I'm losing faith in the political parties. I don't get it at all. I may not vote for Donald Trump or like him but I think he's right for once. He said both political parties are corrupt. That he's been winning and Bernie Sanders (I support) are winning but yet everyone says they can't be the nominees. That in a contested convention Donald Trump will never win.
I don't get it. If Donald gets the most votes, and people like Marco Rubio suspend their campaigns, then their delegates should be up for grabs right? I think if Donald leads why shouldn't he win the nomination?
As for Bernie well I think superdelegates are ridiculous and have always thoughts so. It should be solely based on the voting delegates. And he's won the last 7 of 8 states and has tremendous momentum. I don't get why he can't win and look at his fundraising! Oh yeah because the establishment doesn't want him to win like they don't want Donald Trump to win.
I think the cards need to fall where they fall and the politicians need to stop interfering. Ridiculous.
I'm disgusted. If I were a republican I'd probably consider voting for donald trump just to thumb my nose at people in DC for deciding what the rest of the country wants. I feel like voting for Bernie (I did) at least I contributed to the "political revolution." But it seems like the establishment on both sides just wants the average joe to fall into line with what they want.
Hillary or Paul Ryan. Who cares what anyone else wants.
political corruption
April 13th, 2016 at 01:10 am
April 13th, 2016 at 02:41 am 1460511699
I don't think it's corrupt. It's each party's job to bring someone to nominate on behalf of the party that can win. Not sure I entirely agree with the Super Delegates of the democratic party. Also think it is VERY odd that no other true Democrat ran in the primary. I think that there is some agreements (maybe threats) going on behind closed doors to not put up any other challengers besides Hillary.
I think of it this way...how many people voted for someone who wasn't Trump? Not sure what the numbers are, but I think those people out number Trump, who again has not reached the correct number of delegates.
It is interesting that is for sure.
April 13th, 2016 at 02:42 am 1460511727
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April 13th, 2016 at 04:31 am 1460518307
And the media as it is today is one of the worst things that has happened to this country. They don't get the facts anymore, they just get the story. So what if it ruins people's lives. So what if it's all lies, even malicious lies, so long as they get their headline or their talking point? No integrity at all anymore.
I remember seeing a bumper sticker years ago. It said "Cthulu for President. Why vote for the lesser of two evils?" I totally know how they feel. There is not a single front-running candidate in either main stream party I would feel comfortable throwing my support behind, not even a lesser of two evils. There is one I could just about tolerate, but I don't think he's going to happen, either. I will probably just end up voting for one of the minor party candidates, because I vote my conscience, even it means nothing in the greater course of things.
April 13th, 2016 at 12:03 pm 1460545421
I'm going to agree that the media does play a big bad role. And so does money for those crazy ads. But what if we stopped watching those ads, and did our own research on candidates. A lot of the problem is lack of information by voters.
LR, you bring up minor party candidates. I haven't even looked into those. But I think that is a good option if it came down to it. And notice again, how the big media doesn't cover those candidates. Ugh.
April 13th, 2016 at 03:19 pm 1460557190
I do think media and social media are too influential, but, again, as CCF says, people who want to educate themselves about the candidates can do it. The up side is that we've never had so much information at our fingertips; we really don't have to listen to rumors and lies.
April 13th, 2016 at 07:03 pm 1460570627
April 14th, 2016 at 01:26 am 1460593614
Since I've never lived in a swing state and only places where my vote never matters I never see anything. Great to know that my vote isn't necessary. Great to know that only people in Ohio, Florida, Penn, etc matter and that every other state sure you guys all go to bed.
I wonder if we didn't have electoral college and only by popular vote what would happen?
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