2016 Postmortem

magical thyme

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35. from 61+% in April and May down to mid-40s by Sept is a pretty significant drop, dontcha think?

Tue Sep 22, 2015, 04:29 PM

Sep 2015

25% drop in 4 months. If it were the stock market, it would be well past a correction and into bear market and recession territory.

So how much of a drop would it take to qualify as tanking?

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Hillary Had All the Marbles on Her Side of the Table Yet She's STILL Tanking [View all] Le Taz Hot Sep 2015 OP

Define "tanking." Garrett78 Sep 2015 #1

In September 2015, Super Tuesday is Charlie Brown in the pumpkin patch. morningfog Sep 2015 #3

Wait a minute Flying Squirrel Sep 2015 #22

AAAUGH! morningfog Sep 2015 #23

. merrily Sep 2015 #24

Super Tuesday's Mar. 1--that's quite a long time for people to get to know her MisterP Sep 2015 #12

Oh...people know her...BOY do people know her! SoapBox Sep 2015 #18

Yeah, I don't know how much more known she can get. Garrett78 Sep 2015 #20

She had 95% name recognition before announcing. That's just about every adult not on life support. merrily Sep 2015 #25

Know her all too well. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2015 #28

The reason she's tanking is hifiguy Sep 2015 #69

from 61+% in April and May down to mid-40s by Sept is a pretty significant drop, dontcha think? magical thyme Sep 2015 #35

I'd suggest that polling in April or May... Garrett78 Sep 2015 #40

and I'd suggest that polling in April or May gives a baseline. magical thyme Sep 2015 #42

The trajectory still points to a Clinton victory... Garrett78 Sep 2015 #47

We are in it to win it ... To the very end Trajan Sep 2015 #55

+1 jwirr Sep 2015 #65

She's tanking in large part because of those collected marbles. morningfog Sep 2015 #2

The contrast with Bernie is startling. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2015 #29

silly, she is not tanking and you look foolish for saying it. Walker and Perry tanked as examples riversedge Sep 2015 #59

.... sheshe2 Sep 2015 #4

That its September 2015 and she hasn't even started campaigning yet? SonderWoman Sep 2015 #5

I wish she would! morningfog Sep 2015 #8

While it's absurd to suggest Clinton is tanking... Garrett78 Sep 2015 #9

She's not spending a dime of her campaign warchest ConservativeDemocrat Sep 2015 #17

She's spending a lot of time and money campaigning in the primary. Garrett78 Sep 2015 #19

What she's done so far is 10% of her total campaign spend ConservativeDemocrat Sep 2015 #34

No, but Sonder did. Garrett78 Sep 2015 #38

She's going to be increasing her burn rate Brock Kentman Sep 2015 #66

LOL! She's been campaigning since at least 1985. merrily Sep 2015 #26

she announced back in the spring and has had 3 or 4 reboots since then. magical thyme Sep 2015 #36

Tanking and still a virtually unchallenged front runner. NCTraveler Sep 2015 #6

Yeppurs! NanceGreggs Sep 2015 #7

Tanking~ sheshe2 Sep 2015 #10

Not good enough, George. Romulox Sep 2015 #50

Takei is going to reverse his endorsement soon Brock Kentman Sep 2015 #67

Logic mcar Sep 2015 #11

Hillary will be THANKING her campaign workers after Super Tuesday oasis Sep 2015 #14

LOL mcar Sep 2015 #31

Facts LondonReign2 Sep 2015 #62

This is not the picture of a healthy campaign jeff47 Sep 2015 #13

Oh, but cut that down to a week or two and you reveal the hidden magic! Ed Suspicious Sep 2015 #15

I'd say that ... NanceGreggs Sep 2015 #71

Only if Team Clinton can stop that cliff at the end. jeff47 Sep 2015 #72

I just don't Flatpicker Sep 2015 #16

More importantly, the general. The more exposure people have to her, the more her #s have decreased merrily Sep 2015 #27

I recall 2007 nitpicker Sep 2015 #30

When your campaign has to change direction to plan spontaneity and "heart," you just might have merrily Sep 2015 #33

when your campaign spends $4M on advertising in NH and your polls drop as a result magical thyme Sep 2015 #37

Exactly. kenfrequed Sep 2015 #54

So how many 25,000 person rallies has she held? SoapBox Sep 2015 #21

The DNC would much rather have a republican win Lorien Sep 2015 #46

It's true. hifiguy Sep 2015 #70

Hi DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2015 #32

No, she isn't ismnotwasm Sep 2015 #39

Yep..... Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2015 #41

She's not tanking. Raine1967 Sep 2015 #43

Read the fine print. They polled less than 400 people Lorien Sep 2015 #45

Now she has fake CNN polls on her side Lorien Sep 2015 #44

As a Bernie supporter, I've got to say I like where Hill is heading, especially on Keystone. grahamhgreen Sep 2015 #48

Don't get too excited. Maedhros Sep 2015 #52

Oil prices are down so Keystone is on hold anyway Lorien Sep 2015 #58

She's a one of the weakest candidates in recent memory, given her financier backing. nt Romulox Sep 2015 #49

Tanking?? She is comforatably ahead of all contenders... including Biden. DCBob Sep 2015 #51

She was supposed to sleepwalk to the nomination unopposed! AgingAmerican Sep 2015 #53

And many of the voters she is taking for granted do not like jwirr Sep 2015 #68

the only person changing people's mind about Hillary Clinton olddots Sep 2015 #56

I'm still honestly trying to understand why any non-right winger Lorien Sep 2015 #57

It tells you that women still have a long way to go. Keep fighting, Clinton! McCamy Taylor Sep 2015 #60

Tanking = winning the nomination easy workinclasszero Sep 2015 #61

At this point she looks okay sadoldgirl Sep 2015 #63

What you are describing is a rigged election. Votes do not jwirr Sep 2015 #64