I think Trump will win, simply because the majority is not very intelligent. I think the "Idiocracy" movie is here. I did cast my vote for Kamala, not that it would matter as Washington is always goes democratic. But where it will matter is all the cleverly worded republican initiatives in WA that actually would make life of Washingtonians worse I am afraid one or more of those might pass so I voted them all down.
What bothers me is that Trump has built his whole career on lies. He is a fake-TV show businessman who inherited hundreds of millions of dollars from his father and is now over 2 billion dollars in debt. Most of the things he says are not true and yet people believe him and think this person is like them where he was part of a fraction of 1% and is in fact nothing like them...
I don't know who will win and I think it is a very interesting contest. American politics are skewed through the Electoral College and it seems, repeatedly, to come down to about 500-600 voters in one or other state, often Florida.
If Trump wins, it says a couple of things: on the one hand, there are some very wealthy people involved whose interests are being served. On the other hand, there are sections of the population who are embittered for one reason or another, and feel their prejudices are embodied and voiced by Trump, however irrationally or illogically. And it may say that he won because of those voters who abstained because they found themselves between a rock and a hard place. I can see why people would be disillusioned with politics.
But there is a whole machinery of governance at state and district level and it looks to me, from the limited amount I know, that there are many able and dedicated people working there. We may see opposition galvanised and coalescing where there are shared interests, moderating a Trump administration. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
In the UK, we have a Labour government with a huge majority, but also significant groupings in parliament left and right of the government. The left are already forming a coalition and I'm interested to see how this will play out.
Of course, we're just a small set of islands floating about in the North Sea and neither here nor there in the great scheme of things.
Who do you think will win, and what does it say if Trump does win?
I think Trump will win, simply because the majority is not very intelligent. I think the "Idiocracy" movie is here. I did cast my vote for Kamala, not that it would matter as Washington is always goes democratic. But where it will matter is all the cleverly worded republican initiatives in WA that actually would make life of Washingtonians worse I am afraid one or more of those might pass so I voted them all down.
My friend just came back from a trip home to the states (Virginia) and he said by the looks of what he saw, Trump will win.
There is so much complication on matters that could be treated quite simply. And where there are complicated matters, nothing gets done.
What bothers me is that Trump has built his whole career on lies. He is a fake-TV show businessman who inherited hundreds of millions of dollars from his father and is now over 2 billion dollars in debt. Most of the things he says are not true and yet people believe him and think this person is like them where he was part of a fraction of 1% and is in fact nothing like them...
Yes, I agree. There's some kind of admiration based on a fantasy.
Virginia isn't the states. Small little population of 8 million old white people.
Go west, the farther west you go the more passports you'll see, less in-breeding, more education and resources.
I don't know who will win and I think it is a very interesting contest. American politics are skewed through the Electoral College and it seems, repeatedly, to come down to about 500-600 voters in one or other state, often Florida.
If Trump wins, it says a couple of things: on the one hand, there are some very wealthy people involved whose interests are being served. On the other hand, there are sections of the population who are embittered for one reason or another, and feel their prejudices are embodied and voiced by Trump, however irrationally or illogically. And it may say that he won because of those voters who abstained because they found themselves between a rock and a hard place. I can see why people would be disillusioned with politics.
But there is a whole machinery of governance at state and district level and it looks to me, from the limited amount I know, that there are many able and dedicated people working there. We may see opposition galvanised and coalescing where there are shared interests, moderating a Trump administration. There's more than one way to skin a cat.
In the UK, we have a Labour government with a huge majority, but also significant groupings in parliament left and right of the government. The left are already forming a coalition and I'm interested to see how this will play out.
Of course, we're just a small set of islands floating about in the North Sea and neither here nor there in the great scheme of things.