Everyone who didn't respond to the poll in favour of a non-Trump candidate is responsible for Trump getting 56%
...that's how it works according to Democrat voters, right?
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didn't even have to be on the debate stage
He is the debate stage.
Lol, I figured Ramaswamy would get a bit of a bump since he seemed like the only one with any juice. Like he's spending so much energy trying to merge Hinduism and Evangelical Christianity into a new religion just to appeal to people. And nothing.
Kind of sad. Was hoping he would start an American Taiping Heavenly Kingdom with his weird new synthetic religion.
Was hoping he would start an American Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
i do have the hair for that
new war god just dropped 
And people here used to be genuinely fearful that Meatball Ron would take down the man he quite literally owes his entire career to. lol
Maybe he had a slim chance once...but then he opened his mouth. 
And people here used to be genuinely fearful
I was one of them.
but then he opened his mouth.
In my defense - I didn't know he sounded like the very whiny asshole in a fifth-rate sitcom.
It's fine, didn't mean to dunk on ya! I'm more just amused by his fall from grace compared to where he was only a few months ago.
i mean he did look like he had a chance before Trump started shooting.
I do wonder how much of this is because of his legal stuff with Disney making him look foolish and weak. Also kind of putting an end to the "but he's an intelligent fascist who knows how to work in the system to get the awful things he wants" talking points.
Time after time, I'm reminded that "intelligent fascist" is an oxymoron. Unfortunately, you don't need to be smart to be successful I guess.
Unfortunately, there are plenty of intelligent fascists. We just live in the time of failsons.
I don't think anybody predicted how bad he'd be with the "people who have heard him talk" demographic
I think its funny how Ramaswamy can't break 6%.
Like, people desperately want a Trump killer and he's supposed to be the only person the MAGA crowd can stomach but... Nope. 6% that's all you get.
He's not white and he's not Christian - he's Hindu. Once Trump in his inimitable way makes fun of him for that - I think Ramaswamy's "popularity" tanks. I think the Bradley effect is heavily in play.
The Bradley effect (less commonly the Wilder effect) is a theory concerning observed discrepancies between voter opinion polls and election outcomes in some United States government elections where a white candidate and a non-white candidate run against each other.
The theory proposes that some white voters who intend to vote for the white candidate would nonetheless tell pollsters that they are undecided or likely to vote for the non-white candidate.
Bobby Jindal won in Louisiana. Its not impossible for a guy like Ramaswamy to get his foot in the door.
But this isn't even a Bradley Effect. He's polling single digits after a big debate win. Can't even get ahead of Ron DeSanctimonious.
Jindal is a totally batshit Christian fundie who claimed to have been part of an exorcism. Nikki Haley is also a Christian. Basically - if you're a brown person GOP - you better be Christian to get anywhere.
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We all know what the "yes but..." is in that crowd
The MAGA crowd wants Trump, though.
Ramaswamy 6.6
It's 
for the tribunal temple
Behold, Nerevar. They won't even put the Sixth House and the Tribe Unmourned on the ballot. :DagothJokerfied:
The Sharmat must be the one to invite the Trumperine to the Heart Chamber.
live b'Vehk, die b'Vehk 
It’s amazing how much seething hatred fuels the American right. They would do anything to see trump cream Biden, and it has everything to do with losing the previous election and not really about giving them what they ostensibly want. I guess we should all be glad that meatball Ron, or just any other outright fascist, is still going to have to wait in the wings
just one more indictment bro
Two term Trump, they call him.
Low energy competitors. SAD! 
This is the funniest fucking thing ever. Trump doesn't even have to do anything and he's going to be president again
There were debates?
Summary - top 10 highlights: Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump. Trump.
Now you've effectively watched them.
Which date was the debates?
it was August 23, the first date on the chart
This is the debate where every one of the dozen candidates except Chris Christie raised their hand when asked "who would support Trump if he was convicted and won the nomination anyways." The fact that it was even a question should tell you something.
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