Be funny if you only got elderly [del]deranged[/del] shut-ins longing to talk.
1/2 the population has a 100 or less IQ. It’s not surprising that half of any large political party are daft.
And the other half are all brainiacs, I suppose?
Yes, I know how polling works. But in this case, I do doubt the validity of comparing the small sample to the entire population. The fact that anybody would support the postponing of the presidential election is terrifying, yes. If even 5% of all Republicans would support that, given any non-apocalyptic reason by President Trump, democracy would certainly be at risk in the US. As the article states, if this were to actually be proposed, many people would (hopefully) change their answer.
Keep in mind, though, that 1. I am not from the US, and 2. I am not of voting age. Maybe I just don’t have all the info.
According to what seems to be a more reliable survey, about 1 in 6 Americans would prefer military rule to democracy:
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/opinion/across-the-globe-a-growing-disillusionment-with-democracy.html. So, yeah, we shouldn’t take it for granted.
Kinda. We did it back in November 2016. Well, the eligible voters at least 
That poll had a self selection bias, unfortunately. 
And that poll makes this one all the more credible. It’s not like Trump tried to hide his authoritarian impulses; people willingly voted for someone knowing that he was an authoritarian and that he didn’t play by rules. They just naively believed that he would know his limits, know what lines not to cross.
We don’t really need this poll. We already have the information that we need, and the evidence tells us that American democracy is not long for this world.
You know which caveat I almost tacked onto the end of that post?
Actually, yes, there is. We do it every 10 years…it’s called the Census.
It is mainly overlooked how much the USA is part of the Americas. Apart from schooling the rest of them, it itself conforms to the militaristic fascination that has made the Latin countries special. Compared to non-American cultures ( excepting China which had warlords fairly recently, and a CCP much more militaristic than the Soviet Union ) the USA has had a considerable proportion of presidents with extensive military rank.
Civilian presidents make up a quarter; generals and above make up a quarter. Colonels and less make up a half.
However odd this history seems to outsiders, it does mean many Americans — especially those who are super-patriots — are going to feel comfortable with decision-making in the hands of the forces they trust the most.
Of course they would; it would mean more drinking time!
(So who else opened the thread thinking it was about Public Houses?)
Growing militarism is a concern to me. It’s getting to be that we can’t have a holiday anymore without communal fellating of the military. We’re supposed to tell everyone in uniform thank you for their service. Now we have a significant portion of the electorate perfectly happy with an incompetent ignorant buffoon in the White House who wants to be a strongman dictator, and it’s okay with all of them because he pisses off people who disagree with them.
I’d like to see other polls ask this or similar questions. The rule of law and democracy have never been more at risk than they are right now.
This is why I can’t take complaints about Fox News all that seriously. The WaPo does a poll which is not far short of fake, and uses it to claim that half of Republicans want to postpone the election.
#fakenews,
Shodan
Your logic is less than sound.
Nothing to back your claim.
That figures,
running coach
Face it, Donald Trump is absolutely miserable every second of his life.
Hey if that keeps you warm at night…
Nothing to back my claim? Oooookay then.
Regards,
Shodan
What does postponing the 2020 election even mean?