2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumPretend you are running Hillarys campaign
Where would you send her top surrogates in the final week.
Here's my ideas:
POTUS. Urban centers in Florida and N.Carolina.
FLOTUS. Same as above. Alternate time in each. Also, do a lot of black radio station interviews.
Bernie. New Hampshire. Lock down that Senate seat.
Biden. Pennsylvanias so called 3rd Senator. Bring McGinty a Senate win.
Bill. Rural areas where needed. Appeal to working class Dems.
Kaine. Hispanic audiences, rallys and tv and radio interviews. Mostly Nevada & Florida
Warren. College campuses where needed.
Chelsea. Same as above.
Hillary. Roaming schedule according to internal polling each day. Appeal to as many female audiences as possible being introduced by any local/state celebrities.
States I would concede: Ohio, Iowa
States I would consider locked up: Col, Virginia, Michigan, Wisconsin
States I would go all out for: Nev, NH, NC, Fla, Penn,
States I would watch closely & might pursue: Ariz, Ind, GA, Maine2,
Your turn, now. What would you do?
emulatorloo
(44,183 posts)To GOTV in blue counties
Funtatlaguy
(10,887 posts)looks close now....on realclearpolitics, Trump is only up 1.4%.....but Iowa is awfully tough demographically, very white and not highly educated which is Trumps best group.
I think it's fools gold for Hillary....plus Grassley on ballot will help Trump there.
emulatorloo
(44,183 posts)Typically, the blue urban areas and college towns outvote the crazy rural red counties. So still hopeful.
(Of course Dems don't come out in midterms so Joanie Ernst)
unblock
(52,326 posts)Funtatlaguy
(10,887 posts)But, I'm going to pretend it's not and say thank you. Lol.
unblock
(52,326 posts)i can only pay "activist wages", however
Funtatlaguy
(10,887 posts)Anything, to get Hillary elected and get the Dems the Senate majority.
Va Lefty
(6,252 posts)She's going to need to run up large margins in Northern Va. and Richmond . I'd dump some $$ in DC media market. Otherwise I agree with you!
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)I would go all out for NV, NC, FL, AZ
Funtatlaguy
(10,887 posts)in Ohio is the reverse coat tails in the Senate seat.
In Ohio, Portman is up by a whopping 14.5% while Trump is up 2.5%.
That seems like an awful lot of ticket splitting.
But, it's certainly not impossible for Hillary and Portman to both win Ohio.
UCmeNdc
(9,601 posts)Latino and African American vote suppression has to be fought.
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)Bernie to Iowa and New Hampshire.
Bill to Western PA and Eastern OH... and rural NC.
Barack to Florida, Ohio, and Colorado.
Michelle to Arizona, North Carolina, and Florida.
Joe to PA and Ohio.
Tim to Arizona, Colorado, and Texas.
And Hillary to Arizona, Florida, and .... Texas. Let's f*** with KellyAnne's head a little bit. Plus the publicity for it will be national.
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)I'd also have her or some of her surrogates on her behalf endorse the goals of the Standing Rock resistance(even if she feels she has to distance herself from civil disobedience), to make some more speeches about standing up to corporate power(this would resonate in Ohio and PA, and if it doesnt' make Ohio go for her at least it would help Strickland), and have a big address on social justice issues in at least ONE of those states, targeted specifically to voters of color.
This would do a lot to boost enthusiasm among working-class and POC voters.
I'd also have her and her surrogates promise a "war on corruption in D.C.".