# Donald Trump's 2016 General Election Campaign **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 4, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901 "2016-05-04T02:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/161 "2016-05-06T22:01:48Z")
Well that settles it. I’m not voting for Melania no matter how much I like her plans for revitilizing the manufacturing industry. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/162 "2016-05-06T22:12:05Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I heard an audio clip on CNN earlier today. She said as First Lady that she wants to help women. She wants to help children. > > Rather short on details on just what this help will be or how it will be done. Sounds like she’d make a great beauty pageant contestant. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/163 "2016-05-06T22:17:21Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Are there any Dopers – any at all – who are eligible to vote in U.S. elections, and who intend to vote for Trump in November? > [@truthSeeker2](#): > > But despite being a Trump supporter . . . So are you going to – wait, you’re not an American, are you? ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/164 "2016-05-06T22:21:13Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > Don’t forget Mormons, whom he’ll need in a lot of western states. Mormons have a problem with multiple wives? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2016, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/165 "2016-05-06T22:24:18Z")
Mormons have a problem with Trump. He lost Idaho and Utah. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/166 "2016-05-07T00:29:43Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > Nobody remembers that. Certainly less people than those who remember Lieberman endorsing McCain. The only thing I remember about Zell Miller was how Will Forte was able to get his face so red while playing him on SNL. “PISTOLS AT DAWN, MATTHEWS!!!” ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/167 "2016-05-07T01:58:51Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > So are you going to – wait, you’re not an American, are you? That’s right, I am not. I wish I could vote. It’s so strange. There’s hardly any Trump supporters here. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/168 "2016-05-07T02:36:05Z")
That is not actually strange. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/169 "2016-05-07T03:21:38Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > Some have dismissed his chances in Florida because of the Hispanic vote but Cubans often see themselves in a different category from North/Central American Latinos. … So, I wonder if he might have a chance in Florida. How significant is the non-Cuban Hispanic population in Florida? And are they known to vote? [According to this pie-chart](http://students.com.miami.edu/netreporting/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Screen-shot-2012-11-11-at-1.11.22-PM-300x194.png) less than one-third of Floridan Hispanics are Cuban. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/170 "2016-05-07T03:34:21Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > That is not actually strange. Right but only if internet is blocked for Trump voters. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/171 "2016-05-07T03:54:54Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > That’s right, I am not. I wish I could vote. > > It’s so strange. There’s hardly any Trump supporters here. Well, of course not. Why would there be any Trump supporters in any foreign country? He does not represent any international political movement in any way. (And nor does anybody else I can think of who is currently active in any country’s politics. It’s rather sad, really. :() ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/172 "2016-05-07T04:01:44Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > [According to this pie-chart](http://students.com.miami.edu/netreporting/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Screen-shot-2012-11-11-at-1.11.22-PM-300x194.png) less than one-third of Floridan Hispanics are Cuban. I once spent a year as a public librarian in southern Miami-Dade County. There were plenty of Hispanics there, but they were practically all Mexicans – you can tell those because they are so short and swarthy. And the next-most-numerous ethnic minority in that county are Haitians. All county government publications in Miami-Dade are printed in three languages – English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/173 "2016-05-07T04:05:53Z")
[Trump ordered to trial in Trump U. case.](http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-lawsuit-idUSKCN0XX2CR) > [@](#): > > Court documents showed a federal judge ordered the trial to start in San Diego on Nov. 28. This raised the possibility that Trump could take the stand as president-elect but also ensured that he will not have to testify in the case while he campaigns. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/174 "2016-05-07T05:44:08Z")
> [@BrainGlutton](#): > > Well, of course not. Why would there be any Trump supporters in any foreign country? He does not represent any international political movement in any way. (And nor does anybody else I can think of who is currently active in any country’s politics. It’s rather sad, really. :() By ‘here’ , I meant on this forum, not in foreign countries. There’s hardly any Trump supporter from America on this forum. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/175 "2016-05-07T06:35:34Z")
Our quarantine protocols are fairly strict. As far as Ms. Trump (3) goes, I’m wondering if anyone here caught any of that interview with her in their cozy little home? “Opulent” might be the word for it if “loud” was the word for an H-bomb. Place Goldfinger might have built if his plan had worked out. Reminded me of a story heard once, about a reporter who went to the Tennessee(?) home of Ike and Tina Turner. He said he had no idea someone could spend a hundred thousand dollars at Woolworth’s. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/176 "2016-05-07T09:34:36Z")
Peter Schiff in my view is the most honest and smartest American economist. Everyone should watch from start to finish: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZNNDMCWHSQg/maxresdefault.jpg "Donald Trump Is Right On US Debt") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNNDMCWHSQg) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/177 "2016-05-07T10:30:53Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Peter Schiff in my view is the most honest and smartest American economist. Everyone should watch from start to finish: > [https://youtu.be/ZNNDMCWHSQg](https://youtu.be/ZNNDMCWHSQg) He’s a flat taxer. He’s an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/178 "2016-05-07T12:49:04Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Peter Schiff in my view is the most honest and smartest American economist. Everyone should watch from start to finish: > [https://youtu.be/ZNNDMCWHSQg](https://youtu.be/ZNNDMCWHSQg) Telling people to go watch a video of unknown content or length, without any other commentary, is really not the way things are done around there. Could I trouble you to jot down a couple of lines concerning why you think we should all view this video, and what it has to do with the thread topic? ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/179 "2016-05-07T13:05:25Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Telling people to go watch a video of unknown content or length, without any other commentary, is really not the way things are done around there. Could I trouble you to jot down a couple of lines concerning why you think we should all view this video, and what it has to do with the thread topic? Sure. Video is on Trump’s and Peter Schiff’s views on USA’s public debt situation, debt restructuring and on direct and indirect taxes. Everyone should watch. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901/180 "2016-05-07T13:11:07Z")
> [@truthSeeker2](#): > > Sure. > Video is on Trump’s and Peter Schiff’s views on USA’s public debt situation, debt restructuring and on direct and indirect taxes. Everyone should watch. Why? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-2016-general-election-campaign/753901.md?page=10)