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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Republicans could solidify behind a candidate. There's nothing stopping Trump, or Cruz, or Rubio from hitting 60 percent. There is just not nearly enough unity within the base as to what they want. There is no longer a lockstep voting bloc; the fragile alliance of movement conservatism is gone.
edited 9th Feb '16 6:05:49 PM by Fighteer
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◊ is doing better than Jim Gilmore.
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edited 9th Feb '16 7:04:50 PM by Demonic_Braeburn
Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.For the same reason that Ah-Nuld became Der Governator. Name recognition, celebrity status, fame (or infamy, it amounts to the same thing, really.) In short, a lot of voters are mindless fanboys, alas. "Vote the name you know!"
Personally, I suspect that some people voted for Schwarzenegger purely as a joke. Then, when the results were announced, they were gob-smacked: "He fucking WON??"
edited 9th Feb '16 6:25:42 PM by pwiegle
This Space Intentionally Left Blank.It helps that half of his opponents (Rubio, Bush, Carson) really sound like they don't want to be there. At least Trump is animated.
edited 9th Feb '16 6:22:11 PM by Nihlus1
I think that Gilmore is going to drop after this. And holy shit, you know that Rubio is fucked when Cruz is beating him in New Hampshire.
If enough of them drop out, Kasich might have something of a prayer. But only if Bush and Rubio go relatively quickly and I don't see that happening.
edited 9th Feb '16 6:38:24 PM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Well he only got a blow job from a women, it's not as if he though of her as an inferior or anything. Though as I remember hearing it the Democratic defense of him consisted a lot of slut shaming Ms Lewinsky, and a number of other women who came forward against him.
Allegedly. Plus he's a Democrat so it's okay if he does it. At least according to the Democrats of the time.
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I know. Johnson thought with his, well, Johnson, FDR cheated on Eleanor with his cousin, Harding may have been killed by his mistress and fostered an illegitimate child, etc. Clinton just stands out because he's still alive and is in more recent memory.
edited 9th Feb '16 7:00:10 PM by AdricDePsycho
Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?Well it looks like Rubio manged to make it past the 10% threshold, but he's still stuck in 5th place.
I expect to Carson drop out soon. My earlier prediction of him making it to Super Tuesday was too generous.
Bernie Sanders is the only presidential candidate who pays his interns.
Though doesn't that make them employees and not interns? :P
What a switch. I was so ready to vote for Hillary, but the Internet seems to want me to vote Bernie. But it's only going to matter which one the Democrats pick first, won't it?
I don't think I can vote Republican. They've never done much I've valued.
You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay

Here's a nice, much more detailed map
of reported votes.
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