[Wonderland]

Also assuming Trump loses this election and the GOP did decide to have a major shift to stay relevant in the modern American political landscape (at the very least on the presidential front) what changes would need to occur?

Obviously they need to start appealing to Black and Latino voters more and their appeal to women would also be a good idea... But how do you think they do that? Especially after a candidate as messy as Trump

[LuLuDrops]

Iowa's leaning red now on 538, Bernie will help in New Hampshire but I want Hillary to get all the swings a la 2008. No mercy

Missouri analysis: polls are still tight and their pick for Prez doesn't guarantee their pick for the Senate.

The top of the ticket may matter, too.

Trump leads Clinton in Missouri by a single point in two recent polls. That’s significantly below Mitt Romney’s 2012 performance in the state.

Yet Blunt’s lead in Missouri — and similar leads by other Republicans in other states — show many Republican and independent voters upset with Trump may be willing to split their tickets and vote for GOP candidates in down-ballot races.

“I don’t know that there’s going to be that much of a Trump effect when it comes to Blunt,” said Kimberly Casey, a political science professor at Northwest Missouri State University.

In fact, some political scientists think there may be a reverse-coattail effect: Republicans may not be able to pull the lever for Trump, they say, but may find it impossible to vote for a Democratic Senate candidate as well.

That could change if the Republican presidential nominee slips further in the polls later this fall, or if the Clinton campaign invests in Missouri to boost turnout and voter registration. A massive Missouri loss for Trump — say, five or six points — could put Kander in the Senate.

At the same time, a Clinton collapse in Missouri could depress Democratic turnout in urban areas, consultants in both parties said. That would hurt Kander’s campaign.

It’s a fierce game of chess, with little margin for error.

“I’m completely focused on doing what’s right for Missouri,” Kander said last week.

“I think I’ve got a record, and people can look at that,” Blunt said. “And if they don’t agree with it, and they think they’d like to have somebody else, that’s what elections are all about.”

http://www.kansascity.com/news/polit...#storylink=cpy

[LuLuDrops]

Originally posted by King Maxx

Kansas and South Carolina are closer than usual. Like pretty close. I'm telling you now people. Hillary will actually have a 10+ lead possibly on election day.

She doesn't need to win them or states like Texas, but the fact they are close means her popular vote count will be massive compared to his. And Trump has a terrible ground game so she's going to actually turn out people.

I wish Kansas would be easy, especially with how their state was left post-Brownback but voter fraud is rampant. They still haven't released the full results of their last state election and there's even a lawsuit winding its way through the court system because people smell a rat.

[King Maxx]

Originally posted by Wonderland

Trump supporters (A.K.A. angry white people) will turn themselves out regardless let's be real. A lot of them are very bitter and very motivated.

Hillary has to work much harder in that regard, particularly with those wishy-washy white swing voters so I'm glad she's doing it and it will help her to catch more middle ground voters than Trump (hopefully)!

The Black and Latino communities should be on lock despite Trump's attempts to pander to them (which I can only see backfiring tremendously but you never know) and so her work there just needs to be ensuring we don't have any foul play or voting barriers set up or maintained by the GOP that obstruct turnout there in key states. Speaking of which did we have any progress on that? I can't remember the state... was it one of the Carolinas that was having a court proceeding about it?

Originally posted by Wonderland

Also assuming Trump loses this election and the GOP did decide to have a major shift to stay relevant in the modern American political landscape (at the very least on the presidential front) what changes would need to occur?

Obviously they need to start appealing to Black and Latino voters more and their appeal to women would also be a good idea... But how do you think they do that? Especially after a candidate as messy as Trump

Hmm. I still see him losing a lot of reliable Republican voters, and I think his loyal base isn't as big and able to vote as the media suggests. Hillary's ground game is amazing, and she's going to get her reliable voters to the booth and mail as soon as early voting starts. I just feel a double digit win with a possible record turnout for her incoming. If any candidate has the silent majority it's her. We'll see tho. I'm basing this on Trump doing something terrible that ruins his campaign in the debates. PLEASE LET IT HAPPEN. The country would benefit so much from that.

Yes the North Carolina voting ID was struck down. Early voting starts really soon.

For the Republicans to recover, not only will they have to reboot but they will have to be pray that Hillary is a disaster. If she makes major progress, like criminal justice reform, boosting the economy, and immigration reform, as well as other goals like relieving student debt and dealing with climate change, then I don't see a path that allows for the Republicans to recover anytime soon unless she has a disastrous foreign policy.

[LuLuDrops]

Kansas' voter law is likely next: Ruling by the 21st

For Kansas' Aug. 2 primary election, a state judge overruled Kobach and allowed people who registered to vote in person at a department of motor vehicles location without providing proof of citizenship to vote in local, state and federal elections. The judge will not decide until Sept. 21 whether these more than 17,000 Kansans will be able to vote in local and state elections in November.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...n-vote-n639396

Wisconsin paved the way for the 7th Circuit, NC for the 4th, Texas for the 5th and Kansas may do it for the 10th. There's a case right now in the 6th as well.

[LuLuDrops]

RE Kansas: If a person attempts to register to vote in Kansas and doesn't provide proof of citizenship, photo ID or fulfill other registration requirements, that person is placed on a "suspense list." After being placed on the list, they have 90 days to finish their registration process. If their registrations aren't completed after that time, they are purged from the list.

As of July 12, 26,228 people were on the Kansas suspense list, more than 1.5 percent of the state's registered voters. More than half of the people on the list aren't affiliated with a political party. More than 57 percent of the people on the list are also millennials, or people born between 1981 and 1998.

[Wonderland]

Originally posted by King Maxx

Hmm. I still see him losing a lot of reliable Republican voters, and I think his loyal base isn't as big and able to vote as the media suggests.

I sure hope you're correct.

Originally posted by King Maxx

Hillary's ground game is amazing, and she's going to get her reliable voters to the booth and mail as soon as early voting starts. I just feel a double digit win with a possible record turnout for her incoming. If any candidate has the silent majority it's her. We'll see tho.

Early voting will be such a good way for her to rake in the win. Forgot about that! Especially at the moment while she's looking good. Not sure how big early voting is in the states but in New Zealand the last few years the election has pretty much been won almost outright on early votes

Originally posted by King Maxx

I'm basing this on Trump doing something terrible that ruins his campaign in the debates. PLEASE LET IT HAPPEN. The country would benefit so much from that.

That'd be such a good position for Hillary. Especially if she can translate the gaffe into votes the next day via early voting - which would almost definitely happen.

Originally posted by King Maxx

Yes the North Carolina voting ID was struck down. Early voting starts really soon.

YAS at the voting restrictions being stuck down. Great news

Originally posted by King Maxx

For the Republicans to recover, not only will they have to reboot but they will have to be pray that Hillary is a disaster. If she makes major progress, like criminal justice reform, boosting the economy, and immigration reform, as well as other goals like relieving student debt and dealing with climate change, then I don't see a path that allows for the Republicans to recover anytime soon unless she has a disastrous foreign policy.

You're right. She'd need a very messy term. But if the stars align right she'll get majorities where she needs them and she'll get all that through. We can only pray I guess. I shiver to think what the next Republican president will do if they take control in 4 (or even 8) years without a revised, more moderate platform. I guess at least the Supreme Court will lean liberal in that period

[Wonderland]

Originally posted by LuLuDrops

RE Kansas: If a person attempts to register to vote in Kansas and doesn't provide proof of citizenship, photo ID or fulfill other registration requirements, that person is placed on a "suspense list." After being placed on the list, they have 90 days to finish their registration process. If their registrations aren't completed after that time, they are purged from the list.

As of July 12, 26,228 people were on the Kansas suspense list, more than 1.5 percent of the state's registered voters. More than half of the people on the list aren't affiliated with a political party. More than 57 percent of the people on the list are also millennials, or people born between 1981 and 1998.

Hillary needs to tap into those people QUICK!

There's a percent or two for her in Kansas right there for the taking and that race is tightening

[LuLuDrops]

AGAIN Trump is coming for a GOP Senator in Arizona

Why was Donald Trump bashing Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake on Twitter?

As Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign spends money on TV ads in red-state Arizona, Republican nominee Donald Trump on Sunday resumed his feud with one of Arizona's Republican senators.

U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake appeared on two national Sunday morning public-affairs programs — CBS' Face the Nation and CNN's State of the Union — to discuss Trump, whom he has thus far refused to endorse because of the candidate's harsh anti-illegal-immigration rhetoric and lack of serious policy proposals. Flake also has said Trump's controversial statements have put Arizona in play for the Democrats this year.

Flake, a member of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" who collaborated on an immigration-reform bill that passed the Senate in 2013, also criticized the intense immigration speech that Trump delivered Wednesday in Phoenix.

"Some people said it was hardening. Some said softening. I say it was just confusing," Flakesaid on Face the Nation.

Flake said that Trump's proposal to build a border wall and make Mexico pay for it is not a serious policy proposal and that most Arizonans know that.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...tter/89877784/

[LuLuDrops]

At this point, by election day Trump will have feuded with half the GOP incumbents

[King Maxx]

Originally posted by Wonderland

Early voting will be such a good way for her to rake in the win. Forgot about that! Especially at the moment while she's looking good. Not sure how big early voting is in the states but in New Zealand the last few years the election has pretty much been won almost outright on early votes

In the increasingly diverse battleground states of North Carolina, Colorado, Florida, Nevada, Arizona and Georgia — all must-win states for Trump, except Colorado — it's minorities in particular who can tip the scales.

Early voters are expected to make up between 50 to 75 percent or more of all ballots in the six states, based on 2012 figures. That's compared to a national average of 35 percent, up from 22 percent in 2004, according to election data compiled by The Associated Press.

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[Wonderland]

If Trump loses, I really hope historians look back on this moment as the "(Uneducated) White man's last crusade" that dragged the 19th Century GOP down with it.

[Wonderland]

Originally posted by King Maxx

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That is such a good sign for Hillary. The waiting it out logic actually makes a little more sense to me now as she'll be coming into her campaign this month and really hit the ground as early voting is opening which will be perfect for her so long as there's no big slip up on the way.

I really hope Black and Latino voters get her over the line... Most white voters are such flops and for America's sake I'm so glad their influence is on the decline

[LuLuDrops]

If anyone's interested, an in-depth article on what's going on with voter laws and verdicts around the country:

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/...ules/89772026/

[Mike91]

The media has really turned on Hillary. I guess it wasn't fun covering a race that was essentially over last month.

She needs to hold a press conference before the first debate over her emails and the Clinton Foundation. Just come clean about it and try to lay it to rest. Otherwise it'll be a huge part of the first debate and Trump will get to use it to attack her and the debate needs to be Hillary forcing Trump to answer for his ****, not the other way around.

[Benzene]

The media has definitely turned on Hillary, and Krugman calls them out. Currently trending on Twitter: http://nytimes.com/2016/09/05/opinio...ets-gored.html

Read this 2007 article about the press treatment of Gore. It's very scary that essentially the same thing is happening all over again: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/10/gore200710

[LuLuDrops]

Blech at the press.

Oh well, at least she's got Bernie stumping for ha next week and Team Obama right after.

[mermaid_ariel]

I just saw a new energy plan ad on T.V with Hillary. She looked so good.

[LuLuDrops]

This is such a kii. Sounding like Pence with backtracking but saying she can't do anything about it.

[Mike91]

Originally posted by mermaid_ariel

I just saw a new energy plan ad on T.V with Hillary. She looked so good.

It airs all the time here in Ohio.