The most intriguing thing with Trump is i wonder who he would select as his running mate. That is what is befuddling me.
I keep thinking it will be someone very adept with foreign policy to show people there will be someone to help with that aspect who fear he knows nothing of it but then I think to myself he knows he has to win with some minority vote to be able to win and may end up picking some kind of minority.
Best VP I can think of for Trump is ex-General David Petraus.
presidential and senate elections are immune to gerrymandering, only applies to congressional races.
There is a mild interest in GOP circles to change the format of presidential races to district by district instead of state by state. Nebraska and one other state(somewhere in the northeast, can't remember exactly) already do this.
Trump and Sanders are votes against the establishment. That's it. That's why they're popular.
In a broad sense yes. However it's a mistake to marginalize immigration and inequality, respectively, as fringe, rage against the machine issues. Both are incredibly important to huge swathes of the electorate.



), ideologically neutered, non-threatening, and most importantly allows for them to keep the preconceived, racist notions about black people that drives a lot of their worldview w/r/t race. I'm not comfortable saying Carson is a c00n or a krypto white supremacist, as I can understand how someone comes to his worldview, but he's definitely hitting all the right notes for the base. That being said, I don't think he'll be the nominee. He's the media darling right now, but every time he opens his mouth he's saying some bullshyt. It worked for Trump, but that was only because there were no viable alternatives for the Republican establishment to throw their weight behind. Jeb was a total fukkup disappointment. Also, Carson would get murdered by Clinton, Sanders or Biden in the GE. His pocket of support isn't broad enough. But now Rubio is emerging. He's really the best candidate for the Repubs. The GE is gonna be a battle for the undecideds, and Rubio came on very strong in that last debate, especially on foreign policy. He's knowledgable, doesn't have any personal baggage, is affable enough, and is the best Repub to court undecideds. And most important, he's relatively (to Trump at least) soft on immigration (member of the Gang of Eight). That's huge because Dems are relying on immigration to be a wedge issue in their favour. I'm not sure how the radical wing of the Republicans will respond (especially with all the congressional fukkery going on right now), but I gotta believe Reince and the RNC are looking to Rubio.
if he is second in the polls and alot of people agree trump will fade out...how is that unrealistic?