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Independent candidates: What if...?
Posted on 4/27/16 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 4/27/16 at 3:31 pm
So, Trump calls on Sanders to run as an independent, since he has been "mistreated" by the Democratic party. Of course, this is a self-serving gambit designed to split the Democratic vote for him.
What if, though, BOTH parties' runners-up ran as independents, and we had 4 candidates in the general. How do you think a Clinton-Sanders-Trump-Cruz orgy of politicking would be?
I honestly don't know how that would shake out, but it sounds epic.
What if, though, BOTH parties' runners-up ran as independents, and we had 4 candidates in the general. How do you think a Clinton-Sanders-Trump-Cruz orgy of politicking would be?
I honestly don't know how that would shake out, but it sounds epic.
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Posted on 4/27/16 at 3:37 pm to Ag Zwin
No one would get to the 270 electoral voted needed to win the Presidency, so it would go to a vote in the House I think (or something like that). Whichever party controls the House would likely elect their establishment candidate (Hillary for Dems, anyone but Trump for Republicans).
Posted on 4/28/16 at 12:30 pm to Ag Zwin
The problem would be getting on the ballot. States control who's on the ballot, and most make it so hard for 3rd party candidates that I don't know how you could have either runner-up on the ballot in more than a handful of states.
Posted on 4/28/16 at 12:48 pm to Ag Zwin
Sanders will support Clinton but I can't see Trump and Cruz making a deal. Both have giant egos and I can see either of them in a third party campaign against the other.
Whoever wins the Republican nomination will be at a disadvantage because of the acrimonious campaign by everyone involved. The RNC does not have a handle on the candidates as does the DNC.
There are going to be a lot of hurt feelings after the Republican Convention in Cleveland, I think. Trump is forcing the GOP to change and a lot of the good old boys in the party don't like it one little bit.
Whoever wins the Republican nomination will be at a disadvantage because of the acrimonious campaign by everyone involved. The RNC does not have a handle on the candidates as does the DNC.
There are going to be a lot of hurt feelings after the Republican Convention in Cleveland, I think. Trump is forcing the GOP to change and a lot of the good old boys in the party don't like it one little bit.
Posted on 4/28/16 at 9:53 pm to Ag Zwin
Only way Trumpf can win. But it's clever. No way Sanders see's thru this
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