YWN Endorsement

Who cares. Clinton’s election has been a foregone conclusion ever since Trump became the presumptive nominee.

And I agree with all of yichusdik’s comment.

The only outstanding question is whether Clinton will win a landslide or win a close election. I’m leaning more to her winning a landslide being more likely. But the worst case scenario, for her, is winning a close election.

I always knew the folks here would eventually come to agree with me. It took some longer than others, but eventually everyone comes around.

Even takahmamash came around five months ago. See:

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/now-i-know-what-it-feels-like#post-602551

Wow, now even Syag is on the verge of becoming in agreement with me. Not there yet, but did y’all see this post a few minutes ago where she literally was about to purchase a book I recommended — on a deeply sensitive religious topic, no less. True another poster changed her mind prior to purchase, but the mere fact she seriously contemplated purchasing it merely on my say so, itself says a lot.

What do you say about that, golfer? My influence here is truly transformative.

http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/book-review-one-above-and-seven-below-a-consumers-guide-to-orthodox-judaism?replies=10#post-619251

Was that a rhetorical question?

If so, forgive me for responding.

I wouldn’t quite use the word “transformative”.

While I totally agree with your views on the upcoming election, I held those views before you so eloquently posted them.

I can’t speak for Syag (obviously).

But I’m glad you’re enjoying all the validation!

I don’t agree.

I think it’s very possible that Trump will be elected.

just watch and see its TRump the winner. President Trump his name..Lets pray he should be a good one.

Akuperma, how do you figure that the Libertarians will get enough electoral votes to matter? In only two states, Nebraska and Maine, is it possible for a candidate without a plurality to get electoral votes. Do you think Johnson-Weld can get a plurality in any state?

yehudayona: Can Johnson-Weld get a plurality in any state. Yes, especially this year. Most hard-core Trump supporters hate Hilary, and most hard-core Clinton supporters hate Trump. In addition, a large part of both parties, perhaps a majority, did not merely support someone other than the party nominee, but really don’t like their parties nominee.

A Johnson-Weld win can occur if: 1) many Sanders supporters decide they want the disruption (and social libertarianism) of Johnson rather than Clinton, which is increasingly likely if Trump appears not to be a threat to carry their state; 2) many conservative Republicans decide that Clinton is no worse than Trump and vote for Johnson to make a point. If at any point it becomes a race between Clinton and Johnson, or less likely, Johnson and Trump, it will greatly benefit Johnson since he is clearly the “2nd” choice of both parties.

If Johnson gets some electoral votes, and the election isn’t a landslide for either candidate (most likely Clinton), it goes to the House of Representatives which votes by state (meaning an evenly split state has to abstain), and as the 2nd choice, Johnson is probably the only one likely to end up with 26 states.

Whether Johnson is good for the Jews, or good for Israel, is worth discussing, but I believe it is definitely a possible three-way race. Remember that in previous three or four way races (1992 with Perot, 1968 with Wallace, 1948 with Wallace and Thurmond, and 1912 with Roosevelt), the third party was not drawing heavily from both parties, and if Johnson is able to draw from both parties it will be an unprecedented situation (compatible only to the four way race in 1860 which resulted in a total political realignment, not to mention a civil war).