General Election Poll 2016: Cruz vs Clinton.

[jaichind]

Cruz, not enthusiastically.

[Virginiá]

Clinton, not enthusiastically.

But I could be open to a third party.

I would be too theoretically, but the Libertarian and Green parties are obvious non-starters and I find the hyper religiosity of the Constitution Party extremely unsettling. Throw out all of the various socialist parties and the fantasy of a credible Independent getting on the ballot this late and all that is left is the major parties.

I wonder if Jill Stein is even capable of being a good president. I'm not trying to slander her or anything, but the presidency is no joke and I simply do not think she is qualified. She's an activist / ideologue and unless she proved she could govern on a smaller scale, it would be dangerous to put her in the oval office. Maybe if she had been a Governor or Senator or something already, but instead of doing that, she just keeps "running" for president. I really don't like how these 3rd parties just ignore all the other offices and instead make symbolic runs for the presidency. Makes me question their resolve. Libertarians seem like the only decent 3rd party as they have held/hold various offices in some states, and Johnson was NM's Governor, so, yeah.

At any rate, a vote for any of those parties is worthless. If they had a chance this November, it would be showing in polls already. No point in voting for them if they stand no chance to begin with.

[pho]

Clinton, not enthusiastically.

But I could be open to a third party.

I would be too theoretically, but the Libertarian and Green parties are obvious non-starters and I find the hyper religiosity of the Constitution Party extremely unsettling. Throw out all of the various socialist parties and the fantasy of a credible Independent getting on the ballot this late and all that is left is the major parties.

I wonder if Jill Stein is even capable of being a good president. I'm not trying to slander her or anything, but the presidency is no joke and I simply do not think she is qualified. She's an activist / ideologue and unless she proved she could govern on a smaller scale, it would be dangerous to put her in the oval office. Maybe if she had been a Governor or Senator or something already, but instead of doing that, she just keeps "running" for president. I really don't like how these 3rd parties just ignore all the other offices and instead make symbolic runs for the presidency. Makes me question their resolve. Libertarians seem like the only decent 3rd party as they have held/hold various offices in some states, and Johnson was NM's Governor, so, yeah.

At any rate, a vote for any of those parties is worthless. If they had a chance this November, it would be showing in polls already. No point in voting for them if they stand no chance to begin with.

The Libertarian party at least has a coherent operating theory. President Gary Johnson would veto nearly everything based on a literal interpretation of the Constitution, refuse to enforce existing laws on the same principle, and use executive action wherever possible to neuter regulatory agencies. It would be a disaster imo, but the idea is at least cognizant enough to be debatable.

The Green Party, by contrast, would have no idea what to do with the Presidency if they ever won it. They offer no comprehensible theory of government and an extremely narrow agenda that is more indicative of a lack of depth and purpose than any core belief. The Green Party was too much of a dead end for even Ralph Nader. That should tell you all you need to know.

[Nathan Towne]

With Trump's decisive victory last night, it appears as though he is going to be the nominee of the party.