2016 Postmortem

imagine2015

(2,054 posts) Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:32 PM Jun 2016

NATIONAL POLL JUNE 3: Clinton Leads Trump By 1 Point Clinton 38% Trump 37% Johnson 8%

Friday, June 3

General Election: Trump vs. Clinton vs. Johnson Rasmussen Reports Clinton 38, Trump 37, Johnson 8 Clinton +1

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NATIONAL POLL JUNE 3: Clinton Leads Trump By 1 Point Clinton 38% Trump 37% Johnson 8% (Original Post) imagine2015 Jun 2016 OP

Soon will be the "National Polls are not worthwhile" meme. libdem4life Jun 2016 #1

Exactly. Trump hasn't started his campaign against Hillary yet. Not sure Clinton will be nominee. imagine2015 Jun 2016 #3

Agree, it's looking like Sanders has this thing in the bag. No way Clinton can catch up now. nt eastwestdem Jun 2016 #6

I think that's been the thinking and polling for sometime now. libdem4life Jun 2016 #10

Don't worry--someone will unskew this poll soon enough!!! n/t QC Jun 2016 #7

Please average 15%, Gary Johnson Reter Jun 2016 #2

If he gets 15% the Democratic/Republican debate commission will up the rule to 25%! imagine2015 Jun 2016 #5

Well, they're forced to honor the 15% this election Reter Jun 2016 #12

Has the Democratic Party sank so low that there is doubt that they can beat a chump like Trump? kentuck Jun 2016 #4

The Party of the People was acquired in a hostile takeover, sadly. n/t QC Jun 2016 #8

Don't worry, with the Dems still infighting, the polls looked skewed. Also this poll was done before eastwestdem Jun 2016 #9

In a word, yes. Rich Plutocrats now control the party, where the libdem4life Jun 2016 #11

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libdem4life

(13,877 posts)

1. Soon will be the "National Polls are not worthwhile" meme.

Reply to imagine2015 (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:35 PM

Jun 2016

That is until the Poll favors the other candidate...then it is spot on.

imagine2015

(2,054 posts)

3. Exactly. Trump hasn't started his campaign against Hillary yet. Not sure Clinton will be nominee.

Reply to libdem4life (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:43 PM

Jun 2016

Trump thinks Sanders has a chance to win the nomination but hopes Hillary is the candidate because she's easier to defeat than Bernie.

eastwestdem

(1,220 posts)

6. Agree, it's looking like Sanders has this thing in the bag. No way Clinton can catch up now. nt

Reply to imagine2015 (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:44 PM

Jun 2016

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)

10. I think that's been the thinking and polling for sometime now.

Reply to imagine2015 (Reply #3)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:47 PM

Jun 2016

Also, notice this one added in Johnson. In a squeeky election even 1% makes a difference.

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.

QC

(26,371 posts)

7. Don't worry--someone will unskew this poll soon enough!!! n/t

Reply to libdem4life (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:45 PM

Jun 2016

Reter

(2,188 posts)

2. Please average 15%, Gary Johnson

Reply to imagine2015 (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:41 PM

Jun 2016

I want him in the debates. I can't stand him, but he helps us by taking Trump votes.

imagine2015

(2,054 posts)

5. If he gets 15% the Democratic/Republican debate commission will up the rule to 25%!

Reply to Reter (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:44 PM

Jun 2016

Reter

(2,188 posts)

12. Well, they're forced to honor the 15% this election

Reply to imagine2015 (Reply #5)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 10:25 PM

Jun 2016

So any changes will take affect 2020.

kentuck

(111,078 posts)

4. Has the Democratic Party sank so low that there is doubt that they can beat a chump like Trump?

Reply to imagine2015 (Original post)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:43 PM

Jun 2016

What happened to the Party that represented the common man?

QC

(26,371 posts)

8. The Party of the People was acquired in a hostile takeover, sadly. n/t

Reply to kentuck (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:46 PM

Jun 2016

eastwestdem

(1,220 posts)

9. Don't worry, with the Dems still infighting, the polls looked skewed. Also this poll was done before

Reply to kentuck (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:46 PM

Jun 2016

Hillary's recent speech, which has already been shown to shift some undecideds.

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)

11. In a word, yes. Rich Plutocrats now control the party, where the

Reply to kentuck (Reply #4)

Sat Jun 4, 2016, 01:53 PM

Jun 2016

Almost-Crowned Nominee and the Privileged, Superdelegates, DC Beltway rule. That's called an Oligarchy. But now a contested Oligarchy.

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