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

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Southern Democrats were happy with FDR's New Deal Legislation provided administrators could steer the benefits only to whites. Yes, LBJ's majority included anti-civil rights southerners - but his 1964 majority was so massive that he could overcome them. Republicans made gains in the 1966 mid-term and LBJ got a lot less through in the term after that.

The political environment is certainly most different - it's a different system now.

[shadowkat67.livejournal.com]

I think LBJ did lose some ground with the Voting Rights Act - which he stated was going to lose the Southern Democrats. (It did, they flipped to the Republican Party shortly after it and then found a way to weaken the act years later.)

But you're right...a lot of what LBJ and FDR had was the ability to make back-room deals. LBJ was a master manipulator of the system. As was FDR.

I don't think it's possible to do it today, though... a lot of things have changed since then.