2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumIf You're Nervous About The Election, How Do You Think Rs Are Feeling?
The money question: would you switch places with the Republican Party heading into the GE? Think about it:
1. Rs have a baked in disadvantage in the Electoral College
2. More Americans are registered as Ds than Rs
3. Your presidential candidate:
- has 51% of the nation saying he's racist
- has never held public office
- is under investigation and is curently involved in court cases
- is a pathological liar and is now being identified as such in the media
- refuses to do any debate prep. He'll wing it!
- is deeply disliked by the majority of women and minorities
- has been exposed as a fraud and a cheat
- cannot stay on message or keep his idiocies at bay for more than a day at a time
4. Prominent Rs are coming out in support of Hillary and/or stating that they will not support Trump
5. Is being overwhelmed in fund-raising and in TV advertising
6. Is getting virtually NO endorsements from important news organizations and is, in fact, losing the endorsement of papers who have endorsed the R POTUS candidate for decades, while your opponent is racking up endorsements by the bushelful, including those from prominent government officials on BOTH sides of the aisle.
7. Latest polls show that Hillary's supporters are more enthusiastic than are Trump's
I could go on, but you get the picture.
Would you trade places with the Rs these days? Not me!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)The fact that Trump is polling anywhere near Clinton is cause for concern.
underpants
(182,830 posts)Trump supporters live in a world that even we fellow Americans don't recognize.
kimbutgar
(21,163 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,322 posts)The ones who support Trump, anyway. There is a true link between conservatism and lack of ability or willingness to look at reality. It's why 'truthiness' is a Republican phenomenon.
I'd like to know where #7 about enthusiasm cam from, though. for instance:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/5-political-numbers-to-watch/2016/09/campaign-2016-week-numbers-228610