Trump only has 37% of the voters - hardly the will of the people.
i'd argue that the voters have been disenfranchised because the 3 candidates in front have the lowest approval ratings in the field of candidates (Trump, Cruz, and Clinton)... 50%+1 vote has been the rule for a long time, and it didn't stop Gerald Ford, Regean, HW, Dole, GWB, McCain, or Romney. I'm not in favor of Trojan Horse delegates, i think the winning candidates representatives should be able to control most of the delegate selection process, but after the first ballot, zombie delegates should be fair game, after the 2nd ballot, all delegates should be fair game.
if trump had spent the last few months polishing his foreign policy and military knowledge and started acting like a president the republicans would be consolidating around him. he's refused to pivot from the insecure bully, that will cost him. at some point you need to be quietly confident to be president. speak softly, but carry a big stick.
if he is steam rolling the primaries then he will get to 1237 on the first ballot. i think he has benefited from an over crowded field and idiot billionaires lining up behind Jeb Bush and Scott Walker for too long.
i'd say i won't vote for him, but i live in south carolina, so it doesn't matter. i'll vote 3rd party and my electoral allocation will go to Trump... but North Carolina, Florida, and Ohio are going to go Clinton and she will win in an electoral landslide.
I think there are a significant amount of Clinton voters who would swing to Kasich if he is the nominee. Not the case for Trump or Cruz.
It's already over. I've said it many times before, they don't care who you like. They don't care if Trump had 75% of the vote. That's not who "They" want. That's how this works. If people don't see that it's 1 party pretending to be 2, then I don't know what to tell you. The problem that the republicans face is Trump has brought people out that haven't voted in a long time or never have voted, b/c they think the whole thing is rigged. Right or wrong, that's how they feel. Also bringing many left and middle people as well. But if he doesn't get it, they will go back to never voting again. and even though he doesn't have what most people say are the majority, he has a hell of a lot of people. Those people will be done voting, you watch. Also, if he wins, people will be pissed and they wont vote for him. The republican party is done after this election, regardless what they do. So even though he only has "37 %, which is hardly the majority", as one guy stated above. They will lose that 37% after this. And honestly, I don't think they care. The republican party is a joke. They want to be "conservative and Trump doesn't stand for what they stand for and blah blah", but they don't even like the most constitutional conservative we've had in decades in Cruz. They hate him too. They are such a joke man and this election just proves that most Americans are right. Politics are rigged, and they truly do not care what you think. They surely don't care what you want.
oh please... if Trump had 75% of the vote there wouldn't be anything to talk about. To date Trump has 37% of the popular vote and about 50% of the delegates awarded thus far. There are fair game gripes, like Trojan Horse delegates, but come on... he's benefited from the rules and has an outsized percentage of the delegates to show for it.
fair point, but North Carolina showed very strong appetite for a 3rd party candidate in recent polling... but you certainly have a point, NC is a bit of a stretch, but a strong 3rd party candidate could tip it.
JMO !
parliaments make more and more sense... access for 3rd parties, consensus governments, gridlock proof majorities, and you can oust an ineffective leader at any time with a floor vote.We are a laughing stock to other countries !! Don't like either one of them. Trump scares me, his temper gets out of control and I don't see why any woman would want him to win, And another Clinton?? Nightmares ! Nightmares with both of them !!
cruz would have done better if he hadnt pulled the crap about other candidates dropping out when they hadnt. If he had just run on his own issues without trying some of the underhanded junk, I think a lot more republicans would like him.
it is my understanding that trump would not be on the ballot in most states do to sore loser laws. more importantly, if trump really cared at all about the white house going to a conservative, then he wouldnt run as a third party candidate. people who would vote for trump even if he doesnt get the republican nomination would also rather have hillary in the whitehouse than whoever was elected the nominee
