2016 US election discussion

[Senex]

If he had the popular vote and Clinton was winning on super delegates or even FPTP technicalities, I'd have sympathy.

But it's clear that the country is not ready for Sanders' type of politics. Clinton could do worse than having him as VP though.

He's run a brilliant campaign and has certainly energised large numbers of younger people who might otherwise have steered well clear of the whole business. But he hasn't won on total vote numbers or number of states. He seems now to be turning into rather a bad loser -- almost blaming the electorate for making the wrong choice.

(I'm also intrigued that someone who has been a member of the Democrat party for such a short time should apparently so easily get so far towards being the Democrat candidate.)

 

[northwichcat]

I spoke to a number of different Americans while I was on holiday in Canada recently and the news story about Ted Cruz withdrawing emerged. One who was from Texas and happily admits to be a Republican - he wanted Cruz to be next president and hated both Trump and Clinton. Others generally expressed their dislike for Trump and surprise that he was doing so well. One was very interested in the 'Ban Donald Trump from the UK' petition that was debated in parliament and hadn't been mentioned by most of the American news outlets.