Who Is to Blame for the 2016 Election?
**I have left any political bias out of this in order to create legitimate conversation. Calling people "cuck; libtard" (@ the left) or "white supremacist; nazi" (@ the right) doesn't create legitimate conversation. Be adults please.
Trump and Hillary both have respective aspects about them that stripped away a considerable amount of their credibility, and were such extremists on their sides, that even individuals in their own parties couldn't bring themselves to support them.
Regardless of what the left thinks of John McCain, or what the right thinks of Barack Obama, the 2008 Presidential election was a fairly good Presidential race.
McCain was a respectable War-Hero, representing the hard-work ethic of America, who had to overcome many emotional and physical challenges to get to the point in life that he had achieved in 2008. When he spoke, people respected things that he said, as he spoke with the knowledge of a survivor. People on the left could identify with his points, at the very least.
Obama also had his own set of personal challenges that he had to overcome in his life, and was an icon for African-Americans. He was a good and intelligent speaker, and made people feel excited. He, too, represented a set of American ideals that even people on the right could identify with.
The largest distinction between the 2008 and 2016 elections: In 2008, the majority of people were not saying "If McCain/Obama wins, the country is fucked." McCain wasn't being painted as the poster boy for racist propaganda, and Obama wasn't the face of radical feminism and counterfactual statements.
NOW... The biggest problem with this past election was the settling. A good percentage of people only voted for Trump or Hillary because they had an R or a D next to their name. Another good percentage of people only voted for one side to combat the other. There was a lot of "Well, they both suck, but I'll choose the lesser of two evils."
That is not what an election should be. Not choosing between the lesser of two evils. There shouldn't be any evils involved in a US Presidential election, let alone both of the primaries.
That is not what an election should be. Not choosing between the lesser of two evils. There shouldn't be any evils involved in a US Presidential election, let alone both of the primaries.
So many people complained (and still complain) about how outraged they are at the 2016 Election primaries, and yet they voted anyway.
Obviously, it isn't realistic to say "If nobody would have voted, what would have happened?"
Because there will never come a time when nobody votes. However, if people only voted based on typical political preference, and combating the other side, what is the point of voting at all?
Whose fault is it really that the two most under-qualified individuals became our Primaries?
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