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You come to the conclusion that millions of people either did not go to vote, they boycotted the elections, or they spoiled their ballot papers when they did go to the polling stations. so there is quite a lot of protest votes there. it means a good chunk of the iranian population is disenchanted, seriously, discontented, and they feel left out of the political process and that is dangerous in iran. iran is reeling under the terrible economic crisis brought about by mismanagement in a big way an...

Where a majority voted to remain, and doing very well in local elections, and now we are beginning to see some of that in parliamentary elections and by—elections. labour did quite well in some southern seats as well with the mayoral contest, and perhaps we are beginning to see a realignment of british politics. but it could be slower in the south and not as spectacular as in the north, conservatives gaining more in the north than they are losing in the south. it is worth putting on another ca...

Voted for donald trump. you dont need to turn them around. but if he loses 1%, 2% of the vote in northern wisconsin, people disgusted by what they are seeing, that is going to flip the state. its all about the electoral college and will all be decided by those states he won by very, very narrow margins. going back to this issue of the primary, you know, these candidates become vehicles. none of them are going to beat donald trump and none will be president. they are vehicles for protest votes. t...

>> i think they have to keep that in mind. probably talking about 3% to 5%. that is enough to flip states like pennsylvania, michigan, and wisconsin. there are the romney/clinton voters, people who voted for barack obama twice and then voted for donald trump. if he loses 1%, 2% of the vote in northern wisconsin, people disgusted by what they are seeing, that is going to flip the state. its all about the electoral college and will all be decided by those states he won by very, very narrow margins...

There are the romney/clinton voters, people who voted for barack obama twice and then voted for donald trump. if he loses 1%, 2% of the vote in northern wisconsin, people disgusted by what they are seeing, that is going to flip the state. its all about the electoral college and will all be decided by those states he won by very, very narrow margins. going back to this issue of the primary, you know, these candidates become vehicles. none of them are going to beat donald trump and none will be pr...

Are in what has moved you to run when it comes to the president. have you reached out to him at all or he to you? >> in the past, not recently. im all for justin amash. i think hes likely to run for president as a libertarian. >> thats what i was going to ask you. >> i think hes likely to get the nomination. you know, i ran last time there and our votes came directly out of mr. trump because they were protest votes and change votes. thats what libertarian votes are. none of them were going to co...

A.b. stoddard, associated editor at real clear politics. mollie hemingway, senior editor at "the federalist." welcome to all of you. byron, theres a lot of money for defense, domestic money. what is it doing to the budget deficit in the long term? makes the budget figure and the deficit bigger. no doubt about that. what it shows is a lot of lawmakers dont want another government shutdown and they are tired from staggering from one continuing resolution to another. the government is going to shut...

The republican congressional leadership goes deeper than any sort of personality cult around donald trump. at the same time, i dont think trump will pay much of a price for endorsing moores opponent. the fact is these are all protest votes without much of a coherent, positive agenda. and as we have seen, that clearly has its limitations, to say the least. >> well, i think what he stands for is a real abomination. i think that any day when you have someone like corker saying they would leave the ...

>> look, if the republicans have a plan, prove it. show it to us. they have had six years to come up with a replacement to coalesce around any sort of replacement, and they have not. i have to sit back and laugh a little bit at the democrats because for years, republicans have tried to use this as a political cudgel against democrats, and now, they are getting a taste of their own medicine. it is one thing to cast dozens and dozens of protest votes for repeal that you know the president wont sig...

>> youve called this election one of the greatest protest votes of all time. donald trump tweeted after he won, the forgotten man and woman will never be forgotten again. he had a message and a movement. a wave that resonated with much of this country, much of were sitting in nebraska. and i wonder why you think he was able to speak so effectively to men and women who feel left behind by this economy, the growth isnt as inclusive enough for them. >> they had a choice of two candidates, and i thi...