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Johonny

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9. Typically undecided voters swing in the last 2 months of an election. They swing to the winner
Wed Mar 16, 2016, 01:50 PM
Mar 2016

Not a bold statement by me. The point is there is an alarming number of people every election cycle that don't care about politics and don't actually understand politics at all. They tend to swing hard near the end of the election for the person that feels like the winner.

If we want good news it is we're pretty far into this and while Hillary is pulling in that "winner" feel (if people here at DU like it or not Trump is still stuck winning by default in elections where no one seems able to broaden appeal. In other words, he's attracted the GOP people that want a winner, the media seems to label him a winner, but the electoral base of his own party seems to think he's iffy. He's polling with huge negatives. Look at his male/female GOP voter splits in the past few weeks. That's going to hurt him in the GE. Women don't think he's a winner. His act has limited appeal. It maybe no matter how much the media carries his water, his act has limits.

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