2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIf anybody ever feels worried about the election, look at this
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential-polls-forecast.html?_r=0Currently 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.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)Farmgirl1961
(1,663 posts)the plain fact of the matter is that I want Drumpf's chances to be down to ZILCHO.
barbtries
(31,215 posts)GOTV!!!!!!!
Brainstormy
(2,530 posts)I DO get worried now and then.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)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.
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)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.
Bernardo de La Paz
(60,320 posts)Dems just need to take care of their own business and make it happen with GOTV!!!!! WE can make it happen!!
getagrip_already
(17,802 posts)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)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.
MoonRiver
(36,975 posts)nolabels
(13,133 posts)Animal Farm (1954 - Cartoon) George Orwell
IrishEyes
(3,275 posts)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)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
