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Post by rcronald on Apr 12, 2022 12:45:53 GMT
It could have happened. And him winning the nomination is no less likely than him winning the GOP nom. But how could it have happened and what differences would we have seen in his policy platform? Or in his style of communication. -Support for Universal Health Care -Support for curbing the 2nd amendment -raising taxes on the wealthy |
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Post by greenchristian on Apr 12, 2022 13:35:56 GMT
It could have happened. And him winning the nomination is no less likely than him winning the GOP nom. But how could it have happened and what differences would we have seen in his policy platform? Or in his style of communication. -Support for Universal Health Care -Support for curbing the 2nd amendment -raising taxes on the wealthy Raising taxes on the wealthy is a policy that Donald Trump would never support.
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Post by rcronald on Apr 12, 2022 13:37:49 GMT
-Support for Universal Health Care -Support for curbing the 2nd amendment -raising taxes on the wealthy Raising taxes on the wealthy is a policy that Donald Trump would never support.
he supported it in 2000 |
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Post by 🏴☠️ Neath West 🏴☠️ on Apr 12, 2022 16:04:01 GMT
It could have happened. And him winning the nomination is no less likely than him winning the GOP nom. But how could it have happened and what differences would we have seen in his policy platform? Or in his style of communication. It would have been a lot better for America. Instead of a choice between the Orange Monster and Crooked Hillary followed by a choice between the Orange Monster and Sleepy Joe, they'd just have been able to elect the latest descendant of Prescott Bush and had a competent New England Republican who pretends to be from the South. |
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Post by johnloony on Dec 7, 2022 12:05:27 GMT
How about Trump as an Independent candidate in 2016? The fact that in real life he managed to grab the support of the Republican Party suggests that perhaps he might, as an Independent candidate, have got a substantial proportion of the Republican vote and perhaps some of the Democrats as well. If Democrat voters thought that Hillary Clinton was unpopular, might Trump have won? Or come second ahead of the Republican?
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Post by mattbewilson on Dec 7, 2022 13:30:08 GMT
I actually think it is harder to win the democratic nomination. I'm fairly sure had trump not had winner take all states like Florida it have probably been a contested convention. Super delegates as well are designed to stop outsiders winning
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Post by rockefeller on Dec 8, 2022 8:06:46 GMT
How about Trump as an Independent candidate in 2016? The fact that in real life he managed to grab the support of the Republican Party suggests that perhaps he might, as an Independent candidate, have got a substantial proportion of the Republican vote and perhaps some of the Democrats as well. If Democrat voters thought that Hillary Clinton was unpopular, might Trump have won? Or come second ahead of the Republican? He may run as an independent in 2024. Either he wins the nomination, and Biden wins, or DeSantis gets the nom, Trump runs as an independent, and Biden wins. |
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Post by sirbenjamin on Dec 8, 2022 14:55:15 GMT
I actually think it is harder to win the democratic nomination. I'm fairly sure had trump not had winner take all states like Florida it have probably been a contested convention. Super delegates as well are designed to stop outsiders winning
Harder to win the Dem nomination as a perceived 'outsider', but easier from within the party machine, I suspect.
And the GOP is the other way around.
But these things are relative. The lifetime chance of any individual ever securing either nomination is absolutely miniscule of course.
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