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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 07:46 AM Apr 2016

Make your prediction: What will Trump say after his loss?

"The system is rigged."

"It's the fault of women and minorities: They fell for the woman-card and pandering instead of voting with their brains."

"It's the fault of the GOP: They didn''t support me enough."

"It's the fault of my staff. They were incompetent. And they are fired."

"But you can read the whole truth in my new tell-all book how I came out of nowhere and almost became President with my brains and charisma. And my huge hands."

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Make your prediction: What will Trump say after his loss? (Original Post) DetlefK Apr 2016 OP
"I was too honest, that was the problem. They couldn't handle the truth." mac56 Apr 2016 #1
Who says he will lose? Katashi_itto Apr 2016 #2
The GOP, math and experience. DetlefK Apr 2016 #8
all of the above? Takket Apr 2016 #3
"It's a disaster." rug Apr 2016 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author rjsquirrel Apr 2016 #5
Hmmmmm MowCowWhoHow III Apr 2016 #6
"There's going to be riots over this!" Quackers Apr 2016 #7
Low information voters!! grossproffit Apr 2016 #9
"It's okay. I never wanted it anyway. I'll go make another 30 billions dollars and MANative Apr 2016 #10
You presume he is going to lose. TheCowsCameHome Apr 2016 #11
Poor people don't vote. n/t Igel Apr 2016 #12
Poor people aren't allowed to vote, or have their vote counted correctly. SwankyXomb Apr 2016 #13
Same thing we said after George W Bush lost. tabasco Apr 2016 #14
I didn't want it anyway blah blah blah Rex Apr 2016 #15

mac56

(17,569 posts)
1. "I was too honest, that was the problem. They couldn't handle the truth."
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 07:52 AM
Apr 2016

"They had to shut me up."

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
8. The GOP, math and experience.
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 08:34 AM
Apr 2016

GOP:

The 2008 election turned into a referendum on Bush. During the campaigns, the dominating topic was national-security at first and McCain was leading Obama. Then the recession suddenly moved the topic to economy. The election came down to the choice between a Bush-surrogate and Anybody-but-Bush and Anybody-but-Bush won.

The infighting of the GOP has already defined this election as the choice between Trump and Anybody-but-Trump.



Math:

Trump has a 70% "unfavorable" rating among women. And they make up about 60% of the electorate. That's 42% of the popular vote he can outright forget.
He has a 90% "unfavorable" rating among Latinos. And they make up about 10% of the electorate. As half of them are already female, that's another 4.5% of the popular vote he won't get.
Andsoforth.
And there is even a significant percentage of establishment-Republicans who don't like him at all. If they abstain from voting, that will rob him of another 1 or 2% of the popular vote.



Experience:

Voters like candidates who project confidence. They like candidates who can assure them that they can get shit done. But right now, Trump has nothing to offer but swagger and the GOP is a clown-house in the midst of a pie-fight.

The Democratic Party on the other hand isn't that fractured and if the rumors are true, Bernie Sanders is secretly admitting defeat and switches tactics to empower the social-democratic wing of the Democrats instead of running directly for the WH.

When given the choice between a united party and a party with infighting, voters will subconsciously choose the united party.

Response to DetlefK (Original post)

MANative

(4,112 posts)
10. "It's okay. I never wanted it anyway. I'll go make another 30 billions dollars and
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 08:57 AM
Apr 2016

laugh at all you losers. Joke's on you."



 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
15. I didn't want it anyway blah blah blah
Fri Apr 29, 2016, 12:37 PM
Apr 2016

He will pretend it was rigged and he didn't want it anyway and then scoff off into the sunset.

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