Do you believe Donald Trump will win the presidency?

[oath2order]

Or maybe, people on this site are actually paranoid that Trump will win.

I think Trump is gonna win, and I support him. But that's because he's the only Republican left and I think Obama is 100 times worse than what you guys think of Trump. Some say he's the best president or at least the fourth best president. But there are some who say that he's worse than Buchanan and Hoover. From what I knew about these guys (the two really bad presidents) and how our country performed in the past 7 and a half years, I would have to agree with those who say Obama is worse. The creation of Obamacare - automatically makes Obama the worst president. I'm hoping that Trump can reverse the damage Obama has done. Plus, he's not as bad as what he says or what you think.

Conservatism will slowly die out in America as a failed ideology.

 

[Psydye]

I really don't know. I'm not really sure how I feel about any of this to be honest, I'm not huge on politics.

 

[Greggy]

Brexit happened, so Trump winning can also be a possibility. I think Americans want to make America great again, but I'm no American so why did I even bother dropping my insight on this.

 

[-Apples-]

Conservatism will slowly die out in America as a failed ideology.

At least conservatives are more practical with most political decisions. I'm not calling the left wing stupid because they have their points too. Good points actually. However, if we went by nature's law, continuing from our current society, the ideologies on the right wing would be more favored. Yes, there are some the liberals are right about. I don't see a reason on why same-sex marriage should be outlawed. I don't even get why the government cares about marriage. But on the economic issues, I agree with the conservatives more, as I agree that Obamacare damaged medicine more than it improved it. That, and the mandates sounded...tyrannical.

 

[Red Cat]

Conservatism will slowly die out in America as a failed ideology.

It won't die out because conservatives aren't stubborn enough to lose election after election just to stick to some principals, but conservatism will have to adapt with America's changing demographics. For example, a lot of Republicans are avoiding making same-sex marriage an issue because they know they've already lost on that issue and any attempts to continue fighting that battle are likely to blow up in their faces (North Carolina's anti LGBT law will probably result in a lot of Republicans getting voted out there for example). Immigration is going to be another losing battle for conservatives. The Latino population is growing and eventually Republicans will have to move off of their walls and deportation approach on the issue if they don't want to just forfeit all of those votes to Democrats. I think they'll get their heads straight especially since immigration reform is good for business which is why most of the fiscal conservatives favor it. There are many others issues which they will probably modernize on and focus more on their fiscal conservative platform which a majority of Americans likely favor. Conservatives are actually better off if Trump loses than if he wins. If he loses, they can just sweep him under the rug and make sure it never happens again. If he wins, Republicans won't be able to shake the racist stench off for a long time with Trump being president for four years. Clinton on the other hand is basically a political pinata that they'll be able to whack for the next four years and get a lot of candy out of.

 

[nintendofan85]

It won't die out because conservatives aren't stubborn enough to lose election after election just to stick to some principals, but conservatism will have to adapt with America's changing demographics. For example, a lot of Republicans are avoiding making same-sex marriage an issue because they know they've already lost on that issue and any attempts to continue fighting that battle are likely to blow up in their faces (North Carolina's anti LGBT law will probably result in a lot of Republicans getting voted out there for example). Immigration is going to be another losing battle for conservatives. The Latino population is growing and eventually Republicans will have to move off of their walls and deportation approach on the issue if they don't want to just forfeit all of those votes to Democrats. I think they'll get their heads straight especially since immigration reform is good for business which is why most of the fiscal conservatives favor it. There are many others issues which they will probably modernize on and focus more on their fiscal conservative platform which a majority of Americans likely favor. Conservatives are actually better off if Trump loses than if he wins. If he loses, they can just sweep him under the rug and make sure it never happens again. If he wins, Republicans won't be able to shake the racist stench off for a long time with Trump being president for four years. Clinton on the other hand is basically a political pinata that they'll be able to whack for the next four years and get a lot of candy out of.

The Republicans need to learn from the way Eisenhower ran the party in 1952, and also how Bill Clinton did with the Democratic Party in 1992-that is, moderate the party.

 

[saehanfox]

Conservatism will slowly die out in America as a failed ideology.

Leftists aren't right about everything. Are the leftists who censor free speech on campus to avoid someone having their feelings hurt logical? Or the self-loathing politicians of Europe who flood the country with immigrants from countries infested with terrorists without screening them?

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I think Trump has a good chance of winning. I say this after following politics fairly closely and I took classes in Poli Sci. I'm not a Trump supporter because he's a selfish, bigoted buffoon however if I lived in a swing state, I would vote for him over the corrupt war mongering Hillary Clinton. With Hillary, there is a 60% chance of WW3 and 90% chance we'd be back in the Cold War. Trump hurting people's feelings with his bigotry is not a bigger crime than Hillary's scandals and cheating Bernie in the primary.

 

[-Apples-]

It won't die out because conservatives aren't stubborn enough to lose election after election just to stick to some principals, but conservatism will have to adapt with America's changing demographics. For example, a lot of Republicans are avoiding making same-sex marriage an issue because they know they've already lost on that issue and any attempts to continue fighting that battle are likely to blow up in their faces (North Carolina's anti LGBT law will probably result in a lot of Republicans getting voted out there for example). Immigration is going to be another losing battle for conservatives. The Latino population is growing and eventually Republicans will have to move off of their walls and deportation approach on the issue if they don't want to just forfeit all of those votes to Democrats. I think they'll get their heads straight especially since immigration reform is good for business which is why most of the fiscal conservatives favor it. There are many others issues which they will probably modernize on and focus more on their fiscal conservative platform which a majority of Americans likely favor. Conservatives are actually better off if Trump loses than if he wins. If he loses, they can just sweep him under the rug and make sure it never happens again. If he wins, Republicans won't be able to shake the racist stench off for a long time with Trump being president for four years. Clinton on the other hand is basically a political pinata that they'll be able to whack for the next four years and get a lot of candy out of.

That kind of makes me support Hillary more. If she wins the election, she can continue Obama's damage on the country to the point where Democrats will be unpopular for a very long time. Remember what happened after what Herbert Hoover did? His screw-up on the country made it bad to the point where Republicans could not gain control for 20 years. I kinda feel that this is what Trump is going to do (except he's going to make it worse even longer). The fact is, while they are more friendly on the social issues, their stands on the fiscal issues and foreign issues is their weakness. Other than the millennials, nobody in the voting population could agree that socialism is any better than capitalism. Just watch the Democrats continue destroying America. They will open more stupid issues (like the bathroom one) and continue on the dark side of political correctness (like racial quotas, censorship of history, language police, and safe spaces). That, and some of the social issues they took a stand on will implode. For example, they would start granting the right to vote to immigrants, but when abortion becomes an issue, the Dems will lose support from them.

 

[inkling]

of course i believe he might win. do i want hime to win? no. and for the record i believe hilary should have been in obama's place. but i guess she isn't likable enough as a person. people are stupid.

 

[nintendofan85]

That kind of makes me support Hillary more. If she wins the election, she can continue Obama's damage on the country to the point where Democrats will be unpopular for a very long time. Remember what happened after what Herbert Hoover did? His screw-up on the country made it bad to the point where Republicans could not gain control for 20 years. I kinda feel that this is what Trump is going to do (except he's going to make it worse even longer). The fact is, while they are more friendly on the social issues, their stands on the fiscal issues and foreign issues is their weakness. Other than the millennials, nobody in the voting population could agree that socialism is any better than capitalism. Just watch the Democrats continue destroying America. They will open more stupid issues (like the bathroom one) and continue on the dark side of political correctness (like racial quotas, censorship of history, language police, and safe spaces). That, and some of the social issues they took a stand on will implode. For example, they would start granting the right to vote to immigrants, but when abortion becomes an issue, the Dems will lose support from them.

The thing is, the support of the Republican Party, although high in some congressional elections, has been particularly low in the presidential elections since 1992.
After Bill Clinton defeated George H. W. Bush for re-election that year, the Democrats have won the popular vote in all presidential elections with the exception of the one in 2004, which was a close election, not as close as 2000, but close nonetheless. The Democratic Party has built up a lot of strength, and it will really be an uphill battle for the Republicans to climb.
The problem the Republicans had in this election was that there were too many people running in the primaries, which left only Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and John Kasich winning states, and Trump had built up enough support to top the other three Republicans that were left. Another thing that hurt the party was how long it took people such as Cruz to endorse Trump-he only did just today, whereas in the case of the Democratic Party, Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton soon after the primaries ended, and although the DNC emails were soon leaked, he did agree to create an alliance with her against Trump and the Republicans, despite going back to being an independent.
While I'm not saying a Trump victory is impossible and that the Republicans will never return to power, lack of strong party unity and campaign tactics involving things such as banning people based on religion will not help. As I said, the Republican Party really needs to learn from the when Eisenhower was running for president in 1952 when he moderated the party, as well as Bill Clinton's own moderation of the Democratic Party in 1992. Why were those done? As you said, the Democrats had been in power for 20 years at the time of Eisenhower's election, and Ronald Reagan had already served two full terms and George H. W. Bush one term when Clinton was elected.

 

[-Apples-]

I know that the Republicans made the wrong step by picking an extreme candidate, but Donald Trump was fixated on running for president for a while. He ran for the 2012 presidential election before dropping out. Cruz and Rubio, I was not surprised to see them run for president this year after what Obama has done. Ben Carson was planning to run for president too. I didn't know about the others though.

Yeah, 2016 not only has two really bad candidates, but two candidates that were planning to run for president for a while. One of them is going to get the chair that Obama will be giving up.

 

[Red Cat]

I think Trump has a good chance of winning. I say this after following politics fairly closely and I took classes in Poli Sci. I'm not a Trump supporter because he's a selfish, bigoted buffoon however if I lived in a swing state, I would vote for him over the corrupt war mongering Hillary Clinton. With Hillary, there is a 60% chance of WW3 and 90% chance we'd be back in the Cold War. Trump hurting people's feelings with his bigotry is not a bigger crime than Hillary's scandals and cheating Bernie in the primary.

Were you actually paying attention during your poli-sci classes? 60% chance of World War 3 and 90% chance of another Cold War? Where did you get those numbers from? If anything, a repeat of the Cold War is more likely with Trump as president since his lack of foreign policy knowledge and his seemingly cozy relationship with Putin will encourage Putin to push the envelope and see what he can get away with before Trump can mount a response. Many of America's top allies in the world have very little confidence in Trump as a leader, so it will be much more difficult for him to get our allies on board if a major international effort is needed. Clinton is a bit too hawkish for me, but her reputation as such is likely to deter belligerent nations who know she isn't afraid to pull the trigger.

 

[Kirbystarship]

After that debate not anymore.

 

[Stalfos]

After that debate not anymore.

Of course not. He's a tantrum throwing child.

 

[KarlaKGB]

clinton was hurting badly from recently revelations about her emails and her health...it was trump's best opportunity to destroy her, but he failed. he's not presidential material, and millions of republican supporters are only realising this now. clinton is just a lying incompetent snake. idk how america has allowed it to come to this

 

[Kaiserin]

After that debate, HA no! Hillary is clearly winning this.
Either way, America is screwed.

 

[dealz]

I don't think Trump will win but I think the main issue is that regardless of who wins both are awful candidates to be in charge of the most powerful country in the world. Scary Times.

 

[Alienfish]

clinton was hurting badly from recently revelations about her emails and her health...it was trump's best opportunity to destroy her, but he failed. he's not presidential material, and millions of republican supporters are only realising this now. clinton is just a lying incompetent snake. idk how america has allowed it to come to this

> proof Republicans are stupid after all *rolls eyes*

I guess they just now woke up from that promising party Trump held eh? Or their money he gave them just ended, too.

 

[Kirbystarship]

Trump has 2 more chances.

The debate mod was kinda Bias TBH.

 

[Red Cat]

Trump got destroyed in the debate yesterday, but anyone with half a brain already knew he is unfit to be president. This isn't the end of Trump. He's like a zombie that can't be killed off.