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Stinky The Clown

(67,807 posts)
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 12:43 PM Aug 2016

As reported on CNN, according to polls today Trump is behind in every battleground state

The closest is a +2 for Clinton in Iowa (although other polls have her up closer to 6 and 8 points). He has double digit negative margins elsewhere. His getting clock cleaned in North Carolina. In fact, NC is looking very good for Dems with the governor and senate races way up for the Dems.

Utah is still close. So is Georgia.

It is a truly amazing electoral map.

Larry Sabato has been calling for a minimum of about 350 EVs for Clinton and just today said it would not surprise him to see her top 400.

Think about that.

Our part is to MAKE SURE it happens. Phone bank, work the polls. Walk neighborhoods. The STC family is doing it already.

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As reported on CNN, according to polls today Trump is behind in every battleground state (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Aug 2016 OP
Get Out the Vote! Complacency is fatal. yardwork Aug 2016 #1
+1000! sheshe2 Aug 2016 #8
I cannot WAIT to cast my vote against Trump! Chemisse Aug 2016 #26
Its a two'fer for me madokie Aug 2016 #36
He said that there was a better chance of her hitting 400 than losing. Renew Deal Aug 2016 #2
Trump Just Insulted The Folks Of Utah Yallow Aug 2016 #15
I'm sure that will go over really well. NewJeffCT Aug 2016 #17
link? getagrip_already Aug 2016 #28
Also due to the incompetence of the trump campaign maryellen99 Aug 2016 #3
And I don't think Trump has the discipline to change his style or campaign book_worm Aug 2016 #5
there is supposed to be some emergency meeting between drumpy and rnc to alter niyad Aug 2016 #7
There is a meeting scheduled, Stonepounder Aug 2016 #14
Trump is the best at changing NewJeffCT Aug 2016 #18
I donate Johnny2X2X Aug 2016 #4
Before labor day MFM008 Aug 2016 #16
Push hard for the landslide! world wide wally Aug 2016 #6
Eyes on the prize everyone. sheshe2 Aug 2016 #9
Which is EXACTLY the point of the OP! Stinky The Clown Aug 2016 #10
Yup! sheshe2 Aug 2016 #12
That He Is Not Behind In Every State Is An Indictment On Those Outliers colsohlibgal Aug 2016 #11
Are we all signed up for GOTV? Dawson Leery Aug 2016 #13
Voters to Trump: OldRedneck Aug 2016 #19
I appreciate your fine post but I would love to see a link to the polls you are mentioning. StevieM Aug 2016 #20
Here, I'll start you out Stinky The Clown Aug 2016 #25
Thanks for the great link!! (eom) StevieM Aug 2016 #31
Make America Even Greater - Elect Hillary!!! Gamecock Lefty Aug 2016 #21
I want him to lose bigly!!! Historic NY Aug 2016 #22
Recommend based on Lat paragraph LostinRed Aug 2016 #23
no good enough. she should be winning EVERYWHERE against lying shitbag. pansypoo53219 Aug 2016 #24
Massive Republican vote suppression program is already in place.... Hacking_Democracy Aug 2016 #27
Mississippi Clinton is getting pretty close to surpassing Trump LynneSin Aug 2016 #29
Great News About NC! LonghornJack Aug 2016 #30
Trump is behind in *every* battleground state? Blue_Tires Aug 2016 #32
well....awwwwwwww Rex Aug 2016 #33
K and R!!!!!!!!!! senseandsensibility Aug 2016 #34
This is fantastic news axiom3 Aug 2016 #35
South Carolina is really close...according to Electoral vote.com. roamer65 Aug 2016 #37

yardwork

(61,622 posts)
1. Get Out the Vote! Complacency is fatal.
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 12:47 PM
Aug 2016

If Democrats assume that Hillary will win and don't bother to vote, then disaster falls.

It's also essential to get Democrats elected to the House, Senate, and at the state level - governors and state legislatures.

Time to take back our country.

madokie

(51,076 posts)
36. Its a two'fer for me
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 07:06 PM
Aug 2016

I get to Vote for Hillary and vote against tRump. both at the same time, same ballot. YES

Renew Deal

(81,860 posts)
2. He said that there was a better chance of her hitting 400 than losing.
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 12:48 PM
Aug 2016

But if Utah is a battleground state, Trump is DOA.

For Hillary to hit 400 she needs every swing state plus UT, GA, SC, and an elector from NE.

maryellen99

(3,789 posts)
3. Also due to the incompetence of the trump campaign
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 12:50 PM
Aug 2016

If they had any common sense(which they don't), he wouldn't be holding rallies in NY,CA,ME,and CT.

I've heard the GOP is pissed at him for having a rally in Connecticut.

niyad

(113,323 posts)
7. there is supposed to be some emergency meeting between drumpy and rnc to alter
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 01:03 PM
Aug 2016

the path of his campaign. this should prove interesting.

Stonepounder

(4,033 posts)
14. There is a meeting scheduled,
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 01:29 PM
Aug 2016

but the word is that tRump won't be attending. I guess he either doesn't feel the need to change, or knows he is incapable of change.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
18. Trump is the best at changing
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 02:05 PM
Aug 2016

the best. He is great at change, believe me. The best.

But, honestly, I think he believes he doesn't need to change. I mean, look at the crowds and their enthusiasm!

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
4. I donate
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 12:54 PM
Aug 2016

Every time Trump says something idiotic I donate $8 or $10, I might have to start dipping into my retirement before October.

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
11. That He Is Not Behind In Every State Is An Indictment On Those Outliers
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 01:11 PM
Aug 2016

You just about have to be certifiable to vote for that sideshow. A mind is a terrible thing to waste indeed.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
13. Are we all signed up for GOTV?
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 01:27 PM
Aug 2016

Door to door, phone, bank, internet, register voters, talk to people. Get those numbers up. We need the congress with us.
A Blue wave may be coming!

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
20. I appreciate your fine post but I would love to see a link to the polls you are mentioning.
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 02:13 PM
Aug 2016

It would be nice to see the numbers in the various states.

Stinky The Clown

(67,807 posts)
25. Here, I'll start you out
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 02:49 PM
Aug 2016
http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/

As said, the story was heard on CNN. They often come up in the google machine. Since I heard it live, I didn't chase a link.

Bookmark Larry Sabato's site (at the link, above) if you wanna see polls. You can also go to 538.com.

LostinRed

(840 posts)
23. Recommend based on Lat paragraph
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 02:44 PM
Aug 2016

Even though the polls look good we still need people's vote. Don't get complacent.

27. Massive Republican vote suppression program is already in place....
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 02:57 PM
Aug 2016

The investigative journalist Greg Palast - who exposed Jeb Bush and Katherine Harris's so called 'felon' purge of 58,000 innocent African American voters from the voting rolls in Florida in 2000 - has been working to uncover a sinister computer program that the Republican party is using in 27 states to remove millions of innocent registered voters from the voting rolls in time for this November's election.

It's called the 'Interstate Crosscheck Program'. It targets people who have the same surnames as people in other states and it designates them as suspected felons who it decides have voted twice in elections (falsely saying they voted once in one state and again in a different state in the same election). It targets African Americans, Hispanics and American Asian people many more times than others because these people share a very large number of the same surnames. The program produces a staggering number of false positive matches which are likely to result in mostly Democrat voters being removed from the voter rolls.
Palast says the number of innocent voters who may be removed from the voter rolls is approximately 7.2 million.

http://www.gregpalast.com/look-up-your-name-on-the-crosscheck-voter-purge-list/

The states that are running this voter purge computer program are:
Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts,
Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia. (And I have heard that now Montana is too).

LonghornJack

(136 posts)
30. Great News About NC!
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 03:26 PM
Aug 2016

STC, great news all around regarding electoral votes and down-ballot races.

I am really stoked to hear about North Carolina, especially the Senate race!

What's your source for the info on the Burr-Ross race? Electoral-vote.com still shows Burr ahead.

Thanks.

LHJ

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
32. Trump is behind in *every* battleground state?
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 05:46 PM
Aug 2016

Guess this means it's time for Assange to feed some more stolen DNC files to his cronies in the media...

Monday surprise, anyone?

 

axiom3

(54 posts)
35. This is fantastic news
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 06:55 PM
Aug 2016

Not only is Donald falling behind in all of the swing states, he is also losing ground in several states that are strongholds for the GOP. At this point, unless he somehow flips several blue states, he has no shot at winning the election. I'm really looking forward to a 400+ EV landslide for Hillary.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
37. South Carolina is really close...according to Electoral vote.com.
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 07:27 PM
Aug 2016

If he can't win big in SC he's toast.

My guess is Lindsay Graham is working to screw him good.

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