Well, for me, I don't follow political news. I see memes. But I
   don't care who is president. I never did. I vote and decide when
   I close the curtain, but I'm "independent". Registered. Neither
   party. I also know the technicality of it: My presidential vote
   matters little while the others votes I make do. So, I'm not the
   best example of this kind of thing. I kinda like Trump as an
   entertainer. I don't care if he's president or not. A stick or a
   theoretical physicist could be president. too. Not much would
   change. == I suspect Hillary Clinton will be the next President.
   I can give reasons why. There's also a stronger likelihood that
   I'm wrong. It's not even that I like her. I don't care much for
   her. But as in my la-la-land might want to believe that it's
   possible for Bernie Sanders to become president, he won't. His
   hair is messy. I think there was a Republican who stands a
   chance too. I forgot his name though. Usually a republican
   follows a democrat but not always. But again, stronger
   likelihood that I'm wrong. But really, I don't care. I'll get
   two choices around June 2016. I don't really know for sure who
   they'll be. I've been surprised before. I'm sure I'll be
   surprised again. == Oh, I wouldn't worry about civil war in the
   USA. It happened once. It's not likely to ever happen again. I
   suspect the news exports you get about the USA make things look
   horrible here. But they're not. We just like to bicker loudly. =
   The USA is a big, surprisingly boring country. Lots of stuff
   seems to happen here. Not much really does. People go to work,
   go to school, eat, shit, come home, go to bed. That's about it.
   == Ahh, but you're seeing the horse and pony show. Consider
   this: What happens when a president gets into office? Who do
   they deal with most of the day? Senate. House. Supreme Court.
   Military personnel. Advisers. The candidates are selected by the
   Democratic and Republican National Committees. Look at the
   members of the Democratic committee. How many of these names do
   you know? National Chair: Debbie Wasserman Schultz[10] Tulsi
   Gabbard, U.S. Representative from Hawaii[10] Maria Elena Durazo,
   Executive Secretary*Treasurer of the AFL-CIO[10] Donna Brazile,
   political analyst, campaign manager for Al Gore's 2000
   presidential campaign Raymond Buckley, President of the
   Association of State Democratic Chairs, Chair of the New
   Hampshire Democratic Party R. T. Rybak, former Mayor of
   Minneapolis, Minnesota Executive Director: Amy Dacey Treasurer:
   Andrew Tobias, businessman, author, and financial self-help guru
   Secretary: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Mayor of Baltimore[11]
   Communications Director: Mo Elleithee[12] National Finance
   Chair: Henry Mu*oz III[10] You've probably heard of Andrew
   Tobias. Money guy. Beyond that? Probably none. I've heard of
   none of them at least, except Tobias. THEY decide between
   Sanders and Clinton. It doesn't MATTER what people think. It
   _doesn't matter_ what's in the news. It doesn't matter who is
   logically better. None of that matters. It matters what these
   people decide. July 2016 they'll decide. They're politicians
   mostly. Do they want a contrary guy who won't play along? No.
   They want somebody who knows how the system works, who knows
   what to do and what not to do. This is why Clinton will most
   likely get the nomination from them. If they're SMART, they'll
   have Bernie Sanders as VP. But it's more likely they'll pair her
   up with someone who also plays well with others. Just how it is.
   == Bah. Hype. Trump won't get in. Don't believe the news. Won't
   even matter if he does. Anyway, he likes Putin. Putin likes him.
   Mind you, that's smart for international relations. With Russia.
   Nobody else. Let's see: I MIGHT be concerned if the Republican
   National Committee believes that we need a single power:
   USA-RUSSIA against the Arab nations. Or worse: USA-RUSSIA-EUROPE
   against Arab nations. That'd be a very bad thing. Not likely to
   happen though. Even if they like each other, won't matter.
   Trump's hands would be tied as president for MOST things. ==
   Again, popular vote doesn't matter. Elections *do* matter and
   public support matters somewhat, but public doesn't cast the
   votes. Clinton may not be popular with the people but she's
   popular with the offline Press (newspapers and TV) and the
   democratic national committee. That's still what matters in
   elections. Internet hasn't changed anything. None of them take
   the Internet seriously except for grassroots candidates.
   Grassroots candidates don't make it. It's sad. They should have
   a chance. == I don't follow the news Andy, just what's on
   Facebook or what people tell me here. I haven't turned the TV on
   in 2.5 yrs except for Doctor Who and haven't read a newspaper in
   about 5 years. Britain is tiny. Size of my state of Florida. Not
   that many people. USA is huge. Different rules here. You guys
   seem to care about politics there. Here? We bitch about it but
   don't do anything. Politics is ignorable for most people in the
   USA. I vote because I was a Boy Scout. It's my civic duty. Most
   people weren't boy scouts. They don't feel civic duty. They got
   a joint to roll, a game to play. Sure, they'll get online and
   say "ME TOO!", both on the Sanders side and the Trump side, as
   the two most extreme candidates per party. But most republicans
   and democrats alike will be home come election day, arguing
   about politics on their headsets but both agreeing that
   "elections are bullshit so I'm not going" and feeling perfectly
   justified and smug. === They'd be fools to stick him up front.
   ALREADY the White House THEMSELVES said that his Muslim
   profiling idea was unconstitutional. That's a VERY VERY bad
   sign. He can talk all he wants but when the white house press
   secretary says that... which, by the way, NEVER HAPPENS... it
   nailed his coffin shut, imo. The People want change. The
   politicians who do the actual voting don't. The politicians want
   things to run smoothly and slowly like clockwork as they always
   have. It keeps them in their jobs. They continue to get paid.
   You can believe the news if you like. You can believe that "this
   time things will change". But let's be scientific here. If it
   hasn't happened before that way, why would it happen now that
   way? == Oh absolutely. He's a brilliant tactician although not
   in the long term. His long term projects are quite often
   failures. He's changed political parties whenever it suits him.
   He's too "now" - he has no sense of past or future. == He's a
   youtube commentator or philosophy forum troll playing politics.
   == Politics is its own little world. Day-to-day life for
   politicians runs VERY slowly. They go to work. They do
   interviews and smile. They occasionally sign papers. They sit in
   long meetings. They chat over golf. Sometimes they'll prepare
   speeches on various local topics that matter to their
   constituents. The Senate and the House sit in big wooden rooms
   and listen to long speeches they give to each other for hours
   and hours, days and days on end. Then they vote. It's not enough
   to decide. So they do it again. Or they move on to something
   else. The life of a politician is generally very SLOW, very
   structured, very stable. It's their secret world that carries
   the long and slow tradition. ==