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Smart womenMy isidewith came up 87% Gary, so I had my girlfriend fill it out thinking she would also be high on Gary. But she came back 97% Hillary.
If you're in a faithless elector state, and neither candidate reaches 270 electoral college votes due to Johnson picking up states in a close race, the makeup of your state representatives in the House (who would vote in that case) is critical. I live in PA, and a majority of our HoR's are Republicans. As a faithless vote state, the Representatives are not breaking state law going against the state popular vote in the event 270 votes is not reached by a single candidate and voting however they wish to do so.
if it's close and Johnson wins some states putting the above scenario into play.I'm kind of shocked this isn't being discussed more. I'm sure it will if Johnson makes it into the debates.
Not quite sure where you are coming from (I'm missing the nuance, sorry).
How we end up with what we do, with god knows how many Weld's that are out there (non ideologues who seem willing to compromise, think critically and dare I say, govern) is shameful.
I think that's why I'm drawn to the Johnson/Weld ticket. They say the best presidents have been across the aisle leaders, willing to compromise. That's basically built into this party's philosophy. Big fan of this ticket.
And he seems to be doing the better "politician" stuff: hitting talking points and telling stories.
Honestly, if this ticket were reversed, I don't think 15% would be a question.
And that he'd be more responsible with national security, more responsible with meddling in the Middle East..as she has been reckless in those areas
Independents are now 42 % of the electorate as of January....we are letting the party zealots who didn't defect pick the candidates that will get media coverage....time to for the 42% to stand up
Yeah, that was not impressive. Glad he's for legalization, but for God's sake that lady took him to the woodshed.Seems like weed is Johnson's wheelhouse.
Probably too late to make the change. They were both fine. Surprised that didn't bring up taxes
Kind of did just not directly when the one lady asked about why she should vote for them as a Bernie supporter. Said that's his contrast, where he believes in small government. Missed the window to expand into tax policy, which is crucial to support why or why not that's a good or bad thing.
I actually think this is a huge issue. Do to its black market nature, thousands of women and children are exploited. Some are trafficked and enslaved. Its not a good thing. A legal market ends that stuff immediately. Plus brings a billion dollar market into the realm of taxation.
Prostitution, really digging into how to make America great again!
JFC, who permitted this question? Bigger fish to fry.
I agree with the thinking here, but I think getting him taken seriously is the more immediate need. Johnson/Weld should be able to do that based upon their platform, and hope to get into the debates. Harping on prostitution is IMO not helping the ticket get taken seriously.
And the guy's question wasn't really about prostitution. His question was basically: Where do you stand on the more "out there" Libertarian stances? Prostitution was just the example the guy used in his question.
Probably 70-80% of those people aren't independent. Most are Rs who've become embarrassed to be part of the party over the last decade. And now some are Ds who hate Clinton.
If there was ever an opportunity to gain 3rd party momentum, the 2016 election cycle is it. The best the two-party system could come up with is Hillary and Donald as America's choices. I like Johnson/Weld's politics, but even a protest vote gets the Libertarian party more attention. They should try to seize it.
Pretty much summarizes the base base the Donald attracts.
Can't speak to all of it but their policy on environment is the government should be involved because it's not a personal freedom issue but a greater good issue
I think the big things the Libertarian party is lacking to make a serious run are money (to get the word out), a place in the debates (to get their platform out there front and center) and endorsements (to get their name out there in the press). As you can see from the DNCLeaks, the press controls things to an extent in what message gets sent out to the voters. It doesn't fit CNN or Fox's agenda for the Libertarians to rise, as their not aligned with the Libertarian party. This party will need some big help to move up and have a chance to seize the voters you mentioned above in light of what's going on with Trump's implosion and some voters' disdain for Hillary. I'd like for this movement to continue, but it needs a push to be taken seriously with the general voting population.
Insanity - Doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different outcomes. That's basically the Trump campaign right now vs. how it operated during the Republican primaries. People are looking for a lifeboat who are moderate Republicans, or are just flat out not on board with Trump as the nominee. It has arrived in the form of Johnson/Weld if they evaluate the Libertarian ticket vs. Trump Pence with an open mind.
that was bad.
