Posted on 11/01/2016 2:29:58 PM PDT by Hadean
The latest polling data from Maine’s second congressional district has Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in a statistical tie, exactly a week before the 2016 presidential election.
The latest Emerson poll has Clinton leading Trump by two points, or 44 percent to Trump’s 42 percent, whilst Libertarian Gary Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein are at six percent and two percent respectively.
Meanwhile, a Maine People’s Resource Center (MPRC) poll has Trump leading Clinton by three points, or 41 percent compared to Clinton’s 38 percent, whilst Johnson and Stein trail behind at eight percent and three percent. Trump last campaigned in Maine in mid-October, where more than twenty parked cars were vandalised outside his rally.
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I will be shocked if Trump does not win ME D2 by close to 10%
All I saw in Maine this summer was Trump signs. This was above the Bath bridge and in the inner rural sections. Although I saw plenty on the coast.
ME is really difficult to win; Governor LePage won last as a plurality candidate.
If we get NH, and take all the ones we are leading in, we need ONE of the four votes from Maine and it’s 270.
That’s WITHOUT CO, VA etc.
Bull Shiite
If he gets one from ME and NH, I have them both at 270.
Agreed. ME-2 could be critical for that very reason.
I have Trump at 265 firm. It is time to get over the wall!!!
And who gets the tie breaker? The house speaker or the VP?
How are we doing in NH?
I think people voting for Hillary and the Dems need to have their heads examined. Don’t they care about their children and grandchildren’s future? Selfish and self-serving. . .IMHO.
Proverbs 16:18 Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.
If Trump can win NH and this one district in ME, then he doesn’t need CO.
If he wins NH and doesn’t win in ME, then it’s a tie!
If he doesn’t win NH he needs to win CO.
That’s impossible. There are only 538 electoral votes.
That would be 540 total... which is more electoral votes than are available (538). A tie is possible at 269 (with the House breaking the tie), but not at 270.
The House, with each state getting one vote. For Vice-President, it’s the Senate, with each Senator getting one vote.
Note: For the House a candidate needs a majority of the Reps to get that state’s vote. So a tie does not work like in sports, and a candidate needs at least 26 states to win. It’s theoretically possible for Utah to go third party, for Trump to get stopped at 23-25 states if the Reps refuse to vote for him, and for the Senate to split 50-50. This was first discussed in 1968, when Bobby Kennedy was still alive, and, if it had happened, would have led to President Muskie, as the southern states could easily have gone Wallace or abstained.
At least Hillary and Kaine don't have to worry about that ... maybe one clown car or jeepney could hold their audience.
If the electoral college cannot choose a president, the House of Representatives votes by stated delegation. California gets as many votes (1) as Wyoming. Slam dunk for the Elephant if it goes to the House.
Good Lord. Thanks for the info.
There would be INCREDIBLE pressure to vote for Trump in congress at that point.
Can’t wait till he wins and it’s over!
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