2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: What do you think the race would look like right now if it wasn't Trump? [View all]Demsrule86
(68,825 posts)She had a higher percentage of the Dem vote than did Trump of the GOP vote.
"Secretary Clinton won the Ohio primary with 57% of the Democratic vote, while her opponent, Bernie Sanders, received just 43%.
Kasich won with 45% of the Republican vote. His most threatening opponent, Donald Trump, received 37%. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, who later dropped out of the presidential race, received 13% and 3%, respectively.
Voters in Ohio turned out in high numbers to give their governor, John Kasich, a campaign-saving victory over Donald Trump in the GOP race for president and a huge momentum swing for Hillary Clinton, who won handily in the state over Bernie Sanders following her crushing loss last week in Michigan."
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/ohio
Kasich would not beat Hillary Clinton and those who claim that are just plain wrong in my opinion. And it is not helpful to the progressive cause to imply that the only reason Hillary is winning is that Trump is a weak candidate. It is a way of delegitimizing her presidency should she win which I think she will. Democrats should not be a party to this.