Posted on 08/22/2015 7:02:41 AM PDT by Eccl 10:2
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IMHO, assuming the 191 to start, we add:
FL - 29 NC - 15 OH - 18 WI - 10 IA - 6 ME - 1
That's 270. We have some serious battleground states to win, and it won't be easy.
My hope is that Trump won’t be afraid to call out the Republican Secs of State in Florida and Ohio about voter fraud. This crap has gone on far too long.
I posted this previously
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3327664/posts?page=36
but it fits in here quite well-
Got one for ya.
The Donald could win NY.
1-Union support because he’s against the disastrous trade deals.
2-Big Money support, because he’s a New York business man.
3-Populous & 2nd Amendment support for Upstate.
4-Working/Married women, not baby killing leftists.
5-Young Republicans and other Millenials are sick to death of Obambi.
Leaving off the socialist west coast, if he can hold his own with NYC ethnics and Catholics, we could have another Landslide. More along the lines of Red/White&Blue Rockefeller type than a Communist Fighting Reagan.
NY is more a Labor Union state than a Liberal voting state. Sometimes they diverge.
Remember - Nixon carried NY 58% with the Hardhats and Teamsters. Only the Progressive 5 Boroughs went Mcky G. ( from “Wikipedia”)
I know we say this a lot and it's always a ghost, but MI may well be in play given Trump's "American made" positions. I think it might even be easier than either VA or OH.
At any rate, I think the states generally in play are IA, WI, MI, VA, CO, NV, NH, OH, PA. Even NM is a long shot possibility, as it went for Bush in 04 (I think).
Eminently winnable. By the time Hillary is finished imploding, it would not be impossible for a GOP candidate to win with 320-330.
After two straight elections here in OH, I definitely wouldn’t put OH or WI in the R camp. I think VA might be easier.
NH used to be reliably Republican until the MA residents started to move in and take over.
The motto of NH is LIVE FREE OR DIE.
Slowly but surely, they choosing DIE.
Interesting take, hope you’re right.
Having Cal/Ill/NYS locking 104 EVs without the Dems spending a penny is a huge advantage.
Putting NYS in play changes that dynamic.
RE: After two straight elections here in OH, I definitely wouldn’t put OH or WI in the R camp.
Didn’t OH just give Kasich a huger landslide in the last election?
Five closest staes in ‘12. Only NC went Romney:
closest states 2012 (EVs) EV total
Florida <1% (29) 29
Ohio 1.9 (18) 47
Virginia 3 (13) 60
Colorado 4.7 (9) 69
[North Carolina -2.2] Romney (15 EVs)
next five closest (all won by O, I think):
Pennsylvania 5.2% (20 EVs) 20 (total EVs)
Iowa 5.6 (6) 26
New Hampshire 5.8 (4) 30
Nevada 6.6 (6) 36
Wisconsin 6.7 (10) 46
Me thinks with Trump as nominee, he could take Michigan. I think with a republican governor they would go with Trump over some far left socialist wacko.
“Eminently winnable. By the time Hillary is finished imploding, it would not be impossible for a GOP candidate to win with 320-330.”
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A viable scenario, certainly. But I’m getting the feeling that TPTB may convince the Queen of the Underworld to withdraw, and Joe Biteme will be the DemonRat nominee.
All the low-information and soulless voters (the DemonRat main constituencies) will have no trouble switching, as their allegiance is not to a candidate, but simply against all that is Good and Right.
“My hope is that Trump won’t be afraid to call out the Republican Secs of State in Florida and Ohio about voter fraud. This crap has gone on far too long.”
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Agreed. Of all the candidates, I think only Trump (maybe Cruz) has the onions and the cash and the connections to fight that crap on all fronts. Which is the only way to do it.
July 31, 2015: VP=46.4 VC=46.3
VP is the Democratic share of the two-party presidential vote, and VC is the Democratic share of the two-party vote in the House.
(Historical note: Michael Dukakis won 46.1% of the two-party vote (Ron Paul ran as the Libertarian candidate) in 1988.)
PA goes GOP if the voter fraud crap in Philly is stopped. The RINOs routinely concede the state. Wouldn’t have had the Florida hanging chad debacle in the 2000 election if the GOP had stopped Philly voter fraud.
>> After two straight elections here in OH, I definitely wouldn’t put OH or WI in the R camp. I think VA might be easier <<
Easier? Maybe in strictly relative terms. But not “easy” by any stretch of the imagination. To wit:
The black vote in VA is, of course, a totally lost cause. Ditto for Hispanics, who are now a huge presence in northern VA.
Then throw in the Vietnamese, Indians (remember macaca?) and other Asians, who used to vote GOP but no more.
Last but not least, you’ve got white federal employees, federal contractors, teachers, etc. who — along with other members of their “social class” — tend to dominate politics in northern VA. These folks just aren’t likely to be eager consumers of Trumpian populism.
I guess I’d put my money on DT for the VA vote in the unlikely case that his Dhimmi opponent should turn out to be Bernie Sanders or Algore. But Joe Biden or John Kerry? There goes the Old Dominion, though it makes me slightly nauseated to say so.
Start spreading the news…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMfz1jlyQrw
HOORAY Trump
Here’s one for Hillaryous Rotten Criminal...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xW2taEoH6s
It’s over
Checkmate
She’ll have to go off the chessboard to pull this out…
/Barry
/Bill
/Chelsea
/Trump
HOORAY Trump
A question I have for Lil’ Johnny, what did you do about the massive vote fraud in Ohio in 2012 that gave us nobama 2? Must be a super secret investigation.
I think there's a chance, if Trump goes against Hillary, that we get ONE of (WI, NM, NV).
If Trump goes against Elizabeth Warren, we pick up VA, NM, NV.
If Trump goes against Bernie Sanders, we have a landslide: Sanders gets: OR - 7 WA - 12 NY - 29 MA - 11 RI - 4 CT - 7 NJ - 14 MD - 10 DE -3 DC -3 VT - 3 MN - 10 133 And Trump 415. Yes, I think Trump will take CA over Sanders.
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