Do you really think Republicans aren't going to unite behind Trump?

[Skwmom]

Trump will give them something Republican voters have longed for - he will demolish the Clintons and a good portion of the Democratic Party along with them.

The more Trump hammers Clinton, the more they will unite.

[TDale313]

1. They absolutely will.

Our base will be demoralized and fractured and theirs will walk over broken glass for the chance to vote against Hillary.

[Skwmom]

2. The fact that they think Republican women will end up flocking to her is mind boggling.

Republican women will be a lot easier to turn away from Clinton than the Democrats because they have no party loyalty to the Dems and are more likely to believe what is said.

When I look at Trumps problem with women vs Hillary, I think she has a MUCH larger problem.

[AgerolanAmerican]

6. Trump's a bit of a chauvinist pig

but what he isn't is an enabler for a lifelong sexual predator.

It really just blows my mind that people want to relive this:

[Skwmom]

23. It is more than just that that will cause her a problem with women.

[Renew Deal]

3. And the more he attacks Hillary, he more democrats unite

[Exilednight]

29. I wouldn't get carried away with that belief.

If they attack Bill, yes we will. Everyone likes Bill.

If they attack Hillary, maybe not so much.

[Cosmocat]

35. I think that will effect the "middle"

and that is what this election will be about.

Just have to clear the conventions and let the dust settle a bit on our side.

But, I am pretty sure that he won't be able to help himself from acting like a complete jackass toward Hillary while she acts like an adult.

Most likely, that pushes that 15% or so uncommitted now more to her than him.

[morningfog]

4. Clinton unites the republicans. Trump simply benefits from it.

[One Black Sheep]

13. Yep, Hillary energizes the GOP base.

yet another reason she is a deeply flawed candidate

[HooptieWagon]

5. They absolutely will.

Trump may not be many Republicans favored candidate, but they'll crawl over broken glass and red-hot coals to vote against Clinton. In the meantime, Clinton and her surrogates have gone out of their way to insult, mock, and antagonize Democratic and Independent Ssnders supporters. Naturally, many now refuse to vote for Clinton under any circumstances...who can blame them? What the Clinton fan club is in complete and utter denial about is that most Sanders supporters see little difference between her and Trump. There's no bridging that gap.

[Renew Deal]

7. Have Sanders supporters done anything to insult, mock, and antagonize Hillary supporters?

The people that see little difference between Clinton and Trump are morons.

[HooptieWagon]

12. Following up your ? with an insult proves my point. QED. Nt

[Renew Deal]

14. I'm sorry, I did not intend to insult you.

You said: "most Sanders supporters see little difference between her and Trump."

Are you talking about yourself?

[2cannan]

8. Yes, they will. Republicans always put their party before their country. nt

[LenaBaby61]

9. Always...

KNEW the GOP would unite behind Trump. ALWAYS.

As for Sanders supporters not voting for Hillary Clinton, they must do what their conscience tells them to and if NOT voting for Clinton is what they feel, then don't vote for her. Simple as that.

[frylock]

10. It's already happening.

Meanwhile, Barbie Boxer is flipping the bird to Sanders supporters.

[Recursion]

11. They'll unite, and they'll lose. Same problem as the last two GOP nominees faced

There just aren't enough white people left to win a national election.

[Skwmom]

20. You really don't understand what is going on in this country if you think Trump is not going to be

able to get a certain percentage of minority votes.

[Recursion]

21. "Minority"? Sure, he'll probably do fairly well among south Asians

At least compared to Republicans generally. But "fairly well" means 18% or so, and that's a small demographic to begin with. That won't get him there, though. He'll be in single digits among African Americans, east Asians, and Latinos, and he can't overcome that.

[Skwmom]

22. Prepare yourself.

[Fumesucker]

27. I know a few black legal immigrants and they are like "build the wall"

They are very resentful of people "sneaking in" where they had to go through the fairly onerous immigration process.

It often seems there is no one more right wing than a recent immigrant, they feel that it is "American" to be a winger and culturally they usually lean quite conservative.

[Cosmocat]

36. His polling

with black americans is marginally higher than the past three R POTUS candidates ...

A few points at best.

[Fast Walker 52]

33. yep, not to mention the many many problems Trump himself has

[ibegurpard]

15. of course they will

They've already started.

[msongs]

16. do yu really think democrats arent going to unite behind hillary (except the extreme berninistas)?

[ThePhilosopher04]

19. Aren't enough Democrats and a decent percentage

would rather sit naked on a frozen pond in Siberia than ever step foot in a voting booth and pull a lever or push a touchscreen for Hillary Clinton. We've had disaster Republicans in office before, we don't need another one in Hillary Clinton. We can't afford more endless war and disastrous trade policies she's so eager to set forth on the nation.

[Fast Walker 52]

34. as opposed to the endless war and disastrous trade policies Trump will bring

not to mention the racism, and the massive financial uncertainty and complete lack of knowledge of world affairs. Anyone who think Trump wouldn't be a complete disaster and take this country down as POTUS is delusional. Hillary would at least be status quo.

[bettyellen]

17. Polls say most know little about Trump. He is going to be destroyed because no one can

take him seriously, no one will want that angry buffoon's finger on the button.

[Fumesucker]

25. How quickly we forget

[bettyellen]

38. hows that smug posting of memes working out for you?

I have to wonder do some of you know how campaigning (or talking to people) s actually done? It's not Snapchat.

[Fumesucker]

39. I'm not campaigning

I never expected Sanders to win in the first place, I gave him 25% odds at the best.

I am however pointing out that being an idiot is only a very minor impediment at worst to holding high office in America.

[bettyellen]

40. Idiot, I agree. Sexist and racist piece of shit, nope. Women and POC vote in greater numbers....

because our lives actually do depend on it. Have for a long time. We are the Dem base, and will not allow Trump to happen.
Why would idiocy - a common GOP affliction - be what stands out for you to describe this hateful bigot? Myopic at best.

[Fumesucker]

41. We know what your beloved Democrats did in 2000, left the Congressional Black Caucus hanging

Not even Al Gore would stand up for them in the Senate and it was his own damn campaign that got screwed.

[ThePhilosopher04]

18. It'll be more than Republicans if Camp WV and the DNC

keep up their bullshit.

[frustrated_lefty]

24. He'll gain the Indepedents too.

Dems are what, 30% of the electorate? A Trump presidency is going to be so embarrassing.

[highprincipleswork]

26. They absolutely will. Hopefully Democratic Party Leaders will finally realize it is better to work

together with people who identify as Progressives than against them, especially in a year when being Progressive-minded has been a winning selling point the whole campaign.

But maybe not, in which case the chips will fall where they may.

[6chars]

28. There's unity for ya!

[Exilednight]

30. will unite? .... They've already started. some of them are just

Taking a bit longer to walk back all those statements.

[pampango]

31. They will. The real question for them is "Is that enough?"

Their own post-mortem on 2012 was that they could not win the presidency with essentially a 'whites-only' campaign strategy - that they had to appeal more to women and minorities who are not part of the natural republican base.

Donald is trying to prove that post-mortem was wrong and that a 'whites-only' (largely, not totally, of course) will work at least on last time before demographics consume their party. I don't see how it works for Donald so I think our chances are good. But we have to take him very seriously because demagogues are great campaigners even when their actual policies - to the extent he has any - really suck and they would make horrible presidents.

[DinahMoeHum]

32. Sadly, they will. Playwright Tony Kushner said it in 2003. . .

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2003/11/tony-kushner-radical-pragmatist

(snip)
". . .here's the thing about politics: It's not an expression of your moral purity and your ethics and your probity and your fond dreams of some utopian future. Progressive people constantly fail to get this.

The GOP has developed a genius for falling into lockstep. . . They line up behind their candidate, grit their teeth, and help him win, no matter who he is. . ."
(snip)

[JRLeft]

37. Hillary will wipe the floor with him.