Pretty sure this site has been around since George HW Bush's second term. And while Bernie Sanders has been around since the Cretaceous, I don't think it was his idea.
Where Do You Stand? (2016 Election)
- Thread starter AshburnerX
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The Internet only cares about legitimacy, not electability. Ron Paul was never going to win, but he was as legit as a politician could be. Same with Bernie here.
I have a question and please bear with me.
I started thinking about this at breakfast. What if the relationship between Trump and Clinton could be a factor in the presidential election. What if his whole campaign, which has been described as destructive to the GOP, is a favor for his friends The Clintons to get Hillary into office? They attended The Donald's wedding. Ivanka and Chelsea are good friends. And no, I'm not serious about this like some crazed conspiracy theorist. It did, however, make me curious about how having a major party nominee drop out right before the election would be handled.
What would happen if, for whatever reason, a GOP or Dem nominee for POTUS dropped out at the last minute?
I started thinking about this at breakfast. What if the relationship between Trump and Clinton could be a factor in the presidential election. What if his whole campaign, which has been described as destructive to the GOP, is a favor for his friends The Clintons to get Hillary into office? They attended The Donald's wedding. Ivanka and Chelsea are good friends. And no, I'm not serious about this like some crazed conspiracy theorist. It did, however, make me curious about how having a major party nominee drop out right before the election would be handled.
What would happen if, for whatever reason, a GOP or Dem nominee for POTUS dropped out at the last minute?
GasBandit
Staff member
Probably a whole lot of write-ins, dividing their way into a Clinton victory, then another fun trip to the supreme court for election fraud accusation shenanigans.
If a GOP nominee dropped out/died/whatever at the last minute, their vice president would become the main ticket. If they were gone too, I'm assuming the next runner up in the party nomination vote would take the seat. If ALL their potential candidates were gone for some reason, it's entirely probable that the election would be suspended in order to prevent a huge fucking brawl.
Regardless, they would likely be unable to win unless a vast majority of their electorate was familiar with the VP/runner up (unlikely) or simply voting along party lines (entirely likely). And yes, Trump is tied to the Clintons and has run as a democrat before. It's entirely possible he's sabotaging the election for the Republicans but there is no mechanism is place to prevent that kind of misconduct... you can't stop someone from running unless they don't meet the minimum standards for Presidency.
Regardless, they would likely be unable to win unless a vast majority of their electorate was familiar with the VP/runner up (unlikely) or simply voting along party lines (entirely likely). And yes, Trump is tied to the Clintons and has run as a democrat before. It's entirely possible he's sabotaging the election for the Republicans but there is no mechanism is place to prevent that kind of misconduct... you can't stop someone from running unless they don't meet the minimum standards for Presidency.
Having him drop out at the last minute would be a terrible plan. A far more successful plan would be for him to be a bigoted cartoon, to the point that there's no sane way he could become the GOP nominee, and then run as an independent against the real nominee to split the vote.
That does make the most sense. Do you happen to know if there is a precedent? If you don't know, it's not a big deal since it's only to satisfy my curiosity.
A presidential candidate has never died/dropped out before an election to date. However, two vice presidential candidates have (1 died, 1 left the ticket).
They were simply replaced since running mates are chosen, not picked as a result of voting. However, the Party of the candidate does need to convene to officially select a new vice presidential candidate.
"I'm gonna DEVOUR THIS BABY for you, Mr. Trump!"
I laughed so damn hard.
I don't think Wisconsin is a "small scale", personally.
That's not the small scale I was thinking of. Remember, this moron state voted for that twat 3 times, twice after the joke stopped being funny.
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I don't see how an "important" candidate dropping out would be an official reason to have a problem with the voting. AFAIK there's no reason why there "should" be a candidate from the two main parties - if both main candidates were to drop dead, as long as there were some independents or third party candidates, you'd still have a valid election.
That said, Trump being a Hillary supporter in disguise, or a deliberate sabotage....Eh. He'll probably work that way, but I don't see his candidacy as abnormal - he fits in too well with the times. I can see him make it fairly far into the Republican primaries simply because there's no clear competitor, unlike the Dems this time around. Any democratic party candidate has to show why they'd be better than Hillary - the Republicans don't have a clear front runner. They also don't have an "obvious", "sensible" choice. There's something wrong with almost all their candidates for a number of the GOP backing. Either they're not racist and/or hyperreligious, or they are.
That said, Trump being a Hillary supporter in disguise, or a deliberate sabotage....Eh. He'll probably work that way, but I don't see his candidacy as abnormal - he fits in too well with the times. I can see him make it fairly far into the Republican primaries simply because there's no clear competitor, unlike the Dems this time around. Any democratic party candidate has to show why they'd be better than Hillary - the Republicans don't have a clear front runner. They also don't have an "obvious", "sensible" choice. There's something wrong with almost all their candidates for a number of the GOP backing. Either they're not racist and/or hyperreligious, or they are.
No surprise, considering the Koch Brothers have a stake in most voting machine manufacturers.
GasBandit
Staff member
Try these on.
Look, you crazy mother...
Put these on.
HEY, stay away from me!
I'm telling you you dumb sunnobitch!
...but with Gary Busey.Someone needs to go the extra step and take it this far:
--Patrick
No, no.
The Trump .GIF needs to be animated like the Oldman one, but it needs to have Busey added into the mix.
--Patrick
GasBandit
Staff member
I'm halfway considering registering as a Democrat this time, just so I can vote against Hillary in the primary. I'll still be voting libertarian in the general election, but when the Republicans screw the pooch again as they always do, I'd rather see a true believer like Bernie get the White House than a duplicitous, power mad, self-aggrandizing scofflaw like Clinton.
Yeah I mean his campaign has basically been operating on IOUs for the last several weeks.