Indeed they are. But if Trump pulls 60% of the popular vote on top of that so much the better.
I believe landslides are determined by electoral votes (370?), not voter turnout.
He's not used to the rally crowds here, lets them roar over one of his lines, but not twice. A fast learner obviously. Great speech. Music.
I think/hope you are correct.
I followed the polls for Brexit...not as closely as for the US presidential election, for sure. But I do remember distinctly that some of the final numbers (I forget which outfits of course) showed leave within the MOE, like two points down. I remember distinctly being very pleased with that, as I felt like leave had a lot of momentum for the future and that the EU was still going to be injured.
Then leave won by 4...which was a huge surprise.
So I think Farage saying that they were down by ten is a bit of an exaggeration for dramatic effect, and no doubt there were some polls which were saying that day of. I think the polling was closer....but nothing was anywhere near a 4 point leave victory at least not that I can remember.
Which is a long winded of saying, that I think you and Farage are spot on.
Trump is within 4 in the RCP average for a 4 person race. That is awesome improvement over the last few weeks. If he can begin to move the needle a little bit state by state....then all of a sudden, this starts to look a whole lot like Brexit...and the timing couldn’t be more perfect!
Indeed they are. But if Trump pulls 60% of the popular vote on top of that so much the better.
The United States presidential election of 1980 was the 49th quadrennial presidential election. .... Muskie was polling even with Ronald Reagan at the time,
Prior UK nonvoters came out to vote for BREXIT.
Ours is much the same decision about ubergovernment this election.
Anyone this ignorant should not be publishing.
We don't necessarily need majorities to get on the right path.
25% is good enough.
As I recall my history, it was about that same percentage that changed the policy and the course of the United States of America more for than the last 240 years.
“In fact, Reagan took 50.7%, to Carter’s 41%....not exactly a landslide in my books.”
Trust me, that’s a landslide.(Assuming it’s accurate. Who received the remaining 9%?)
RE Farage:
Not quite Churchill, but the man comes close... :^).
He knows how to speak TO people, not at them.
Thanks for posting it, Scooter.
“Anything is possible when enough Decent People stand up...”
Sort of brings to mind Edmund Burke... “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
Time for good men and women to stand up.
Just saw another one posted by NBC: a million and a third people watched it with the entire middle chopped out.
The whole bit about the commentariat and multinational global corporatism and the old men in Brussels and sticking it to the establishment. They jumped right to Obama’s visit.
Again, I posted the whole speech in the Comments.
Very frustrating that people are being cheated this way.