[Parmy]

Question: If most people hate the candidate, how can he be elected?

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Question: If most people hate the candidate, how can he be elected?

If you have no choice, you’ll have to select the proverbial “lesser” of two “evils” ( note the quotes ).

[cloudmountain]

Half the people who are eligible to vote don't even register. They simply don't care.

Of the other half, the 18-year-olds have the WORST voting record. 19-year-olds have the SECOND worst voting record. And so on.

The folks who always vote are LESS than 40% of the population. THEY elect the POTUS. The numbers are even worse as the voters are separated by states, counties and precincts. MOST just don't bother because they have their "cake" already.

[RedStateRocker]

if candidate ‘A’ is hated by 80 percent and candidate ‘B’ is loathed by merely 75 percent?

[discostu]

Look at the percentage of the population that votes. With both parties regularly nominating the unqualified and the banal it’s very easy to win an election with the majority hating you.

[DoodleDawg]

Question: If most people hate the candidate, how can he be elected?

If the two candidates are Trump and Clinton then one or the other will win regardless of unfavorables.

[going hot]

A: Projection