2020 Presidential Election

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(02-20-2020, 07:22 AM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: Yeah, it would be fairly hilarious because of how Trump hated the EC before he got elected by it and how much he suddenly liked it after. Meanwhile we'd get  to watch Democrats in another Comey situation where they would cheer that they won the election, almost certainly ignoring how they railed against the EC and for a straight popular when they lost it.

There'd be so much flip flopping from both sides it would be like looking at a lake full of fish if the water suddenly vanished.

I'm just hoping that the Democrat who wins the primary will settle down a little bit on the race-to-the-left and then maybe I can vote for them. I am happy going Weld in the primary, but not-Trump is as far as I have gotten with who I will vote for in the general election.

I think depending on who he chooses as his VP, I could see Ohio go back to blue for Biden. I think Bernie is a non-starter for Ohio, and not sure how the rest would fare. Just laughed at the idea that polls say no matter who wins the primary, they win.

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(Also weird to say he "only" won last time because of the electoral college when that's the only method of winning available. Like "only" winning a football game because you scored more points while the other team gained more yards.)

Well it's the method we use, but not the only method available. There's also, off the top of my head, the popular vote. We use the EC, but there are other options. 

To me it's more like: each team is allotted the same number of points based on yards. One team scores more and loses because the other team covered more dirt.

I'm not opposed to either system as both have some pros and cons. Just 10 years ago I was in favor of a straight up 'you get more votes, you win' system, but America has become amazingly dumb and easy to fool in that time. 

(02-20-2020, 10:33 AM)Crazyjdawg Wrote: I hope that people vote based on what Trump did (not) do for them rather than just sticking with party but, eh, I'm biased haha. A recent poll said that like 83% of farmers support Trump, even though there have been multiple reports about farmers being royally screwed by Trump's tariffs so I'm not sure what's going on there, but I think it's safe to say it's hard to predict what makes people vote a certain way.

I've been curious how that particular group is going to play out. I'm in a big soybean growing area, and that group has been hit hard by the tariffs. Drive by any of the local banks or auctions and your going to see a lot of farm equipment. I used to do a lot of stories with our state soybean council because it's in my coverage area. The last time I asked the director how things were going, her response was "our people have been devastated.'