Only 9 percent of the U.S. voted for Trump or Hillary in the primaries.

[Taylor]

Interesting interactive thingy from the NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/01/us/elections/nine-percent-of-america-selected-trump-and-clinton.html

That means we're choosing from two candidates that more than 90 percent of the country never nominated to be president.

[gotbeer]

Well, to be fair.  If you are a dem in California you could only vote for Dems.  If you are Rep than only Rep.  If you are an Independent, you complain because 1/4 of those morons signed up for the American Independent party instead of as an independent.

At least on my ballot, I couldn't vote for any party because of my independent voting status.

[Tank]

I'm curious to see how many turn out yo vote in November. Could be record lows or maybe record highs, depending on how much hatred there is.

[Jason]

I bet it's record lows. Both these candidates really do suck and many people just don't want to vote either of them in.

[the dude abides]

12 minutes ago, Angels N Skins said:

I bet it's record lows. Both these candidates really do suck and many people just don't want to vote either of them in.

Love the new avatar.

[Jason]

Just now, the_dude_abides said:

Love the new avatar.

I'm getting in early on the awesomeness that is waiting for this team in 2017

[gotbeer]

30 minutes ago, Angels N Skins said:

I bet it's record lows. Both these candidates really do suck and many people just don't want to vote either of them in.

Record lows is probably good news for Trump.  That's the one trap that Hilary might get into.  If she takes the election as hers, her supporters may not show up.  Where as Trumps may take the call.

[Adam]

It'll be low. Hopefully Hillary loses and Trump doesn't win

[Tank]

57 minutes ago, gotbeer said:

Record lows is probably good news for Trump.  That's the one trap that Hilary might get into.  If she takes the election as hers, her supporters may not show up.  Where as Trumps may take the call.

she's already alienated the berners, so it kind of depends on how many trump supporters show up.

[InsideThePark]

Nothing drives people more to the polls than hate. But I suppose hating both candidates could prevent some from wanting to vote at all. Even with that though, I think the turnout will be high.

[Blarg]

If just one damn reasonable option was to announce a third party platform the two assholes would go down in flames. 

[Tank]

2 hours ago, Blarg said:

If just one damn reasonable option was to announce a third party platform the two assholes would go down in flames. 

agreed. Johnson is being very aggressive on Facebook to get his message and name out there, but the reality he won't have enough juice. i wonder what kind of shenanigans went on behind the scenes to keep Biden out of the race. i wonder why Romney didn't declare. i wonder, i wonder, i wonder . . .

[Tank]

[Schildog]

22 hours ago, gotbeer said:

If you are an Independent, you complain because 1/4 of those morons signed up for the American Independent party instead of as an independent.

 

haha, i did that when i was 18.

[arch stanton]

In fairness, it's probably about 9% of the population that understands how a president gets elected.

[AngelsLongBall]

55 minutes ago, arch stanton said:

In fairness, it's probably about 9% of the population that understands how a president gets elected.

That's the part where, if you drop the tennis ball, you have to race and touch the wall before your opponent gets control of the ball and throws it against the wall?  And if the throw beats you, you have to spread 'em while your opponent winds up? 

[fan_since79]

2 hours ago, arch stanton said:

In fairness, it's probably about 9% of the population that understands how a president gets elected.

In polls taken in the past few years, about 25% of the country don't even know who the vice-president is.

 

[gotbeer]

1 hour ago, fan_since79 said:

In polls taken in the past few years, about 25% of the country don't even know who the vice-president is.

 

Elvis?

[fan_since79]

1 minute ago, gotbeer said:

Elvis?

 

Yeah. Nixon's VP, right?

 

[gotbeer]

16 minutes ago, fan_since79 said:

 

Yeah. Nixon's VP, right?

 

Yes, when he wasn't moonlighting in the CIA. 

[fan_since79]

Did you know that Nixon was an excellent pianist? Not many people are aware of that. I believe he sat down and played for Elvis at that White House meeting. I recall seeing a video of it years ago.

 

 

[Amazing Larry]

14 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Yes, when he wasn't moonlighting in the CIA. 

There's a flick about that. 

 

[Thomas]

On 8/2/2016 at 2:17 PM, fan_since79 said:

In polls taken in the past few years, about 25% of the country don't even know who the vice-president is.

 

That's just the way Uncle Joe likes it.  Too much attention from the man ain't good for business, you hear?

[Amazing Larry]

[Tank]

looks more like "make america tan again."