Discussing American politics as civil human beings

Media looking for those viewer numbers

 

Then again, if you're ahead and get more questions, it's more likely that you stay ahead.

Snowballing politics?

 

10-14-2015

(CNN)Donald Trump holds double-digit leads over Ben Carson in both South Carolina and Nevada, the third and fourth states scheduled to hold nominating contests in next year's race for the presidency, with Trump widely seen in each state as the best candidate to handle a range of top issues, according to new CNN/ORC polls.

Trump holds 38% support in Nevada, with Carson in second with 22%, and in South Carolina, Trump doubles Carson's support, 36% to 18%. No other candidate comes close to those top two in either state; the third-place candidate in each case has less than 10% support.

Trump's backing in both states outpaces his support in most recent national polling, where he tends to draw around a quarter of Republican voters.

Trump's lead rests on widespread perceptions that he's the best candidate to handle the economy (67% say so in Nevada, 59% in South Carolina, while no other candidate hits double-digits) and illegal immigration (55% in Nevada and 51% in South Carolina, topping the other candidates by 40 points or more). About 6 in 10 in each state say Trump is the candidate most likely to change the way things work in Washington (60% in Nevada, 58% in South Carolina). Furthermore, nearly half -- 47% in Nevada and 44% in South Carolina -- view Trump as the candidate with the best chance of winning the general election next November.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/14/politics/republican-poll-donald-trump-nevada-south-carolina/

 

Real estate mogul Donald Trump announced his intent to run for president in the 2016 election on Tuesday morning at a self-named skyscraper in New York City.Jun 16, 2015

Nearly 4 months into his campaign, and The Donald is going strong. I admit surprise at this fact. Many experts are beyond gobsmacked. What, if anything, will be his downfall?

 

I'd guess if you're a bad candidate you'd do poorly with more questions and if you're good you'd do well.

Then again, if you're a bad candidate you're probably gonna go down sometime, more questions should just give a broader view of the candidate.

 

Darn near every expert on the L and R predicted the demise of Trump's campaign day after day and week after week, for the first few months. "Some", in this instance, undersells the reality.

 

I'm behind on a few pages, but any chance of solid data on this? Personally I think you're probably right, but I'd be interested in seeing the figures on how many perceived personal attacks are imbedded into adds and such.

I suspect though this is in part to do with the form of election system. With Belgian government and other similar parliamentary systems, you've got a vote for parties, as much/more than individuals, while (ostensibly) each position in the US is voted on with specific individuals. This might lead to more individual attacks rather than generalized "this party is full of racists!" or "this party is full of heathens!" or other similar things.

But that's just speculation.

 

How DARE YOU!

You said earlier that... [insert contradictory statement here]

 

Come across this, thought it was pretty telling

 

Part of Sanders's supremacy over Clinton in online polls is probably due to his base being younger than Clinton's. Sanders is also far more popular on Reddit. I have seen a large number of posts make it to the front page of /r/all. Anyone that spends a decent amount of time on Reddit also knows that Redditors like to swarm online polls and change the outcome in their favor.

 

Not an unreasonable point. I've seen 3/12th of the VODS of the debate now, been caught up in other stuff. Will comment later.

btw: sanders his accent/way of talking is funny, I thought that was always overacted in films and whatnot.

 

Thanks for the info BP. Interesting details and discussion for sure. I get why people feel the Bern. Clinton, on the other hand, gives me gas and nearly causes vertigo.


And now to breaking news. Yucky activists tried and failed to bully peeps at a Trump rally this morning.

Breaking: State Police Drag Radical Screaming Black-Latino Activists From Trump Rally in Richmond

Kristinn Taylor Oct 14th, 2015 7:59 pm

Black Lives Matter and pro-illegal alien Latino activists were forcibly removed by Virginia State Police officers after disrupting a rally held Wednesday evening in Richmond by leading Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.

There were reports that ‘small fights’ had broken out between the protesters and Trump supporters.

http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/201...-latino-protesters-from-richmond-trump-rally/

 

What's the deal with the word Alien btw? Who introduced that for illigals? It sounds so odd.

 

Alien means foreigner. Alius, the other. Alienus, stranger, foreigner. A wonderfully divisive term inventing barriers between people

 

I figured something like that. Sad.

 

Full Definition of ALIEN
1
a : belonging or relating to another person, place, or thing : strange
b : relating, belonging, or owing allegiance to another country or government : foreign
c : exotic

2
: differing in nature or character typically to the point of incompatibility
— alien·ly adverb

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alien