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goo  ·  3501 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Donald Trump is the World's Greatest Troll

Okay, let's be serious. Asking as a non-American, is there ACTUALLY a chance he'll win? If he does, how fucked are we?





khjuu  ·  3501 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Pretty much none. This happened last election, too. Hermain Cain declared way earlier, spouted a lot of ridiculous bullshit, got a predictable amount of attention. He dropped out halfway through the primary.

JoBrad  ·  3500 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A lot of the bumps in popularity right now are purely name recognition: People hear a list of names, and pick the one they recognize the most. As the election gets closer - and especially when debates happen - other names will become more popular. As khjuu mentioned, this same bump happened to other candidates, but goes away pretty quickly once the race gets serious (i.e. the primaries are finished).