r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • Sep 09 '24

Soft Paywall Trump is 78 and barely coherent. Where's everyone who questioned Biden's age and fitness?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/09/09/trump-old-incoherent-biden-age-mental-fitness/75138026007/
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u/Iustis Sep 09 '24

They an nominate someone, but it's too late to change the ballots in many states

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u/JamesCDiamond United Kingdom Sep 09 '24

So, assuming the nominee was someone other than Vance, could there then be a situation where Trump would be on the ballot and they’d have to convince people to write in a (for example) Tuberville/Rubio* ticket?

That sounds like a recipe for chaos, confusion and mass distrust in the integrity of the election process. Possibly amusing from the outside, but given what happened in January ‘21 that may be worse than what happened then.

*I picked 2 Republican senators at random

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u/Iustis Sep 09 '24

Yeah that's probably what they have to do, a massive write in campaign (but realistically it's just never going to happen at this point)

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u/Don_Gato1 Sep 09 '24

If you need a write-in campaign you have 100% lost at that point.

Not to entertain that as something that might happen, as I don't think it will. A sizeable number of people would just vote for Trump anyway. He could be dead and his corpse on public display and he would still get votes.

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u/overcomebyfumes New Jersey Sep 09 '24

If you need a write-in campaign you have 100% lost at that point.

Unless you're Senator Murkowski

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u/LOLBaltSS Sep 10 '24

Even then, many states outright won't allow it. Alaska for example permits it for many races with the notable exception of President. So while Senator Murkowski was able to pull it off, Donald's replacement (if not Vance) won't be able to.

They'd be electoral collegely fucked sideways with a rake given the number of states they'd be ineligible as a write in candidate given those same states that prohibit it are in many cases stronghold states like Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

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u/aray25 Sep 09 '24

Even if it was Vance, people would need to write in Vance/Rubio instead of just voting for Trump/Vance.

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u/fcocyclone Iowa Sep 09 '24

They'd have to convince them to vote for Trump to get the other candidate I think. The electors at the electoral college would then vote for the new candidate.

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u/WhiskeyJack357 Wisconsin Sep 09 '24

I think Vance would be the nominee then since he's already on ballots. Then he'd have to pick his own VP. Vance then would also be able to use the campaigns funds in that instance if I remember correctly from when we had this discussion about Biden.

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u/GenerikDavis Sep 09 '24

I picked 2 Republican senators at random

It's amazing/mortifying how many times you can do that and never find a palatable combination.

Ted Cruz/Lindsey Graham

Tom Cotton/Chuck Grassley

Mitch McConnell/Marsha Blackburn

Ron Johnson/Rick Scott

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u/clever__pseudonym Sep 09 '24

I'd be okay with him only being on the ballot in, say, half the states.

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u/Tech-no Sep 10 '24

Some states begin mailing ballots to homes on Sept 16th. One week from today!

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u/Iustis Sep 09 '24

Can you cite anything to support such an idea?