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  • CenterBHSFan
    gut;1809409 wrote:I'll be shocked if you guys are correct about widespread union support. Among white male union guys, I could see it. Coal mining, sure, but those are mostly red states and won't matter to Dems (that's largely why they are so strong on their anti-coal, anti-oil agendas...global warming = votes, fossil fuels doesn't).
    The many, many, people I have talked with in the medical field (nurses, surge techs, EMT's, parameds, etc) ... out of all of them, I found one woman (which I have already posted about) who is voting for Hillary out of pure novelty.
    So while it may seemingly be just coal and steel unions, it most certainly is not. It may very well just be a regional thing, I cannot know at this point and my thoughts are pure conjecture.
    But I DO think that the plebes are breaking free of their masters' commands.
  • isadore
    QuakerOats;1809366 wrote:Pretty sad that you and she have nothing but destruction and death to offer, ergo Hitler.
    Desperate.
    gosh a ruddies both of us working to prevent the new fuehrer from rising to power.
  • gut
    CenterBHSFan;1809410 wrote: So while it may seemingly be just coal and steel unions, it most certainly is not. It may very well just be a regional thing, I cannot know at this point and my thoughts are pure conjecture.
    But I DO think that the plebes are breaking free of their masters' commands.

    Very interesting. But what you're saying implies vast media conspiracy (unless it's just very regional) because the polls are grossly at odds with what you're saying....and I have serious doubts about a vast media conspiracy.

    Reason I'm skeptical is everyone I know, which is a very diverse sect, mocks Trump HARD. Most of them don't like Hillary, but they think Trump is a complete clown. Does that mean a comfortable 52-48% victory for Hillary? I'd say very likely.
  • friendfromlowry
    CenterBHSFan;1809410 wrote:The many, many, people I have talked with in the medical field (nurses, surge techs, EMT's, parameds, etc) ... out of all of them, I found one woman (which I have already posted about) who is voting for Hillary out of pure novelty.
    So while it may seemingly be just coal and steel unions, it most certainly is not. It may very well just be a regional thing, I cannot know at this point and my thoughts are pure conjecture.
    But I DO think that the plebes are breaking free of their masters' commands.
    Are they showing up to vote for Trump then? Or just not voting for Hillary.
  • CenterBHSFan
    gut;1809449 wrote:Very interesting. But what you're saying implies vast media conspiracy (unless it's just very regional) because the polls are grossly at odds with what you're saying....and I have serious doubts about a vast media conspiracy.

    Reason I'm skeptical is everyone I know, which is a very diverse sect, mocks Trump HARD. Most of them don't like Hillary, but they think Trump is a complete clown. Does that mean a comfortable 52-48% victory for Hillary? I'd say very likely.
    Oh I don't think they like him - perhaps maybe a handful of them do IIRC. But they don't "like" Hillary, either. But they are determined to try something different. Some of the people I talked to even said that they think Hillary will win, but it won't be because of them.
    Vast media conspiracy? Nah. My opinions on conspiracies is limited.
  • CenterBHSFan
    friendfromlowry;1809450 wrote:Are they showing up to vote for Trump then? Or just not voting for Hillary.
    Pretty much just not voting for Hillary.
  • Heretic
    CenterBHSFan;1809456 wrote:Pretty much just not voting for Hillary.
    I'd say that's at least semi-similar with my general region. I don't know anyone who has legit said they're voting for Hillary, with the more left-wingish people I know having been for Bernie, but (at least while he was running) against her. On the other hand, the only people I know who are voting for Trump are the pure right-wingers who are like Belly/QQ where they'd vote for an inanimate carbon rod if it had an "R" after its name (you know, the sort that might not have much to say about Trump, but who can rant for hours about her). Most really don't have anything much to say about either. Whether that translates to eventually going third party, voting party line or sitting it out due to apathy, I don't know.
  • CenterBHSFan
    Heretic;1809461 wrote:Whether that translates to eventually going third party, voting party line or sitting it out due to apathy, I don't know.
    Probably an equal mixture of all three. IMO
  • gut
    This is hilarious. Hardly anyone knows anyone voting for Hillary or Trump....yet Johnson and Stein are polling less than 15%, combined.
  • CenterBHSFan
    gut;1809474 wrote:This is hilarious. Hardly anyone knows anyone voting for Hillary or Trump....yet Johnson and Stein are polling less than 15%, combined.
    I suspect that many will just not vote at all :/
  • O-Trap
    gut;1809474 wrote:This is hilarious. Hardly anyone knows anyone voting for Hillary or Trump....yet Johnson and Stein are polling less than 15%, combined.
    If nothing else, I think this lends evidence to the premise that we're not an accurate cross-section.
  • HitsRus
    No we are not an accurate cross-section of the general public at all. What we are a cross section of is educated, concerned, freethinking, Midwestern voters.

    Just take the last word in that sentence about that "voters". Nationally, 35% or more of the people do not even vote.

    "free thinking"...... Just by the fact that we are on this site, shows that we are involved in discussions, and formulate our opinions, at least semi-logically and informed. We don't vote based on 30 second sound bites… But PAC's spend a lot of money doing just that, because people fall for it .

    "Educated".... Almost all of us on this website have at least a high school education, or better .

    "Concerned"… Most of us here Karen off about this country to think beyond ourselves when boating for issues. Some people don't care, are selfish, or they don't have that luxury of thinking beyond their immediate needs .

    "Midwestern"...people born and raised on the coasts or in the Deep South have different cultural values .

    Add all of this up, and this site probably represents less than 10% of the people in this country .
  • HitsRus
    Note on above post... For some reason the edit feature is not working on this site this morning… Or at least for me .
    consider this an "editing" of my imperfect "talk to text" post above...
    "Karen off". ... Should be read as "care enough about "... And "boating" should be read as "voting".
  • isadore
    HitsRus;1809607 wrote:Note on above post... For some reason the edit feature is not working on this site this morning… Or at least for me .
    consider this an "editing" of my imperfect "talk to text" post above...
    "Karen off". ... Should be read as "care enough about "... And "boating" should be read as "voting".
    gosh a ruddies, You don't need to make excuses and blame the site. You have a right to be drunk in the morning.
  • QuakerOats
    http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/06/_politics-zone-injection/trump-vs-clinton-presidential-polls-election-2016/index.html


    keep isadore off the bridges
  • O-Trap
    HitsRus;1809607 wrote:Note on above post... For some reason the edit feature is not working on this site this morning… Or at least for me .
    consider this an "editing" of my imperfect "talk to text" post above...
    "Karen off". ... Should be read as "care enough about "... And "boating" should be read as "voting".
    I assumed you were just using the voice feature on your phone to post, but I still got the gist of it.

    Ultimately, your overall point being that we're not an accurate sample of the entire voting population is accurate. The fact that we are on a political forum implies that we are politically active (or at least interested). The fact that the site is geographically specific in its focus means we likely have some ties to Ohio. That much alone would suggest that we are not an accurate cross-section.
  • gut
    O-Trap;1809779 wrote: Ultimately, your overall point being that we're not an accurate sample of the entire voting population is accurate.
    But Ohio is pretty evenly divided.

    My point was mainly that people are guessing, and not actually asking, how friends are voting. Or their friends are lying, or they're lying about how their friends are voting. That's pretty much what the polls tell me with Gary Johnson at about 9%.

    Trump is openly mocked by everyone I know (so if someone was going to vote for Trump, they would never admit it). Seems most are going to hold their nose and vote for Hillary, and some for Gary Johnson. Some are afraid if they voted for Gary Johnson that Trump could win.
  • O-Trap
    gut;1809787 wrote:But Ohio is pretty evenly divided.

    My point was mainly that people are guessing, and not actually asking, how friends are voting. Or their friends are lying, or they're lying about how their friends are voting. That's pretty much what the polls tell me with Gary Johnson at about 9%.

    Trump is openly mocked by everyone I know (so if someone was going to vote for Trump, they would never admit it). Seems most are going to hold their nose and vote for Hillary, and some for Gary Johnson. Some are afraid if they voted for Gary Johnson that Trump could win.
    I agree, and that is why I made the poll private on here. There are views that are unpopular within the current circle, and I wanted people to be free to express those views without having to admit to them if they're unpopular.

    It's not unlike what happens when I go to my in-laws. They seem to be of the mindset that if Hillary Clinton is the next President, the terrorists win, and northeast Ohio will be the first target. As such, I just refrain from talking politics in large groups when we're there.
  • CenterBHSFan
    gut;1809787 wrote:My point was mainly that people are guessing, and not actually asking, how friends are voting. Or their friends are lying, or they're lying about how their friends are voting. That's pretty much what the polls tell me with Gary Johnson at about 9%.

    Trump is openly mocked by everyone I know (so if someone was going to vote for Trump, they would never admit it). Seems most are going to hold their nose and vote for Hillary, and some for Gary Johnson. Some are afraid if they voted for Gary Johnson that Trump could win.
    OR...

    You could just look at this and see that it is mainly a regional thing. http://graphics.latimes.com/election-2016-ohio-results/

    Really. Nobody has to lie. Or even disemble. It's right there, but of course only between Kasich and Trump. But it's going to be obvious to everybody that Hillary could not get the rust belt of Ohio if she said her life depended on it.
  • gut
    CenterBHSFan;1809809 wrote:OR...

    You could just look at this and see that it is mainly a regional thing. http://graphics.latimes.com/election-2016-ohio-results/
    A few weeks old, but here it's 44-41 Clinton in Ohio.
    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/oh/ohio_trump_vs_clinton-5634.html

    85% of voters are going either Clinton or Trump - that hardly anyone here knows anyone voting for either is something more than everyone here living in some little libertarian bubble.

    I would say this poll here is more accurate - 15 of 36 voting 3rd party, so fairly skewed...but mainly I was questioning people who claimed to not know anyone, or few people, voting for Trump and/or Clinton. Hyperbole at best, and I've probably done it also.
  • isadore
    gosh a ruddies, now we have a candidate who can compete with the Donald for least informed candidate. On Morning Joe Gary Johnson was asked what he would do about the situation about Aleppo. With a look of complete bewilderment he queried, "What is Aleppo?" Way too much weed.
  • majorspark
    Gary and the Donald need to get one of them ear pieces Hillary uses.
  • QuakerOats
    majorspark;1810021 wrote:Gary and the Donald need to get one of them ear pieces Hillary uses.
    So she either cannot hear, or she cheated.

    http://www.infowars.com/was-hillary-wearing-an-earpiece-during-last-nights-presidential-forum/
  • Dr Winston O'Boogie
    isadore;1810019 wrote:gosh a ruddies, now we have a candidate who can compete with the Donald for least informed candidate. On Morning Joe Gary Johnson was asked what he would do about the situation about Aleppo. With a look of complete bewilderment he queried, "What is Aleppo?" Way too much weed.
    Typical "gottcha" journalism. They guy didn't know the name of specific city in Syria. There are a lot of cities in Syria that have played a part in this civil war. Not knowing the name of every single one does not equate to not being informed on the overall war.
  • isadore
    Dr Winston O'Boogie;1810050 wrote:Typical "gottcha" journalism. They guy didn't know the name of specific city in Syria. There are a lot of cities in Syria that have played a part in this civil war. Not knowing the name of every single one does not equate to not being informed on the overall war.
    gosh a ruddies, bull. The siege of Aleppo has been a central area of conflict. At the start of the conflict it was Syria's largest city with over 2 million people. The siege has been given extensive coverage. A well known photo from that siege.

    Calling it just another city in the war, is like calling Stalingrad another city in World War II or Gettysburg, just another town in our Civil War.

    Of course a dilettante space cadet like Gary Johnson is unaware of it but hey he will always have his apologists.