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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: For those who say Hillary Clinton can't win the general election [View all]basselope
(2,565 posts)34. Of course we do.
The only prayer she has is if the GOP is dumb enough to leave the SC seat empty and allow that to become an election issue and even then she will have a hard time getting people to turn out for her.
Anyone who has been around the Bernie campaign knows that the majority of Bernie supporters will not be voting for Hillary. I know I won't be, but since I am in Cali my vote doesn't count anyway.
But, given her very limited appeal, even among democrats and significantly high unfavorability numbers.. there is no doubt she would lead to low turnout, which leads to a GOP victory.
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She can win. But that's not saying much. The GOP is washed up. If Trump is the best they have
think
Feb 2016
#2
You can look the polls up yourself if you are interested in margin of error
CajunBlazer
Feb 2016
#17
State-by-state poll information and estimates taken from RealClearPolitics and Huffington Post
Motown_Johnny
Feb 2016
#48
maybe you didn't know but in the GE we go by the electoral collage and by your list
azurnoir
Feb 2016
#13
Maybe she can win. But all the evidence points to Bernie being a much stronger candidate.
reformist2
Feb 2016
#14
There is about a 60% chance that who ever gets the Democratic Nomination will win the GE
Kalidurga
Feb 2016
#27