Game Thread: The 2016 US American Election

[wittynickname]

Originally Posted by Clarkey

The bourgeoisie liberal smugness was becoming too much, this was a needed change. Even if Trump is a pig with a narcissistic personality disorder it was time to shuffle the deck. Trump has unintentionally done a great service to the American public to force transparency and force change in the system. Besides, there are enough checks and balances in place that he can't do anything too drastic.

The schadenfreude of watching Tom Steyer, Leonardo Dicaprio, Michael Moore, Sean Penn, Bill Maher, Robert Redford, (98% of hollywood) etc. implode will be quite enjoyable.

No, seriously, shut up.

The GOP has held excessively more power in this country than the "liberal elite" for the last 6 years. The country progressed despite them.

Now they will hold all of the power.

All of that progress is lost. This is a damn disaster for not just the US but the world at large, and if you think it's cute and funny because you disagree with some celebrities, you need to re-evaluate what you find important in life.

[Bonded]

If only Bernie was the Dem rather than Clinton.
My portfolio is taking a hit

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

So, can I interest anyone in a Cascadia?

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Weitz

What channel y'all watching? ABC is starting to annoy me.

CBC and Fox

[Bunk]

Originally Posted by the_only_turek_fan

Oh man Gingrich is about to be Secretary of State and Guliani the AG.

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Baio

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Clarkey

The bourgeoisie liberal smugness was becoming too much, this was a needed change. Even if Trump is a pig with a narcissistic personality disorder it was time to shuffle the deck. Trump has unintentionally done a great service to the American public to force transparency and force change in the system. Besides, there are enough checks and balances in place that he can't do anything too drastic.

The schadenfreude of watching Tom Steyer, Leonardo Dicaprio, Michael Moore, Sean Penn, Bill Maher, Robert Redford, (98% of hollywood) etc. implode will be quite enjoyable.

He's going to drive foreign policy. He'll have a Republican House that's proven itself totally ridiculous.

Where are the checks again?

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

I had a pit of dread in my stomach all day long. Now I know why.

I am currently dealing with a (gay, latino) best friend who is in full meltdown mode because he's terrified for his safety.

Thanks lots, America.

LOL why? Does he think there will be mobs of angry white people hunting down latinos tomorrow?

[photon]

Nate said it a few days ago, she could get the popular vote, but they could be in the wrong states and wrong counties. And they were, she underperformed the white uneducated vote, combine that with a low minority turnout and that's all it takes to create the few percentage point polling error that results in what we're seeing.

[justafan]

I liked visiting n.y. Manhattan...Trump supporters are chanting, " we hate Muslims, we hate Blacks, we want our country back!" - in n.y. Disgusting.

[Flash Walken]

A big reason why democratic voting is down is directly due to vote suppression.

This is the first election since 1964 where the voting rights act will not be fully protecting the integrity of the popular vote in the US:

As a young civil rights activist, Congressman John Lewis was brutally beaten marching for the right to vote in Selma, Alabama. Lewis's heroism spurred the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the country's most important civil rights law.
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But three years ago this week, in Shelby County v. Holder, the Supreme Court invalidated the centerpiece of the law, ruling that states with the longest histories of voting discrimination no longer needed to approve their voting changes with the federal government. "The Supreme Court stuck a dagger into the heart of the Voting Rights Act," Lewis said after the decision.

That means the 2016 election is the first presidential contest in 50 years without the full protections of the VRA — and the country is witnessing the greatest rollback of voting rights since the act was passed five decades ago. This year, 17 states have new voting restrictions in place for the first time in a presidential election cycle, including laws that make it harder to register to vote, cut back early voting and require strict forms of government-issued IDs to cast a ballot that millions of Americans don't have.

These states comprise 189 electoral votes — nearly half of the Electoral College votes needed to win the presidency — and include crucial swing states like Ohio, Wisconsin and Virginia. Such efforts have been overwhelmingly backed by Republicans to target Democratically leaning constituencies, particularly people of color and young voters.
The GOP's problems with these voters have only grown worse since Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. A recent Washington Post poll showed 94 percent of African-Americans and 89 percent of Hispanics have an unfavorable opinion of Trump — record lows for a GOP nominee. Given those terrible numbers, don't be surprised if Republicans intensify efforts to make it harder to vote rather than trying to expand their political coalition.

So far, attacks on the right to vote have flown largely under the radar. While Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton supporters argue over whether the Democratic primary was rigged (it wasn't), far less attention has been paid to the impact and potential ramifications of GOP-backed voting restrictions. There were 21 presidential debates during the primaries but not a single question was asked about voting rights. This remains one of the most important yet least discussed issues in 2016. Before anyone votes in November, there's a huge struggle underway that will decide how many eligible voters will be able to cast a ballot.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...utted-20160623

[the_only_turek_fan]

She is coming back in Michigan.

[calgaryblood]

Originally Posted by transplant99

This kind of crap drives me nuts. Cant it just be that people didnt like her nor want her as President because she was simply too much of the same thing they have seen forever?

This isn't (for the VAST majority of people) about minorities and women. We just saw a 2 term black president fer chrissakes.

This is about the absolute disgust that the American people have for Washington and the way things have been going there for literally decades now. Hillary Clinton embodies all of that in a nice simple little package that has its own uestions when it comes to her foundation among other things.

We saw a two term black president because 96% of black voters voted for him.

Trump is trash and anyone who supports him must support racism, sexism because he has a long history of both so why else would someone vote for a scumbag?

If you don't like Hilary you don't have to vote for her, there were other choices but if you voted or support trump you support racism and sexism plain and simple.

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by Bunk

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Baio

He'll be the information minister for TrumpTV.

[EldrickOnIce]

Originally Posted by Bunk

Secretary of the Treasury Scott Baio

Title will be changed to Master of Coin

[Joborule]

So Cubs winning the world series was clearly the start of the apocalypse. Trump becoming POTUS is step 2...

[Illuminaughty]

Originally Posted by photon

Clearly you don't understand how polling works.

I think I do and you just have a bias. Notice how Trump smashed her on every online poll, social media platform, rally attendance? Do you really think a bunch of people sitting at home during the day participating in polls is an accurate account of what voter turnout is going to be?

The polling was clearly biased, notice how all of them gave Trump more points as it got closer to election time? Do you think it might have to do with the fact that if they are way off on their last polls, the one's that people will actually look at and remember for the next election, nobody will ever take them seriously again. The only poll that was even slightly close was the usc daybreak poll and even they were clearly fudging some numbers for Shillary.

The media bias does everyone a disservice, at least it appears it might have backfired on them here. LOL

[SportsJunky]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

No, and if you think it's cute and funny because you disagree with some celebrities, you're a disgusting human being.

Eeeeeeeasy. It's not worth getting banned over.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

No, seriously, shut up.

The GOP has held excessively more power in this country than the "liberal elite" for the last 6 years. The country progressed despite them.

Now they will hold all of the power.

All of that progress is lost. This is a damn disaster for not just the US but the world at large, and if you think it's cute and funny because you disagree with some celebrities, you're a disgusting human being.

LOL it's reactions like this that make me happy Trump may get in. It's like some of you actually believe the end of the world is coming.

[Puppet Guy]

all of my childhood nightmares of nuclear war are suddenly coming back in force.

[To Be Quite Honest]

Originally Posted by wittynickname

No, seriously, shut up.

The GOP has held excessively more power in this country than the "liberal elite" for the last 6 years. The country progressed despite them.

Now they will hold all of the power.

All of that progress is lost. This is a damn disaster for not just the US but the world at large, and if you think it's cute and funny because you disagree with some celebrities, you're a disgusting human being.

Give it a rest.