention to down-ballot races that she hopes will go Democratic and deliver congressional margins that might allow her to see some of her priorities become law. And on Monday, she campaigns with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, one of Trump’s fiercest tormentors, in New Hampshire -- an opportunity to prod the Republican nominee while elevating Democratic Gov. Maggie Hassan in her Senate race against Kelly Ayotte. (Hassan's race is one of six that could ultimately determine control of the Senate, and Ayotte has nose-dived in the polls after saying during a debate that Trump was “absolutely” a role model. She later tried to walk back the comment.)

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Oh Sooooo Solly!

mentalfloss said:
There's no way Trump would ever become commander in chief.
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So So Solly!
 
darkbeaver

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Bar Sinister said:
Fine - here is a brief outline.

1. The Electoral College - it was never designed to be democratic and it certainly is not.
2. Gerrymandering - The US has the lowest turnover during elections of any democracy (less than 3% in most elections). That means the same politicians get elected again and again. This leads to a government almost completely devoid of new ideas and with no incentive to attend to any of the many problems the US faces. This is all caused by the deliberate distortion of electoral boundaries to insure the re-election of incumbents.
3. Ridiculously high levels of political spending. Incumbents spend so much on getting re-elected that they simply overwhelm any challengers. Again this leads to very low turnover in the US system - as I mentioned less than 3% on average. Compare that to Canada where an election may generate a turnover rate as high as 70%.
4. The two party system. Republicans and Democrats may pretend to be different, but two-party systems tend to pull parties toward one another, resulting in very little actual difference.
5. Election of lower level officials such as Sheriffs, judges, and district attorneys. This leads to a system where those who are supposed to impartially carry out the law are prone to catering to voters instead. This has led to a situation where the US has the highest prisoner population in the world. It also leads to judges and other officials being subject to bribes either in the form of campaign contributions or outright under-the-table payments.

There are probably a number of others, but this is a good start. The problem is that the US system is so inflexible that future reform is highly unlikely without some sort of grass roots revolution.



Check my above post.



No idea what you are talking about. Are you saying someone else actually made an intelligent comment?
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Ya well that very system has been marketed as the ultimate in democracy for how many decades?
 
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talloola said:
all those people he ripped off are for sure delighted he won the election, he has no choice but to get
this problem out of his life, or he will be a president who could be kicked out, as fast as he was elected
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Which people did he rip off?
 
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