[MarMema]

80% of Michigan is already Trump country.

[grania]

There's another factor in OH and perhaps PA. There are A LOT of Amish in OH. The Amish don't like to get involved in politics. There was an article this morning about a PAC being formed to encourage them to vote for Trump.

Makes sense. The Amish are self sufficient and very successful at running their own businesses. Don't much care for folks who don't leave them alone to enjoy their lifestyle. Can't imagine them sending their girls and women into public rest rooms for "whatever". etc

[LS]

Under the worst of circumstances, Trump starts OH by needing just 85,000 votes to flip the state from 2012. In FL, he needs only 33,000 votes. In VA, just 85,000 votes.

That leaves only CO and NV from the 2012 electoral map, and we’re only talking movement of 200,000 or so voters.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

For those who say Trump doesn’t have an underlying ideology or set of principles - they may be largely right - EXCEPT when it comes to this.

On this one issue Trump believes to his core that the US has been taken to the cleaners in the area of global trade. That all the agreements we’ve signed have helped the China, Russia, Mexico at the expense of the US.

This is not some position that he’s taken in the last few days or in response to some polling data. This is what he absolutely believes and voters probably can sense it.

[SharpRightTurn]

If trade does turn out to be a pivotal issue in WI, Trump could do us a great service by taking out Ryan.