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Yavin4

(35,445 posts)
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 08:16 PM Feb 2016

Moving on to the general: What red states can Hillary win in the fall?

I really don't see any 2012 Obama state going over to Trump in the fall. I would be shocked if they did. I do see three red states flipping to Hillary: NC, Georgia, and Indiana.

Can she pick up one of these three states? I think so. What say you?

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Moving on to the general: What red states can Hillary win in the fall? (Original Post) Yavin4 Feb 2016 OP
at this point nothing would surpise me. DesertFlower Feb 2016 #1
Only NC out of those three dlwickham Feb 2016 #2
I think she'll get georgia mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #4
yes mgmaggiemg Feb 2016 #3
All of them GreydeeThos Feb 2016 #5
I think NC, Georgia and Arizona will be in play. 72DejaVu Feb 2016 #6
What red states can Hillary win in the fall? stonecutter357 Feb 2016 #7
That sounds reasonable...I'd like SC too jmowreader Feb 2016 #8
I think she'll get Indiana DemonGoddess Feb 2016 #9
North Carolina MSMITH33156 Feb 2016 #10
For Arizona to go would require a lot of far right-wing religious types sitting out sweetloukillbot Feb 2016 #11
All three if it's Trump. Lucinda Feb 2016 #12
maybe nc obamanut2012 Feb 2016 #13

mgmaggiemg

(869 posts)
3. yes
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 08:20 PM
Feb 2016

I think she will pick them up for all regular reasons ..education, healthcare, wages, etc more specifically voters rights, reproductive rights,

jmowreader

(50,562 posts)
8. That sounds reasonable...I'd like SC too
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 08:35 PM
Feb 2016

The entire Eastern Seaboard, the entire West Coast, and Hawaii together add up to 272 electoral votes. If we can sweep the East Coast, combine that with the four-state Pacific sweep (WA, OR, CA and HI) we'll get, and we have it in the bag even if the entire rest of America goes for Trump. In reality that won't happen; we'll get IL, we almost certainly will get CO, NM and NV are probably ours...we wouldn't necessarily NEED Texas but I'd like to have it just for the demoralizing effect it'd have on the Repukes, and if Hillary runs with Julian Castro as her veep - which she should anyway because he's great - there's a decent chance we'll get it.

DemonGoddess

(4,640 posts)
9. I think she'll get Indiana
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 08:36 PM
Feb 2016

based on conversations with REASONABLE Republicans I know here, including the hubs.

MSMITH33156

(879 posts)
10. North Carolina
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 08:36 PM
Feb 2016

I think is probably leaning her way. If Trump completely tanks, the whole board opens up. I'd watch Arizona.

sweetloukillbot

(11,062 posts)
11. For Arizona to go would require a lot of far right-wing religious types sitting out
Sat Feb 27, 2016, 08:46 PM
Feb 2016

The state only looks purple from the outside. Apart from Tucson, Flagstaff and central/south Phoenix - it is deep red. The Phoenix suburbs are hard, hard right wing.

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