2016 U.S. Presidential Election

[JRcade19]

Why doesn't Puerto Rico just say "Alright U.S., we're tired of your B.S. We are not a part of you anymore!"

Because most aren't. The majority prefer to remain a commonwealth, though a slightly increasing number are vying for statehood over time.

As it is either way Puerto Rico couldn't survive on its own. Leaving would give it the ability to conduct independent trade with the world again rather than be restricted by the US on that matter, but it would still have to pay back over 70 billion in debt and find a way to cut down on its 30% government employed population. Not even counting corruption and other general crap.

Puerto Rico used to at least be a get away spot for some folk because Cuba was off limits, but now that Cuba is free game it'll probably make things a lot worse.

[pcm92]

If RNC delegates on the rules committee wanted to ensure the Party nominated a Republican, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to require candidates to prove they have voted Republican in the recent past. The RNC rules committee can and does place limits on who can be nominated. Right now, the controversial Rule 40(b) requires candidates to have won eight states to be nominated at the convention; that eliminates Gov. John Kasich.
To ensure only a Republican could be nominated, a simple rule would look like this:
“All nominees for President must have voted in a Republican nomination process in at least one of the last eight years prior to 2016.”
This rule would require the Republican nominee to have voted in a Republican primary or convention at least once in the last eight years. Can you guess who wouldn’t qualify?
Donald J. Trump.
While Donald Trump calls himself a Republican, he has no records proving it. His New York voting records go back to 1989, and not once — not once — has he voted in a GOP or (Conservative Party) primary. If he were to win, he will have been the first Republican nominee in recent memory who has never been a Republican before becoming the nominee.
Hopefully, this rule change won’t be necessary. Ted Cruz has been dominating the delegate conventions, and Trump would need a sweep in New York and California to even get close to the required 1237 delegates. Still, this rule should be adopted for this RNC convention and all others going forward. The Party cannot afford to have Democrat donors hijacking their nomination processes.

As far as Puerto Rico goes, is there some type of group or political party that wants to declare independence?

[JRcade19]

As far as Puerto Rico goes, is there some type of group or political party that wants to declare independence?

The Puerto Rican Independence Party.

Their support base however is so low that they've lost official recognition as a political party for the 3rd time in their history. Parties need at least 3% of the vote to be recognized and PIP only received 2.5%

[max_cady]

Well, that's that. Cruz dropped out. Trump is now the De-Facto Republican Nominee.


OK. Well, Trump has done everything he can to preach to the converted. Now let's see how he does in the general election against Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton.

[JRcade19]

Kasich's gone now too.

GG Trump.

[Barry the Nomad]

RIP Republican Party

[pcm92]

Clinton is just a criminal that has a history of being indecisive. Voting for her just because she's a woman would be like drinking soap because it looks like a drink. Voting for that hag would be voting for another eight years of Barack Obama.

Sanders is ok, but still not good. He wants to make the U.S. into a Scandinavian Communist paradise complete with being 74 years old. Voting for him would be like voting for a white Fidel Castro .

Trump is not good, but he is now the best candidate simply because he is not a part of the extremist system. His immigration plan is bad, but at least he is not going to take ALL the Hispanic population out of the country. Just the illegal ones. His tax plan and healthcare plans are great for America and he says what he wants. He really speaks his mind. At least he doesn't lie like Clinton or Sanders. Clinton lied about everything. Sanders lied about being poor. Just look at what Sanders drives. He's never been poor. Trump is the only honest candidate. Just wait for the debates. He is going to put Hillary Clinton to shame.

[Tad]

The UK seems to suffer from the same sad problems you guys have. You're forced to pick the best of the worst available. Now more then ever I'm tempted to spoil my vote. If enough people do it, they're forced to change the system here.

[pcm92]

Tad, doesn't England also only have two major political parties? If so, which party in England do you support? Conservative or Labour?

[Tad]

They're the two main parties and most likely to win, but I can't honestly say I support either of them currently.

The Conservatives (or Tories) are currently in power and they're proving to be quite dirty and sneaky. The sad thing is, it's there for all to see, but they don't seem to care.

Labour are suppose to be for the "workers" party, but they're showing themselves up to be unelectable. The current leader of the Labour party has some really bad ideas and seems to be dividing the party in all sorts of issues. They did need to change after the Tony Blair style of Labour, but what they've changed into a bit of a weird mix.

I'd probably consider myself more center than either of those two, but, again, there's no party out there right now I can really get behind.

[max_cady]

Could be worse...


Portugal has five(or six) major political parties.


PSD - Social Democrat Party - Center / Right-ish: Pro-fiscal responsibility, limited goverment, but have had their fair share of f***-ups with poor leadership until Passos stepped in.
PS - Socialist Party - Left-wing - Somewhat pro-fiscal responsibility, thinks government should assist, though not meddle with personal lives of it's citizens, after 2005 and especially in 2015, they are almost as radical as the Left Bloc.
CDS - Social Democrat Center - Right-wing (the closest to the Republican Party in politics): Oddly enough they can something be more leftwing than the socialist party. But generally speaking they stick to their guns. Free market, lower taxation


PCP - Portuguese Communist Party - Far Left: Largely anti-anything remotely capitalist, they run virtually every union in Portugal
BE - Left Bloc - Far left: Extremely delusional, openly hostile to catholics, surprisingly xenophonic, have a ton of people working for them on several news networks and journals, anti-capitalism, openly hostile to any private business, spend a lot in the European parliament clogging the floor with useless bills.
PAN - Animal Nature People Party - Far left: Don't ask. A slighty less crazy version of the Left Bloc.


Catarina Martins and her cohort Marina Mortagua make left-leanings american SJWs sound like reasonable and mature human beings.

[George]

Trump vs Hillary.

FML.

[max_cady]

Grab the popcorn, cause Trump is going to make america great again

this election is so bad. but hey, it's also good in a way, Trump completely destroyed the GOP. Maybe they will be forced to become more reasonable and stop trying to push Christianity into every law to discriminate against people

And maybe Democrats under Hillary will drop their SJW mentality, stop bullying christian owned-businesses and christians in general, stop using the IRS to target non-Democrats, stop being anti-biology (the pro-science party), stop delaying immigration reform, stop voter fraud and stop identity politics . And still blame conservatives for their f***-ups, despite owning virtually every cultural outlet and institution in the country. I'm also having fun watching the Democrat Party crumbling under it's own weight.

[George]

I didn't know hating gays was in the bible. Imagine if all sinners got treated equally, no one would be able to shop at a Christian establishment.

Get off your guys fucking high horse.

[Tad]

Ah, religion. The original pyramid scheme. I find it amazing people still belief in these things lol.