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2016 Postmortem
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"Despite his woes, not all the results of the new polls were heartening for Mrs. Clinton. The Journal-NBC survey found that her lead essentially disappears when candidates from the Green Party and Libertarian Party are included. She essentially tied Mr. Trump, with 39 percent to his 38 percent. Together, third-party candidates grabbed 16 percent of the support."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/27/us/politics/donald-trump-slips-further-behind-hillary-clinton-in-new-polls.html?action=click&contentCollection=us&module=NextInCollection®ion=Footer&pgtype=article&version=newsevent&rref=collection%2Fnews-event%2Felection-2016
Clinton would be wise to get a strong progressive/green candidate on her ticket and listen to him/her.
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There seems to be little more HRC can do to "win over" Sanders' voters outside of giving him the
Jitter65
Jun 2016
#2
I wouldn't presume to tell whether Jitter65 considers Barney Frank "establishment",
Betty Karlson
Jun 2016
#88
I read your list of "Must dos" for Clinton to gain your support and I'm sure that everyone else who
politicaljunkie41910
Jun 2016
#98
The question is whether those supprters want the party to keep itself together.
Betty Karlson
Jun 2016
#104
She's getting no encouragement from them looks like she can't win them over - she will have to
kerry-is-my-prez
Jun 2016
#53
I happen to agree that it's a shitty idea. It is the plan, however. n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jun 2016
#93
Remember, it's not the people here who need to win over anyone. It's also not the people here
eastwestdem
Jun 2016
#49
Explicitly saying so violates the TOS. But I said: I support down-ticket Democrats
Betty Karlson
Jun 2016
#71
Sickening. I'm glad to finally know the reality of how women are really thought of.
kerry-is-my-prez
Jun 2016
#54
"3rd" parties always poll better now than they actually perform in November. NT
Adrahil
Jun 2016
#30
Support is only meaningful if based on her actual record, and her progressive cred is too limited
JudyM
Jun 2016
#55
Would you please point to specific achievements? I would like to be able to see "effectiveness" as
JudyM
Jun 2016
#64
Suggesting she would be "wise to get a strong progressive/green candidate on her ticket"
SheilaT
Jun 2016
#45
It's really quite irrelevant, because Stein & Johnson will end up with less than 1% in November.
Lord Magus
Jun 2016
#102