2016 Hypothetical Presidential poll

[Sebastian Doyle]

Poll question: 2016 Hypothetical Presidential poll

[TheCowsCameHome]

1. Is this to win or lose?

[mr715]

2. A Reserved Vote for Kucinich.

But this is an incredibly, incredibly stupid poll.

[PBS Poll-435]

3. !

:rofl:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

33. I'd vote for the Lochness Monster (Independent) as that has just as much chance of happening.

[WonderGrunion]

4. IBTL

Are you trying for a record on locked threads in one day?

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. On what basis would it be locked?

Certainly, it's a little early to speculate on 2016, but it's hardly offensive to do so.

[WonderGrunion]

9. Posting pattern is considered

And considering how many Kucinich threads you've had locked tonight already, I suspect this will be too.

Is the best you can do is have a poll stating that Kucinich is better than Palin?

[Sebastian Doyle]

12. Those threads shouldn't have been locked either

..but I'm not going to argue over that, nor the ridiculous amount of DK bashing threads today.

That is not the purpose of this thread. I'm merely asking a question about a future election. :)

[mr715]

15. To what end?

Does this poll reveal anything you do not already know?

Does this poll seek to provide information?

The reason you posted this poll is to snidely and passive-aggressively do what your candidate does and thumb your nose and say "My way or I go home with the ball!"


Mr. Doyle,

I truly and humbly appreciate your support for Mr. Kucinich, but let people have their honest opinion.

I really, really do not like the guy. I am a Democrat. I support Democratic principles, but I very honestly do not believe that Kucinich represents my own personal interests. I am not saying that he does not represent yours nor am I saying that my ideals are better or worse than yours.

Please, please stop making this into a rehashing of a constant battle.

No one will win, and we'll all end up looking like fools.

Stop it. Please.

[mr715]

10. Ahem

Inflammatory.

Rehashing.

Ridiculous.

Attempting to claim that its Kucinich or the Highway (The Countess of Wasilla).

[bigwillq]

13. You're free to start a poll

with two different candidates as your choices.

[mr715]

17. Not wasting my time.

Nor yours with a BS poll.

[bigwillq]

19. What is BS about a "hypothetical" poll?

:shrug:

[mr715]

20. The result is already known.

That is a BS poll.


Whats better:

World peace or Hitler?


We know the answer.

[bigwillq]

22. Yes, we do know that Kucinich would win

:)
But it's still fun to vote.

[mr715]

25. Not really for me.

Its more like a compulsion. It makes me feel like I don't have agency.

I appreciate the smiley. Takes the bile out of my typing.

So, thank ya for a smile.

[nickinSTL]

5. I like Kucinich

despite his ideals occasionally getting in the way - I do admire him for standing up for what's right. I generally agree with him, at least in principle.

However, the poll is rather silly, in that neither will get their party's nomination.

[Sebastian Doyle]

8. You never know..

Would you have believed an African American with a "foreign sounding name" would be the nominee in 2008, if someone had told you so, 8 years previously?

[Drunken Irishman]

7. Kucinich, obviously.

[ROFF]

11. If I could...

I would vote for Kucinich, but I think that Sarah would beat him, because he is the only person that makes her seem sane.

[Sebastian Doyle]

14. I see we have our first Repuke voter

Admins can see who votes in polls, ya know. Let's hope they act accordingly. :)

[bigwillq]

18. I don't always tell the truth in these polls

I would hope that someone isn't banned because of the way they vote in a poll, especially a hypothetical one about an election several years away

P.S. I voted for Kucinich in this one and mean it.

[TheCowsCameHome]

21. Well if that's true, just post a poll with one choice - DK.

This whole thing is just plain silly.

[Colobo]

16. Kucinich, of course. However, Caribou Barbie would beat him in the GE.

[flvegan]

23. Unlikely.

VERY unlikely. The debates would be epic. Epic in how stupid she'd come across.

[Sebastian Doyle]

26. Only in the Diebold states.

and even that is probably a stretch.

[mr715]

27. Kucinich has never won statewide office.

He has never won a primary. Never won a caucus.

[quakerboy]

28. Ah.. who knows.

Perhaps by 2016, The Crazy Lady will have actually read the bible, found Jesus, and have thus become an avowed communist. And perhaps Kucinich will have realized that he has a beautiful wife and a pension, but no guaranty of trips to the Bahamas every 3rd weekend, nor a 15 million dollar mansion, and begin to miss and wish for these things, thus converting to a free market capitalist pig dog. And in the process receiving corporate sponsorship for a really good pair of lifts, Bonherian orange skin, and some sort of charisma pheromone implant.

Its 2010 baby, and the future is hectic from here on in. Who really knows what it holds?

[Renew Deal]

46. I agree

And that's freaking sad.

[flvegan]

24. I will vote for Kucinich every time his name is on a ballot in front of me.

[Rhiannon12866]

29. Me, too.

DK has been my candidate since 2003. :patriot:

[Uzybone]

30. If those are the final 2 choices then we would be in civil war already

[Sebastian Doyle]

31. So be it.

Todd & Sarah can keep Alaska. :rofl:

[mr715]

32. And almost every other state.

Kucinich couldn't carry Vermont if his running mate was maple syrup.

[Sebastian Doyle]

36. Well, since you brought Vermont into this

I can think of two great patriots from that state, either of whom would be a great running mate for Congressman Kucinich.

I suppose you don't like Howard or Bernie either? :evilfrown:

[mr715]

37. Howard Dean was not my candidate for Prez in 2004

But was the best DNC chair we've seen in a long time.

Dean is way more rational and effective than Kucinich. He is brilliant, and a leader. And I respect him a great deal.

Bernie Sanders is a statesman, not a politician and I love him.

[Sebastian Doyle]

38. Uh, you mean DNC chair, right?

The DLC targets Howard Dean as much as they do Kucinich, to this day. And they sabotaged his campaign in 2004.

He would not have taken the shit from the Repukes that Kerry did, and he would have massacred the Chimp in November.

This country would be FAR better off today, had President Dean been sworn in on January 20,2005. Instead of a second consecutive term of a fucking piece of shit who was never elected at all. Either time.

And Bernie fucking rocks. I wish he were a couple decades younger, because I hate to think of the Senate without him.

Good to see we finally agree on something. :)

[mr715]

39. Mr. Doyle,

I'm sure we agree on a lot.

I did mean DNC.

And of course the country would be better. I just would have liked Sen. Kerry to have been President Kerry. I've worshipped him since the early 90s.


Mr. Doyle, I am not hard left and I honestly disagree with your man. It does not make me a conservative, a DINO, or an idiot (not that you have asserted that).

I believe firmly that issues are more complex than black and white.

Perhaps you and I will agree on this (or perhaps not).


The passing of any health care legislation will change the narrative and make vast, sweeping progressive health care seem more possible.

Democrats should not shoot their own, even if they disagree.

[dmallind]

34. Neither could win. It's exceptionally unlikely either would be nominated

But if by wild silly chance both were nominated then I would prefer Kucinich, by a long way.

That however is equivalent to being asked to choose between Chomsky and Glenn Beck. Easy call - but pointless question.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

35. What is the point of this? Wouldn't *ANY* Democrat beat Sarah Palin in a poll like this on DU?

:shrug:

[Bobbie Jo]

42. !

Point made. :rofl:

[Phoonzang]

40. Other- Canada. nt

[saltpoint]

41. I don't believe either of those two have a shot at their

current parties' nomination.

Either or both could bolt and for a new party with themselves at the head of those tickets.

[scheming daemons]

43. Now THAT'S a real hypothetical! Two people, neither of which will get 5% in the primaries

Might as well ask about Lyndon Larouche vs. David Duke. Just about as much chance of happening.

[salguine]

44. What, exactly, is the point of this?

[Sebastian Doyle]

51. Well, so far I've managed to get 6 people to admit they are Republicans.

I can't see their names, but the admins can. And I hope there are some pizzas in the oven for them. :)

[Sebastian Doyle]

56. Make that 7

7 Repukes needing 7 pizzas.

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[Ozymanithrax]

47. Kucinich was born October 8, 1946 and will be 70 years old.

I don't think he will be running for President. His age has nothing to do with it. He will never win the primary.

If he does, he is probably the only Democrat Palin could beat.

[Broke In Jersey]

48. Can I vote that they will both finish LAST in the NH primary???

[WeDidIt]

49. Other

Move.

[robcon]

50. Kucinich is, I believe, the only Democrat i would not vote for.

His Department of Peace, from the 2008 cycle, is the single stupidest political plan in history.

[DevonRex]

52. Not being a resident of Mars I would be unable to vote in that election.

However, if Kooch somehow managed to get the nomination on earth, of course I would vote for him over that other unlikely earth nominee Sarah Palin. That, of course, assumes that Kooch is still a member of the Democratic Party and hasn't left to form his own party with his good friend, Ron Paul.

[SoxFan]

53. Benjamin Linus

[Sebastian Doyle]

55. Ben would be the ideal DLC candidate.

But sorry, he's not on this ballot.

[WI_DEM]

54. Hypothetical is right--DK could never win the nomination and by 2016 Palin will be a has-been.

[Mudoria]

57. I'd be staying home if this was my only choices

[warm regards]

58. Palin will be the new Oprah by 2016 and Kucinich will be doing what he always does:

Being one of the lone voices of honesty in Washington.

[4lbs]

59. Kucinich is suddenly going to get 51% of the Democrats (much less the country) in the primaries when

he's never been able to get more than 3%?

[JoePhilly]

60. Who cares ... neither will be on that ballet.

[argonaut]

61. Write in: Cory Booker

Because Kucinich and Palin are both horrible and Booker's destined to be President one day, IMO.