The fact that this one debate totally swung the election in Hillary's favor again (up 20% on 538 over the past week and a half), and Trump is STILL adamant about not preparing for the next one
The federal government is allowing illegal immigrants to flow into the U.S. so they can vote, Donald Trump alleged Friday, fueling his own argument that November’s presidential election will be rigged against him.
“Big statement, fellas,” Trump said, motioning to reporters, whom he accused of concealing from the public what they just heard. “You’re not going to write it. That’s huge. But they’re letting people pour into the country so they can go and vote.”
Apparently now, and according to him (though I have seen this suggested by a couple of members in here), people who are not U.S. citizens are able to vote in our GE.
The Trump campaign apparently sees his most likely path as the Romney states + FL, OH, IA, NV, NH, ME-02 to get him exactly to 270, without PA as Clinton has opened up quite a lead there. Not easy for them.
I don't care how good or bad (most likely bad) Trump will be at this debate. Hillary excels at Town Hall-style debates, hope she gives the country a good look.
With just a little over a month until election day, Donald Trump has racked up zero major newspaper endorsements, a first for any major party nominee in American history.
While newspaper endorsements don’t necessarily change voters’ minds, this year’s barrage of anti-Trump endorsements could actually move the needle come November, experts say.
“It’s significant,” Jack Pitney, professor of government at California’s Claremont McKenna College, told TheWrap. “The cumulative effect of all these defections could have an impact on moderate Republicans.”
Some conservative papers, which have endorsed Republicans for decades, are now breaking with tradition to endorse Hillary Clinton or, at the very least, urge their readers not to vote for Trump.
Several have taken a stand even at the expense of losing subscribers at a time when newspapers are barely staying afloat. Some papers have received death threats.
But for a growing number of newspaper editorial boards, staying on the sidelines is no longer an option.
Firstly, Bernie Sanders is not "the extreme left" Maybe in America. But certainly not in Canada, some South American countries or Europe.
Liberals and conservatives have indeed veered to the left and the right. This is happening all over the West. And there is a reason for it: the 2008 financial crash. Economists are in general agreement that the key reason that was allowed to happen was a lack of regulation on not only Wall Street, but in banks and financial firms all over.
Since the 2008 crash, what has happened? Centrists governments have continued business as usual. They bailed out the banks, made cuts to working people, and continued. The middle class and working class has suffered. There has been no real change, because it is not in the appetite for these centrist governments who seek to preserve the status quo. Instead, since 2008, we've just limped on wounded whilst seeing revelations like the Panama papers. And another crash could easily happen.
I wouldn't say the left believe "money grows on trees". Many would just like to see regulation... to stop the mass corruption and theft at the top
People are sick and tired of the Reagan/Thatcher economics that was established in the 1980s and the deregulation that followed. It has created this system, and we in the last 10 years have started to realise the damage..
I'm glad you find comfort in Clinton's hawkishness. Sure, she supported the Iraq war. Lets put that down to an error of judgement. But sadly, I can't look over the fact she was the one telling Bill Clinton to bomb people in Serbia, which killed innocent people. Or how she literally supported a fascist coup in Honduras. Her role with Libya. How she supported the death squads in Nicaragua in the 80s. It's honesty astonishing how some people see foreign policy as one of her strengths: she's literally been on the wrong side of history in nearly everything she has done in regards to it.
I'm discussing it in terms of the American political landscape. This is the US Elections thread. Why are you bringing up other countries? Even the term "Western" doesn't really apply in this scenario as the USA and Europe are very distinct in their cultures.
The US economy is in a good place right now compared to how it was, and it can be very much argued that Obama has had centrist economic policies, so once again I ask you why you're bringing up other countries when discussing the US Elections.
And again, I'm not discussing what people want. I'm discussing what they claim to stand for even when they know they are pipe dreams. For example I very much believe in what Bernie and his supporters stand for on an ideological level but I very well know that they are not going to happen. Sure they exist in some forms in other countries, but they are neither as idyllic as people claim (have their own set of problems or are even failing like Sweden) nor do they adhere to the American capitalist culture which even the most ardent "socialists" in the USA don't realize they believe in more than they think.
Foreign policy is far more complicated than you implying. It's especially glaring that you bring up isolated incidents to try to make your point. To make an omelet you gotta crack a few eggs. Idealism has no place in foreign policy in application, and considering most of the world does not share Western culture, they have to be dealt with in ways that WORK rather than how we wish they would be. The best solution is not always the cleanest.
Americans are very much naive how rough the world is. In fact that can be applied to most of the younger generation (including mine). They think the world is at peace and war won't ever happen. News flash: The world isn't safe and disgusting things need to be done to make sure it stays that way because there ARE bad people around the world, they will continue to follow their own goals on their own time irrespective of what others think, and they are just waiting for the slightest weakness on the USA's part to further their own ambitions.
There's no need for hyperbole. I get where you're coming from and I understand your frustration, but I continue to believe that people are far too critical of Hillary.
It's true Trump said that about abortion before and he's at the top of the ticket, but why no ads against Pence? or a Trump-Pence double attack? Pence is the one who actually signed an awful abortion bill. Let me talk to Team Hillary
It's true Trump said that about abortion before and he's at the top of the ticket, but why no ads against Pence? or a Trump-Pence double attack? Pence is the one who actually signed an awful abortion bill. Let me talk to Team Hillary
I think they are actively trying to avoid attacking career Republicans. Kaine was nasty towards Trump throughout the debate and was rude to Pence with the interruptions but he was also very cordial to Pence, purposefully saying several times that he didn't have issues with Pence, other than his inability to defend Trump. He could have nailed him on LGBT issues but chose not to.
Evangelical Leaders Don’t Want Trump To Win: The ‘Integrity Of Our Faith Hangs In The Balance’
Nearly 100 evangelical leaders have signed onto a letter urging their fellow Christians to vote against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who, they write, “has fueled white American nationalism with xenophobic appeals and religious intolerance at the expense of gospel values, democratic principles, and important international relationships.”
The evangelicals behind the letter do not necessarily endorse Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, they write ― but they are united in their opposition to Trump, who is working to maintain the Republican stronghold on the evangelical community.
“Because we believe that racial bigotry has been a cornerstone of this campaign, it is a foundational matter of the gospel for us in this election, and not just another issue,” they wrote. “This is not just a social problem, but a fundamental wrong. Racism is America’s original sin. Its brazen use to win elections threatens to reverse real progress on racial equity and set America back.”
Hillary Clinton to return to Ohio amid optimism about early voting
Hillary Clinton will be returning again to Ohio after campaign stops this week in Toledo and Akron, her campaign announced Friday morning. She’ll hit Columbus just before the Tuesday voter registration deadline and the beginning of early voting in the state.
An Ohio poll released this week showed Clinton with a two-point lead over Trump.
High-profile surrogates have been blanketing the state and will continue to do so -- including her husband, Bill Clinton, who barnstormed across eastern Ohio on a bus tour this week, musician John Legend, who will perform at a concert on her behalf in Cincinnati Sunday, and President Obama who will rally in Cleveland a week from Friday.
There’s a big push from Clinton, who’s investing her own time heavily here, as well as the highest-level surrogates she has -- all for a state her campaign has said she does not need to win in order to beat Donald Trump in November. Still, denying Trump a victory here would be a huge advantage -- even if she doesn’t need it, no Republican has ever won the presidency without Ohio, a point that is frequently made.
Her campaign is feeling optimistic about turnout levels, despite some less than sunny media reports that suggested that canvassing efforts have been failing to arouse enthusiasm for her candidacy. But according to a Clinton campaign official, the opposite is true -- the campaign is expecting to see turnout that exceeds levels in both 2008 and 2012, according to the early voting indicators.
For instance in Florida, 2.72 million voters have requested mail ballots, compared to 1.86 million at this time in 2012, and Hispanic mail ballot requests are up 77 percent, compared to this time in 2012. Asian mail ballots are up 79 percent, compared to the same time period.
Recent polls have shown Trump leading Clinton in Iowa, but the Clinton campaign says that three times as many Democrats have at this point returned ballots than Republicans, and twice as many Democrats have voted early in person.
Virginia is seeing absentee voting that’s up 60 percent compared to the same period in 2012.
I think they are actively trying to avoid attacking career Republicans. Kaine was nasty towards Trump throughout the debate and was rude to Pence with the interruptions but he was also very cordial to Pence, purposefully saying several times that he didn't have issues with Pence, other than his inability to defend Trump. He could have nailed him on LGBT issues but chose not to.
tbh I agree with him on all of this except punishing women who have abortions, even if he's obviously flip-flopping to stay in conservatives' favor. :/
Clinton’s campaign suspended election advertising on the Weather Channel in Florida on Thursday after Republican criticism that she was profiting from the Category 4 hurricane, which has prompted evacuation recommendations in Florida and other states.
“Since the storm has clearly become very serious, we have asked the Weather Channel to roll back that buy until the storm is concluded,” Mook said. “We don’t think that the voters in Florida need this election to get mixed up in their efforts to get information on this storm.”
Democrats are not likely to overtake Republicans in the number of people who vote by mail in Florida, but “are expecting to close that gap that they have historically had,” Mook claimed.
Ohio:
[Mook] claimed the momentum in Ohio, where heavily Democratic Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, accounts for one in six of the more than 950,000 absentee ballots received.
Maybe in America. But certainly not in Canada, some South American countries or Europe. 
