2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump has over a million more popular votes than Sanders.
and Trump has over a million less popular votes than Hillary.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/republican_vote_count.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/republican_vote_count.html
It's an absolute crock to say that Sanders can beat Trump but Hillary can't,in fact the opposite appears to be true.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Skwmom
(12,685 posts)giftedgirl77
(4,713 posts)KingFlorez
(12,689 posts)There is only one candidate capable of defeating Trump and that candidate is Clinton.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)I will hold off making ay judgements on this issue until mid November.
Gregorian
(23,867 posts)At least that's not how I see it. There are a number of ways in which Trump can lose votes. I don't know of many in which he gains. Bernie won't lose any, but will gain from Hillary Clinton's supporters (at least some), and Independents. I may be wrong. It's guessing. It's from sentiment picked up my experiences, and many others on forums. I know of two, personally who will vote Trump, but vote Bernie otherwise. It's insane. I am not getting it at all. But there is momentum with Bernie's campaign, it's just how much. He's promoting solid principles.
Paulie
(8,462 posts)Reasons?
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)Not sure what you mean.
Paulie
(8,462 posts)Somewhere around 6 million more rethugs have turned out this season. When arguing for the general election time, we ignore the difference at great cost.
B2G
(9,766 posts)The Dems have been splitting the votes 2 ways, while the Repubs have been splitting them between 4-8 candidates??
artislife
(9,497 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)this coming election. It's an area that's not even a blip on the radar of some here.
artislife
(9,497 posts)azurnoir
(45,850 posts)pukes 19,097,136
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/republican_vote_count.html
dems 14,757,215
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/democratic_vote_count.html
pukes ahead 4,339,921
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I mean seriously don't you expect more Republicans to show up to vote in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and other red states? That was a nice try though.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)So all the votes that went to other Republicans that added up to FAR more votes than those that went to the Democrats are going to break for Hillary... is that your theiry? I see you've thought this through quite carefully...
bobbobbins01
(1,681 posts)So of course she's ahead. And now we watch the slow steady decline, just like her poll numbers for the past 10 months.
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)NY, PA, NJ, MD, DC, CA and probably even AZ, NM (just to name a few)
bobbobbins01
(1,681 posts)I think she might have NJ and MD, possibly PA...but not the others. And her wins will be nominal in those states.
MaggieD
(7,393 posts)His donations and turn out will diminish now, as people see he cannot win. It's the death spiral of every losing campaign. And that is why a candidate simply cannot come back from a 320 delegate deficit.