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Originally Posted by driveway
The US would end up with a Democratic President and every other level of government in the hands of the Republicans even more so than it already is. You'd end up with basically the same situation, total gridlock in Washington as a Republican Congress sent bill after bill to get Vetoed by a Democrat President with a huge mandate who can't get his or her policies enacted other than through executive action, and then violently-red states passing bill after bill rolling back Progressive initiatives: gun-control would be DOA, abortion restrictions would become more stringent, local environmental ordinances would be rolled back, you'd see no new states joining the Obamacare exchanges, etc. etc.
Overall, while an independent Trump candidacy looks good for the Left, it would in fact be terrible and in many ways a net-win for the Right.
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The presidency is by far the most important part of the 2016 election, because of the aging supreme court. Continued losses in the House and Senate would be worth it if the next (Democratic) president gets to appoint three justices. Getting them confirmed is another story, but as long as you don't have any more Clarence Thomases, you're doing fine.