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Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.


HOW CAN I FOLLOW THIS?

The cable networks should be covering it.
Watch CNN or Fox News here: http://www.stream2watch.co/live-now/live-tv/us/
Watch MSNBC here: http://www.livenewschat.eu/politics/

Results can be found in these places before they appear on cable :f5:
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results (reliable)
http://www.decisiondeskhq.com/ (cheats by reporting results before they're official, tends to get slower toward the end)

You can also live chat about it with other political goons in our IRC channel (LINK FINALLY FIXED): https://client00.chat.mibbit.com/?server=EU.synirc.net%3A%2B7001&channel=%23Poligoon

NARRATIVE

Indiana is the most important state left in the primary. Despite being unpredictable because it's simultaneously midwestern (Cruz country) and rust belt (Trump country), polling has been sparse until recently. Trump needs to win it to (practically) guarantee a win on the first ballot. If he loses, he could still get ratfucked.

The few polls showed Trump with a somewhat narrow margin, the kind he can lose when he underperforms like he infamously did in Iowa. But Cruz's campaign has had a palpable air of desperation that may be turning voters off, maybe best exemplified by his decision this week to choose a running mate, the second least-liked presidential candidate after himself, as a hail mary to get media coverage and Indiana voters at all costs. Unfortunately for him, the media is treating him more and more antagonistically and condescending.

Then just a couple days before the contest a bombshell poll dropped by an A-rated pollster showed Trump with a double-digit lead. Does El Rato have any hope of stopping the Trump train? Tune in and find out.

SCHEDULE

Polls open at 6am ET/CT and close at 6pm ET/CT. Although a portion of the state is in CT, the majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated ET when the networks feel they can project.

CONTEST TECHNICAL INFO

Type: open primary, the best kind for Trump.
Delegates: 57
Allocation: Winner-take-all per district and for the at-large delegates. So Trump needs to win each individual district as well as the state, same system that Wisconsin and Maryland had.

CANDIDATES




Jewel Repetition has issued a correction as of 20:44 on May 2, 2016

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GOOD TIMES ON METH
Mar 17, 2006

Fun Shoe
I think Trump will win

Concerned Citizen
Jul 22, 2007
Ramrod XTreme
do you guys think hillary will win the gop primary?

No Mans Land 4
May 2, 2016

by zen death robot
TRUMP

*click*

eric
Apr 27, 2004
Lipstick Apathy

Goetta posted:

I think Trump will win

Same. Ted is a loving mess and has been reduced to engaging with hecklers.

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

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Concerned Citizen posted:

do you guys think hillary will win the gop primary?

http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3774435

Nonsense
Jan 26, 2007

TRUMP

Pick
Jul 19, 2009
Nap Ghost
I like that trump sprite

GOOD TIMES ON METH
Mar 17, 2006

Fun Shoe
Is there a number that Ted can lose by to make him drop out or is he in for the long haul even if he loses by like 30?

Al!
Apr 2, 2010
Probation
Can't post for 4 hours!
What is the magic number that will literally stop Ted's heart?

Wall Is Life
Sep 29, 2015

#NoBanNoWall
PUMPED FOR TRUMP

Sir Tonk
Apr 18, 2006
Young Orc
Is the third photo in the OP Romney?

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

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Goetta posted:

Is there a number that Ted can lose by to make him drop out or is he in for the long haul even if he loses by like 30?

He'll be in it no matter what, but if he loses badly the rest of the campaign will be a slog of nearly Jeb-level humiliation.

No Mans Land 4
May 2, 2016

by zen death robot
gross

386-SX 25Mhz VGA
Jan 14, 2003

(C) American Megatrends Inc.,

Goetta posted:

Is there a number that Ted can lose by to make him drop out or is he in for the long haul even if he loses by like 30?
No, because he literally believes God chose him to become president in this election.

RACHET
Dec 29, 2014

by exmarx
LYIN' TED

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

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Jewel Repetition
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AceRimmer
Mar 18, 2009

logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
paranoid randroid must be proud to have predicted the cruz/fiorina matchup so closely with his grand prediction of ted cruz / a fistful of ticks thrown at your face 2016

Gibberish
Sep 17, 2002

by R. Guyovich

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

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logikv9
Mar 5, 2009


Ham Wrangler
really hosed up that unidentified man jumped from the democratic to the republican primary

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

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mannerup
Jan 11, 2004

♬ I Know You're Dying Trying To Figure Me Out♬

♬My Name's On The Tip Of Your Tongue Keep Running Your Mouth♬

♬You Want The Recipe But Can't Handle My Sound My Sound My Sound♬

♬No Matter What You Do Im Gonna Get It Without Ya♬

♬ I Know You Ain't Used To A Female Alpha♬

RACHET posted:

LYIN' TED

Elephanthead
Sep 11, 2008


Toilet Rascal
Was going to vote for Jeb but if a vote for Trump can literally kill Cruz I have to think about switching.

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

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Second to last Indiana Trump rally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZgcxBjr1zU

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

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Trump said yooge

Gibberish
Sep 17, 2002

by R. Guyovich
he said yooge again

AceRimmer
Mar 18, 2009
"high officials in CHYNA"

Sir Tonk
Apr 18, 2006
Young Orc

What was the butter for?

Jewel Repetition
Dec 24, 2012

Ask me about Briar Rose and Chicken Chaser.
Trump was just listing off people who dropped out, and when he got to Bush he was compelled by some undeniable force to interject "low energy."

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXU8w336oGs&t=2s

Coatlicue
Sep 14, 2012

it doesn't matter
how fast or how far,
you're still runnin' like a fool
Gotta set my alarm and get up early to go VOTE.

Should've early voted but I'm just that lazy.

I will be proud of this state for the first time ever if we bring about the end of the Cruz campaign.

Zippy the Bummer
Dec 14, 2008

Silent Majority
The Don
LORD COMMANDER OF THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES
I'll be voting for Trump tomorrow. gently caress you, Cruz. Indiana doesn't want you.

Coatlicue posted:

Gotta set my alarm and get up early to go VOTE.

Should've early voted but I'm just that lazy.

I will be proud of this state for the first time ever if we bring about the end of the Cruz campaign.

So let it be written

Pocky In My Pocket
Jan 27, 2005

Giant robots shouldn't fight!






i am excited for the glorious golden future to be one step closer

Mo_Steel
Mar 7, 2008

Let's Clock Into The Sunset Together

Fun Shoe
C'mon Ted, give me the contested convention!

MaxxBot
Oct 6, 2003

you could have clapped

you should have clapped!!
Ted Cruz is a nasty guy

Sir Tonk
Apr 18, 2006
Young Orc

Coatlicue posted:

Gotta set my alarm and get up early to go VOTE.

Should've early voted but I'm just that lazy.

I will be proud of this state for the first time ever if we bring about the end of the Cruz campaign.

It's more fun to vote the day of anyway.

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Coatlicue
Sep 14, 2012

it doesn't matter
how fast or how far,
you're still runnin' like a fool
Yeah, I do like the stickers they give you :)

One of my neighbors used to have a Cruz 2016 sign in his yard, but when we walked by today it was gone and the owner (presumably) had spray painted "Cruz 2016" on a boulder in the corner of his lawn instead.

It's gonna be a lasting testament to his stupidity for the next six months or so.

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