2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Please quit threatening to not vote, or vote for a third party candidate! [View all]CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)If an establishment Republican candidate wins the nomination there could well be a bunch of far fight wingers who might sit out the election or vote for a third party nut case.
You see, our far left folks have a lot in common with the far right wingers. While they are on opposite sides of the political spectrum, the far right ringers also consider themselves ideologically pure. They also view more centralist conservatives a traders to the cause on issue such as illegal immigration and minority rights. They too feel that they have been told time and time again to vote for "electable" establishment candidates, but the difference is that lately they have been disappointed with the GE results.
I think that the Republicans will nominate an "outsider" such either Trump, Carson or Cruz - who will be easy for Hillary to beat. If,of the other hand, another establishment candidate like Rubio or even Bush gets the nomination, you can bet that the rank and file of the Republican base is really going to be really ticked off. The Republican base will feel betrayed and such a nominee will not be able to count on the full support of the far right wingers.