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PoliGAF 2016 |OT15| Orange is the New Black

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The fact that 40+% will vote for him is pretty damning, regardless of the fact that he will lose.

The deplorables basket is far larger than I would have thought a year ago, and it is something to be ashamed of.

That is true but not all of those people belong in the basket. You could run an acorn with an R and it would get 40+ just out of habit.
 

shiba5

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Trump's not going to win. Chill. Be ashamed for other reason but not because of that orange shit.

He's not going to win, but the fact that a fascist got this close to the White House is shameful. This whole election has sunk to levels I've never thought possible - mostly thanks to the alt-Reich.
 

Slacker

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I may have to try to watch all five Trump events today. First one was supposed to start 5 minutes ago, still listening to strains of Glory Glory Hallelujah on the youtube feed for now. The last one it at 11 PM tonight. I'm thinking pent up outrage due to lack of his twitter control plus sleep deprivation plus general paranoia/desperation has the potential to create some hilarious incoherence. All Trump rallies are hilariously incoherent of course, but the potential is there for even greater hilarity today.

Ooh he's on stage now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kojv8MHjo78 (or youtube.com/live for others)
 

Bowdz

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Question for the hardcore politicos and organizers: What can the Democrats (and us individually) do to help accelerate Florida's transition to a solid blue state in the next few years? How to we build the bench in Florida and become competitive in off year gubernatorial elections?
 

Y2Kev

TLG Fan Caretaker Est. 2009
Why the fuck does anyone respect cokie Roberts. She proves over and over again she's basically a racist
 
We haven't seen an Alaska poll in 3 weeks, and Clinton led. The story there is the Native American population, which could change that state blue.

On top of the Native Americans, the state is starting to look more and more like Washington and Oregon.

Almost half of the population of the state lives in Anchorage. It's the second largest percent of the population living in one city in the country, only behind NYC.

For some reason I got super obsessed with Alaskan politics a few months back and I'm dying to see it become a blue state. I know it can get there and it will get there, but I want it to move faster.
 

xeris

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I saw a guy on a street corner holding up a Trump yard sign this morning. Trump GOTV is legit. Don't discount the effects of this. If that guy stands there all day he's probably reaching a few thousand voters. Now extrapolate that to every street corner in the country.

To get to the local Democratic Party HQ you have to turn at the corner where the Republican Party HQ shack is. It's literally a tiny crappy-looking house with a bunch of signs out front. It's only saving grace is it's right on a main street (Prince William Parkway) while the Dem HQ is back in a complex with doctors offices and such.

When I went to pick up and drop off my canvassing paperwork on Sunday there were at least 20 people out front of the Rep building waving signs. Meanwhile, people were constantly in and out of the Dem HQ picking up and dropping off their GOTV paperwork. I have a few guesses as to which of our methods is more effective.
 

Slacker

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Trump rally: 2 minutes in, system is rigged rigged rigged, Hillary shouldn't be allowed to run, it's disgraceful, etc. Bring your fries kids it's gonna be salty.

Edit: "We're going to win Minnesota."
 

Barzul

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John Harwood
‏@JohnJHarwood
Stevie Wonder on why Trump shouldn't be president: "if you had emergency, had to go to hospital, you wouldn’t want me driving, right?”


Posted? This had me rolling.
 

Grym

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Breaking News: Trump winning Michigan, Iowa, Minnesota, Ohio, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania
according to Trump himself at his rally right now
 
Trump's closing argument: "we'll never have another chance of winning because too many brown people will be in the country in 2020 and 2024."
He's not wrong haha

Other than viewing it as a bad thing. It's a good thing to be diverse.

John Harwood
‏@JohnJHarwood
Stevie Wonder on why Trump shouldn't be president: "if you had emergency, had to go to hospital, you wouldn’t want me driving, right?”


Posted? This had me rolling.

Oh great, now the conspiracies about how Stevie Wonder isn't blind (yes, these exist) are going to become part of Trump's speeches
 

Cat

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Hey PoliGAF, what are your guesses for when the election will be called? Some of you mentioned Florida could mean the results are known early. I have a 3yo I put to bed between 8-8:30pm central. I want to be in the chat, I'm assuming there will be a chat, when it happens. I guess I should check that too. Will there be a chat?
 
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Y'all are smoking some high-grade hopium. I was going 49-45, Clinton +4, and I was thinking that erred on positive.
 
I can't wait to see what Trump does. I'm convinced he cannot exist now without the praise and adulation of his rally crowds, he needs to be out there just riffing in front of people like that.
 
To get to the local Democratic Party HQ you have to turn at the corner where the Republican Party HQ shack is. It's literally a tiny crappy-looking house with a bunch of signs out front. It's only saving grace is it's right on a main street (Prince William Parkway) while the Dem HQ is back in a complex with doctors offices and such.

When I went to pick up and drop off my canvassing paperwork on Sunday there were at least 20 people out front of the Rep building waving signs. Meanwhile, people were constantly in and out of the Dem HQ picking up and dropping off their GOTV paperwork. I have a few guesses as to which of our methods is more effective.

Talking with some of my friends in Ohio, they either say Trump has no field office or it's basically a store where you can buy t-shirts, hats, and yard signs (staffed by a single person). Dems have huge main offices and various "offices" in people's homes where people are phonebanking and canvassing.

Granted I have no Trump supporting friends to let me know what their ground operation looks like there, but on the outside it doesn't look good.
 
AZ, GA, and TX.

GA seems like it has a large latino poulation, but not enough to make a big dent.

The Latino population is largely not eligble to vote, so even though there's nearly a million latinos, they would need to start voting at something like a 10x-20x rate that they currently do to really turn the state.

There's a lot of room to grow there though.
 

Slacker

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Trump is talking about Obamacare and barely mentioned Hillary, gets interrupted but LOCK HER UP chants.

Good news though - we'll have better healthcare at a fraction of the price. Believe me. It's just that easy!
 

Y2Kev

TLG Fan Caretaker Est. 2009
The background they are using is making me oddly dizzy. Is that what he's talking about?
No, it's basically raw, real time unadjusted turnout reads with little context. So basically he said the obama team tried this in 2012 and it made elan kriegel throw up because it showed them losing Ohio all morning.
 
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