The Dreaded Political Poll...

[shadowkat]

[ETA: Apologies - apparently I spelled Bernie Sanders, last name wrong. But hey at least I was consistent about it.]

After Book Club and work, where we skirted around the topic and then skirted back again, I'm curious as to where the political landmines lie on my livejournal flist and the degree to which I should avoid all things political. (Book club was doing a better job of skirting, work not so much -- cubical mate likes to rant about Trump on a daily basis.) I already know where they lie at work and on Facebook, and with family. The people on Facebook are pro-Bernie Saunders, the people at work are either pro-Trump, Clinton, Saunders or staying quiet. And the book club seems to be leaning towards Cruz or no one. Meanwhile my mother is actively campaigning for Clinton.

So a poll. For this poll - I attempted to list all the presidential candidates currently running, but got tired after listing over 20 of them. Most of which, I'd never heard of. I thought, geeze, there's a lot of presidential candidates. And here, I thought only ten people were running, turns out I was wrong. In case you are remotely interested - the complete list of currently registered Independent Candidates running for President on the Independent Ticket, can be found HERE:

[Poll #2035065]

I forgot to list undecided. Damn it.

I tend to stay away from this topic, because...blood pressure inducing. But I'm curious to see where my flist falls. Are you all Bernie Saunder's fans? Or are you all Trump fans? (Ghod, I really really hope not. But one never knows...Honestly I can't imagine a Trump fan reading and enjoying my journal, but stranger things have happened.)

Currently, I don't feel strongly about any of the candidates...except that I'll probably have to move to New Zealand if Trump wins. The man has dead eyes.

[ETA: Apparently there is 1524 people who are running for president of the US. As an aside? This sort of reminds me of scrolling through television channels hunting for something to watch, over a thousand channels, and still, nothing is on!]

Comments

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Can they actually get away with that?

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

The size and composition of the Supreme Court is not written in the Constitution. It has been held at 9 by custom for about 125 years or so. And while FDRs suggestion of "packing" the court with more judges so he could get the Old Guard conservatives overruled was met with outrage...

There's no actual law that says you have to appoint new justices. There'd be lots of blowback because it would be obvious obstruction, a new escalation, and breaking with longstanding precedent and comity of the Senate.

But the right wing has been pushing boundaries like this since the Gingrich Revolution. Considering all of the vacancies on lower levels of the bench, this is the next logical step.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

But the right wing has been pushing boundaries like this since the Gingrich Revolution. Considering all of the vacancies on lower levels of the bench, this is the next logical step.

That's the reason I don't think Bernie Saunders would work well as President. You'd have to get the "right wing" out of Congress first, and that's just not going to happen anytime soon. But I didn't realize they could technically go far enough to block Supreme Court candidates without clear justifications...I guess they could.

[spikesjojo.livejournal.com]

My hope is that, if Sanders one then those who voted for him would make a big difference in the Congress that would be voted in.

But I'll vote Hilary rather than have any of the Republicans.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately with all the re-districting, I don't think it's possible to have that big a difference in Congress. At least not anytime soon. And from what I understand -- the Congress that's currently in place isn't exactly supporting Sanders's views.

Last term, we got more Republican's in than Democrats, again, in part, due to districting.