Who would you vote if the 2016 election is Trump vs. Sanders

Started by jimmy olsen, August 03, 2015, 11:13:19 PM

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Who would you vote if the 2016 election is Trump vs. Sanders?

American - I'd vote for Trump
11 (13.8%)
American - I'd vote for Sanders
27 (33.8%)
American - I'd vote for a right wing third party candidate
2 (2.5%)
American - I'd vote for a left wing third party candidate
2 (2.5%)
Euro and Friends - I'd vote for Trump
8 (10%)
Euro and Friends - I'd vote for Sanders
25 (31.3%)
Euro and Friends - I'd vote for a right wing third party candidate
1 (1.3%)
Euro and Friends - I'd vote for a left wing third party candidate
4 (5%)

Total Members Voted: 79

Valmy

Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 21, 2016, 05:24:06 PM
Quote from: Valmy on January 21, 2016, 04:59:01 PM
Wow.

God Damn America.

I thought you were French? Sanders might be far left here, but he'd be a centrist over there.

Yeah and Mussolini might be a brutal dictator in Italy but he would be a gentle bunny rabbit in Russia. But Italy is not Russia so...

Anyway Sanders lacks the political connections or talent to do any of the things he wants to do and he certainly could never get the votes to increase government revenues to fund them. His election would be a disaster.
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garbon

Quote from: Valmy on January 21, 2016, 05:38:27 PM
Anyway Sanders lacks the political connections or talent to do any of the things he wants to do and he certainly could never get the votes to increase government revenues to fund them. His election would be a disaster.

Yeah (and not saying he was a disaster by any stretch) but didn't we already have a recent president without political connections?
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Valmy

Quote from: garbon on January 21, 2016, 05:40:40 PM
Yeah (and not saying he was a disaster by any stretch) but didn't we already have a recent president without political connections?

Yeah but the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress. Still was pretty ineffectual.
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garbon

Quote from: Valmy on January 21, 2016, 05:48:22 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 21, 2016, 05:40:40 PM
Yeah (and not saying he was a disaster by any stretch) but didn't we already have a recent president without political connections?

Yeah but the Democrats controlled both houses of Congress. Still was pretty ineffectual.

Well yeah, having one's own party in power doesn't mean much if you aren't well-connected. :D
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jimmy olsen

Quote from: Valmy on January 21, 2016, 05:38:27 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 21, 2016, 05:24:06 PM
Quote from: Valmy on January 21, 2016, 04:59:01 PM
Wow.

God Damn America.

I thought you were French? Sanders might be far left here, but he'd be a centrist over there.

Yeah and Mussolini might be a brutal dictator in Italy but he would be a gentle bunny rabbit in Russia. But Italy is not Russia so...

Anyway Sanders lacks the political connections or talent to do any of the things he wants to do and he certainly could never get the votes to increase government revenues to fund them. His election would be a disaster.
If politicians of Sanders ilk can run a western country without running it into the ground, I see no reason to believe that he can't do the same.  Politicians of Trump's ilk don't have nearly as good a record.
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Valmy

Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 21, 2016, 06:33:01 PM
If politicians of Sanders ilk can run a western country without running it into the ground, I see no reason to believe that he can't do the same.  Politicians of Trump's ilk don't have nearly as good a record.

Sanders is much more qualified for the job than Trump. Not saying much but...
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Liep

This is the first time I've seen a political poll where the American and Euro votes are so alike. :hug:
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Admiral Yi

Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 21, 2016, 06:33:01 PM
If politicians of Sanders ilk can run a western country without running it into the ground, I see no reason to believe that he can't do the same.  Politicians of Trump's ilk don't have nearly as good a record.

Plenty of western countries have been run into the ground by politicians of Sanders' ilk.

Jacob

Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 21, 2016, 07:01:07 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 21, 2016, 06:33:01 PM
If politicians of Sanders ilk can run a western country without running it into the ground, I see no reason to believe that he can't do the same.  Politicians of Trump's ilk don't have nearly as good a record.

Plenty of western countries have been run into the ground by politicians of Sanders' ilk.

What countries do you have in mind?

Admiral Yi

Quote from: Jacob on January 21, 2016, 08:33:40 PM
What countries do you have in mind?

Most of Latin America at some point or another.  Big chunks of Europe, to lesser and greater degrees.

Monoriu

Quote from: Jacob on January 21, 2016, 08:33:40 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 21, 2016, 07:01:07 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 21, 2016, 06:33:01 PM
If politicians of Sanders ilk can run a western country without running it into the ground, I see no reason to believe that he can't do the same.  Politicians of Trump's ilk don't have nearly as good a record.

Plenty of western countries have been run into the ground by politicians of Sanders' ilk.

What countries do you have in mind?

Greece.

crazy canuck

Quote from: Admiral Yi on January 21, 2016, 08:47:50 PM
Quote from: Jacob on January 21, 2016, 08:33:40 PM
What countries do you have in mind?

Most of Latin America at some point or another.  Big chunks of Europe, to lesser and greater degrees.


You were asked which western countries you meant and you fall back on Latin America? 

Ouch.

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Monoriu

If I remember correctly, the UK was bailed out by the IMF in the mid 70s.