There is no path to vicory for Donald Trump other than our complacency

[louis c]

Today's polls put the three key states in the electoral map squarely in Hillary Clinton's corner.

With Virginia and New Hampshire out of reach for Trump in the most recent polls with leads in the mid-teens there are three key states in which Trump has to win all three.

Pennsylvania, Clinton is ahead by nearly 9 points in the average of polls there, 5 and 9 point leads in the most recent polls in Florida and 6 points in today's poll from Ohio. Clinton only needs to win one of these, if all other poll numbers hold, even if she loses Iowa, North Carolina and Nevada, in which she is either just slightly ahead or even.

[pampango]

1. If his ultra-negative campaigning can drag Hillary down in the mud, maybe he can suppress turnout

("Why bother to vote? None of them worth voting for!) to the point that his fanatical base can elect him.

[lastlib]

2. and cheating.

It will take vote-stealing on a massive and unprecedented scale, but I cannot put it past the power-hungry GOPee.

G O T F V!!

[uppityperson]

3. Here is a serious question. Do you think even a big "terroristomg!" attack would give him

enough fear-votes? If it were only weeks before the election.

[Stinky The Clown]

4. I don't think he's seen as the better option in that department

Clinton is widely seen as pretty hawkish. She is also fairly widely seen as competent on national security, emailBenghaziIran notwithstanding.