2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTrump is now leading Clinton by 0.2 on RCP polling average.... Sanders still +10.8 RCP average.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_clinton-5491.htmlhttp://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/us/general_election_trump_vs_sanders-5565.html
Time for her highness to cancel the coronation and bow out gracefully for the good of the Democratic Party and Progressivism.
If we nominate Clinton we will be handing the election to Trump on a Goldman Sachs platter.
Kilgore
(1,733 posts)We do so at our own peril!!!!!!
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)GeorgiaPeanuts
(2,353 posts)You might want to invest in some courses on reading comprehension.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)tabasco
(22,974 posts)and trending ever-downward against a clown-car con-man like Donald Trump.
imagine2015
(2,054 posts)Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)Joe the Revelator
(14,915 posts)Come on. You can do it.
senz
(11,945 posts)Is it worth throwing America to Trump just to see Hillary all "glorified" for one brief moment?
Is it really?
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)But losing the Democratic Party primary.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)A little tiny victory for Hillary is worth an entire Trump presidency to you? Is she really worth all that to you?
BootinUp
(47,207 posts)senz
(11,945 posts)Doing it that way keeps Hillary looking "clean" but it is HER campaign that pulls the stunts, so in reality, she is anything but "clean."
Fantasyland cannot be that great a place to live.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)you remove all the brockian swill she herself has thrown at him and his wife
BootinUp
(47,207 posts)She has more primary votes than Trump got.
GeorgiaPeanuts
(2,353 posts)And he had to face off against multiple well oiled opponents. He has systematically decimated ever major opponent in his race. Carson, Jeb Bush, Fiorina, Rubio, Rand Paul, Cruz, and Kasich. So comparing their two vote totals is irrelevant.
Sinistrous
(4,249 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Deal with it.
Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)No worries, I'm sure Debbie will rig California for her.
jamese777
(546 posts)When real live human beings have gone to "the polls" and voted:
Primaries' total popular vote as of May 20th
Hillary Clinton: 13,192,713 (55.5%)
Bernie Sanders: 10,158,889 (42.7%)
Donald Trump: 11,266,041
Clinton over Sanders: 3,033,824
Clinton over Trump: 1,926,672
Trump over Sanders: 1,057,152
Hillary Clinton: 1,775 pledged delegates
Bernie Sanders: 1,499 pledged delegates
Hillary Clinton: 522 superdelegates
Bernie Sanders: 42 superdelegates
Hillary Clinton: 2,297 total delegates
Bernie Sanders: 1,541 total delegates
Hillary Clinton: 26 contests won
Bernie Sanders: 21 contests won
Hillary Clinton needs 86 delegates
Bernie Sanders needs 842 delegates
GeorgiaPeanuts
(2,353 posts)...supposed to be reassuring?
How many close primaries have there been which deny independents who will decide this election their fair say in this matter. You ignore independents at your peril. As such Trump has the white house all but gifted to him on a Goldman Sachs platter.
beaglelover
(3,496 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)from Trump and acquire a lot of discontented Republicans, assuming that the GOP's usual party discipline is somehow fractured this election
in fact, the continued run of the stronger GE candidate in the primary is what's hurting her against Trump