Presidential Election - 37

Coco · 11-09-2016

Posted by ReD s.

Switch the two around.
Hillary would of ****ed America.

Well i mean I feel like they're both horrible choices, but to each their own.

Colin · 11-09-2016

There was a lot of panic that Trump would shut out global markets, but he's willing to work with any nation as long as they are too which is why global markets are RISING.

His whole economical plan isn't even bad, like renegotiating The North American Free Trade Agreement is something that has to happen, the economy has seen one of the slowest recoveries in recorded history, all these people with no idea about economics just jumping to conclusions and freaking out over dumb things.

There's so much of what he has said being taken out of context and misused, he doesn't have any problem with Mexicans, Muslims, or any other race/religion.

His problem is illegal immigrants and terrorists, he's still going to let these people in so long as they do so legally (immigrants, not terrorists).

Also, he isn't heavily religious himself so don't worry about America becoming a Christian country, god knows why LGBTQ are getting so triggered, he hasn't targeted them at all nothing terrible will happen to them.

Striken · 11-09-2016

Cus Obama is so much better.

Coco · 11-09-2016

Posted by Colin

There was a lot of panic that Trump would shut out global markets, but he's willing to work with any nation as long as they are too which is why global markets are RISING.

There's so much of what he has said being taken out of context and misused, he doesn't have any problem with Mexicans, Muslims, or any other race/religion.

His problem is illegal immigrants and terrorists, he's still going to let these people in so long as they do so legally.

Also, he isn't heavily religious himself so don't worry about America becoming a Christian country, god knows why LGBTQ are getting so triggered, he hasn't targeted them at all nothing terrible will happen to them.

Well I guess that's a little more comforting then....but there's still the fact that now the senate and congress is going to be full of republicans who may or may not be pretty religious...and not to mention pence...he's pretty religious and apparently believes homosexuality can be cured lol x_x

Hopefully he doesn't appoint too many religious nutjobs please

I'm not saying religion is bad or a problem btw...just that some people get so blinded by it they don't think of what is actually good for the country and more about what pleases or displeases their god...

5hift · 11-09-2016

The fact that people are somehow more terrified of Trump then a group of people who are more than happy to throw you off a building and cut your head off for being gay or transgender is baffling.

But by all means, be afraid of the orange-faced gremlin with blonde hair. You people totally have your priorities straight.

PigParty · 11-09-2016

Posted by Coco

Well I guess that's a little more comforting then....but there's still the fact that now the senate and congress is going to be full of republicans who may or may not be pretty religious...and not to mention pence...he's pretty religious and apparently believes homosexuality can be cured lol x_x

Hopefully he doesn't appoint too many religious nutjobs please

I'm not saying religion is bad or a problem btw...just that some people get so blinded by it they don't think of what is actually good for the country and more about what pleases or displeases their god...

I don't get why politics has to be us vs. them. I hate political parties so much that I don't even identify as an independent. I get what you're saying, though, and I hate when they bring religion into it too. For example I'm not against abortion because of my religion, but many politicians are against it for that specific reason. Church & State are separate.

Pimpsy G. · 11-09-2016

Crap. Apparently trump chose Myron Ebell to lead his U.S. EPA transition team. He thinks that climate change is nothing to worry about and we should just ignore it. Probably in the crowd that believes a .8 degree change is nothing to worry about and getting rid of EPA regulations for a short term economy boost is more important. To me, thats the equivalent of thinking its okay to drink 3 bottles of soda every day because it doesn't appear to be hurting you right now.

http://linkis.com/tctA1

Also yeah, I'm worried about what influence Pence will have. He's a religious nut and I hope trump doesn't get swayed by him with his more radical ideas.

As of now I'm less worried about trump and more worried about the people he's surrounding himself with.

Thallen · 11-09-2016

I'm pretty happy that Trump did so well with white women. I saw exit polls saying ~65%. I'm glad they were able to look past the headlines to the actual policies and issues. It gives me faith seeing that they value more in a candidate than them being of the same gender or something they said over 10 years ago.

Coco · 11-09-2016

Posted by PigParty

I don't get why politics has to be us vs. them. I hate political parties so much that I don't even identify as an independent. I get what you're saying, though, and I hate when they bring religion into it too. For example I'm not against abortion because of my religion, but many politicians are against it for that specific reason. Church & State are separate.

That's one of the biggest problems in this country imo. Some people just don't even care about separation of church and state...and the fact that those people seem to almost always be republicans is what worries me. If Trump isn't going to be any kind of threat to the separation of church and state then that's great, makes me feel a lot better...but since now congress and the senate are going to be packed full of republicans...I can't help but be a little concerned for the country's future.

Posted by Pimpsy G.

Crap. Apparently trump chose Myron Ebell to lead his U.S. EPA transition team. He thinks that climate change is nothing to worry about and we should just ignore it. Probably in the crowd that believes a .8 degree change is nothing to worry about and getting rid of EPA regulations for a short term economy boost is more important. To me, thats the equivalent of thinking its okay to drink 3 bottles of soda every day because it doesn't appear to be hurting you right now.

Yeahhh I saw that too... another reason why I hoped Trump didn't win. He thinks climate change isn't a thing x_x

Colin · 11-09-2016

5hift · 11-09-2016

Posted by Pimpsy G.

Crap. Apparently trump chose Myron Ebell to lead his U.S. EPA transition team. He thinks that climate change is nothing to worry about and we should just ignore it. Probably in the crowd that believes a .8 degree change is nothing to worry about and getting rid of EPA regulations for a short term economy boost is more important. To me, thats the equivalent of thinking its okay to drink 3 bottles of soda every day because it doesn't appear to be hurting you right now.

http://linkis.com/tctA1

Also yeah, I'm worried about what influence Pence will have. He's a religious nut and I hope trump doesn't get swayed by him with his more radical ideas.

As of now I'm less worried about trump and more worried about the people he's surrounding himself with.

Posted by Coco

Yeahhh I saw that too... another reason why I hoped Trump didn't win. He thinks climate change isn't a thing x_x

Pretty much every Republican thinks this so we're ****ed there.

iChronic · 11-09-2016

People actually believe in climate change? LOL

5hift · 11-09-2016

**** man where's GhettoIcedTea?

GOAT is back but where's my boy GIT?

PigParty · 11-09-2016

https://twitter.com/snowden/status/796406199902081024

twilit · 11-09-2016

Posted by Coco

Just wondering...why is it that one candidate wins the popular vote but doesn't actually win the election because of the "electoral college"? Why is that a thing? Why is it that the actual citizen's votes mean next to nothing and the votes of some guys that "represent" a state is what actually matters? It's doesn't make sense to me.

The concept of the electoral college makes sense, the US being a representative democracy. But the thing that bothers me the most about elections is the "winner takes all" rule in 48/50 states. The fact that winning 51% of the votes in any given state will get you 100% of the electoral votes from that state is broken af. States that are very split between republican/democrat (such as -- every "swing state") (due to polarized urban centers and rural areas) matter the most because of this. As David pointed out (meme below), if the "winner takes all" rule didnt exist and votes were divided within the state (similar to how House of Reps are elected), Trump couldve scraped up votes from upstate NY; Hillary couldve scraped up votes from lower Florida; Pennsylvania wouldnt have been the nail in Hillarys coffin.

Posted by David

There's no reason a map should look like this:

and the candidate loses. You're just wrong. This picture clearly shows it. Hillary won New York and California by winning NYC and LA/San Diego alone...

Posted by 5hift

**** man where's GhettoIcedTea?

GOAT is back but where's my boy GIT?

I considered bumping the "cant stump the trump" thread a few times today, but i dont want to be "that guy"

Poll Results: Who'd you vote for the presidential election?
49.38%	Donald Trump
37.04%	Hillary Clinton
7.41%	Gary Johnson
6.17%	Jill Stein
Voters: 81. You may not vote on this poll

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Colin Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 3,204	There was a lot of panic that Trump would shut out global markets, but he's willing to work with any nation as long as they are too which is why global markets are RISING. His whole economical plan isn't even bad, like renegotiating The North American Free Trade Agreement is something that has to happen, the economy has seen one of the slowest recoveries in recorded history, all these people with no idea about economics just jumping to conclusions and freaking out over dumb things. There's so much of what he has said being taken out of context and misused, he doesn't have any problem with Mexicans, Muslims, or any other race/religion. His problem is illegal immigrants and terrorists, he's still going to let these people in so long as they do so legally (immigrants, not terrorists). Also, he isn't heavily religious himself so don't worry about America becoming a Christian country, god knows why LGBTQ are getting so triggered, he hasn't targeted them at all nothing terrible will happen to them.

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Striken Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,180	Cus Obama is so much better.

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5hift ✔️TURBO✔️VERIFIED✔️ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Larunda Relay Posts: 6,481	The fact that people are somehow more terrified of Trump then a group of people who are more than happy to throw you off a building and cut your head off for being gay or transgender is baffling. But by all means, be afraid of the orange-faced gremlin with blonde hair. You people totally have your priorities straight.

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Pimpsy G. Professional Burger Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: McDonalds Posts: 2,564	Crap. Apparently trump chose Myron Ebell to lead his U.S. EPA transition team. He thinks that climate change is nothing to worry about and we should just ignore it. Probably in the crowd that believes a .8 degree change is nothing to worry about and getting rid of EPA regulations for a short term economy boost is more important. To me, thats the equivalent of thinking its okay to drink 3 bottles of soda every day because it doesn't appear to be hurting you right now. http://linkis.com/tctA1 Also yeah, I'm worried about what influence Pence will have. He's a religious nut and I hope trump doesn't get swayed by him with his more radical ideas. As of now I'm less worried about trump and more worried about the people he's surrounding himself with.

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Thallen Enguard & Alumni Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 5,773	I'm pretty happy that Trump did so well with white women. I saw exit polls saying ~65%. I'm glad they were able to look past the headlines to the actual policies and issues. It gives me faith seeing that they value more in a candidate than them being of the same gender or something they said over 10 years ago.

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iChronic Registered noob Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Rondoletti Wafer Sticks Posts: 780	People actually believe in climate change? LOL

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PigParty PigParty🐷 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: PigPen Posts: 2,913	https://twitter.com/snowden/status/796406199902081024