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A stunning 79 percent of Americans now believe the country is heading in the wrong direction, a 15-point spike in the past year, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Voters are strikingly unhappy with the candidates who will be on the ballot this fall, with only 22 percent saying they would be proud to see Trump win and 27 percent to see Clinton.

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ORIGINAL: bounty44

an interesting exit poll question would be "did you vote for your candidate predominantly because of your opposition to the other candidate?"

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ORIGINAL: Marini
These have to be the worse candidates running {that I can recall}, since I turned 18.
I am one of those people who was excited to be able to vote at 18, and I have voted in every major election since then.
As criminally pathetic as it is, {because having these two to pick from, should be a felony crime} I WILL certainly vote!!!!!
I tend to often be "old school", and I take voting and the RIGHT to vote, seriously.
We should all rise up and protest these candidates, it's a national disgrace.
Shame on this entire country, for allowing them to be the nominees.
Bring on the Presidential nightmare.
The day after Election Day, I suggest we all wear black and have a national day of mourning.
This country will need it.

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ORIGINAL: bounty44

that's not quite what it says.

the poll is listing percentages for each of the five reasons/justifications given. the 75% who responded to the "don't like the other candidate" doesn't actually speak to the predominance of that category as a reason, only that more people hold that reason.

that is, the poll didn't rank the reasons.

the most we can say is that its the number 1 reason for ~12% of the people polled---the difference between the first two reasons. but even that's sketchy because of the possibility of other reasons that the poll did not include.

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: Marini
These have to be the worse candidates running {that I can recall}, since I turned 18.
I am one of those people who was excited to be able to vote at 18, and I have voted in every major election since then.
As criminally pathetic as it is, {because having these two to pick from, should be a felony crime} I WILL certainly vote!!!!!
I tend to often be "old school", and I take voting and the RIGHT to vote, seriously.
We should all rise up and protest these candidates, it's a national disgrace.
Shame on this entire country, for allowing them to be the nominees.
Bring on the Presidential nightmare.
The day after Election Day, I suggest we all wear black and have a national day of mourning.
This country will need it.

Clinton and Trump are NOT the only two candidates running in this election.

Vote with whichever candidate best represents your beliefs about the role of government. This should be what you've done since we all reached voting age. I'm not throwing stones, as I'm one of the ones that hasn't always done that.

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ORIGINAL: Marini

These have to be the worse candidates running {that I can recall}, since I turned 18.
I am one of those people who was excited to be able to vote at 18, and I have voted in every major election since then.

As criminally pathetic as it is, {because having these two to pick from, should be a felony crime} I WILL certainly vote!!!!!
I tend to often be "old school", and I take voting and the RIGHT to vote, seriously.


We should all rise up and protest these candidates, it's a national disgrace.
Shame on this entire country, for allowing them to be the nominees.

Bring on the Presidential nightmare.
The day after Election Day, I suggest we all wear black and have a national day of mourning.
This country will need it.

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ORIGINAL: Marini

These have to be the worse candidates running {that I can recall}, since I turned 18.
I am one of those people who was excited to be able to vote at 18, and I have voted in every major election since then.

As criminally pathetic as it is, {because having these two to pick from, should be a felony crime} I WILL certainly vote!!!!!
I tend to often be "old school", and I take voting and the RIGHT to vote, seriously.


We should all rise up and protest these candidates, it's a national disgrace.
Shame on this entire country, for allowing them to be the nominees.

Bring on the Presidential nightmare.
The day after Election Day, I suggest we all wear black and have a national day of mourning.
This country will need it.

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ORIGINAL: Awareness

Bernie Sanders was the clearly superior choice... and yet African Americans voted for the woman who called them super-predators and supported the massive growth of the private prison industry which led to so many of their fathers and brothers being incarcerated.

Like.... what's wrong with this picture?

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ORIGINAL: Greta75

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ORIGINAL: Awareness

Bernie Sanders was the clearly superior choice... and yet African Americans voted for the woman who called them super-predators and supported the massive growth of the private prison industry which led to so many of their fathers and brothers being incarcerated.

Like.... what's wrong with this picture?

It's very interesting actually. This means African American community are not swayed by free education and free healthcare. They actually do not care for that.

Why don't they like Bernie? Do black people like Jews generally?

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: Marini
These have to be the worse candidates running {that I can recall}, since I turned 18.
I am one of those people who was excited to be able to vote at 18, and I have voted in every major election since then.
As criminally pathetic as it is, {because having these two to pick from, should be a felony crime} I WILL certainly vote!!!!!
I tend to often be "old school", and I take voting and the RIGHT to vote, seriously.
We should all rise up and protest these candidates, it's a national disgrace.
Shame on this entire country, for allowing them to be the nominees.
Bring on the Presidential nightmare.
The day after Election Day, I suggest we all wear black and have a national day of mourning.
This country will need it.

Clinton and Trump are NOT the only two candidates running in this election.

Vote with whichever candidate best represents your beliefs about the role of government. This should be what you've done since we all reached voting age. I'm not throwing stones, as I'm one of the ones that hasn't always done that.

The odds of a write in getting elected are slim and none, and slim left town.

T^T

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ORIGINAL: Nnanji
Wow! You mean doctors, nurses, teachers and school administrators are going to show up to work and not expect a paycheck. Contractors will donate everything, including labor, to build hospitals and schools. Drug companies and medical device manufacturers are going to give away all of their products. What a nice Pollyanna world. I want to live in that one.

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ORIGINAL: Greta75

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ORIGINAL: Nnanji
Wow! You mean doctors, nurses, teachers and school administrators are going to show up to work and not expect a paycheck. Contractors will donate everything, including labor, to build hospitals and schools. Drug companies and medical device manufacturers are going to give away all of their products. What a nice Pollyanna world. I want to live in that one.

Haha, but I am referring to the belief that African Americans are usually the people who will be more interested in hand outs and welfare benefits right?

But you got this Jewish white dude, handing out free education and free health care. And none of the African Americans bite.

And on top of that, this Jewish white dude is gonna tax the rich 90% to pay for it. African Americans did not bite.

To me this is a very good sign for their community. It means that majority really do not want free hand outs.

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ORIGINAL: Nnanji

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ORIGINAL: Greta75

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ORIGINAL: Nnanji
Wow! You mean doctors, nurses, teachers and school administrators are going to show up to work and not expect a paycheck. Contractors will donate everything, including labor, to build hospitals and schools. Drug companies and medical device manufacturers are going to give away all of their products. What a nice Pollyanna world. I want to live in that one.

Haha, but I am referring to the belief that African Americans are usually the people who will be more interested in hand outs and welfare benefits right?

But you got this Jewish white dude, handing out free education and free health care. And none of the African Americans bite.

And on top of that, this Jewish white dude is gonna tax the rich 90% to pay for it. African Americans did not bite.

To me this is a very good sign for their community. It means that majority really do not want free hand outs.

With respect Greta, I think you may not understand the point to Afican Americans preferring the Crook. Bernie was an old Yankee white guy and Clinton (the rapist not the rape justifier and crook) was perceived as the first black president. The crook goes down south and fakes a black accent when she talks to the and offers them stuff just for them. Bernie offers free stuff for everyone which doesn't make African Americans special. Besides the African American political hierarchy is part of the democrat establishment which is represented by the crook. Bernie offers to bust that establishment. So the African American political elite throw in with the crook. Just my opinion.

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ORIGINAL: Greta75

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ORIGINAL: Awareness

Bernie Sanders was the clearly superior choice... and yet African Americans voted for the woman who called them super-predators and supported the massive growth of the private prison industry which led to so many of their fathers and brothers being incarcerated.

Like.... what's wrong with this picture?

It's very interesting actually. This means African American community are not swayed by free education and free healthcare. They actually do not care for that.

Why don't they like Bernie? Do black people like Jews generally?