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In reply to the discussion: The inevitable Hillary will lead to President Rand Paul. [View all]Savannahmann
(3,891 posts)NSA surveillance abuses is opposed by 59% of the population. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/10/nsa-poll_n_5572153.html
A mere 17% of the people supported the war in Afghanistan just last year. No worries, I'm sure they'll come around and jump on the war bandwagon once they see Hillary is onboard. http://swampland.time.com/2013/12/30/support-for-afghanistan-war-hits-new-low/
54% of the people think that the militarization of the police has gone too far. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/21/police-militarization-poll_n_5697852.html
59% of people support legalization of Marijuana. http://www.gallup.com/poll/165539/first-time-americans-favor-legalizing-marijuana.aspx
Economic issues continue to be the most important issue according to polling. http://www.gallup.com/poll/1675/most-important-problem.aspx
So if Rand Paul comes up with an even half way cogent plan for the economy, he'll be on the populist side of how many issues?
All that is left is immigration. And nearly half the people want the undocumented children deported right away. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/16/immigration-poll_n_5589010.html
So we now are left with the Democratic Party on the unpopular side of how many issues with Hillary? Tell me again how she wins the election without serious changes to her policies?
The good news is more people support Israel, for now. http://thehill.com/policy/international/214173-poll-finds-majority-in-us-support
So Hillary is on the more popular side of that issue.
So our election strategy is to take the unpopular side on as many issues as possible and hope that people choose Hillary because of name recognition. If we can get Hillary to insult some minorities and the GLBT community we can probably wrap up the Pat Buchanan vote.