2016 Postmortem

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Tue Aug 16, 2016, 07:40 AM Aug 2016

BREAKING TRUMP BEING OBLITERATED IN VIRGINIA 52-38 [View all]

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*****BREAKING***** TRUMP BEING OBLITERATED IN VIRGINIA 52-38 [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2016 OP

Just fantastic! MoonRiver Aug 2016 #1

Tidewater area is shocking! So many nuts commenting helpisontheway Aug 2016 #2

I wanted to use "The Night They Drove Out Dixie Down" but some find it offensive. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2016 #5

Got to be taken in context angrychair Aug 2016 #20

Charlottesville and Richmond proper are blue too. spooky3 Aug 2016 #42

I say thank God and hallelujah! workinclasszero Aug 2016 #3

Good. Trump doesn't need to be merely defeated. He needs to be smashed into cali Aug 2016 #4

Kaine was a smart pick Johnny2X2X Aug 2016 #6

Hope I never get stuck in southwest Virginia. JaneyVee Aug 2016 #7

It's very beautiful, but rural and isolated. yardwork Aug 2016 #28

the land there may be some of the most beautiful scenery I've ever witnessed. LanternWaste Aug 2016 #48

I'm glad you experienced that! yardwork Aug 2016 #50

It's going to be a landslide Cary Aug 2016 #8

If they hope to survive at all, they have to move closer to the center. Curtland1015 Aug 2016 #9

Something would have to take its place Cary Aug 2016 #10

They are not capable of pivoting in such a way. MoonRiver Aug 2016 #14

They are reactionary Cary Aug 2016 #29

Yes, they have no new or interesting ideas, just hateful rhetoric. MoonRiver Aug 2016 #32

They strive to go back to the 1950s Cary Aug 2016 #35

I really HOPE it is fantasy! MoonRiver Aug 2016 #38

If we vote, we win Cary Aug 2016 #40

I'm with you, Cary! MoonRiver Aug 2016 #41

"Less crazy, far far right hate and rhetoric. More measured, more sane." Hayduke Bomgarte Aug 2016 #27

Yes Cary Aug 2016 #30

Please proceed Republican party! workinclasszero Aug 2016 #22

I believe the GOP is a cross-roads much as the Democratic party was during LanternWaste Aug 2016 #54

No one has a crystal ball Cary Aug 2016 #57

Some local knowledge - 3 HOOOG numbers here underpants Aug 2016 #11

shocking isn't it ??? Setsuna1972 Aug 2016 #34

He's bought no ads anywhere underpants Aug 2016 #45

Can't imagine his Gold Star moments helped him there, either. spooky3 Aug 2016 #43

I left that out the mention the first two underpants Aug 2016 #44

Actually 45% to 34%. progressoid Aug 2016 #12

The head to heads are important if and when Johnson and Stein collapse. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2016 #13

Collapse? You mean withdraw from the race? progressoid Aug 2016 #16

Johnson was poling at 7% at one point in 012. Nader was polling at 7% at one point in 00. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2016 #21

Sort of, but not really. progressoid Aug 2016 #23

Perot spent a ton of his own money and was in the debates. He actually was leading at one time. DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2016 #25

I expect Stein's numbers will likely dip slightly by November (to Hillary's advantage) progressoid Aug 2016 #36

Johnson, a libertarian, likely hurts Trump more. spooky3 Aug 2016 #46

That's a close call in this election. progressoid Aug 2016 #49

No, the evidence you cited does not say that (other than the "close call"). spooky3 Aug 2016 #56

Perot could have won workinclasszero Aug 2016 #37

I suspect political gravity would have caught up with him and Dems and Reps would support... DemocratSinceBirth Aug 2016 #39

Thats the history of third party runs workinclasszero Aug 2016 #47

Support for third party candidates almost always collapses by Election Day. LonePirate Aug 2016 #17

Third party support tends to vanish as we get closer to an election. Zynx Aug 2016 #18

But this election ain't like anything we've seen in recent history. progressoid Aug 2016 #51

K&R ismnotwasm Aug 2016 #15

I hope this maintains amuse bouche Aug 2016 #19

Her lead drops to 7 points among likely voters in a four person race. writes3000 Aug 2016 #24

obliterate-1. to remove or destroy all traces of; do away with; destroy completely. SummerSnow Aug 2016 #26

It's not enough to just beat Trump Shankapotomus Aug 2016 #31

I live in the Tidewater area Setsuna1972 Aug 2016 #33

K&R! stonecutter357 Aug 2016 #52

But...we still need to get out the vote for down ticket races and to make a point. redstatebluegirl Aug 2016 #53

Buried here. Clinton trouncing Trump with military voters (+8pts). This group is reliably Republican Native Aug 2016 #55