Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumFolks, the polling trendline is getting close to a bandwagon trend.
We are nearing a place where Hillary's numbers will climb and the Oompa-loompa's numbers will tank as people decide to jump on the winning side.
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
8 replies, 862 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (12)
ReplyReply to this post
8 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Folks, the polling trendline is getting close to a bandwagon trend. (Original Post)
MohRokTah
Aug 2016
OP
What happens if Trump's polling number are too low for Debate threshold?
liberal N proud
Aug 2016
#1
liberal N proud
(60,346 posts)1. What happens if Trump's polling number are too low for Debate threshold?
jmowreader
(50,566 posts)2. I think they let you slide on that if you're a major-party nominee
Given that, a major-party nominee who's polling too low to qualify for the debates if he or she was a minor-party candidate should be required to commit seppuku on stage at the beginning of the debate period and his or her party should not be allowed to choose a replacement.
Silent3
(15,287 posts)4. I joked about that about a week ago.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512338801
It's a sad thing, however, that there's probably close to nothing Trump could do, short of maybe eating a baby on live TV, that will get him below 15%.
It's a sad thing, however, that there's probably close to nothing Trump could do, short of maybe eating a baby on live TV, that will get him below 15%.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)6. What color baby?
Oh, I am definitely going to Hell now.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)3. Well look at the bright side-less jet fuel needed for the Trump plane.
woolldog
(8,791 posts)5. Even I'm not finding anything to be concerned about.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)7. Still, GOTV!
I don't want him to win A. Single. State. I know that's an unlikely scenario, but we can damn well try!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)8. This. Yes! GOTV. Get the Senate. Go after the House.