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13   Peter P   2016 Nov 11, 10:40am  

I too thought of her as a Republican, but not a true Goldwater Girl.

But the SJWs are going too far. At least Trump can win this narrative war.

14   FuckTheMainstreamMedia   2016 Nov 11, 11:15am  

Logan Mohtashami says

Rew says

America is going to join the EU.

But according to the left, Clintons popular vote win was by a statistically significant amount!

15   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2016 Nov 11, 11:18am  

Logan Mohtashami says

So Trump beats McCain in total popular probably won't catch Romney or Bush

These numbers really need to be scaled by population. So that idiots don't think I'm cheating, I'll put them as a percentage of the population

Year : winner : percent of vote : number of votes : population
2000 : Bush : 17.9% : 50.5M : 282M : lost popular vote
2004 : Bush : 21.2% : 62M : 293M
2008 : Obama : 22.9% : 69.5M : 304M
2012 : Obama : 21% : 56.9M : 314.1M
2016 : Trump : 18.6% : 60M : 323M : lost popular vote

So, Trump's turnout was as bad as Bush's. Nader took 2.7% in 2000. Johnson and Stein took 4% in 2016. The 3rd party votes IMO are a rejection vote. It's the concerned citizen's version of staying home. This allowed unpopular Republicans to win the electoral college while losing the popular vote and getting terrible turnouts themselves.

Trump's results do not seem like the beginning of a movement. 2016 and 2000 seem like years where Democrats stayed home after being underwhelmed by 8 yrs of centrist Democrats in the White House.

16   _   2016 Nov 11, 11:18am  

Gropey McGroperson says

But according to the left, Clintons popular vote win was by a statistically significant amount!

President Obama 65,915,795

Clinton 60,467,245

The left has spoken, they didn't love Clinton as much as Obama and didn't back her up
Elections have consequences,

It's time to move on

17   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2016 Nov 11, 11:20am  

Gropey McGroperson says

But according to the left, Clintons popular vote win was by a statistically significant amount!

You've proved in another thread that you don't know what statistical significance is.

18   _   2016 Nov 11, 11:20am  

YesYNot says

Trump's results do not seem like the beginning of a movement

At the start of the election night, Trump own polls weren't good... only when exit polls really started kicking in that they started to get bullish

This is my honest take, I think I said this in other threads months ago

Trump wins, if Bernie people don't come out and support Clinton in full force.

Republicans didn't grow their vote ... some didn't vote and some went to Johnson

But Clinton gap down is massive...

19   _   2016 Nov 11, 11:30am  

I can tell you this from observations

I only have 6,400 facebook friends so the scale isn't big at all...

However, Young Turk watches and Clinton Voters didn't get a long and a lot of those people didn't vote for Clinton

I went to Bernie's rally in Irvine and I could see the hate for Clinton was real ...

20   FNWGMOBDVZXDNW   2016 Nov 11, 11:40am  

Logan Mohtashami says

But Clinton gap down is massive.

Well, you were right. It was always the potential downfall for Hillary. It might have been people sick of the Clinton / Bush dynasties. It might have been the email scandal. It might have been the Wikileaks. It might have been the weight of the right wing conspiracies about Clinton. And it might have been her centrist policies on the economy and the environment. We can only speculate. It it was the policies, those non-voting Bernie supporters will probably end up regretting their non-vote in 5 to 10 years.

21   _   2016 Nov 11, 11:46am  

YesYNot says

It was always the potential downfall for Hillary

My friends who voted for Jill Stein don't care that Trump won, they didn't want Clinton and want the DNC to clean shop. Mind some of these people hated Bernie for supporting Clinton too

22   Peter P   2016 Nov 11, 11:49am  

The Democrat party is falling apart. They are following The Labour's footstep to move further left, likely making themselves unelectable for years. They may please some on the left, but the silent majority has no appetite for that.

Perhaps Mark Cuban for 2020?

23   curious2   2016 Nov 11, 12:01pm  

It is too soon to rely on popular vote counts, because votes are still being counted. As of last night, California had "at least" 4 million votes to count, and planned to continue counting until at least Monday. People are relying on polls, which have proven unreliable this year. Once the actual counts are certified, we will have confirmed numbers on which to base interpretations and other opinions.

24   marcus   2016 Nov 11, 6:33pm  

What's your source for the graph ?

It doesn't make sense. With this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voter_turnout_in_the_United_States_presidential_elections

(see percentages)

and with estimates I've seen that 56% of voters voted. Something doesn't make sense.

25   marcus   2016 Nov 11, 6:35pm  

Then again, CNN and 538 are saying 20 year low.

26   _   2016 Nov 11, 6:37pm  

America is great, was great and will be great. We have solid demographics compared to the rest of the world. We have over 100 trillion dollars in financial assets, over 155 million, working men and women, the biggest military in the world, friendly neighbors, and two oceans as borders. We are going to be fine.

Granted, this election was ugly. What I saw on social media during this election, not just from the pathetic cowardly trolls who hide behind fake names, but from non-affiliated people, was disgusting.

We can’t, as adults, treat other people this way. I can always forgive young people for their lack of integrity as they’re learning to become adults. However, both the left and right resorted to crass verbal abuse during this election and we have to be better than that and set a better example for our children.

Speak like your kids and parents are watching.

America will be fine. I, for one, don’t believe that Trump will act like Hitler or do anything that the fascist movement of Germany did. The inherent strength of our system and our people will prevent that from ever happening.

We are still Americas and we always will be! Have faith in our country and our people even if you don’t agree with their politics.

https://loganmohtashami.com/2016/11/09/president-donald-trump/

27   Strategist   2016 Nov 11, 6:44pm  

Logan Mohtashami says

America will be fine. I, for one, don’t believe that Trump will act like Hitler or do anything that the fascist movement of Germany did.

Even if Trump wanted to, he would not be able to be a Hitler. We have checks and balances.
The fact is, Presidential candidates say a lot of crazy things, and make a lot of unrealistic promises. Once they are in the White House, very little change emerges.

28   Gary Anderson   2016 Nov 11, 7:53pm  

Logan Mohtashami says

America is great, was great and will be great. We have solid demographics compared to the rest of the world. We have over 100 trillion dollars in financial assets, over 155 million, working men and women, the biggest military in the world, friendly neighbors, and two oceans as borders. We are going to be fine.

Well, Logan, wages as a percentage of profits are HORRIBLE. That pushes down effective demand. Effective demand is too low. http://www.talkmarkets.com/content/bonds/reflation-cannot-save-trump-from-a-painful-recession?post=112162&uid=4798

Chart don't lie Logan.

29   komputodo   2016 Nov 11, 7:59pm  

Logan Mohtashami says

Are the blue bars the labor force participation rate?

30   Tenpoundbass   2016 Nov 11, 8:15pm  

Trump isn't a dummy.
He knows the Soros' the Buffets, the Mark Cubans and the Krugmans are going to pull their money out of the economy and crash the markets, and expect Trump to flounder on the ecconomic colapse.
Trump needs a man who aint affraid to crank up the QE printing press and make Small Business Loans out of it. What Obama should have been doing all along.

Move along Next!

31   Strategist   2016 Nov 11, 8:18pm  

Gary Anderson says

Well, Logan, wages as a percentage of profits are HORRIBLE. That pushes down effective demand. Effective demand is too low.

You are so funny Gary. What happens when there is a loss?

32   Tenpoundbass   2016 Nov 11, 9:16pm  

Trump was not only voted in by the electorate, he was pulled in by the NSA and FBI lackeys. The spooks has spoken.
She must have done some Shit for them to want her so bad.

33   _   2016 Nov 12, 9:10am  

Gary Anderson says

Effective demand is too low.

Consumption has been the best part of the cycle, domestic investment light, which is typical in mature countries unless they're building out for growing labor force

Did anyone else here get a death sentence on facebook

I died on the internet yesterday but Hell makes good food

34   missing   2016 Nov 12, 11:57am  

Logan Mohtashami says

My friends who voted for Jill Stein don't care that Trump won, they didn't want Clinton and want the DNC to clean shop.

you have some smart friends, learn from them

35   komputodo   2016 Nov 12, 1:50pm  

Logan Mohtashami says

Looks like she's trying to decide whether to swallow or spit it out.

36   _   2016 Nov 12, 2:39pm  

FP says

you have some smart friends, learn from them

At least Jill got 1% is what I tell them

Clinton 60,839,922 47.8%
Trump 60,265,858 47.3%
Johnson 4,152,009 3%
Stein 1,250,391 1%

37   Gary Anderson   2016 Nov 12, 3:06pm  

Strategist says

You are so funny Gary. What happens when there is a loss?

A loss of what? Labor has already lost and it is impacting GDP and the business cycle. http://www.talkmarkets.com/content/economics--politics/projecting-a-fed-rate-path?post=112317&page=3&uid=4798

38   Gary Anderson   2016 Nov 12, 3:09pm  

Logan Mohtashami says

Consumption has been the best part of the cycle

That is true. But it is coming to an end, although stimulus may cause stagflation: http://www.talkmarkets.com/content/economics--politics/projecting-a-fed-rate-path?post=112317&page=3&uid=4798

39   _   2016 Nov 12, 3:11pm  

Gary Anderson says

But it is coming to an end,

We are fine in America..

No over investment thesis in this cycle that will create that supply and demand imbalance and demographics are only now starting to get better

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