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[–] novictim 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
If neither the Donald nor the Bern get to be their party's nominee at the same time then I think many people will be voting for Smith and Wesson.
Others will choose Mr. Colt. And then some will side with Mr. Molotov and Mr. Kalashnikov.
So there are, in fact, many candidates yet to choose from.
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[–] novictim ago
Not even close to time, IMO.
The OP brings up the case of these populist candidates being "blocked" which implies, in my mind, that improper actions are taken to thwart the democratic will of the people. Could you imagine Trump winning enough delegates to get the Republican nomination and then finding these delegates defect to Jeb Bush?
I can't. But if that did happen then we would have a court battle first. And depending on how that went things could get hot.
Add to that the simultaneous same thing happening to Bernie Sanders. Again, he wins the Democrat delegate majority but his nomination is thwarted by defections of "just enough" to Hillbillary to make her the nominee instead. And then the courts hold that up as legitimate as well!
Wow...that would be horrible and I can only speculate that horrible things would spring forth from that.
The only thing that holds our society together is the assumption that honest, decent people are the norm and that the resulting outcomes of our system are generally fair and in keeping with our laws and traditions. Take those positive assumptions away and everything and anything is possible.