He is like 20 years too young for an American president
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I mean isn’t it somewhat late to join?
Not as an independent. And an independent would actually have one of the better chances in history of winning in 2024. Half of Republican voters would jump at any non-Democrat besides Trump. And Biden won 2020 largely on the back of being "not Trump", but isn't terribly popular with moderates or even many Democrats.
A solid middle of the road candidate could actually do it in 2024. No idea of Cuban is that guy, but being a household name helps a ton.
Don't think he really has a lane to run in 2024. He's not pulling much of Trump's core support, and while he might pull disaffected Republicans, primary polling suggests that's around 36% of Republican voters (assuming everyone but Trump and Ramaswamy voters are disaffected). Recent Polling from Gallup suggests that around 46.8% of the country consider themselves Republicans or Republican-leaning Independents, while about 45.5% of the country consider themselves Democrats or Democratic-leaning Independents.
So the disaffected Republicans give Cuban 16.8% of the voters, true Independents (those that expressed a lean towards neither the Democrats nor Republicans) give him another 6.75%. That gives him 23.55% of the voters, while Trump is sitting on 29.95% of the voters. That means to win the popular vote, he'd need to siphon off another 11% of voters from Biden. As Democrats and Democratic-leaning Independents are 45.5% of voters, that means he'd have to take 24% of the support from an incumbent president. Do you see a quarter of Biden voters abandoning him in a 3 way race that Trump is threatening to win? And given the polarization within many states, I don't think Cuban could win any but the most purple states.
If you look at a party lean index, and give Cuban every state that's within 5 points (excluding Florida because it's Trump's home state, but including Texas because it's Cuban's home state), he comes up with 179 electoral votes. Not sure I see a path for the remaining 91 electoral votes. If the election goes to the House, I do not see any path for Cuban to win the presidency.
He will not win many votes because both Republicans and Democrats are afraid that voting for an independent will result in the other major party's victory.
Same scenario happened in Utah in 2016 when Evan McMullin ran for president. While some polls showed him beating both Trump and Clinton in Utah, he ended up in 3rd with less than half of Trump's votes.
Too late to compete in a major party primary thanks to filing deadlines, not too late to run as an independent.
There's also a Texas governor's race in 2026.
Not if you're a Texas billionaire that can self-fund.
Not if he ran as an Independent.
I think he’s going big on pharma. He’s also committed to shark tank for another year so running wouldn’t make sense
Tbh even with the rumours he never really seemed the sort of person willing to put up with the bs that becoming the president would require.
I could be wrong but he seems like he'd rather relax than deal with that nonsense
He seems like the type of person that would continually flirt with running for president just to get the attention from it
Incidentally, we recently had one of those as president
He's too young for that
He should announce his plans to run for President of Basketball Operations
Sounds like someone thinking about running for president would say.
The other thought I had was, illness.
Nice return on the Mavs by Mark
I'm pretty sure it's financially impossible to lose money on a professional American sports team if you pay a reasonable price.
Say what you want about Biden, but atleast he dedicated his life to politics. I’m sick of tired of celebrities going into politics, it’s ridiculous. This isn’t high school, presidents should be voted based off popularity alone. It should most importantly be about choosing who you feel best suits you and your family.
who the fuck would want Cuban to run for president? the guy is a clown and wouldn't even make it onto the primary ballot.
He wants to build a casino for the team to play in. So he found casino owners to buy part of the team.
Jesus, that sounds so distopian. Is that for real?
This is why I absolutely don’t want a Vegas team because shit like this is a guarantee to come with it.
Vegas is gonna get a team tho. League only floated Mexico city and Nashville to drive up the expansion fees for Seattle and Vegas. When the league expands, those are the two cities getting teams.
Seattle absolutely deserves to get an nba team back, they should've never lost the sonics in the first place.
Vegas, not deserving, but it all comes down to $$$, so they will be getting a team.
He's been very vocal about wanting to do it with Sands specifically, now the Sands owners own a majority of the Mavs. You decide if it's real.
“My goal, and we’d partner with Las Vegas Sands, is when we build a new arena it’ll be in the middle of a resort and casino,” Cuban told The News. “That’s the mission.”
I see a lot of mention about a new stadium/casino/resort but have they said where in DFW it would be built?
No because they still have to bribe the politicians to even make it legal first. And they are locked into AAC til '31 They started on that, but Cuban ain't rich or powerful enough on his own.
fun fact, Las Vegas Sands doesn't even have a property in Vegas anymore. Just Macau and Singapore
yes, this appears to be the latest trend.
Mets owner is trying to build a casino next to Citi Field/the proposed NYCFC stadium, PGA Tour’s DraftKings Sportsbook at TPC Scottsdale, Grand Sierra Resort’s new arena for Nevada Men’s Basketball, (feels like Vegas pro teams deserve a mention surrounding this topic)
Why would he need to sell a majority stake in the team if that’s the only reason? Surely it’s possible to partner with a casino owner to build a casino without having to sell your team to them.
And he doesn't need the money, he is already loaded and having Casino income won't change his life. There has to be some other reason, I think the president thing may hold weight.
Do you think elon or bezos need money anymore? Yet they keep going for it. Its just another addiction , addiction to money and power
Isn't he also buying stakes in the company that is buying stakes in the mavs? Or am I misunderstanding
Seems unlikely that he would've sold to literally Trump's biggest donors if he was running against him in a primary/election.
2028 though, watch out world!
hes selling all of his assets because hes gonna have to pay up soon with hes failed crypto investments and such
Should do 2028. 24 would be too rushed
He knows the deal. He has to wait another 13 years until he is the right age to run for president.
Great! I had no plans to vote for him if he did.
And for that reason, he's out.
Appreciate the good news
Reddit wrong again how shocking
Thank God
Just like how I have no plans to jerk off when I get home from work. Doesn't mean I won't tho.
Jfc