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minivan2

(214 posts)
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 04:39 PM Sep 2016

If anybody ever feels worried about the election, look at this

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential-polls-forecast.html?_r=0

Currently it's giving Hillary an 80% chance of winning compared to the annoying orange's 20%. But the cool thing is at the bottom of the page where you can see what states Hillary would have to win to become pres. She has over 1,000 ways to win while Drumpf only has 54 ways. It really makes me feel better about the election.
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If anybody ever feels worried about the election, look at this (Original Post) minivan2 Sep 2016 OP
Thank you fun n serious Sep 2016 #1
This is awesome and does make me feel better...but Farmgirl1961 Sep 2016 #2
we'll have to wait until Nov 8 for that. barbtries Sep 2016 #16
thank you, thank you, thank you. Brainstormy Sep 2016 #3
Plus it will take a long long time for the GOP to recover vlyons Sep 2016 #4
Not enough to merely win. Trump & GOP need to be CRUSHED to make another Trump impossible. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2016 #5
Agreed... awoke_in_2003 Sep 2016 #10
Yes. Crush Trump and it will humiliate the media too. Shame them into responsibility. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2016 #11
GOTV!! aeroman Sep 2016 #6
repeat after me... getagrip_already Sep 2016 #7
Good - but we should take nothing for granted. forest444 Sep 2016 #8
SWEET! MoonRiver Sep 2016 #9
I am worried that there is farm animal on the ballot that doesn't belong nolabels Sep 2016 #12
Thank you. IrishEyes Sep 2016 #13
Decided to check out PPP. WinstonSmith4740 Sep 2016 #14
+1, she also is ahead in point spread of Obama at this time in the race iirc uponit7771 Sep 2016 #15

Farmgirl1961

(1,663 posts)
2. This is awesome and does make me feel better...but
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 04:45 PM
Sep 2016

the plain fact of the matter is that I want Drumpf's chances to be down to ZILCHO.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
4. Plus it will take a long long time for the GOP to recover
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 04:51 PM
Sep 2016

For the last several Prez election cycles, the GOP has offered nothing but unacceptable clowns as primary candidates. This cycle, their candidate is not only an unacceptable clown, but a DEPLORABLY immoral man as well. I could make the argument that the last time the GOP won the white house, that candidate was an incompetent clown. So it's been a long, long time since the GOP put up a viable candidate. People are sick of it, and sick of the obvious and vicious obstruction of the GOP congress.

The GOP must make a choice. Either reform their party to appeal to people, who want to see broken stuff get addressed and fixed, get unglued from white supremacists, and stop these relentless wars, or never win the white house again. If the GOP keeps going with the same types of clown candidates that they've had in the past, the GOP will just shrink and shrink and shrink, because old white men are dying off. Frankly, I don't think they can reform themselves.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
10. Agreed...
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 06:34 PM
Sep 2016

it has to be a crushing defeat. The media is propping tRump and the GOP up too much. Just report the goddamn truth for once. If they did, the GOP would be in huge trouble for quite a while.

getagrip_already

(17,802 posts)
7. repeat after me...
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 06:02 PM
Sep 2016

I've said this before, several times, but....

The polls will tighten. They may even flip. Don't panic. Vote. Get everyone who agrees with you to vote.

The media has a very large vested interest in a horse race. They will see to it one way or another. And then they will spin the results to match what they want you to believe.

The "is hillary blowing this" headlines have already appeared. Next, you will see "how is hillary blowing this". Then, you will see how they knew all along how hillary would win.

It will take a lot more than a basket of deplorables to change the track. And that "thing" hasn't happened, and isn't visible.

GOTV!!!!!

forest444

(5,902 posts)
8. Good - but we should take nothing for granted.
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 06:26 PM
Sep 2016

Let's remember that if, God forbid, Trumpty gets in because enough Rethug governors steal the election in their respective states, the lamestream media will just adjust the exit polls to reflect these "results" after the fact.

nolabels

(13,133 posts)
12. I am worried that there is farm animal on the ballot that doesn't belong
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 07:03 PM
Sep 2016

Animal Farm (1954 - Cartoon) George Orwell

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
13. Thank you.
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 07:18 PM
Sep 2016

I had a mild panic attack about it a week ago. I don't know why. I know that she will win but the very, very slim chance of that disgusting orange blob anywhere near the white house scares me. I hope that we not only obliterate him but that we win back the senate as well so Hillary can get a lot more done.

WinstonSmith4740

(3,422 posts)
14. Decided to check out PPP.
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 08:07 PM
Sep 2016

Also a reason to think positively. I think we were all so excited about her huge bump from the convention, anything under an 8 point lead is scary. But this article, has a lot of good reasons to take a breath and unclench. The polls are from Virginia, but I think the reasoning works everywhere

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2016/09/clinton-leads-by-6-8-in-virginia.html#more

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