2016 elections - because it's never too early

[Martinus]

No.

Yes. Ask a random person in the ROTW to describe a stereotypical American and chances are you will get something similar to Trump.

I don't give a fuck about the ROTW's opinion

Excellent. That's one more way you and Trump are alike. 

[Razgovory]

If America was a single person, then Trump would be, psychologically speaking, its Shadow - a projection of its true self that accumulates all the "bad" qualities that the person wants to deny and suppress about themselves. I think for the rest of us, watching you guys struggle with Trump is so amusing also because he so much embodies the way we feel you actually are - so you guys seeing him as some kind of a demon that came out of nowhere is quite entertaining. If he is elected, he will embody America more than any President at least since Reagan.

Marty, Psychology has moved on since Carl Jung.  This is a really weird thing with you.  Why do you keep using theories that were popular 70 years ago or more?

[11B4V]

No.

Yes. Ask a random person in the ROTW to describe a stereotypical American and chances are you will get something similar to Trump.

I don't give a fuck about the ROTW's opinion

Excellent. That's one more way you and Trump are alike. 

Nope. I'm sorry your country is so self conscience.

[Martinus]

If America was a single person, then Trump would be, psychologically speaking, its Shadow - a projection of its true self that accumulates all the "bad" qualities that the person wants to deny and suppress about themselves. I think for the rest of us, watching you guys struggle with Trump is so amusing also because he so much embodies the way we feel you actually are - so you guys seeing him as some kind of a demon that came out of nowhere is quite entertaining. If he is elected, he will embody America more than any President at least since Reagan.

Marty, Psychology has moved on since Carl Jung.  This is a really weird thing with you.  Why do you keep using theories that were popular 70 years ago or more?

There are modern neo-Jungians, too.

[Razgovory]

Yeah, and there's people Earth is only 6000 years old.

[Martinus]

Yeah, and there's people Earth is only 6000 years old.

[Grinning_Colossus]

Yeah, everyone knows that Trump is America's id.

[garbon]

If America was a single person, then Trump would be, psychologically speaking, its Shadow - a projection of its true self that accumulates all the "bad" qualities that the person wants to deny and suppress about themselves. I think for the rest of us, watching you guys struggle with Trump is so amusing also because he so much embodies the way we feel you actually are - so you guys seeing him as some kind of a demon that came out of nowhere is quite entertaining. If he is elected, he will embody America more than any President at least since Reagan.

Marty, Psychology has moved on since Carl Jung.  This is a really weird thing with you.  Why do you keep using theories that were popular 70 years ago or more?

Perhaps the wonders of modern psychology have yet to reach his homeland. Don't judge!

[garbon]

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/02/donald-trump-releases-his-healthcare-plan

Donald Trump releases his healthcare plan in campaign statement

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has released his healthcare platform, which the candidate claims "will broaden healthcare access, make healthcare more affordable and improve the quality of the care available to all Americans".

In a seven-point list of initiatives, Trump calls for

• The repeal of the Affordable Care Act, more popularly known as Obamacare, as well as the individual mandate that requires Americans to purchase health insurance.
• Allowing the sale of insurance across state lines by repealing the McCarran–Ferguson Act.
• Allowing individuals to fully deduct health insurance premium payments from their taxes, as businesses can.
• Allowing all individuals to use health savings accounts, rather than just those with high-deductible health plans.
• Requiring "price transparency" from healthcare providers, including doctors, clinics and hospitals.
• Turning Medicaid into a block grant to the states, decentralizing the social welfare program from federal control.
• Removing "barriers to entry into free markets for drug providers that offer safe, reliable and cheaper products", weakening control of the pharmaceutical industry and the Food and Drug Administration over drug testing, production and approval.

"The reforms outlined above will lower healthcare costs for all Americans," Trump said in a statement released by his campaign, alluding to "other reforms that might be considered if they serve to lower costs, remove uncertainty and provide financial security for all Americans".

Trump also points to other areas, both administrative and legislative, wherein a Trump administration would move to lower healthcare costs and expand access to insurance and care. "Enforcing immigration laws, eliminating fraud and waste and energizing our economy will relieve the economic pressures felt by every American," Trump said, calling his immigration proposals part of "the moral responsibility of a nation's government."

"Providing healthcare to illegal immigrants costs us some $11 billion annually," Trump writes. "If we were to simply enforce the current immigration laws and restrict the unbridled granting of visas to this country, we could relieve healthcare cost pressures on state and local governments."

"To reform healthcare in America, we need a president who has the leadership skills, will and courage to engage the American people and convince Congress to do what is best for the country," Trump concludes. "These straightforward reforms, along with many others I have proposed throughout my campaign, will ensure that together we will Make America Great Again."

[jimmy olsen]

Aren't the number of states different every cycle?

[garbon]

Aren't the number of states different every cycle?

Yes, though that doesn't really account for it fully. Looks like there were 22 dem states + American Samoa in 2008 and 21 repub states in 2008. Number of states were way smaller - so could suggest that Dem participation was similar this year with reduced base of contests, but then that would show Republicans outpunched their weight given the same reduced base of contests.

[Legbiter]

What really scares me is that Trump gets the nomination, then a few months before the election another bombshell about the email server crap gets dropped that destroys Clinton.

And on that front;

The Justice Department has granted immunity to a former State Department staffer, who worked on Hillary Clinton's private email server, as part of a criminal investigation into the possible mishandling of classified information, according to a senior law enforcement official.

The official said the FBI had secured the cooperation of Bryan Pagliano, who worked on Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign before setting up the server in her New York home in 2009.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/in-clinton-email-investigation-justice-department-grants-immunity-to-former-state-department-staffer/2016/03/02/e421e39e-e0a0-11e5-9c36-e1902f6b6571_story.html

[FunkMonk]

I eagerly await Donald applying the Trumpcratic method about emails against Hillary at the debates. For the lulz.

[CountDeMoney]

Marty, Psychology has moved on since Carl Jung.  This is a really weird thing with you.  Why do you keep using theories that were popular 70 years ago or more?

Stop Razzing shit up, man.

[garbon]

Marty, Psychology has moved on since Carl Jung.  This is a really weird thing with you.  Why do you keep using theories that were popular 70 years ago or more?

Stop Razzing shit up, man.

He's raising a fair point. A fairer one than Mart's ridiculous analysis.