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Topic	Who are you voting for? I like this Andrew Yang guy.
ParanoidObsessive 10/29/19 6:50:37 PM #21:	Zeus posted... Bernie has no potential for beating Trump. Although he can energize a crowd, he's absurdly fringe and only plays well to younger demographics who are already going to vote Democrat. At least Warren has some broader buy-in. His health issues this year would also play a significant role, because Americans in general have tended to be extremely wary of voting for anyone we think might die in office ever since Wilson or so. There's a very real fear that anyone who goes into office less than healthy will suffer from the high stress levels of the job and either drop dead, stroke out, or just do a piss-poor job. Entire campaigns have been torpedoed in the past by rumors of heart problems or similar. It's part of why candidates tend to be hesitant to release health records (and why people demand it out of them). As much as people like to think Bernie COULD win (especially his more rabid supporters), there's more than enough ammunition to use against him in almost any election that would at best discourage a lot of voters from voting at all, or outright encourage them to vote for Trump (even if they're already somewhat biased against Trump and actively looking for a worthwhile alternative). The Democrats have lost elections in the past by assuming it was a slam-dunk and fielding a candidate voters simply don't want, because they get cocky and feel like there's no way they can lose no matter who they run. If they do that again this time, then we should all start getting used to the idea of Trump's second term now. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:929403343] in Who are yo... [t:78119892]...</cite> <quote><cite>Zeus posted...</cite> <quote>Bernie has no potential for beating Trump. Although he can energize a crowd, he's absurdly fringe and only plays well to younger demographics who are already going to vote Democrat. At least Warren has some broader buy-in.</quote> His health issues this year would also play a significant role, because Americans in general have tended to be extremely wary of voting for anyone we think might die in office ever since Wilson or so. There's a very real fear that anyone who goes into office less than healthy will suffer from the high stress levels of the job and either drop dead, stroke out, or just do a piss-poor job. Entire campaigns have been torpedoed in the past by rumors of heart problems or similar. It's part of why candidates tend to be hesitant to release health records (and why people demand it out of them). As much as people like to think Bernie COULD win (especially his more rabid supporters), there's more than enough ammunition to use against him in almost any election that would at best discourage a lot of voters from voting at all, or outright encourage them to vote for Trump (even if they're already somewhat biased against Trump and actively looking for a worthwhile alternative). The Democrats have lost elections in the past by assuming it was a slam-dunk and fielding a candidate voters simply don't want, because they get cocky and feel like there's no way they can lose no matter who they run. If they do that again this time, then we should all start getting used to the idea of Trump's second term now. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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