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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
I hope so too. If Cruz gets the nom then he could very well win because of the low turnouts for the Dems this year for the primaries, if Trump gets the nom then that low turnout won't happen again
Exactly, Cruz has been reasonably decent at appearing to be somewhat sane, and he has much better numbers against Clinton in a general (Sanders is a non-issue unless he pulls off massive upsets in NY and California, even winning those states by a small margin isn't enough) than Trump does. And from a policy standpoint he's probably even worse, and temperament wise....Trump is only an egomaniac who might not even believe half the shit he says, Cruz is a Dominionist.
edited 9th Apr '16 9:30:08 AM by Rationalinsanity
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Fighteer, comparing Sanders and Trump is not absurd... Both are seen as outsider candidates railing against what voters are increasingly seeing as a corrupt system, and their relative success illuminates the desire of voters on both sides for actual change. The difference between them is the inherent difference between the ideals of the Republican and Democratic Voters, which are as different as night and day.
edited 9th Apr '16 9:57:18 AM by GameGuruGG
Wizard Needs Food BadlyHe's the governor of Ohio, (pseudo)moderate Republican and one of the three remaining candidates from that party in the primary. Distinguished from other candidates by the more optimistic and less hate-mongery tone of his campaign.
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The guy people care even less than Marco Rubio.
edited 9th Apr '16 11:48:26 AM by flameboy21th
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That's what I think too. I believe that a Cruz supporter would (begrudgingly) vote for Trump, but not the other way around. Same goes for Clinton supporters in regards to Sanders IMO. If Sanders doesn't get the nom I fear that some might stay home or even vote for Trump in the General. The real question is if that'll be enough to get whoever the Republican nominee for president in the WH or not.
edited 9th Apr '16 11:45:04 AM by ThePest179
I doubt it. Some Sanders supporters might vote for Trump out of spite (though I'm not willing to bet that many of them would); hardly any would vote for Cruz. There's also the big difference that Hillary's likely to win by actually having more votes than Sanders; unlike the now-likely Brokered Convention in the GOP there won't be a sense that Clinton is "illegitimate" or undemocratically chosen. The only way that could happen is if Sanders genuinely manages to beat Clinton by popular vote, but lose due to her superdelegates.
Well, I'd vote for Kasich, but if Rubio couldn't win, Kasich has less than a snowball's chance in hell (well, ok, if the snowball is in the 9th circle of hell, it'll do just fine), and a vote for him would be a vote for Trump, and that'd be no good. So, Cruz it is.
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Kasich should know that if he wins nomination without being voted by more than 10 people, he's not going to do well with voters.
edited 9th Apr '16 12:46:26 PM by flameboy21th
Non Indicative UsernameHe has to hope that voters will not think of him as the guy no one voted for but got nominated anyway.
Non Indicative UsernameOne of our (UK) papers had an article how Cruz is more dangerous as president - he actually believes the stuff he comes out with.
As an example- 'Trump wants to send women to jail for having abortions'. I believe what he actually said was effectively 'If abortion was illegal, then women who have them should be sent to jail." Cruz actually does want to make abortion illegal.
IIRC, Trump actually came out and said he doesn't want to change any abortion laws, he thinks the status quo is good enough.
Leviticus 19:34I'm increasingly starting to wonder if Trump is reading things I've written about politics, and doing exactly the opposite of what I'd want to have done...
edited 9th Apr '16 1:40:57 PM by Protagonist506
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