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edhopper

(33,579 posts)
Tue Jun 21, 2016, 09:17 AM Jun 2016

These charts show why Hillary will win.

Here are two charts that show Clinton's and Trump's favorability ratings for the last year.

Clinton
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Trump
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First, they aren't as close as many claim, and the favorable/unfavorable ratios are better for Hillary.

We also see that after a primary season where Hillary received mostly negative press
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/04/15/media-analysis-shows-hillary-clinton-has-received-most-negative-stories-least-positive-stories-all/209945
her ratings are predictably down. But we also see her upside from just last year are quite good. She has been viewed favorably as Senator and SoS. And isn't hated nearly as much as the anti-Clinton forces say.

Trump, on the other hand looks like he has plateaued as high as he can go, with a considerable negative unfavorable to favorable ratio.

Hillary has plenty of room to rise in the polls as she looks more Presidential and prepared. Trump won't move beyond his "angry white man" base.

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