American Election 2016: Kicks off in Lowa

American Election 2016: Kicks off in Lowa

Nyani Ngabu said:
Halafu...hivi umegundua kwamba field ya Republican candidates mwaka huu iko diverse kushinda ya Dems?

Republican wana 'Canadian', two Hispanics, an African-American, a woman, three outsiders with no political experience, etc.

Democrats wote ni caucasians.....na wote politicians😀.

By the way, tofauti ya kura za Clinton na Sanders ni ndogo mno! Babu kakataa ku concede.
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Amekataa ku concede?!,...this battle is going to be worse for her than the one she had with Obama 8 yrs ago. She really needed a landslide victory (at least in Iowa) for her to be comfortable with the rest of the Primaries.

And what a coincidence that Repubs are more diverse this time around 🙂

Seriously, that's what I thought too that Dems wont have primaries and she'll just cruise into the GE. Now she's wrestling with Sanders at the very beginning 🙁
 
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I hate very donald trump apunguze kuongea sana is must vote zimwangushe ye anaringia kura za maoni mwenzake tedy cruz ana point na huyu ndie president of america
 
Nyani Ngabu said:
Okay, she should win in a landslide then. One even much bigger than Ronald Reagan's!

But I'm just wondering how in the hell did the Republicans manage to win 31 out of the 50 governorships.

Is that due to the redrawn congressional lines?

And how does that apply to the senate? Because senators are elected statewide as opposed to the house members who are elected only in their congressional districts.

I just don't see how those redrawn lines can help one win a gubernatorial or senate seat because they are voted statewide.

Am I missing something here?

In the last midterm elections [2014] the GOP regained the majority in the senate. Was that due to redrawn congressional lines too?

So the majority of the GOP governors and senators is not the will of the people?

I'm having a hard time understanding that.
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It's obvious the people have voted the GOP Senators and the Governors in.

I was not clear enough. My bad.

Different circumstance make people use their democratic rights and vote the politicians they dislike out of office. They just happened to be pissed off at the Democratic Senators/Governors at that time.

That's all. It's not like the Democrats never controlled both houses before.

You were talking about people voting in these Republicans in both house of chambers. I was making a point that it is possible to send representatives (I should have said in the house of representatives) without the will of the people via redrawn congressional districts lines NOT through direct votes.
 
Tokyo40 said:
Walisema pia Marekani ilikuwa bado kuwa na Raisi Mweusi ( at least nusu Mweusi ).

Leo Raisi wao ni Nusu Mwafrika, Nusu Mzungu.

Hillary Iowa kapita na New Hampshire, atapita Feb. 9.

Huyu Mama, anaelekea Nyumba Nyeupe pole pole.

Subiri utaona picha karibu.
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Mkuu what happened last night for Hillary resembles last time' elections. She lost Iowa and won New Hampshire, she might win NH this time as well but, now Sanders's campaign has more momentum after they almost crushed Hillary, it's kinda hard (to see from a far) her, taking the nomination. I think her camp is loosing sleep on this.

Even if she wins New Hampshire, huko mbele inaweza kuja issue ya likeability for her. She started very well with over 70% of DEMS supporting her, down to last night's results.
Hao Repubs ndo usiseme, they might vote overwhelmingly in GE if she becomes the nominee, and of course because she's a Clinton.
 
To emphasize my point about redrawn congressional district lines sending more representatives to the House of Representatives against the wishes of the voters:

Imagine four neighboring congressional districts, two of which are 60 percent Democratic and two of which are 60 percent Republican.

One would expect that each party would win two seats in the House. But if the Republican state legislature re-draws the district lines so as to make one district 100 percent Democratic, and the other three districts each 67 percent Republican, then instead of each party winning TWO representatives, the Republicans will win in THREE of the four districts.

It was by engaging in such "partisan gerrymandering" that the Republican Party was able to turn a Republican defeat in terms of the national popular vote for members of the House into a significant Republican "victory" in terms of the number of Republicans elected.

In Pennsylvania, for example, although citizens cast almost 100,000 more votes for Democratic than Republican candidates for the House, partisan gerrymandering enabled Republicans to get 12 of the 18 seats in the House of Representatives.

source: huffpost.com
 
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kui said:
Mkuu what happened last night for Hillary resembles last time' elections. She lost Iowa and won New Hampshire, she might win NH this time as well but, now Sanders's campaign has more momentum after almost crushed Hillary, it's kinda hard (to see from a far) her taking the nomination. I think her camp is loosing sleep on this.

Even if she wins New Hampshire, huko mbele inaweza kuja issue ya likeability for her. She started very well with over 70% of DEMS supporting her, to last night's results.
Hao Repubs ndo usiseme, they might vote overwhelmingly in GE, and of course because she's a Clinton.
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Huyo babu Sanders mimi nilikuwa hata simjui.

Where the hell did he come from?

I mean, Hillary was leading by a ginormous margin and ended up winning 49.9 to 49.6?

What the hell?

Huko New Hampshire nahisi babu atashinda. Ila hilo tutajua kwa uhakika wiki ijayo.

Halafu, chaguzi za Marekani huwa zina tabia ya kupokezana uongozi. Watu huwa wanachoka na chama kimoja kuwa mdarakani kwa muda mrefu na miaka 8 ni muda mrefu wa kutosha.

Imagine Bill Clinton anarudi tena White House na safari hii atakuwa na free time kibao. I'm worried for the interns😀 [ok, I kid].

That thought alone could highly motivate the Republican base like never before. Na hao majamaa wakiwa motivated hakuna wa kuwa stop.
 
Nyani Ngabu said:
Huyo babu Sanders mimi nilikuwa hata simjui.

Where the hell did he come from?

I mean, Hillary was leading by a ginormous margin and ended up winning 49.9 to 49.6?

What the hell?

Huko New Hampshire nahisi babu atashinda. Ila hilo tutajua kwa uhakika wiki ijayo.

Halafu, chaguzi za Marekani huwa zina tabia ya kupokezana uongozi. Watu huwa wanachoka na chama kimoja kuwa mdarakani kwa muda mrefu na miaka 8 ni muda mrefu wa kutosha.

Imagine Bill Clinton anarudi tena White House na safari hii atakuwa na free time kibao. I'm worried for the interns😀 [ok, I kid].

That thought alone could highly motivate the Republican base like never before. Na hao majamaa wakiwa motivated hakuna wa kuwa stop.
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Hahaaaaaa!, eti he'll have more free time for what?!...lol!

Yaani wewe!, ebu leave Bill alone jamani!, ameshajichokea mwenyewe saa hii, atakuwa anacheza na wajukuu tu white house kama mkewe atashinda. Talking about wajukuu, is Chelsea pregnant again?!, she wears bulk tops I thought she's trying to hide something.

Am appalled where Hillary is right now, she differs from Sanders for like 10 or so votes?!!
With her experience am sure everybody expected more than that.

Us, as fans have to just cross our fingers. Thing with the coming New Hampshire primaries is, NH is right next to 'Vermont' now, keep in mind that she won NH last time yes but her opponent then, was from Chicago. Not only that but also wanasema about Dems wa NH, their liberal- ism come close to that of B. Sanders's so...
 
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Nyani Ngabu said:
I really thought the Dems were not even going to have primaries. They were just going to have a convention and on to the election.

After 8 years of Democrats being in the White House, Americans could be ready for a change.

It just seems to work that way.
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Republican hakuna uraisi na msahau kabisa labda 2099
 
Koba said:
imebidi nicheke tuu ila uraisi Republican sahau na huyo mchungaji wenu Cruiz ndio kabisa zero
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Oyaaa...nahitaji matenga kama sita hivi ya romaine lettuce.

Fanya basi mambo ili niweze kuyapata kabla ya Super Bowl Jumapili.

Nina bonge la cookout.
 
What the flip is this?

They actually had to resort to this?

Hillary couldn't beat Bernie and they had to flip a coin?

Absolutely ridiculous.

At least three Democratic Iowa caucuses were determined by a coin flip

How close were the Democratic Iowa caucuses? In at least three precincts, coin flips were apparently needed to decide which candidate — Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders — got the available delegates.

According to West Davenport, Iowa, resident Andrew Tadlock, two rounds of counting left Clinton and Sanders with 81 votes each, leading to the caucus coin flip. Clinton won there.

In Polk County, Clinton and Sanders were tied at 61. (Clinton won that coin flip, too.)

Under Iowa’s Democratic caucusing rules, ties can be determined by a coin flip.

According to the Des Moines Register, a similar scene played out in Ames, Iowa, where supporters of Clinton and Sanders “disputed the results after 60 caucus participants apparently disappeared from the proceedings.”

Clinton won the coin toss there and was awarded a tiebreaking delegate — meaning “she took five of the precinct’s eight, while Sanders received three,” the paper reported, adding that “similar situations were reported elsewhere,” including three precincts not mentioned above. Clinton won the coin toss each time.
 
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Ivi how old is Bernie Sanders
 
Nyani Ngabu said:
What the flip is this?

They actually had to resort to this?

Hillary couldn't beat Bernie and they had to flip a coin?

Absolutely ridiculous.

At least three Democratic Iowa caucuses were determined by a coin flip

How close were the Democratic Iowa caucuses? In at least three precincts, coin flips were apparently needed to decide which candidate — Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders — got the available delegates.

According to West Davenport, Iowa, resident Andrew Tadlock, two rounds of counting left Clinton and Sanders with 81 votes each, leading to the caucus coin flip. Clinton won there.

In Polk County, Clinton and Sanders were tied at 61. (Clinton won that coin flip, too.)

Under Iowa’s Democratic caucusing rules, ties can be determined by a coin flip.

According to the Des Moines Register, a similar scene played out in Ames, Iowa, where supporters of Clinton and Sanders “disputed the results after 60 caucus participants apparently disappeared from the proceedings.”

Clinton won the coin toss there and was awarded a tiebreaking delegate — meaning “she took five of the precinct’s eight, while Sanders received three,” the paper reported, adding that “similar situations were reported elsewhere,” including three precincts not mentioned above. Clinton won the coin toss each time.
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Huh!,...OMG!
 
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Nyani Ngabu said:
Huyo babu Sanders mimi nilikuwa hata simjui.

Where the hell did he come from?

I mean, Hillary was leading by a ginormous margin and ended up winning 49.9 to 49.6?

What the hell?

Huko New Hampshire nahisi babu atashinda. Ila hilo tutajua kwa uhakika wiki ijayo.

Halafu, chaguzi za Marekani huwa zina tabia ya kupokezana uongozi. Watu huwa wanachoka na chama kimoja kuwa mdarakani kwa muda mrefu na miaka 8 ni muda mrefu wa kutosha.

Imagine Bill Clinton anarudi tena White House na safari hii atakuwa na free time kibao. I'm worried for the interns😀 [ok, I kid].

That thought alone could highly motivate the Republican base like never before. Na hao majamaa wakiwa motivated hakuna wa kuwa stop.
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He won't let his dog out again. He learned through the had way!.
 
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