I seem to remember the exact same statements being made before Obama won twice. “Stupid Polls” “Liberal Media”. I’m so very afraid that we’re going to seee the same results in a few months and I just don’t know how we stop it from happening.
I seem to remember the exact same statements being made before Obama won twice. “Stupid Polls” “Liberal Media”. I’m so very afraid that we’re going to seee the same results in a few months and I just don’t know how we stop it from happening.
Yup
Go back to this site in 2012 and the same things were being said about Romney vs Obama are eerily similar to today. But this time will be different we are told
I can’t or won’t predict what will happen in Nov except to predict it will come down to a handful of states. Just vote. That’s all you can do
I caught Rush Limbaugh’s show yesterday. A caller said despite the polls he believes Trump is going to win in a landslide. Rush was more guarded because he made the same prediction in 2012 and he made the same prediction in 2000 and admitted both didn’t turn out the way he thought
We all have to be aware of those. On the other hand, it is utterly absurd to think that Cruz, who couldn’t carry the REPUBLICAN nomination in FL (couldn’t carry a single county) or carry a single OH county, or a single NY county, who lost Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Arizona, Nevada, Virginia . . . in other words, the very states we would have to have to win a general election . . . can beat Cankles.
Ditto for Kay-sick, except he carried OH-—but lost MI, FL, AZ, NC, SC, and on and on.
So, the polling in question always and only has to be Trump. He’s the only one that matters. Is there reason to suspect some of it? Certainly at this time. The poll you cite of previous years were much later in the campaign year when it was one on one. We aren’t there yet.
But the point is, the other two options are worse in terms of the electoral college.
As we get further and further into the process, we see our presumptive nominee revealing more and more of his liberal views on issues, and the further we get from choosing a nominee who is conservative.
This seems to be the same process that happened with Obama when he first ran. Things were ignored by the media, issues were glossed over, his communist and muslim leanings disappeared from sight. There was a ground swell to elected the first Black President, no matter what. Calls of racism were used against any who questioned the anointed one.
Now we are face with another ground swell to elect anyone that can draw enough attention to himself, and gloss over issues, and specifics. Anything and anyone to win, seems to be the call. Name calling seems to be the game, just like any bully in the school yard.
Conservatives, who just a year ago were great, are now perceived as evil. Religious views are held up to contempt, and social issues are shoved to the side, so the the presumptive nominee can sweep into the nomination with a plurality of support.
Intimidation, name calling, demagoguery, all seem to be fair game. I'll vote for the Republican nominee, but I fear that if this kind of process continues during the General Election, we will lose.
I also feel that neither Hillary or Bernie will be the Democrat nominee. Biden, Warren, or even Gore, will appear as the Democrat white knight, once Hillary is indicted, and the Dems are faced with fielding a communist nominee.