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these types of polls really are more a waste of time than anything. We have no idea who the candidates will be, we are voting now pretty much based on our own political party ties, etc. I did vote, but I don't think my vote means one darn thing. Now, ask something like this in April or 2016. Then the poll might have meaning.
I will say this: Candidates with name recognition tend to do better at this early point in the game. Hillary has name recognition, so that is why she is leading at the moment. Frontrunners always seem to have a hard time once the actual campaigning begins (right now everything is just fundraising). Remember when Rudy Guiliani was the frontrunner in 2008? That didn't turn out well.
I actually foresee Hillary fighting hard for the heart of the Democratic Party from Bernie Sanders. When the preferred candidate loses the primaries (which will probably happen to Bernie), voters get angry and aren't as apt to vote for "the other" candidate. We saw this happen in 2012. Conservatives wanted someone like Herman Cain to get the nomination, but Romney got it instead. The base wasn't so hot on Romney, so his support never reached the levels that it needed to.
I would vote for Bill again, compared to Hillary, and would vote for the Pub unless he is in the religious right. It's basically the Republicans turn, so i'll go with them. Either way, a true Centrist that can balance a check book would go a long way in stabilizing the country.
these types of polls really are more a waste of time than anything. We have no idea who the candidates will be, we are voting now pretty much based on our own political party ties, etc. I did vote, but I don't think my vote means one darn thing. Now, ask something like this in April or 2016. Then the poll might have meaning.
The same could have been said in 2007/early 2008, but I think anyone who had an objective knowledge of politics could have told you that the Democrats were taking the White House unless they had a massive, massive screw up or the GOP pulled off an absolute miracle.
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If the best they have is Hillary, then I can't imagine the Dems winning. Actually they don't seem too interested in campaigning at this time. Maybe things will look different this time next year.
You may not think they will win, but 3 years of polling on this race should have given your imagination the chance to picture it.
If the best they have is Hillary, then I can't imagine the Dems winning. Actually they don't seem too interested in campaigning at this time. Maybe things will look different this time next year.
I can very easily see a GOP upset in 2016. Not a fan of Hillary, would prefer Sanders - but barring a criminal indictment for emails, Hillary will be the candidate.
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Originally Posted by Dequindre
I actually foresee Hillary fighting hard for the heart of the Democratic Party from Bernie Sanders. When the preferred candidate loses the primaries (which will probably happen to Bernie), voters get angry and aren't as apt to vote for "the other" candidate.
We saw this happen in 2012. Conservatives wanted someone like Herman Cain to get the nomination, but Romney got it instead. The base wasn't so hot on Romney, so his support never reached the levels that it needed to.
Hopefully the Dems will not be that stupid.
I will NOT stay home because a GOP administration is another nail in the coffin of the United States. GOP is destroying this country tax cut by tax cut, war by war, financial crisis by financial crisis.
Bank on it - all three will happen again - war and financial crisis - and, of course, the never-ending "tax cuts."
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Hoping for democrat if it's Bernie Sanders, otherwise I'll probably vote 3rd party.
Please don't do that. You are just helping the GOP. Remember Gore/Bush?? We'd never have had Iraq without those criminals Bush/Cheney (Criminal in Chief) in office. Ralph Nader was the third party candidate and he was the reason Gore lost and this nation has been all but destroyed since. We have not yet recovered from Bush - and probably never will. I, too, prefer Sanders - but since he has almost no chance of the nomination, I'll vote AGAINST the GOP - and FOR whatever candidate the Dems put forth.
Unless the GOP has something up their sleeve, its going to be the democrats
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