• ToixStory
    +2

    That's what I've always heard. A lot of people will run who have no chance of winning, but it might boost their chances of keeping whatever office they already have, get new voters, get longtime supporters, and make them a possible candidate in later elections. Politics is complicated because the people who "lose" the candidacy will likely come away as better off than if they had not run at all.

    • Urbanknight4
      +4

      Except Trump. If he loses this race, he's gonna be bailing water from a sinking ship. The business side of things with him never were kosher, but now that he took a dump on them intentionally, he's gonna have to pull a hat trick to make them profitable again.

      • ColdwaterQ
        +3

        To be fair, doesn't he declares bankruptcy quite often.

        • Urbanknight4
          +2

          If he does, then that just shows how terrible he is at being rich.

        • ColdwaterQ
          +3
          @Urbanknight4 -

          So I just looked and it appears that he has not declared bankruptcy, but he has had four businesses declare bankruptcy. Which is probably worse because that means he pays himself so he always has money but drives the things he leads into the ground some times. That is not something I want my president to do.

        • Urbanknight4 (edited 8 years ago)
          +3
          @ColdwaterQ -

          It's a pity he's leading... I don't want most of the 21 dudes to win.