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Title: Voters express their disgust with candidates
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Orlando Sentinel
URL Source: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news ... candidates-20160602-story.html
Published: Jun 6, 2016
Author: Steven LemongelloSteven Lemongello
Post Date: 2016-06-06 08:01:52 by Deckard
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Views: 956
Comments: 7
The sign on Donn Carr's lawn in College Park could sum up the feelings of a lot of voters this election year. "Everybody Sucks 2016: The U.S. is Doomed!" "I don't think in my lifetime I've seen anything like this," said Carr, 68, an international consultant in the retail industry. "I've been voting in every election since I was 18 – local, state, national. I've voted for both sides. But what I find embarrassing is that in this great nation, the best two people we could find to represent us are these two? It's enough to make you scratch your head." Favorability ratings for Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton are at historically low levels, according to the latest Gallup poll, which largely mirrors many other recent surveys. Clinton would be the least-liked presidential candidate ever, with only 40 percent favorability overall – if it weren't for Trump, who has the lowest likability ever at 33 percent, the poll found. "It is very unusual to have a leading candidate have such high negatives, much less both parties,'' said PeterBrown, assistant director of theQuinnipiacUniversity Poll. The Gallup poll was taken mostly after Trump wrapped up the Republican nomination on May 5, meaning that his low favorability comes even after many Republicans have started to come back into the fold and support him. At the same time, Clinton is still fighting U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders for the Democratic nomination and struggling to gain support from his backers. There's also one major difference in the Gallup numbers. Trump doesn't reach 50 percent favorability among any segment of the population, even among white men, white non-college graduates and men more than 50 years old. Despite her overall unpopularity, Clinton has positive favorability among several groups, including African Americans, Hispanics and nonwhite women. "You can chalk it up to Hillary being in the public eye for 25 years or more," Brown said. "She's had to keep up a public image for all that time. … Being that present in the news, people will like and dislike you over time, and Hillary Clinton seems to inspire a significant amount of people to view her unfavorably." Trump, meanwhile, "is different," Brown said. "He's essentially brand new to the political scene … [There's] a saying, 'You never have a second chance to make a first impression,' and for Mr. trump, that first impression has not been that good." Carr's sign – and his matching T-shirt – come from an online seller, Everybody Sucks 2016, that proudly states on its website, "if you can't stand behind any candidate, don't just keep your mouth shut and shake your head, softly weeping inside … Step up and voice your opinion as unpolitical." Other popular curmudgeonly stickers and posters available at other sites include "Nobody 2016," "Giant Meteor 2016: Just End It Already", and "Obama 2016: Just to Annoy You." When Carr wears his T-shirt, "I get stopped wherever I go. Young, old, black, white, Asian, Democrat, Republican, libertarian, gay, straight – everybody says, 'I want that shirt!' It sums up the whole damn race." But despite everything, Carr, who calls himself an independent, says he will step into the voting booth in November because the rest of the races are important, too. As for who gets his vote for president, he'll make the decision on Election Day. "I'm a three-tour Vietnam veteran, I cannot not vote, even though both parties suck," Carr said. "Either way you go, you lose. It's just how badly." Who would he prefer for president? "Condoleezza Rice," he said. "She hits all the right things. … But she's too smart for that."
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
"Condoleezza Rice," he said. "She hits all the right things. … But she's too smart for that." (1 image) Well there you have it! More of the same shit different name. Why is she any better than Hillary or Trump or Sanders or Bush? These people are insane and don't even realize they are the problem! BTW its conservative/liberalism vs progressive/socialism. There is going to be a huge dislike of one candidate or the other!!!! This is probably why we are in this situation. People have not a clue what they are voting for.
. . . This is probably why we are in this situation. People have not a clue what they are voting for. " Many think they are oh so enlightened. That is why McStain got the nomination, and Obunghole got elected. A nation of morons. Si vis pacem, para bellum Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. if you look around, we have gone so far down the the rat hole, the almighty is going to have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah, if we don't have a judgement come down on us. President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people. --Clint Eastwood "I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
Vote Constitution Party!
A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Yes, the Republican and Democrat party has proven how horrible both wings are over the past 150 years. Vote second party, the Constitution Party! I would if it actually counted. If they broke 5% nationally I would probably vote because we could build off 5%. I actually voted Libertarian when McCrazy was nominated by the GOP. Now I will vote Trump because Hillary after 8 years of Obama is too intolerable for me and it pisses off the GOP elites to know end. It literately blowers their mind. Its actually fun to watch some of these guys who claim we must be civil to the demoncrats but lose it against trump!
Every vote gets them that much closer to 5%. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. I believe Libertarians have been the largest third party group and im not sure if they break 1% very often. Good luck.
Who would he prefer for president?
#2. To: Justified (#1)
" These people are insane and don't even realize they are the problem!
#3. To: Deckard (#0)
#4. To: ConservingFreedom, *Constitution Party* (#3)
Vote Constitution Party!
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#5. To: ConservingFreedom (#3)
Vote Constitution Party!
#6. To: Justified (#5)
If they broke 5% nationally I would probably vote because we could build off 5%.
#7. To: ConservingFreedom (#6)
Every vote gets them that much closer to 5%.
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