Free Republic 2016 Caucus Open Discussion Thread XXXIII

Free Republic ^ | 20 February 2016 | Windflier

[Windflier]

Good night, Amy.

[Windflier]

Just voted in the nightly caucus and was thrilled to see Jeb Bush's name greyed out!

[DoughtyOne]

It will be completely gone tomorrow, reporting as well.

I’m glad to see it also.

[Lonely Bull]

Table 1: Free Republic Caucus 2016 threads, most recent 15 days

Date	Voting thread	Discussion thread	Results [on www.hotr.us]	Sequence no.
2/21	[link]	[link]	[available later]	33
2/20	[link]	[link]	[link]	32
2/19	[link]	[link]	[link]	31
2/18	[link]	[link]	[link]	30
2/17	[link]	[link]	[link]	29
2/16	[link]	[link]	[link]	28
2/15	[link]	[link]	[link]	27
2/14	[link]	[link]	[link]	26
2/13	[link]	[link]	[link]	25
2/12	[link]	[link]	[link]	24
2/11	[link]	[link]	[link]	23
2/10	[link]	[link]	[link]	22
2/09	[link]	[link]	[link]	21
2/08	[link]	[link]	[link]	20
2/07	[link]	[link]	[link]	19

Table 2: tables with older threads

Dates	Table	Sequence nos.
2/03 - 2/17	[link]	15-29
1/27 - 2/10	[link]	8-22
1/20 - 2/03	[link]	1-15

[Windflier]

Wow. Cruz fell off a cliff last night in the FR caucus. Looks like about a 10 point drop.

I wonder if the usual Cruz voters sensed what was about to happen in SC today?

[Vision Thing]

Cruz actually gained a vote over his total from the previous night.

The difference is in the surge of votes for Trump. That raised his share of the votes significantly.

[Windflier]

Thank you. I didn’t note the actual vote totals.

That says something entirely different. It tends to indicate that there’s something of a ‘sleeper’ vote in Trump’s reserve, while Cruz’s support is already at full strength.

[SMGFan]

I am a Conservative and have no problem with Trump. but

Young Conservative blogger working at https://twitter.com/LeadershipInst with 39k+ is clearly frustrated with Trump win.
https://twitter.com/Gabby_Hoffman
Gabriella “Hoffman ‏@Gabby_Hoffman · 7h7 hours ago

God help us ... A Democrat has won the GOP contest in SC.”

meanwhile https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/with_repliesis pleased with Trump win.

Well, I sit here on the sides waiting until June.

[Marie]

I think that the negativity of the Cruz campaign on FR is turning people off.

I wish they’d work harder hyping their candidate’s positives rather than tearing people down personally. It’s fine to defend your candidate. Necessary, actually. But with facts - not just feeling.

Honestly, I see relatively little *positive* about Cruz. Lots of anger. They aren’t having fun with this election and it shows.

A tone of hostility doesn’t win over voters.

[Windflier]

The negativity amongst the more rabid wing of Cruz supporters is most definitely a major turn-off to lots of regulars. I went quiet for some weeks, when it first got really bad here. It was such a huge change of atmosphere, I barely felt comfortable reading the threads, let alone, posting my thoughts.

Many of us have recently begun remarking that it will be such a relief to get past the first few primary states, just so this place can settle back into some semblance of sanity.

With Ted’s huge loss in South Carolina, and his near certain impending loss in Nevada, maybe things will finally mellow out. At least a bit.

[KGeorge]

:-D Doesn’t hurt that the weather’s been great, either.

I suppose I must commiserate with the Cruz supporters & I won’t complain about that.
Life is certainly good for us Trumpanzees.

Hope y’all have a great week!

[Windflier]

:-D Doesn’t hurt that the weather’s been great, either.

We're finally getting some rain this evening. Coming down good and steady, which is what we've been needing.

[KGeorge]

I’m tapping my foot, waiting, down here. Hopefully, it’s not just empty promises.
Man, it’s GREAT to be warm!
We are ready to hit the patio in the evenings.