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It's pretty odd looking over the national polls on Real Clear: both the Republicans and Democrats are about to nominate the candidate who performs most poorly in the election. The candidate who could win everywhere for the Republicans against either Democrat, according to these polls, is coming in last in the voting while the party big names endorse another. The candidate who loses everywhere is leading the Republicans.
Personally, I think those numbers will change a lot once there is one Democrat and one Republican. No matter what everyone is saying now, I think most people will rally around their party's candidate in the end.
Personally, I think those numbers will change a lot once there is one Democrat and one Republican. No matter what everyone is saying now, I think most people will rally around their party's candidate in the end.
Agreed. Though I think this one is going to be, more than usual, about voting against the other guy rather than your candidate. It's gonna be an ugly campaign all around.
It's pretty odd looking over the national polls on Real Clear: both the Republicans and Democrats are about to nominate the candidate who performs most poorly in the election. The candidate who could win everywhere for the Republicans against either Democrat, according to these polls, is coming in last in the voting while the party big names endorse another. The candidate who loses everywhere is leading the Republicans.
Those polls are national so don't tell us anything about whom will perform well or poorly in the general election. Like the primaries, the general election is won state-by-state.
I just heard Ted Cruz say on Fox News that he was ahead in New York by 15%. I'm wondering what poll he's talking about because the only one that I've seen recently, shows trump ahead by 52%. That was only one week ago.
Am I missing something? Is he just making numbers up out of thin air? Is he talking about a poll of his relatives that live in New York?
Agreed. Though I think this one is going to be, more than usual, about voting against the other guy rather than your candidate. It's gonna be an ugly campaign all around.
Doesn't anyone vote according to party platform/agenda anymore, even despite the disenchantment?
Given my political beliefs, I could no more vote for Trump (or Republican) than I could for Genghis Khan. I vote for Hillary/Democratic, because the positions promoted by her/that party best align with mine. Are there people who vote differently?
Not that I don't know the answer when it comes to many Americans who make up their minds "as seen on TV," but besides those who vote according to rationale not based on political agenda, does anyone simply vote "against" the other guy more so than for their candidate?
Our popular vote just gets crazier and scarier by the day...
Doesn't anyone vote according to party platform/agenda anymore, even despite the disenchantment?
Given my political beliefs, I could no more vote for Trump (or Republican) than I could for Genghis Khan. I vote for Hillary/Democratic, because the positions promoted by her/that party best align with mine. Are there people who vote differently?
Not that I don't know the answer when it comes to many Americans who make up their minds "as seen on TV," but besides those who vote according to rationale not based on political agenda, does anyone simply vote "against" the other guy more so than for their candidate?
Our popular vote just gets crazier and scarier by the day...
This is my only comment, but I have to vent.
You would vote for a pathological lying woman who lied to the parents of the 4 murdered men in Ben Ghazi ! lied to the public, lied to the Senate; has been lying all her life; lost high profile law firm jobs because of her lying.
And lies to YOU. Because her positions align with yours ? ! Really.
You would vote for a pathological lying woman who lied to the parents of the 4 murdered men in Ben Ghazi ! lied to the public, lied to the Senate. And lies to YOU. Because her positions align with yours ? ! Really.
I vote for the candidate whose positions and priorities best align with mine. I do not hold Secretary Clinton responsible for the deaths of those who died in Benghazi.
You would vote for a pathological lying woman who lied to the parents of the 4 murdered men in Ben Ghazi ! lied to the public, lied to the Senate; has been lying all her life; lost high profile law firm jobs because of her lying.
And lies to YOU. Because her positions align with yours ? ! Really.
I beg you .... DON'T VOTE AT ALL!
Breath...
I have read much the same sort of accusation lodged against Obama. Accusations of much the same sort have even been charged by GOP candidates toward one another! What is actually true largely depends on who you want to believe, what you want to believe...
Otherwise, I suppose we can believe the political vetting process, as Hillary Clinton has been through more than most, is either of no matter, or we let the legal/political process determine what are "lies" and what are really just differences of opinion. The description of Hillary above is so over-the-top damning you are left believing the woman should be in jail for life or maybe these charges are simply not quite as true as spouted.
I debate whether I should vote at all for a variety of reasons, but if/when I do vote, I try to judge a bit more fairly and rationally, while also keeping in mind that politics is a nasty business that brings criticism of just about every candidate one way or another. We choose the "least of evils," and I try to do so based on the political agenda promoted by the candidate and the party they represent, whichever seems most aligned with the direction I think best for America.
It's pretty odd looking over the national polls on Real Clear: both the Republicans and Democrats are about to nominate the candidate who performs most poorly in the election. The candidate who could win everywhere for the Republicans against either Democrat, according to these polls, is coming in last in the voting while the party big names endorse another. The candidate who loses everywhere is leading the Republicans.
To be fair, Kasich has the unknown factor in his favor, hence the stronger favorability ratings. Putting it mildly, his name hasn't been dragged through the mud to the extent or a HRC or a Donald Trump, two people who have been in the public eye for decades. That would obviously change should Kacish miraculously win the nomination.
This is why their h2h polling, even at this early stage, is more instructive than usual. Everyone already knows who HRC and Donald Trump are--they're two of the most well-known non-incumbent presidential candidates in history. There's no unknown factor with them, and when polls suggest Hillary would trounce Donald, they're a pretty decent indicator of how the election is shaping up.
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