To think mumsnet should be opening supporting Hillary

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There is a real chance that trump could get in now. Hillary clearly has fab policy's for paid maternity leave, equal pay, and a rock solid record in fighting for women's equality. See the site shewinswewin.org/record-of-achievement/

Has MN publicly endorsed her? With millions of users across the world many will be in the US.

What a crazy idea! Of course MN must remain neutral on politics whether in the UK or anywhere else.

Fortunately as this is a free country we are all free to express our own opinions, and we should use that freedom so that we don't lose it. I see that Turkey is still busy shutting down every form of free speech.

With regard to the US, I agree with previous posters that both candidates are awful. I fear the worst whichever wins.

Are you a shill, OP? I'd rather hack my left leg off with a rusty saw than support Hillary or The Other One.

Mumsnet is uk based and I don't think that the site should express an official opinion on the candidates in a foreign election. I hope Hilary Clinton wins because Donald Trump is a scarily bad idea. It's depressing that neither the democrats nor the republicans could produce a better candidate.

Fortunately as this is a free country we are all free to express our own opinions, and we should use that freedom so that we don't lose it.

^ This, this, and this again.

Don't be ridiculous, of course they shouldnt be. You need to get yourself over to claig's US election threads, there is support for Trump over there and everyone is entitled to an opinion, even if it isn't yours or my opinion.

MN to openly support a political party or candidate (even if it is the US) is a downhill slope to anarchy on here!

NEWS JUST IN: oh this is a major coup for Hilary, if she wins this is the kind of endorsement that makes it into your winners speech, we've just got news that Hilary Clinton has just been endorsed by non others than MUMSNET, that's right the clearly globally and politically respected and important MN towers have endorsed Hilary, she may as well start writing her speech now.

It doesn't really matter who MN supports - it's not going to affect how the vast majority of Americans vote.

As an American I'm happy to be voting for Hillary.

It's posts like this that remind me how some MN overstate MN influence and Importanxe in every day life especially when speaking not in the U.K.

If anything you'd want MN to endorse trump, since I've been here any political vote has gone opposite to mainstream MN opinion

He wont win anyway. Surely.

He wont will he?

The political threads on here probably give the admin enough of a headache without actually endorsing any one candidate from any election and the inevitable shitstorm that would bring from members who disagree and the media. It's a mad idea, YABU.

Sorry but MN is a media organisation, it's what they do lend their support to someone. I'm not saying it will clinch it, but every little thing helps.

I never in a million years thought we would brexit, and it now looks like the worst person for the job could get into the white house.

Where are these claig election threats?

It's not looking in the least bit like Trump could win. He still has an almost impossible path to win the swing states.

It's not an equivalent to Brexit at all.

Yes, I heard on Fox News this morning that thousands of voters are still undecided as they don't know what Mumsnet's official stance is.

Clinton is the lesser of two evils but that doesn't make her a desirable candidate in my opinion.

OP here

This is the third or fourth thread

Sorry but MN is a media organisation, it's what they do lend their support to someone. I'm not saying it will clinch it, but every little thing helps.

Not everyone does and for someone like MN it wouldn't be advisable to alienate what's at the moment polling at around 46% although that's population as a whole and not the MN demographic.

and it now looks like the worst person for the job could get into the white house.

That's just opinion I dislike trump but that's still only my opinion, just as brexit i was a remainer but that didn't go my way

I've never known MN lend support to a particular political party. Social media suicide I would've thought!

OP as an overwhelmingly predominate UK site, you feel it has a place in US politic, what other countries should they endorse politic opinions?

Let's have an election debate style question:

"MN place and influence within the world"

Sorry but MN is a media organisation, it's what they do lend their support to someone

Actually it isn't what they do.

This is a broadly UK site.

It maybe your opinion that Trump is the worst person for the job. Many people would say he isn't.

It isn't for MN to make political stances imo.

rock solid record in fighting for women's equality.

Hahahahaha!

Dont be fooled by Hillary and her fake feminist credentials - she is way more dangerous than Trump and would have the world at war in the blink of an eye.
As for what happens to those who have a run in with the Clintons....hmm let's not go there.
Anyway it would be grossly inappropriate for a British parenting website to involve themselves with US politics.

this^^

and BTW if she was a man would you be supporting her?

trumps an arsehole, but who's the lesser of 2 evils? i find her like a stalky, scheming, bitch.
and all the talk of trumps attitude to women, not defending trump but is hillarys husband any better? how he was, and in denial?

maybe its not my place to say as Im not American myself, but i have friends over there and they hate both prospects, but would rather have Trump who at least is obvious, than a woman who (in their words) 'throws a stone then hides her hand'?

Sorry but MN is a media organisation, it's what they do lend their support to someone

I don't really know why this is expected and acceptable in the UK, but where I live it's seen as undesirable that any media organisation shows any preference for any candidate in any election.
They are expected to treat all candidates (or the main ones) similarly.

Endorsing by media is totally alien in some countries.

So OP you'd have MN endorse HRClinton ad - the LibDems?? or the Labour a? And Merkel or not? and Hollande or not? and LHR third runway or not??? And where should MN stand on Scottish Independence??

Can you see where this is going? There may be users who agree with you on one or two of those - but not all. So what.. then it is not our site anymore???

You have not thought this through. Others have made sensible points. perhaps admit it was a misguided idea?

Sorry - "Labour Party"

I'm voting Hillary but I don't see why a UK based website would endorse any candidate in a US election (or any foreign election for that matter). It's not a 'news' or 'media' website, it's a parenting forum. Have any UK news websites officially endorsed a candidate in a US election now or in the past? I've certainly never seen any US publications endorse candidates in foreign elections. Certainly I've seen them 'favour' or slant their articles, but not an official endorsement.

I quite like HRC (& I already voted for her!). I don't care who MN supports but prefer they have other priorities than politics (& half the campaigns they sign up to, really).