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>>Although if you look at a heat map - it is a very red state by geography,
yes, but that over expresses low density population areas.
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The urban areas of the United States for the 2010 Census contain 249,253,271 people, representing 80.7% of the population, and rural areas contain 59,492,276 people, or 19.3% of the population.
How many people reside in urban or rural areas ... - US Census Bureau
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JPK wrote:
I used to consider myself a republican, but I really don't know where I fit in now. I am a fiscal conservative but a social moderate.
If the (D) candidate was anyone else, I would probably vote for him/her and not Trump, but Hillary is fundamentally not an option for me.
In the end it doesn't matter for me. I live in Illinois. Although if you look at a heat map - it is a very red state by geography, the 3-4 most highly populated counties are blue and are dense with democrat machine voters who cast votes based on what they are told.
I am sorry, but Hillary is not a woman of the people nor looking to help up the working class. She is as bad and many ways worse than all of the other scumbag politicians.
My vote for President does not matter But I do enjoy the hypocrisy of a democrat claiming only republicans vote the party.
JPK
If HRC truly has Illinois sewn up and you're vote really "doesn't matter", then you are in a situation where you can make a protest vote or a third party vote without having to fear putting Trump in power. At least you will make your voice heard.
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"At least you will make your voice heard."
Not really, if you think about it.
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Dennis S wrote:
"At least you will make your voice heard."
Not really, if you think about it.
'It'll never pass' thinking going into voting in Britian got them the Brexit.
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I know a conservative couple who will vote for Trump because he's not Clinton. So, it doesn't matter that he's not even qualified and that he's a xenophobic demagogue, Clinton is somehow worse.
That's NEVER been explained to me, but I suspect that the Trump supporters don't believe he will do the things he says he will, so instead of being dangerous he's seen as actually being safe. A loudmouth and nothing more.
And that, my friends, is exactly why comparisons to earlier fascists have relevancy.
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The corollary to that, is that they believe socialism is a bigger threat than fascism to well-being. History and current evidence be damned.
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deckeda wrote:
I know a conservative couple who will vote for Trump because he's not Clinton. So, it doesn't matter that he's not even qualified and that he's a xenophobic demagogue, Clinton is somehow worse.
That's NEVER been explained to me, but I suspect that the Trump supporters don't believe he will do the things he says he will, so instead of being dangerous he's seen as actually being safe. A loudmouth and nothing more.
And that, my friends, is exactly why comparisons to earlier fascists have relevancy.
Very well put. I don't think that at this moment Trump is as intrinsically evil as Hitler was, but I believe he is completely amoral, and could easily do evil. I think it's more likely that a Trump presidency would lead to unstable social and political conditions that would encourage the rise of a real Hitler. Bottom line, Trump gives me the creeps for what he is now and for the trend he represents.
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Ammo wrote:
[quote=deckeda]
I know a conservative couple who will vote for Trump because he's not Clinton. So, it doesn't matter that he's not even qualified and that he's a xenophobic demagogue, Clinton is somehow worse.
That's NEVER been explained to me, but I suspect that the Trump supporters don't believe he will do the things he says he will, so instead of being dangerous he's seen as actually being safe. A loudmouth and nothing more.
And that, my friends, is exactly why comparisons to earlier fascists have relevancy.
Very well put. I don't think that at this moment Trump is as intrinsically evil as Hitler was, but I believe he is completely amoral, and could easily do evil. I think it's more likely that a Trump presidency would lead to unstable social and political conditions that would encourage the rise of a real Hitler. Bottom line, Trump gives me the creeps for what he is now and for the trend he represents.
That's what I was thinking. He's not going to invade Poland and send people to the gas chambers, but a nut like that with millions of nut supporters is liable to cause all kinds of trouble we can't even imagine.
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Fiscally conservative, socially progressive - the current political system left us behind many, many years ago.
I'm not going to dig into the anti-HC sentiment here - but if you honestly think Trump would be better for this country than HC, I truly do not understand what you want in a President.
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sekker wrote:
Fiscally conservative, socially progressive - the current political system left us behind many, many years ago.
I'm not going to dig into the anti-HC sentiment here - but if you honestly think Trump would be better for this country than HC, I truly do not understand what you want in a President.
a Republican who isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton.
amirite?
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