Honestly I think the media will play a huge part in this years election.
The narrative so far has basically been "both of these candidates are untrustworthy and nobody likes them, pick which evil you want".
And Trump is basically stealing the limelight with his wild remarks, that don't seem to damage him (because his supporters agree/encourage the bad behaviour).
If she were to lose, it would be because there aren't enough democrats enthusiastic enough to turn up and vote, and a lack of media attention paired with her supposed untrustworthy/bad reputation might be enough for that to happen.
But ultimately, there are a lot of people who would do anything just to stop Trump getting in. So that's also a huge block of votes automatically against him and will work in her favour.
After all, you can't sell newspapers and get ratings with "X is beating X in a fair and lovely fight and nothing controversial happened at all". That's why until Election day they're going to say it's neck and neck, and they're going to keep trying to dish as much dirt and negative spin on them both as possible. You also have to think about where each media is getting their money from and what political influences are coming from that.
He's mostly been backtracking tho. He did a 180 on his signature policy, immigration. And I thought that would be it for him, but it has only increased his chances. I don't understand how the American public can be so forgiving/forgetful. Makes me think all he has to do is continue to move centre and he will take the election.
He's mostly been backtracking tho. He did a 180 on his signature policy, immigration. And I thought that would be it for him, but it has only increased his chances. I don't understand how the American public can be so forgiving/forgetful. Makes me think all he has to do is continue to move centre and he will take the election.
Trump is still losing college educated whites, and he is losing more and more Latinos.
Did you not see his Arizona speech? It was a disaster that did not move the needle. Trump is not gaining. Hillary lost a few points when she went silent in August. But she's gaining again.
There are women/LGBT/poc at his rallies, but they're such a small percentage, extremely small.
He's polling incredibly bad with them all.
Majority of liberals will vote Democrat, simply to stop the Republican party winning. Lots of people know a 3rd party is usually a wasted vote, so they'll pick one of the 2 major parties, depending on where their beliefs lie best - and that'll be Dem.
For the hardcore left/libs, they're a really small percentage - it'd be nice to have their vote, but it won't make a difference.
Ok. If it don't make difference. I don't want to hear anyone blaming the green party when she loses
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Originally posted by King Maxx
Stop creating some narrative that can easily be disputed by poll numbers.
And that's your opinion her platform isn't "ambitious". She's got this far because of her record and platform.
What do you mean this far? This far into the election or her career? If it's the latter, lbr, where would she be without her last name? At this point, Hillary is only known for not being Trump. No one is excited about her platform. Especially since she's pro-fracking and everyone can see that's a disaster.
People defending Trump's "180" don't get the point that it's the blatant flip flopping within unreasonable time that makes any position he holds tenuous and insincere at best.
It's one thing to change your mind after years of introspection or a lot of new information. What new information has suddenly enlightened Trump, who by all intents and purposes claims to understand things better than others?
Even if I were to forgive Trump for all the stupid **** he's said, I'd never believe a word that comes out of him.
I don't really think he's done a 180 on immigration, his views are still the same.
He's not as dumb as people think. He knew that the media spotlight was already on him ever since he announced to run. He used the media to gain traction by saying controversial things. Him and his team quickly realised that saying these things actually didn't hurt his campaign, but drove out the radicals to make his campaign bigger.
Notice how he skirts around going against white supremacists, doesn't actually condemn them but also doesn't publicly support them. How when discussing LGBT issues to evangelical groups he says he's going to "make it right" and "might hire judges to overturn gay marriage" - but doesn't publicly come out against the LGBT.
He's playing the far right for fools, he's basically giving them a *wink wink* saying he's going to all this crazy stuff, but then in the media he tries to shift toward the centre. Playing both fields.
Yall read too much into his positions.
Trump isn't a smart person. At all. He got lucky in 2015 with the anti immigration/build a wall stuff and he rode it till the wheels fell off.
I don't really think he's done a 180 on immigration, his views are still the same.
He's not as dumb as people think. He knew that the media spotlight was already on him ever since he announced to run. He used the media to gain traction by saying controversial things. Him and his team quickly realised that saying these things actually didn't hurt his campaign, but drove out the radicals to make his campaign bigger.
Notice how he skirts around going against white supremacists, doesn't actually condemn them but also doesn't publicly support them. How when discussing LGBT issues to evangelical groups he says he's going to "make it right" and "might hire judges to overturn gay marriage" - but doesn't publicly come out against the LGBT.
He's playing the far right for fools, he's basically giving them a *wink wink* saying he's going to all this crazy stuff, but then in the media he tries to shift toward the centre. Playing both fields.
That just makes me think, imagine if media had paid Trump dust from the get go as they did Bernie. He got all this free promo, and now look where we are. I wonder if that was even an accident now
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Originally posted by Cupid
Girl, this is just incredibly ignorant and such bad Trolling. She was a huge name in politics by her own work. Educate yourself henny.
How? Actually you can go ahead and try educate me. Because as far as I know her career in politics started as "first lady".
I don't see how a woman with no congressional experience can beat a candidate who was actually born and raised in New York and was a house representative for several years prior.
That don't even make any sense. Clearly Bill put her on.
Out of all the past 500 summin New York Senators, Hillary was the only one who managed to get elected without actually being a genuine New Yorker. How? Pixie dust? That don't make no damn sense.
Attributing a male for her success is very disturbing when she saved HIS career plenty of times. And so what if she rode of his presidency? Voters still chose her. That's like saying Bush Jr. was only president because of his dad. He actually exceeded his father's legacy which is the most important.
Also Hillary went on a listening tour to every NY county and destroyed her opponent in their debate.
She studied political science at college, interned at the House Republican Conference, helped Governor Nelson Rockefeller's late-entry campaign for the Republican nomination. She was featured in an article published in Life magazine and appeared on Irv Kupcinet's nationally syndicated television talk show as well as in Illinois and New England newspapers.
Rodham and Clinton campaigned in Texas for unsuccessful 1972 Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern. In 1974 she was a member of the impeachment inquiry staff in Washington, D.C., advising the House Committee on the Judiciary during the Watergate scandal. By then, Rodham was viewed as someone with a bright political future: Democratic political organizer, thought to have the potential to become a future senator or president.
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Just snatched that from Wikipedia (it's late), that was all before she married Bill. She was actually gaining quite a bit of political momentum, but sacrificed it to marry Bill and move away.
With the rise of Bill, she obviously used her name and put it to good use, but she wasn't exactly a political unknown before she married him and took his name either.
I'm not saying she's wrong for using Bills name. And I'm not saying she was a do nothing bitch before Bill either. But intern? Really sis? That aint the type of resume to put you onto the Senate levels. Especially in a state you have no real connection to. New York isn't mentioned once in that lil bio.
There is some truth to it though, you have to admit the way he's playing the far right off against the media is pretty smart (and funny/messy).
But then again, he's polling best among uneducated white males, so it's not like it's a master plan or anything.
Trump was better during the primaries.
Weird as it turned out, Bernie turned out to be a more formidable opponent.
Hillary is way too slippery a politician (plus she's mastered the art of being absent on the campaign trail) to pin down.
Trump was better during the primaries.
Weird as it turned out, Bernie turned out to be a more formidable opponent.
Hillary is way too slippery a politician (plus she's mastered the art of being absent on the campaign trail) to pin down.
He has the former grand wizard of the KKK on Twitter gloating that Pence didn't insult him by calling him deplorable and trying to expose Blitzer as an AIPAC reporter
This is mere hours after footage of his rallies showed his supporters choking, slapping, and punching protestors who were removed (this man was not)
He'll rip into Trump.
He actually exceeded his father's legacy which is the most important.
Why couldn't it have been me? 
- bye McCrory 
perhaps it was a reminder update