Democratic Nominee in 2020

Quote: Evenbob

Scares, triggers, what's the difference.

There’s a huge difference.

Quote: ams288

There’s a huge difference.

You don't get triggered by a candidate
you're not scared of, so it's the same
thing. You're triggered by Trump because
you're terrified by him.

Quote: Evenbob

You don't get triggered by a candidate
you're not scared of, so it's the same
thing

Wrong.

Quote: ams288

Wrong.

Sure I am, lol..

Quote: Evenbob

Sure I am, lol..

You usually are.

Quote: Pacomartin

Had Ralph Nader captured a few critical EC votes nobody would have reached 270, a contingent election in the House with the winning congressmen voting one vote per state would almost certainly have elected Bush.

It is difficult to predict the outcome of the congressional races in 2020, but I don't consider it a certainty that Trump would win a contingent election.

Only if Nader took EC votes from both sides. It is unlikely any Nader voters would otherwise have voted for Bush. Well, maybe one guy in Xxzyx, CA. But no others.

We are not going to see it thrown to the House in 2020. We might see the liberal vote fracture between socialist and Schultz, though.

Quote: AZDuffman

We might see the liberal vote fracture between socialist and Schultz, though.

He'll never run, it would ruin Starbucks.
He has no intention of running, he's
on a book tour and wants the media
to notice him so he can sell books.

Quote: AZDuffman

We are not going to see it thrown to the House in 2020. We might see the liberal vote fracture between socialist and Schultz, though.

Probably not, but it does open up the dramatic possibilities. The writers of Veep used a contingent election with a twist to end a season finale.



A contingent election almost invariably opens the door to dramatic backstabbing politics and payola in the form of high powered positions. The 1824 election and the accusations of the "corrupt bargain" changed American politics dramatically. Only 365,928 votes were recorded in 1824, which tripled to 1,148,018 total votes in 1828. That was 57.6% of the Voting Age Population of white men.

The 1830 census was 12,866,020, of which 2,009,043 were slaves.

Quote: Pacomartin

The writers of Veep used a.

I made it thru 2.5 eps of Veep before
I turned it off in disgust. Totally unlikable
characters and a way overuse of the
F word. Unlikable characters who
all hate each other and swear non stop.
Oh boy..

Quote: Evenbob

way overuse of the F word.

Scottish writer Armando Iannucci adapted his British sitcom "The Thick of It" which pioneered that style of inventive ways to use the f-word.