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2016 Postmortem

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

10. More people have voted for Trump than Clinton.

Reply to YouDig (Reply #4)

Wed May 18, 2016, 06:30 PM

May 2016

You do realize that Indrpendants outnumber both Republicsns and Democrats, and dislike Trump AND Clinton? But hey, let's nominate a candidate with historically low favorability ratings. Just goes to show that just because party leadership is adept at being bought by corporate $, doesn't mean they're particularly smart.

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Only Bernie Sanders CAN Beat Trump [View all] Databuser May 2016 OP

General election polls mean little this far out. Sanders' numbers are better mainly because he hasn' Metric System May 2016 #1

This is very true RogueTrooper May 2016 #18

But it's HER turn... HooptieWagon May 2016 #2

But people voted for her a lot more than Bernie. Why do Bernie people always leave that YouDig May 2016 #4

Because they think they are better than everybody else. DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #7

More people have voted for Trump than Clinton. HooptieWagon May 2016 #10

Not for the Democratic nominee, and I don't think that's true overall. YouDig May 2016 #13

They know all that, It's not on the Script that they are given. bahrbearian May 2016 #14

Actually, latest polls show Hillary also beats Trump. madamesilverspurs May 2016 #3

An old Rasmussen poll at that Doctor Jack May 2016 #8

Clinton is up by quite a bit Doctor Jack May 2016 #5

It will take both to beat Trump. kentuck May 2016 #6

How can anyone seriously consider voting for Trump? oberliner May 2016 #9

He is mostly stuck at around 39% Doctor Jack May 2016 #11

Meaningless Demsrule86 May 2016 #12

Give it up calguy May 2016 #15

Democrats are choosing the weaker candidate. LOL Cheese Sandwich May 2016 #16

I see Sanders as stronger against the entire Republican field *except* Trump Recursion May 2016 #17