Just got an email from the PresidentialOpenQuestions site saying: "ABC and CNN moderators have agreed to receive the top 30 questions"

What's funny is is that my parents know him personally from back when he was a Republican. He gave them legal and financial advice.

As predictable as it looks, context is needed here: Miss Laganja is a young, presumably uninformed cannabis consumer, and that demographic is very prone to voting for Gary Johnson. So I'm glad the good sis Hillary snagged Laganja's vote out of his hands~

How are things looking for the state level? I want something else to look at beside 538's front page map

I'm KCMO

Tons of Koster signs everywhere. No Greitens signs to be seen. I've seen a lot more Kander signs than Blunt but there are still a good amount of Blunt signs.

It's probably totally inverse in the Hickville that isn't KC or STL. Can't say.

Kander (Missouri Senate race) is leading by 2 points in the new Emerson Poll. (The first he's ever been ahead)

Chris Koster (Missouri Governor race) had led in every single poll in 2016.

Hope Dems can win back the Senate and get a lot of House seats.

Then in 2018, they can make the midterms about republicans not doing anything in Congress and try to win back the House.

From your words to the Political Gods' ears.

this has me nervous, it argues how democrats are in trouble at the state/local level

Hillary Clinton and the red senate

Are we surprised tho? Democrats don't turnout in midterms, gerrymandering is a problem, and the country has continued to show that when a big changing legislation sweeps the country, we get scared at first.

Just like when Hillary failed with health care, Obamacare was the reason for the Tea Party wave. Same could potentially happen with immigration reform.

Now that obviously is caused by a leader like Obama who doesn't play nice with the other side. We haven't seen how Hillary will work with Republicans and interact with communities. Bill was able to work with Republicans.

My only concern is how Democrats have presented no plans to combat the backlash. If Hillary becomes president that would be 12 years of a Democrat controlled White House, and what will we do if the electorate responds by voting for Republicans come 2018. I think this is an important issue that is not being addressed by the party. As the video stated, Democrats only have full control over 8 states; Republicans clearly have the upper hand with full control over 23 states. Are we just suppose to wait it out until a Republican takes the presidency?

A lot of Republicans hate Clinton more than Obama, though. Sure, she says that she will try to work with them. But the problem is, the Republicans have moved further to the right. Look at the way people on the right are getting about immigrants. Trumps war on Mexicans and immigrants might not have won, but Senators (particularly with an eye on running in 2020) and never going to work with Clinton on anything like immigration. And its the same for a lot of issues: Healthcare, trade deals, foreign affairs, etc.

That and the fact Clinton has moved slightly towards the left (largely down to Sanders and a lot of people on the left becoming anti-establishment), has made it seem to a lot of people on the right she is an evil communist And, that is the key difference between her and Bill. Congress was not as polarised in the 90s. There were a lot more voters who associated as independents. There really wasn't that much separating the two parties. Now it would feel like a crime if Republicans compromised with Democrats on most issues, or vice versa. And you can see why.

It won't be Clinton's fault at all. But I don't expect her to get much through. She's just going to become president at a really divisive and polarised time, not just in America, but all over the world.

Nervous that New Hampshire's Senate race has tilted back to Republican and Indiana's is slowly becoming more of a tossup. I need Hassan and Bayh to pull through.

Also how cool would it be if Indiana and Missouri - undeniably red state at the presidential level - were to have two Democratic Senators (and in MO a Democratic governor too)?

EDIT: Ironically both current Dem Senators were helped by their opponent's dumbass comments on rape

Yes, in 2020...the population will be weary of Democratic rule, it's cyclical...only reason it's not happening in 2016 like it normally would, is because Trump is such a deplorable candidate.

The GOP voters managed to elect the only candidate that is more disliked than Hillary...it's amazing really that Trump is even as close in the polls as he is; that says a lot about Hillary too.

2018 will be a bloodbath for Democrats, no way around it unless Hillary has a miraculous first two years. It's just a fact of life that people protest vote against the government (president) in midterms because they're mad they haven't single-handedly cured cancer yet.

That's not to say there aren't obvious problems with Democratic state parties that need to be fixed. A lot more focus needs to be put on local elections.

No, it says a lot about how partisan America actually is and how the media is obsessed with a horse race.

Hillary's shift to the left isn't genuine...she is just "attempting" to woo Bernie supporters...Hillary will model her presidency after her husbands...who was a centrist for all intensive purposes.

Hillary's problem is that she doesn't have Bill's ideals, glad-handing skills, or charisma. She will steadily steer the US like George HW Bush did in the late 80's/ early 90's a la Reagan's 3rd term, but a more dynamic, visionary GOP nominee will make her look stodgy come 2020.

It also says a lot at how angry a lot of American people are.

A lot of you really are too dismissive of Trump supporters. Sure, their logic doesn't stand up. And sure, some are funny to laugh as some are simply brain dead and are deplorable racists and homophobic (idc it was one of the most accurate things Clinton has said).

But a lot of people, a vast majority I'd say - he represents change. They might not know change, they might not know why they're investing their hope in him - but they see him better as the alternative. Clinton, who has been at the top of establishment politics for decades. It is easy when you're at the bottom and are struggling to invest your hopes in someone like Trump.

And I know a lot of you hate the comparisons to Brexit - but Brexit was a vote against the establishment or immigrants, who have taken a lot of flack for the failures of government. Trump will no doubt get a lot of people voting for him who haven't voted in years, or maybe ever. And that was the same with Brexit. Its an issue to be addressed. Why are so many people at the bottom feeling like this, and channeling their anger through someone like Trump with such a dangerous narrative? Sure it can be funny, but its a legitimate concern and those people to be figured out - as the anger will not go away.