2024 Presidential Candidates

[Revoltingest]

Just extrapolating from Plato:

“One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.”​

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Residents of the Killing Fields,
lacked the opportunity.

 

[F1fan]

Another view is that he was the least unqualified.

By the least rational, also called Trump supporters who think a twice indicted conman is fit to lead our nation. They don't take governing seriously.

 

[F1fan]

People who aren't well informed, i.e. not interested very much in politics.
Or they are informed and vote for (or don't stand up against) inferior politician - in both cases they deserve what they get.

The primaries can leave the rest with bad options. Trump got punted in 2012 and the nominee was Romney, who was at least a moderate who would obey the oath of office. There were many better candidates in 2016 but the conservatives picked Trump. How public opinion works in primaries can be way off base.

 

[Copernicus]

According the FiveThirtyEight, their weighted poll aggregation shows Trump with a favorability rating that hovers between about 40% and 45%. His unfavorability rating is roughly 15 points higher--about 55%. However, he could still win a general election because the US electoral college system skews the vote in favor or rural and conservative voters, not to mention the effect of voter suppression tactics by Republicans in many purple states that are designed to impede likely Democratic voters. If Trump won the Republican nomination, which seems likely now, his approval ratings would likely jump as Republicans and Republican-leaning independents rallied to defend him. That's probably an unlikely scenario, but the final popular vote could be much closer than it looks right now. In theory, the US could elect a convicted felon, who would then almost certainly try to give himself a full pardon. Beyond that, the Republicans stand a good chance of retaining control of the House of Representatives and taking control of the Senate. It isn't that the majority of Americans would vote for such a thing, but we have come to realize that our representative democracy isn't so much of a democracy anymore. The popular vote isn't what counts in the end. It has a powerful influence on the outcome, but not a decisive one.

 

[Estro Felino]

I am more and more convinced that RFK is the right person to be president.
Because he's really aware of what the American people needs right now.


You need to empathize with him, to understand what he went through. His uncle was POTUS, and was murdered. His father was murdered as well, some years later. I suppose he grew up thinking that power is incredibly dangerous, but what keeps us alive is the strive for justice.