2016 Postmortem

marew

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37. If Hillary is the Democratic candidate-

Thu Mar 17, 2016, 08:44 PM

Mar 2016

Do you really believe the GOP will play nice/nice with her? I am sure they will attack her as viciously as possible and she does have some really shady stuff in her background.

I have never seen anything like I've seen recently- increasing numbers of Democrats and Independents are saying they would never vote for Clinton under any circumstances.

"Trump Could Win It All
A new survey shows a sizable number of Democrats ready to defect from Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump."
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-01-08/new-poll-shows-donald-trump-is-a-real-threat-to-hillary-clinton

"14 Percent of Democrats Will Not Support Hillary Clinton. Only Bernie Sanders Prevents Low Voter Turnout"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/h-a-goodman/14-of-democrats-will-not-support-hillary-clinton-only-bernie-sanders-prevents-low-voter-turnout_b_8696238.html

"The Problem With Hillary, Chez, Is I Don’t Vote Republican"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/russ-belville/the-problem-with-hillary-clinton_b_9349590.html

"Hillary Clinton Is Better Than the Republican Candidates. But I Still Wouldn’t Vote for Her."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ben-spielberg/hillary-clinton-is-better_b_8848632.html

"Democrats fear Bernie Sanders’ supporters won’t back Hillary Clinton if she wins nomination"
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jan/19/democrats-fear-bernie-sanders-supporters-wont-back/?page=all

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Hillary Clinton Favorable Rating [View all] marew Mar 2016 OP

And still she prevails. Go figure. :-P NurseJackie Mar 2016 #1

When you have the DNC tipping the scales for you, and... tex-wyo-dem Mar 2016 #6

^^^this^^^ JudyM Mar 2016 #9

This is true! nt marew Mar 2016 #21

Really? peggysue2 Mar 2016 #22

If Hillary is the Democratic candidate- marew Mar 2016 #37

You pretty much summed it up Tex InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2016 #28

I agree, many voters have no idea how much she lies and supports wall street. nt Logical Mar 2016 #17

This is true! nt marew Mar 2016 #38

I know, I know. marew Mar 2016 #23

Wall Street would prefer a Clinton loss to a Sanders win. arcane1 Mar 2016 #2

Yup-- Art_from_Ark Mar 2016 #12

they prefer that the next President is too weak approval-wise to take them on GreatGazoo Mar 2016 #25

Elections aren't held in a vacuum, ergo DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #3

She'd better hope this one doesn't become relevant jfern Mar 2016 #4

and how does John Kasich get the nom over Cruz as well as Trump? nt geek tragedy Mar 2016 #8

Establishment pulling strings for him at a brokered convention jfern Mar 2016 #40

The Republican establishment is impotent. nt geek tragedy Mar 2016 #41

Who knows what can happen if it's a brokered convention jfern Mar 2016 #42

Cruz and Trump will have 90% of the delegates between them geek tragedy Mar 2016 #43

It will also depend on the favorability rating of who she runs against. thesquanderer Mar 2016 #5

Theory of Reasoned Action ... look into it. JoePhilly Mar 2016 #7

Oh, I agree with part of what you say. marew Mar 2016 #31

Newsmax???? karynnj Mar 2016 #44

I think she is winning the primary for three main reasons: Vattel Mar 2016 #10

yep, no Democrats are voting for her because they think she'd do a good job. geek tragedy Mar 2016 #13

Don't put words in my mouth. Vattel Mar 2016 #15

your three reasons why were all about why they weren't voting geek tragedy Mar 2016 #16

I wasn't trying to list all of the reasons why someone might vote for Clinton over Sanders. Vattel Mar 2016 #18

you listed these reasons why she's winning: geek tragedy Mar 2016 #20

I identified what I think are the three MAIN reasons Clinton is winning. Vattel Mar 2016 #24

My nephews are not batshit crazy Art_from_Ark Mar 2016 #14

Guess they are ok with many of us facing deportation, registration or giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #29

and yet she's kicking Bernie Sanders's ass nt geek tragedy Mar 2016 #11

Yup! You are right on that! marew Mar 2016 #32

In 1964, a lot of us weren't crazy about LBJ DavidDvorkin Mar 2016 #19

They say ignorance is bliss... nt revbones Mar 2016 #26

True, so very true. marew Mar 2016 #39

Let's see what happens after the primaries. Bleacher Creature Mar 2016 #27

Think about that number 53.6 % for a moment. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #30

Favorability with Democrats is another story. yallerdawg Mar 2016 #33

You completely missed the point. Trust Buster Mar 2016 #34

Same with trustworthiness . . And Bernie is at the top in both categories. Think it over. pdsimdars Mar 2016 #35

If memory serves... Blanks Mar 2016 #36