April U.S. Primaries |OT| Vote in 20 Turns for World Leader

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Benchmark Politics ‏@benchmarkpol 2m2 minutes ago
We are ready for a final margin call in CT. Clinton 51%- Sanders 48%. Call made with 63% Precincts reporting.
 
diablos991 said:
Donald nailing this speech.
Really wish he could get Bernie on the ticket as VP.

Has there ever been a candidate reach across the parties for a VP?
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The best known example is Abraham Lincoln running for re-election with Democrat Andrew Johnson, who became president after Lincoln was assassinated.

But there's absolutely zero chance Sanders agrees to be Trump's VP.
 
Can you imagine when Trump starts going in on Hillary's character, while using this tone and cadence? It's going to be brutal.
 
Maxim726X said:
I need to see the math for this as well.

I thought a sweep tonight was already calculated by 538. Maybe not to this extent, though.
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I have Trump at 1207 right now with tonight's results and no modification to the "experts'" projections:
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-2016/can-you-get-trump-to-1237/

There are over 100 unbound delegates right now. Of those, 58 unbound delegates come from PA, and given Trump's dominance in PA I would expect a lot of those to side with Trump. If Trump heads into the convention with ~1200 delegates, I bet he'll be able to fnid enough unbound delegates to vote for him so that he wins on the first ballot.

Of course, if he performs well in Indiana and does as well in California as his polls suggest, he may not even need the unbound delegates.
 
XBP said:
Going by this Clinton will win 4 but with a slightly lower margin in PA (not that it matters now).

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...6-democratic-primaries.html#g-state-anchor-CT

Oh well. Really hope bernie keeps on going and fights till the end. Yeah he's not getting the nomination but his message needs to be heard as much as possible.
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As long as he stops attacking Hillary, and actually backs her in the GE... By all means, it's an important message.

Just don't be a dick, basically.
 
As an aside, it's a good to see the return of Zombie Chris Christie, spooking alongside the front row of Donald Trump's supporters with his dead, lifeless eyes.
 
XBP said:
Going by this Clinton will win 4 but with a slightly lower margin in PA (not that it matters now).

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...6-democratic-primaries.html#g-state-anchor-CT

Oh well. Really hope bernie keeps on going and fights till the end. Yeah he's not getting the nomination but his message needs to be heard as much as possible.
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His message has been on repeat for months

Just go watch any of his speeches.

He needs to bow out, shift his energy to downticketers and let's get this shit on the road because the GOP must be defeated.
 
In the campaign, the media will ALWAYS want to put the spotlight on Trump and broadcast all his speeches. People want to hear him, they tune out when they hear Hillary read her lines. The media will be a huge boost for him as it was in the primary. Even if Hillary significantly outspends him, it will play out exactly as it has during the primary on the Republican side, he'll get all the attention, and people will love to see the underdog make the "establishment" and Hillary worried.

It's all writing itself, people need to get their heads out of the sand.
 
TheSchwab_7 said:
I have a question. Donald is talking about how employers won't be able to layoff employees and/or send things abroad. Isn't that one of the side effects of business and capitalism in general? I feel like it's a weird thing to want to stop when capitalism is so ingrained with the U.S. How is he going to stop that? Businesses are going to do whatever they can to make profits.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectionism
 
dream said:
Can you imagine when Trump starts going in on Hillary's character, while using this tone and cadence? It's going to be brutal.
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He is going to get obliterated both on policy and message. He can get away with it in the Republican primary but there is no hiding in the general.
 
Maxim726X said:
As long as he stops attacking Hillary, and actually backs her in the GE... By all means, it's an important message.

Just don't be a dick, basically.
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Yeah, Bernie hanging in out of spite would just show that he doesn't really care about the people and is just another career politician only concerned about power.
 
Man whenever i see christie in the back the curb theme always pops in my head.


Today would be perfect also.


Christie wants a role in the cabinet.

If Trump wins.
 
Ether_Snake said:
In the campaign, the media will ALWAYS want to put the spotlight on Trump and broadcast all his speeches. People want to hear him, they tune out when they hear Hillary read her lines. The media will be a huge boost for him as it was in the primary. Even if Hillary significantly outspends him, it will play out exactly as it has during the primary on the Republican side, he'll get all the attention, and people will love to see the underdog make the "establishment" and Hillary worried.

It's all writing itself, people need to get their heads out of the sand.
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Right...
 
balladofwindfishes said:
She's been having character attacks for decades... what exactly is he going to use against her?

She's like the perfect foil to Trump.
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Basically she's probably the most pre-emptively attacked presidential candidate this country will have seen in decades. I'm not sure what other "terrible" things they can call her.
 
excelsiorlef said:
His message has been on repeat for months

Just go watch any of his speeches.

He needs to bow out, shift his energy to downticketers and let's gt this shit on the road because the GOP must be defeated.
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A message that still a lot of people in the US have not heard. A message that another presidential nominee will not repeat for a long time.

He's already helping some candidates. Didn't he help raise half a million dollars for one of his endorsed candidates a couple of days ago? He can do better though.

He speech today didn't point to hillary from what I heard of it. Only talking about his policy positions.
 
Ether_Snake said:
In the campaign, the media will ALWAYS want to put the spotlight on Trump and broadcast all his speeches. People want to hear him, they tune out when they hear Hillary read her lines. The media will be a huge boost for him as it was in the primary. Even if Hillary significantly outspends him, it will play out exactly as it has during the primary on the Republican side, he'll get all the attention, and people will love to see the underdog make the "establishment" and Hillary worried.

It's all writing itself, people need to get their heads out of the sand.
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Point to Obama's 2012 electoral map and tell me which states he flips. I'll wait.
 
dream said:
Can you imagine when Trump starts going in on Hillary's character, while using this tone and cadence? It's going to be brutal.
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Nah, it works so far because his audience on the right doesn't care for policy talks, nor meaningful concrete content. He can banter for minutes on end and say nothing, and as long as the 'cadence' is on point and steady, they love him.

Hes going to be speaking to more than just the right pretty soon, and the empty shell filler talk will be criticized, not celebrated. Look at the "Binders of women" and "47%" things from Romney. In a general, people pay attention to what you say, not just how confident you sound when you say it.

He will get obliterated. Obama beat Romney and Mccain on the backs of both Message and Charisma, not just Charisma. That's the focal misunderstand IMO that has people thinking Trump stands a chance.
 
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