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In reply to the discussion: Someone please reassure me [View all]Dems to Win
(2,161 posts)I have no clue who will get the most votes. It all depends on who turns up to vote and who stays home.
It will be an ugly, personal campaign. The uglier it is, the more that turnout is depressed, as some people just turn off the whole damn thing. Low turnout hurts Democrats.
Some people will crawl through glass to vote against Hillary. Some people will crawl through glass to vote against Trump. Some people will look at the pictures of Trump/Clinton smiling at his wedding and conclude they won't vote for either member of 'the club.'
Schwarzenegger won the governorship in California when no other Republican could get elected statewide. Don't underestimate the power of celebrity.
Trump rails against bad trade deals, while Democrats have likely chosen as their nominee the wife of the guy who signed NAFTA. People in economic despair have nothing but bad choices available. So how will they vote, if at all?
One thing you might find reassuring, though I don't like it one bit: the people who rig the voting machines will likely do so in favor of Clinton, not Trump. She's the one in the race most likely to feed the military industrial complex, funnel lots of money to Wall Street, and keep the gravy train rolling along as usual for the 1%.
So, it's a confusing toss-up of crazy factors. Either could get the most votes, but I guess I'll go with Clinton being declared the winner. The Establishment is firmly on her side, and she'll get all the breaks they can give her, including election fraud.