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Democrats who are having trouble getting out of the first stage of grief — denial — aren't being helped by the fact that, now that all the votes are counted, Hillary Clinton's lead in the popular vote has topped 2.8 million, giving her a 48% share of the vote compared with Trumps 46%. To those unschooled in how the United States selects presidents, this seems totally unfair. But look more closely at the numbers and you see that Clinton's advantage all but disappears. As we noted in this space earlier, while Clinton's overall margin looks large and impressive, it is...

In 2012, voters across the region liked what they saw in Barack Obama. The president won the popular vote in 24 of the 25 towns in New London County in his bid for re-election, mirroring the support he got in Connecticut and across the country. Four years later, four of those towns had had enough. In Ledyard, Montville, North Stonington and Salem, turnout went up, support for Democrats went down and Donald Trump won hundreds more votes in each town than both Mitt Romney in 2012 and Trump's rival in 2016, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. They're not alone — 40...

NOV. 28, 2016. Democrats Clinch A Supermajority In Both Houses of The California Legislature After Josh Newman Wins State Senate Seat Democrat Josh Newman has defeated Assemblywoman Ling Ling Chang (R-Diamond Bar) to win the race for the 29th Senate District, giving Democrats in the Legislature a two-thirds majority in both houses. The Associated Press called the race Monday evening for Newman, who had been steadily gaining ground as provisional and absentee ballots were counted over the last three weeks. “I am immensely honored to have earned the trust and support of so many of my neighbors, who’ve placed their...

I have been pondering the violence and intimidation that the Democrats have visited on Trump supporters during this past week. Portland is one of the centers of this storm of politically correct madness. I believe this is all carefully planned and designed to keep the area voting blue. How do they accomplish this? First: They have these psycho thugs on call to cause a disturbance whenever the Democrats want. The Dems let these angry anti-social people pour out their rage on innocent people because if the Dems do not let them have "room to destroy" these dangerous looney tunes will...

Vist Mark's site for the article. Lots of graphics.

I hear frequently that we should let California secede, drop off into the ocean or write off blue states and focus on red states. People in blue states often talk of moving to red states, even I am guilty of this. However, this is not the way to fight a political battle and this election shows us why. We are still early in this Trump Presidency but from some of the announcements coming out this week with his choices and the direction he wants to move this country, Donald Trump may have the potential to be the greatest Conservative President...

In what can only be called a ‘teachable moment’, I would like to take this opportunity to gloat. Not at the democrats, or the paid hoodlums terrorizing the streets as I write, but many of my fellow Americans in this blog space and others that constantly rant based on the false image they have of the American electorate.

Blue-sters: Welcome to living in a world of isolation CHICAGO - It's evidently scary and somewhat traumatizing for Liberals to realize that there's half a population in America that sees things totally different from them. And there's a sizable number in the only blue Midwestern state of Illinois, too. What Liberals don't understand is that those that see the world from a traditional conservative perspective have been fully aware of the Leftist view imposed upon them and have psychologically learned to deal with it. It has made conservatives stronger and more committed to liberty than ever as they've watched the...

I know this is not uncommon in the union, but I was struck by the disparity. SoFloFreeper's note: Look at this razor thin margin. Hitlery wins so few areas, rife with welfare and people dependent on government...Trump wins areas where there are fewer of these.

Our best guess is that Donald J. Trump is on track to win in Michigan.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Reports are coming in from several locations around the state of long lines at the polls, driven by high turnout that has overwhelmed the ballot-counting machines. "The volume is so high it's causing the backlog," said Tony Pires, the director of administration in Pawtucket. "The turnout is so large that one machine can't keep up with the volume." Pires added, "It doesn't seem to be a local issue. It seems to be state-wide." Lines of two hours have been reported at Summit Commons on Hillside Avenue in Providence. Pires also said voting machines were overwhelmed at the...

Before he became FBI director, James Comey lived the Gold Coast high-life in Connecticut as a hedge fund high-roller. Now the besieged Comey - under fire for his surprise letters to Congress about Hillary Clinton's controversial emails that have thrown the presidential election into chaos - is about to take another hit, this time on his palatial $3 million-plus home. Comey bought the estate on more than three acres not far from where Martha Stewart used to live in ritzy Westport, Connecticut, for $3,050,000 in August 2010. He's now had to reduce the price four times down to $2.5 million...

Republican nominee Donald Trump holds a slight lead over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in Michigan on the eve of Election Day, according to a newly released poll. Trafalgar group, a Republican leaning firm, surveyed over 1,200 “likely general election voters” in the Great Lakes state on Nov. 6. Trump garnered 48.52 percent support, while Clinton received 46.82 percent support.

RCP moves New Mexico to toss-up. New poll shows Clinton lead only 2%.

Trump within 2 in NM. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2016/Zia_Poll_NM_November.pdf

Loudonville,NY . Hillary Clinton continues to lead Donald Trump by double digits, although the gap has narrowed a little to 17 points (51-34 percent), down from 24 points(54-30 percent ),according to a new Siena College poll of likely New York State registered voters released today.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has said in recent days that Minnesota is his to win, will make his first public visit to the state Sunday afternoon. “We’re going up to Minnesota which, traditionally has not been Republican at all,” Trump said at a rally in Florida. “And we’re doing phenomenally. We just saw a poll.” The Trump rally will be at 2 p.m. at the Sun Country hangar at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport, located at 2005 Cargo Road. Gates will open at 11 a.m. Tickets are required and can be requested on Trump’s website....

Trump Trails Clinton by Only 3 Points In New Mexico. Making up 2 Points Over The Last Week, 7 over the last 3 weeks. Johnson’s Polling Numbers Continue to Decline http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2016/Zia_Poll_November_4th_2016.pdf Johnson's home state

Drudge Siren... EXCLUSIVE: Trump Surging, Now Tied With Clinton In Michigan Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/04/exclusive-poll-trump-clinton-tied-in-michigan/#ixzz4P4TcKo3M

...According to data from the Maryland state Board of Elections, Harford County is currently running away with the enthusiasm award. When compared to turnout on the first day of early voting in 2012, Harford County topped all counties with a 128 percent jump. Queen Anne’s County came next with 113 percent, followed by Prince George’s County with 101 percent...