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Author Topic: Murrican Politics Megathread 2016: There Will Be Hell Toupée  (Read 1544018 times)

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Re: Donald J. Trump's Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beams 2016 Megathread
« Reply #13155 on: March 01, 2016, 11:19:11 pm »

I'm not voting for any of these guys. They're all politicians, and I can't vote for a politician. But I can vote against them.
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« Reply #13156 on: March 01, 2016, 11:19:16 pm »

It seems the margin of Trumps victories has receded a bit from earlier.  He had a strong night but not so strong to give him an overwhelming lead.

Right now the most plausible path to a Sanders presidency is an agrarian revolt.  Have fun out there.

Lol maniac......

Looking at the county by county results the conclusion is inescapable.  Did you not see the Oklahoma video I posted before?  There is plenty of historical precedent for this.

Must have missed the link, and I was just laughing because the statement just sounds a bit funny in general.

Edit: CNN calling Rubio for Minnesota. Also, for Vermont, it's curious how Kasich is leading in the more populated areas while Trump is leading everywhere else.
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Re: Donald J. Trump's Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beams 2016 Megathread
« Reply #13157 on: March 01, 2016, 11:24:01 pm »

Must have missed the link,

Well in case you didn't see it anywhere else tonight:
His victory speech is already up on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2JR3FmvVAw
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Re: Donald J. Trump's Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beams 2016 Megathread
« Reply #13158 on: March 01, 2016, 11:24:30 pm »

I'm not voting for any of these guys. They're all politicians, and I can't vote for a politician. But I can vote against them.
By voting for Tarn Adams?
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Re: Donald J. Trump's Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beams 2016 Megathread
« Reply #13159 on: March 01, 2016, 11:28:06 pm »

Update on GOP candidates who will be shut out due to thresholds:

AL: Rubio, Carson, Kasich (Cruz is clinging to eligibility at 20.8%). However, Trump is winning every county so far so it may still be a sweep.
AR: Carson, Kasich
GA: Carson, Kasich (Rubio looks to be winning the Atlanta metro, so will likely deny Trump the sweep)
MA: Carson (However, Trump has won every county -- should sweep).
MN: Too early to be sure, but looks like Carson and Kasich will be below 10%
OK: Carson, Kasich
TN: Carson, Kasich (Rubio is clinging to eligibility at 20.8%). However, Trump has taken everything but Williamson Co. (just south of Nashville). May still sweep.
TX: Rubio, Kasich, Carson. That's gonna hurt. Especially because Rubio is winning Austin. Still a lot of votes to count, but Rubio is currently at 17.4%, has to hit 20% to qualify.
VT: Rubio, Cruz, Carson. This is great news for Kasich, he doesn't have to worry about splitting the pie with anyone but Trump.
VA: None (no threshold)
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« Reply #13160 on: March 01, 2016, 11:36:51 pm »

Update on GOP candidates who will be shut out due to thresholds:
*snip*

In looking at Time magazines guide to the republican calendar and the vote percentages right now, it seems like Carson would be shut out of everywhere but the states which have no threshold as those are few and far in between. Theres a few with 10% and 5% thresholds, but so are Minnesota and Massachusetts.

The same could be true for Kasich as well. I get the idea of all of them staying in to split the delegates, but if they can't even collect delegates in places with a threshold, then they're only hurting that strategy.
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« Reply #13161 on: March 01, 2016, 11:40:27 pm »

Kasich will avoid a shutout in Vermont, which has a 20% threshold.
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« Reply #13162 on: March 01, 2016, 11:44:44 pm »

Yeah well, Kasich has MUCH better chances than Carson at grabbing delegates.
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« Reply #13163 on: March 01, 2016, 11:46:52 pm »

Yeah. As I predicted, Carson will likely end up with one delegate from Virginia and that's it.

EDIT: Although the delegate tracker thing says 3. Maybe 3 is the minimum slice of the pie in VA.
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« Reply #13164 on: March 01, 2016, 11:52:23 pm »

Do you guys think it's possible that Cruz might get past the 50% mark and take all of the Texas delegates? His percentage is slowly rising and there is a LONG way to go over there.

I wonder who'll get Alsaska....

I wonder who'll get Alsace-Lorraine.

Did you not see the Oklahoma video I posted before?  There is plenty of historical precedent for this.

I saw it, for certain definitions of saw*, but I do not know what you are talking about.

* Where "saw" means "saw the first couple frames before closing it because it was not what you said it was."
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« Reply #13165 on: March 01, 2016, 11:55:58 pm »

It was basically what I said.  ;D
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Re: Donald J. Trump's Jet Fuel Can't Melt Steel Beams 2016 Megathread
« Reply #13166 on: March 01, 2016, 11:58:17 pm »

Mini-Trump on the Guardian's page just told me that "Tiny children are not horses."
I had to look this up. Apparently it was something he said pandering to the anti-vaxxer crowd.

Rubio is very close to leapfrogging Kasich in Massachusetts. About 730 votes, with 8% left to report.

EDIT: Also, Cruz is threatening Trump in Arkansas, well after the state had already been called for Trump. Only down about 11,000 votes with 1/3 of the results still pending.

EDIT #2: Minnesota will also be the first state in the nation where Donald Trump does not win a single county/district.
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« Reply #13167 on: March 02, 2016, 12:12:36 am »

Looks my home county of Vanilla Valley voted exactly as expected. Sanders getting a clear lead in Denver is interesting. I expected a landslide in Boulder, but they're slow to report (they probably all just got lost on their way to White Castle).

It's funny seeing Clinton get these marginal wins in the wastelands, painting 1/4 of the state dark blue. Kiowa County had a total of 7 votes. 7.
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« Reply #13169 on: March 02, 2016, 12:16:25 am »

*Watching ted cruz paint the giant district in Minnesota*
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