GasBandit
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I think there would be bipartisan support for immediate impeachment.
a Trump vs Clinton United States Presidential Election in 2016
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I always advocated the US to have a 3rd political party and the last time they had someone of note was Perrot in the early 90ies.
A lot of people are giving the new parties/voters a lot of grief for "taking votes away from Hillary" and it would make sense educated individuals would vote for them if they didn't like Hillary.
I sorta agree with them since I sincerely doubt Republicans would vote for them.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Man, it's gonna be a tough 4 years for you bastards.
A lot of people are giving the new parties/voters a lot of grief for "taking votes away from Hillary" and it would make sense educated individuals would vote for them if they didn't like Hillary.
I sorta agree with them since I sincerely doubt Republicans would vote for them.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Man, it's gonna be a tough 4 years for you bastards.
Donald Trump has an overwhelming lead in the electoral college. Rural voters, who have been traditionally discounted in polls as unlikely voters, have come out in droves. Democrats in supposedly "safe" states for Hillary Clinton stayed home. Blue collar workers listened to Trump's promises to fix the economy and bring back jobs. Latino voters in important states for Clinton didn't vote. All in all, EVERYONE has been wrong about this election. Once again, Trump has pounced on a country that thought he was a joke and is beating the odds.
I don't know what this means for the future of this country, but I honestly think it is frightening. People are genuinely upset, and this election has all the hallmarks of the beginning of a disaster. The divide in this country is enormous. Nothing good will come of this.
I don't know what this means for the future of this country, but I honestly think it is frightening. People are genuinely upset, and this election has all the hallmarks of the beginning of a disaster. The divide in this country is enormous. Nothing good will come of this.
Necronic
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I'm actually willing to make a pretty substantial bet that he doesn't make 3 years without at least a censure.
For anybody else wanting an update site, if you type "us election results" into google, it comes up with a frequently-updating map for both presidential, and congress results in aggregate. No state-level results though, so probably inferior to some major news sites, but good for quick-n-dirty and fast.
Also, God help us all. And I'm in Canada!
Also, God help us all. And I'm in Canada!
To counter my earlier "if Hillary loses" post:
If Hillary wins, we still have a hell of a mess in this country. People felt it was okay to let the hatred fester so long as it did so on the outskirts where it could be believed to be a thing of the past, and with Trump having turned up the volume, there's a belief that this kind of talk is legitimate, important, and acceptable. It isn't, but how will that ever be clear if we as a country keep pretending racism is just a thing that Martin Luther King ended in the 60s, rather than a systemic problem that continues today? Because allowing it to exist as a subtlety gives it time and space to grow overt, as we've seen this year. We can't keep pretending, because even if Trump loses, our country is still full of people who think this is okay.[DOUBLEPOST=1478664699,1478664629][/DOUBLEPOST]
If you ever think you've seen as low as the U.S. can go ... we can go lower.
If Hillary wins, we still have a hell of a mess in this country. People felt it was okay to let the hatred fester so long as it did so on the outskirts where it could be believed to be a thing of the past, and with Trump having turned up the volume, there's a belief that this kind of talk is legitimate, important, and acceptable. It isn't, but how will that ever be clear if we as a country keep pretending racism is just a thing that Martin Luther King ended in the 60s, rather than a systemic problem that continues today? Because allowing it to exist as a subtlety gives it time and space to grow overt, as we've seen this year. We can't keep pretending, because even if Trump loses, our country is still full of people who think this is okay.[DOUBLEPOST=1478664699,1478664629][/DOUBLEPOST]
We have people in Congress who think a woman's period is something she can turn on and off and that the purpose of tampons is sexual pleasure.
If you ever think you've seen as low as the U.S. can go ... we can go lower.
Relevant reading: Tuesday Shouldn't Change the Narrative, by Scott AlexanderTo counter my earlier "if Hillary loses" post:
If Hillary wins, we still have a hell of a mess in this country. People felt it was okay to let the hatred fester so long as it did so on the outskirts where it could be believed to be a thing of the past, and with Trump having turned up the volume, there's a belief that this kind of talk is legitimate, important, and acceptable. It isn't, but how will that ever be clear if we as a country keep pretending racism is just a thing that Martin Luther King ended in the 60s, rather than a systemic problem that continues today? Because allowing it to exist as a subtlety gives it time and space to grow overt, as we've seen this year. We can't keep pretending, because even if Trump loses, our country is still full of people who think this is okay.[DOUBLEPOST=1478664699,1478664629][/DOUBLEPOST]
We have people in Congress who think a woman's period is something she can turn on and off and that the purpose of tampons is sexual pleasure.
If you ever think you've seen as low as the U.S. can go ... we can go lower.
You guys should really just go to bed and wait for morning results.
You lied to me
Start getting a hay bale set up for me.