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In reply to the discussion: Okay. So what if it's Hillary against Trump? What happens? [View all]EdwardBernays
(3,343 posts)She's got endless baggage, with more coming in the next few months.
She's a poor candidate.
National polls are moving away from her.
Over half of the country have an unfavourable opinion of her.
Almost 2/3 DEMOCRATS find her untrustworthy, and MOST of them haven't heard the worst stuff about her yet.
She's running a scortched earth campaign against Sanders and his supporters, driving down their numbers at the election.
She's a lighting rod for the right and will drive up their voter numbers.
Trump doesn't have to spend money to get endless media attention, much of it positive.
Clinton has a knack for blowing through large sums of money without getting very much, and the press has a laundry list of negatives to ask her about.
She is a tense an combative interviewee when she's back-footed - which is becoming more frequent.
She is not seen as particularly progressive by many Dems, and many Dems think her current positions are... unreliable predictors of her future behaviour.
She's seen as the ultimate insider in an outsider year in politics.
She's seen as taking endless cash from lobbyists and corporations for her campaign, and as corrupt. Trump is self-financing and many many people believe he just says what he wants and isn't beholden to anyone.
Many many voters will see this as a lesser of two evils campaign, and will look at Hillary as the greater evil, especially considering Libya, and Iraq, and all the corruption and distrust.