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:Thanks Telling. Inspiring. Our prayers to US, to have a better president and a better future. Amen.[[User:Dianne3000|Dianne3000]] ([[User talk:Dianne3000|talk]]) 13:55, January 15, 2024 (EST)

:Thanks Telling. Inspiring. Our prayers to US, to have a better president and a better future. Amen.[[User:Dianne3000|Dianne3000]] ([[User talk:Dianne3000|talk]]) 13:55, January 15, 2024 (EST)

== Iowa ==

== Trump wins Iowa ==

It's Trump all the way down in Iowa. With 99 percent of the vote counted, its Trump 51% (20 delegates), DeSantis 21% (8 delegates), Haley 19% (7 delegates), and Ramaswamy 8% (3 delegates), according to RCP. Biden has a net favorable rating of -17 while Trump has -15. When the winners are this unpopular, there's something wrong with the election system. Perhaps a nonpartisan primary with the top two candidates going on to the general election would help.  

It's Trump all the way down in Iowa. With 99 percent of the vote counted, its Trump 51% (20 delegates), DeSantis 21% (8 delegates), Haley 19% (7 delegates), and Ramaswamy 8% (3 delegates), according to RCP. Biden has a net favorable rating of -17 while Trump has -15. When the winners are this unpopular, there's something wrong with the election system. Perhaps a nonpartisan primary with the top two candidates going on to the general election would help.  

It could be worse. William Lai, Taiwan's newly elected president, is also super-unpopular. [https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-taiwan-election/ He got only 40 percent of the vote in Saturday's election]. Fortunately the Chinese military is too corrupt to do anything about it. [https://www.businessinsider.com/china-corruption-rocket-force-water-fuel-xi-jinping-purge-scandal-2024-1?op=1 Water-filled rockets, anyone?] {{Unsigned}}

It could be worse. William Lai, Taiwan's newly elected president, is also super-unpopular. [https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-taiwan-election/ He got only 40 percent of the vote in Saturday's election]. Fortunately the Chinese military is too corrupt to do anything about it. [https://www.businessinsider.com/china-corruption-rocket-force-water-fuel-xi-jinping-purge-scandal-2024-1?op=1 Water-filled rockets, anyone?] [[User:PeterKa|PeterKa]] ([[User talk:PeterKa|talk]]) 02:33, January 16, 2024 (EST)

:The public's fickle, and they vote for idiots anyway. "The best argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversations with the average voter." - Winston Churchill. Why do you think we have a $34 trillion [[national debt]]? cause the candidates promise freebies and the idiots keep voting for them. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]} 02:28, January 16, 2024 (EST)

:The public's fickle, and they vote for idiots anyway. "The best argument against democracy is a 5 minute conversations with the average voter." - Winston Churchill. Why do you think we have a $34 trillion [[national debt]]? cause the candidates promise freebies and the idiots keep voting for them. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]^{[[User talk:RobSmith|''Zelensky didn't kill himself'']]} 02:28, January 16, 2024 (EST)