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Even if Trump wins OH, FL, NC, IA, NV, AZ, GA, MO, and ME CD2, he'll still lose the election!
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Trumpster Fire!
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Date: August 22, 2016 11:09AM
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Re: Even if Trump wins OH, FL, NC, IA, NV, AZ, GA, MO, and ME CD2, he'll still lose the election!
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Gerrymanderer2
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Date: August 22, 2016 11:16AM
Virginia, our state is the back breaker for Republicans. I've always said that. It's why Kaine is VP.
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Re: Even if Trump wins OH, FL, NC, IA, NV, AZ, GA, MO, and ME CD2, he'll still lose the election!
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Bill.N.
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Date: August 22, 2016 11:33AM
It is still August. Trump's numbers are low but at this point Clinton isn't running away with the popular vote. Although unlikely there is still a possibility that events could happen that would put Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Colorado back in play.
It isn't just about who is president. It is also about who controls the House and Senate and who feels they have a mandate coming out of the election. If Clinton gets over 300 electoral votes, the Dems win the Senate and pick up seats in the House it would become hard for Republicans to argue they have a mandate for anything.
You are also building forward. If Republicans feel that North Carolina, Georgia, Texas and Arizona are safe they can throw more resources into Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Michigan in the next campaign.
It isn't just about who is president. It is also about who controls the House and Senate and who feels they have a mandate coming out of the election. If Clinton gets over 300 electoral votes, the Dems win the Senate and pick up seats in the House it would become hard for Republicans to argue they have a mandate for anything.
You are also building forward. If Republicans feel that North Carolina, Georgia, Texas and Arizona are safe they can throw more resources into Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Michigan in the next campaign.
Re: Even if Trump wins OH, FL, NC, IA, NV, AZ, GA, MO, and ME CD2, he'll still lose the election!
Posted by:
Realitist
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Date: August 22, 2016 11:37AM
Bill.N. Wrote:
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> Trump's numbers are low but at this point Clinton
> isn't running away with the popular vote.
We don't elect our President on the basis of popular vote, Bill.
> If Clinton gets over 300 electoral votes, the Dems
> win the Senate and pick up seats in the House it
> would become hard for Republicans to argue they
> have a mandate for anything.
And yet argue they would, cantankerous bastards that they are.
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> Trump's numbers are low but at this point Clinton
> isn't running away with the popular vote.
We don't elect our President on the basis of popular vote, Bill.
> If Clinton gets over 300 electoral votes, the Dems
> win the Senate and pick up seats in the House it
> would become hard for Republicans to argue they
> have a mandate for anything.
And yet argue they would, cantankerous bastards that they are.
Re: Even if Trump wins OH, FL, NC, IA, NV, AZ, GA, MO, and ME CD2, he'll still lose the election!
Posted by:
Doug Ose
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Date: August 22, 2016 02:40PM
Hopefully Trump can win Puerto Rico. This would be huge.
Re: Even if Trump wins OH, FL, NC, IA, NV, AZ, GA, MO, and ME CD2, he'll still lose the election!
Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: August 22, 2016 03:46PM
Realitist Wrote:
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> We don't elect our President on the basis of
> popular vote, Bill.
We don't, but we do select electors on the state level by popular vote. All the talk about how Clinton is trouncing Trump might lead you to believe Clinton is above 50% in many of those states. However look at states that are leaning Clinton and many of the polls show her pulling mid 40s. So if I were Clinton I'd still be making appearances in Philadelphia, Detroit, Norfolk and Milwaukee along with the trips to Atlanta, Miami and Phoenix.
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> We don't elect our President on the basis of
> popular vote, Bill.
We don't, but we do select electors on the state level by popular vote. All the talk about how Clinton is trouncing Trump might lead you to believe Clinton is above 50% in many of those states. However look at states that are leaning Clinton and many of the polls show her pulling mid 40s. So if I were Clinton I'd still be making appearances in Philadelphia, Detroit, Norfolk and Milwaukee along with the trips to Atlanta, Miami and Phoenix.