# Who will be our next president? (note: who will be, not who you would like it to be) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 23, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669 "2016-07-23T11:59:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/1 "2016-07-23T11:59:29Z")
Public poll. Two choices. Come November we’ll see which Dopers are the smartest of the smart. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/2 "2016-07-23T13:59:03Z")
Not enough choices. Stranger things have happened. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/3 "2016-07-23T14:09:30Z")
Everything favors Clinton right now. Things can change. I may move to Canada if someone wins. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/4 "2016-07-23T14:18:02Z")
I’m pretty sure it will be Clinton, but by a narrower margin than makes me comfortable. I’ll vote for her, not because I like her(I don’t) but because she would be the lesser of two evils. It seems to me there’s no other way to keep Trump from winning except by voting for Hillary. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/5 "2016-07-23T15:39:22Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Not enough choices. Stranger things have happened. The poll is for those who believe it will be one of the two. Thought that was obvious. mmm ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/6 "2016-07-23T15:45:21Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > The poll is for those who believe it will be one of the two. Thought that was obvious. > mmm A poll is faulty if it does not allow for all options, including “other” if that is logically possible. Thought that was obvious. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/7 "2016-07-23T15:47:56Z")
Clinton. Her choice of VP nails it. He’s going be “the old white dude” in the White House. And it’s past time when America should have had a female President. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/8 "2016-07-23T16:38:55Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > A poll is faulty if it does not allow for all options, including “other” if that is logically possible. Thought that was obvious. I think it’s pretty obvious that there are only two realistic options. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/9 "2016-07-23T17:19:09Z")
I’m pretty sure Clinton will win. it won’t be a “Reagan '84” landslide, though, since I think a lot of people will stay home or cast a throwaway vote for other rather than vote for either of them. > [@TriPolar](#): > > Everything favors Clinton right now. Things can change. I may move to Canada if someone wins. “moving to Canada” isn’t as easy as people like to think it is, especially if you will have to work. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/10 "2016-07-23T17:52:29Z")
If you could of and of course you can’t … you should’ve had a poll for non Illinois residences only in order to give Trump a fair chance:D ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/11 "2016-07-23T18:15:18Z")
Hillary in a landslide. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/12 "2016-07-23T18:36:52Z")
That line can be interpreted in two very different ways. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/13 "2016-07-23T18:41:40Z")
I like how there are candidates from the “Prohibition Party,” and they’re evidently serious. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/14 "2016-07-23T20:27:04Z")
[QUOTE=jtur88] A poll is faulty if it does not allow for all options, including “other” if that is logically possible. Thought that was obvious. [/QUOTE] There hasn’t been a president who was not a Democrat or Republican since Millard Fillmore, a Whig, succeeded Zachary Taylor in office in 1850. Do you seriously expect a third party candidate to win in 2016? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/15 "2016-07-23T20:29:49Z")
I went on record on 2 March 2016: [I predict that Donald Trump is going to win the election for POTUS this year.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=785863) ---
**Author:** ![Oddball\_92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b3f665/32.png) [@Oddball\_92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oddball_92)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/16 "2016-07-23T20:56:57Z")
A lying corrupt criminal or a narcissist buffoon. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/17 "2016-07-23T21:09:41Z")
Trump wouldn’t have a chance if he was running against anybody but Hillary. Hillary wouldn’t have a chance if she was running against anybody but Trump. It will all come down to who is hated more. ---
**Author:** ![Alley\_Dweller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alley_dweller/32/430_2.png) [@Alley\_Dweller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alley_Dweller)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/18 "2016-07-23T21:24:25Z")
I do not support Trump, but I live in the country that re-elected Bush in 2004. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/19 "2016-07-23T21:27:01Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > A poll is faulty if it does not allow for all options, including “other” if that is logically possible. Thought that was obvious. Equally obvious: this isn’t the thread for you. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669/20 "2016-07-23T21:45:03Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > A poll is faulty if it does not allow for all options, including “other” if that is logically possible. Thought that was obvious. That’s not obvious, it’s ridiculous. Care to share with us what you think is a more likely scenario than Clinton or Trump becoming president? The way things stand now, the only way that one or the other will not be elected is due to some unpredictable event, such as one of them dying. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-our-next-president-note-who-will-be-not-who-you-would-like-it-to-be/760669.md?page=2)