Independent Kasich campaign?

[TheSaint250]

This is really becoming more likely, especially since he just said that neither party cares about the poor.

[TheSaint250]

I wonder about Ohio.  Many think it will swing towards Kasich, but, assuming pre-2016-election polling is true, Kasich would take a large amount of the votes from Trump, but Trump would also keep many Republicans. There's a good chance the state would go for the Democrat.

[TheSaint250]

It would probably be a terrible idea, and we would end up with another election of 1912. If Kasich just wants to run to ruin Trump, I guess it would make sense.

Imagine that: something like Trump vs. Booker vs. Kasich vs. Sanders.

[TheSaint250]

1) Maine can't split its EC votes 3 ways like that. Can it? You've got what I presume to be ME-01 voting by a plurality for Sanders/Gabbard, ME-02 voting by a plurality for Trump/Pence, but ME-AL voting by a plurality for Kasich/Hickenlooper? That does not make sense.

It's mathematically possible, albeit very unlikely.  Imagine this scenario, for example:

CD1:
Sanders 36%
Kasich 34%
Trump 30%

CD2:
Trump 36%
Kasich 34%
Sanders 30%

You can then average the two CDs to get a rough estimate of the statewide totals, which would be:
Kasich 34%
Sanders 33%
Trump 33%

So Kasich wins statewide, despite coming in second in both CDs.

No joke I thought this wasn't possible.  Thank you for proving this to me lol.

[TheSaint250]

1) Maine can't split its EC votes 3 ways like that. Can it? You've got what I presume to be ME-01 voting by a plurality for Sanders/Gabbard, ME-02 voting by a plurality for Trump/Pence, but ME-AL voting by a plurality for Kasich/Hickenlooper? That does not make sense.

It's mathematically possible, albeit very unlikely.  Imagine this scenario, for example:

CD1:
Sanders 36%
Kasich 34%
Trump 30%

CD2:
Trump 36%
Kasich 34%
Sanders 30%

You can then average the two CDs to get a rough estimate of the statewide totals, which would be:
Kasich 34%
Sanders 33%
Trump 33%

So Kasich wins statewide, despite coming in second in both CDs.

No joke I thought this wasn't possible.  Thank you for proving this to me lol.

I thought I explained it, too.

Oh lol sorry I kinda just started reading from the end backwards XD

[TheSaint250]

*bump*

Here's what Kasich said this morning:

https://twitter.com/TeddyDavisCNN/status/914485128835026944

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He seems to be moving away from saying “unlikely” to everything