Re: The American 2016 Presidential Elections & The Ongoing American Saga
Reply #650 –
everyone is afraid he'll get elected.
Nah, I have little doubt that either Clinton or Sanders can defeat him in the general election. The electoral college is stacked against him, with only Texas and George going for him. Florida has too many Hispanics not go Blue this time with him as the GOP contender, given his fence comments and threats of deportation (yes, that upset even the legal immigrants. Those are ones that I personally know..) Besides the deep South that leaves with Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and the thinly populated mid-western states. This adds up to an electoral college landslide against him. Him getting the nomination is the Democrat's dream come true. Then again, the GOP has developed this habit nominating people that appeal to their base, but are repugnant to everyone else as it is.
The system was designed to stop the stooopid things he says from happening in the event he is elected.
Perhaps, but you're counting on the system. The President wants an idiotic thing done and congress shoots it down and/or the SCOTUS finds it unconstitutional (but take a lesson from the Obamacare, there isn't a whole lot the Federal Government can't do with some justification in the Constitution.) Trump is a narcissistic megalomaniac. That being the case, GOPers complain Obama's executive orders - wait until they see a hypothetical President Trump's.