2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMcClatchy/Marist poll: Clinton 48 Trump 33
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article93763582.htmlOuch.
The_Casual_Observer
(27,742 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,380 posts)538 rates this poll an A with a slight Republican bias of 0.7.
Kingofalldems
(38,539 posts)uponit7771
(90,379 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,380 posts)All House seats are up for election every election, Dems need to pick up 30 seats.
We can do it.
But recent senate polls don't link up with the presidential race. I think there's going to be a lot of ballot party splitting
House of Roberts
(5,207 posts)but with Johnson in the mix, the Rs vote is split nicely enough.
CobaltBlue
(1,122 posts)The combined Republican-vs.-Democratic presidential votes since 2000 were between 96.25 and 99.00 percentleaving candidates outside the two major political parties to combine for between 1.00 and 3.75 percent.
If this essentially gets repeated, here in 2016, a +15 margin of victory winning the U.S. Popular Vote would be one of the following:
Trump 41% | ✔️ Clinton 56%
Trump 42% | ✔️ Clinton 57%
If the two-party percentages fall below 96.25 percent, but the R-vs.-D margin ends up with +15
one would need to adjust the numbers accordingly.
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