Posted on 10/23/2016 6:31:47 PM PDT by GilGil
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus said Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton will lose the election because, “She’s too risky for this country.”
When asked if Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will win, Priebus said, “Yeah, he is going to win, and he’s going to win because I think people in this country have had enough and he’s the change agent. When it comes down to risk in this country, Hillary’s been tested and she’s failed. She’s the risky candidate. You look at Russia, the uranium deal giving them control of 20% of the world’s uranium. Her pocketing hundreds of thousands in speeches, Russian reset, Libya, you look at Iraq and the mess she left there. What I’m saying is she was tried and tested. She failed. She’s too risky for this country. That’s why she’s going to lose.”
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Interesting take. I recall she had no campaign appearances planned until the end of Oct, and, here she is, on Oct 23, out on the stump.
You would think so.
No, Priebus is supporting Trump. He has been travelling with him. He has stood with him at appearances. Priebus is not the problem.
Hillary Clinton appears to be displaying strength in the crucial battleground states of North Carolina and Florida among voters casting ballots before Election Day, and may also be building an early vote advantage in Arizona and Colorado.
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Donald Trump, meanwhile, appears to be holding ground in Ohio, Iowa and Georgia, according to data compiled by The Associated Press. Those are important states for Trump, but not sufficient for him to win the presidency if he loses states like Florida or North Carolina.
“The Trump campaign should be concerned,” said Scott Tranter, co-founder of Optimus, a Republican data analytics firm. His firm’s analysis suggests a “strong final showing for the Clinton campaign” in early voting.
Early voting — by mail or at polling stations — is off to a fast start. More than 5.3 million votes have been cast already, far outpacing the rate for this period in 2012. Balloting is underway in 34 out of 37 early-voting states.
In all, more than 46 million people are expected to vote before Election Day — or as much as 40 percent of all votes cast.
Both parties are encouraging their supporters to vote early. The outcome of those ballots won’t be known until counting begins after polls close on Nov. 8, but some clues are available. Some states report the party affiliations of early voters, as well as breakdowns by race and gender.
The data that is available represents a small sample of the more than 120 million people who will cast ballots in the presidential election, but a notable one.
A look at early voting trends:
GOOD SIGNS FOR CLINTON: FLORIDA, NORTH CAROLINA, MAINE
The Clinton campaign is looking to build an insurmountable lead in Florida and North Carolina during early voting. If she wins either of those states, she’ll probably be the next president.
Using 2012 as a guidepost, she appears to be in a strong position in early voting.
While Democrats tend to do better in early voting, Republicans usually post an initial lead with mail-in ballots before Democrats surpass them during in-person early voting in mid to late October.
Democrats so far have kept it close with mail-in ballots, giving Clinton a chance to run up the score with in-person early voting. To do that, she’ll need non-whites and young people to turn out near the high levels they did in 2012 for Barack Obama.
In North Carolina, Democrats have moved ahead of Republicans in early voting. Republicans had held a modest lead based on mail-in ballots returned, but that was at a much narrower margin than in 2012, when Mitt Romney narrowly won the state. After in-person voting began on Thursday, Democrats overtook Republicans in overall votes cast.
In Florida, a record 3.1 million people have requested ballots, more than one-third of the total voters in 2012. Democrats have requested almost as many ballots as Republicans: 39 percent vs. 40 percent.
By comparison, in 2008, Republicans held a lead of 49 percent to 32 percent in requests, according to an analysis for AP by Catalist, a Democratic analytical firm. Obama won in Florida in 2008 and 2012.
Democrats are also showing momentum in the 2nd congressional district of both Maine and Nebraska. The two states allocate electoral votes by congressional district.
SIGNS OF EARLY EDGE FOR CLINTON OUT WEST
Early voting is surging in Arizona, another state Trump can’t afford to lose. Arizona has long been reliably Republican, but Clinton is targeting it.
More than 1.9 million ballots have been requested and 36,000 returned. That’s more than triple the 10,800 ballots returned during a similar period in 2012.
Democrats have a 44 percent to 31 percent lead over Republicans in ballots returned. Another 25 percent were independent or unknown. At this point in 2012, Democrats had a narrower 38 percent to 35 percent lead, according to Catalist.
While figures are preliminary, Tranter, the Republican analyst, said Arizona had become competitive.
“It’s close,” Tranter said.
In Colorado, which began voting by mail on Monday, Democrats led 43 percent to 30 percent among the 15,280 ballots returned by late Thursday. In 2012, the party had trailed Republicans early. Registered Democrats have since surpassed Republicans in the state.
And in Nevada, which also began absentee voting this week, overall ballot requests and returns were down. There were sharper declines among older whites, who tend to vote Republican.
GOOD SIGNS FOR TRUMP: OHIO, IOWA AND GEORGIA
Early vote data for now points to potential Trump strength in Ohio, Iowa and Georgia.
In Ohio, data compiled by Michael McDonald, a University of Florida professor who runs the U.S. Elections Project, continue to show big declines in ballot requests in the heavily Democratic counties of Cuyahoga and Franklin.
The state does not break down ballots by party affiliation. By race, voter modeling by Catalist found the white share of Ohio ballot requests was up, to 91 percent from 88 percent. The black share declined from 10 percent to 7 percent.
In Georgia, which also does not report party affiliation, both ballot requests and returns from black voters also trailed 2012 levels.
And in Iowa, Democrats lead early requests, 43 percent to 36 percent. But that level is down significantly from 2012. Obama won the state that year based on a strong early vote in his favor.
In a statement, the Republican National Committee said it was focused on boosting turnout in 11 battleground states and predicted a strong Election Day performance.
“Democrats are not turning out new voters, just turning out people who would have voted on Election Day,” it said.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/early-voting-data-shows-strengths-trump-clinton-42982907
Right on!
The Republican leadership has spent $0.00 supporting Trump.
Donations are going in, some of it intended to help Trump.
As I understand it, those funds are being spend on local races and not for Trump support.
If I’m wrong, then call me on this. I shouldn’t advance something that isn’t true, but I believe I’m right here.
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Chelsea Clinton, the daughter of Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, will be campaigning for her mother in Wisconsin on Tuesday.
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Sen. Tammy Baldwin also campaigned for Clinton and other Democratic candidates on Sunday in Milwaukee.
“Your personal motivations, your personal stories are the most powerful thing to connect with voters who have not yet made up their mind,” Baldwin said.
http://www.wisn.com/article/chelsea-clinton-to-campaign-in-wisconsin/7124668
K. Conway agreed he was trailing in the polls today. She wasn’t brimming with the same optimism and I’m sure she’s in the know.
Just repeating what she said.. Don’t shoot the messenger.
I've already mailed in my vote for Trump. Democrats are the party of evil and Hillary is the worst of the worst.(At least Obama is a lazy kind of evil!)
There is no way in hell the beast takes AZ..
NO one can name of thing Reince Priebus and the eGOP has done to get Trump elected, not one. No commercials, no advertising, no pressuring Ryan and Cruz and McInsane to support Trump. Nothing.
FU eGOP!!!
I don't picture her doing that if she thought she was going to win.
Priebus doesn’t want a potential Trump lose to damage the GOP’s chances of keeping the House and the Senate, especially the latter.
However Qatar and Saudi’s have been arming Isis on her behalf so could mean payment for a build up and the push to take Assad out once Mosul falls..most of ISIS has been corralled into Syria....also would explain Putin sending his naval fleet to Syria recently.
I wonder if Mr Rinse Prepuce really believes what he is saying?
I’ve heard this change agent thing from more than one place
The past die hard Obama voters in my neighborhood have no signs for Hillary. There is only one sign of all these liberals and it says I am Pro American and Anti Trump. They cant even put a Hillary sign up ....which means they will vote for her but not admit it. Some may not even vote.
Good insight !Look at illary; went out on the rally circuit again, out in Philly on a cold fall night... at the end of which, she wound down like an old clock...She went to the university which was the only place she could find enough ‘marks’ to attend.And not that many watching on the ‘net...In the meantime, Mr Trump kept on rolling, doing two big rallies in two different states, with thousands in attendance, coming from all over with the venue sold out/max capacity and with many more at the overflow area.And tens of thousands watching on the ‘net.And in ncluding the rallies, he gave a detailed ‘first 100 days’ speech at Gettysburg.
Good insight !Look at illary; went out on the rally circuit again, out in Philly on a cold fall night... at the end of which, she wound down like an old clock...She went to the university which was the only place she could find enough ‘marks’ to attend.And not that many watching on the ‘net...In the meantime, Mr Trump kept on rolling, doing two big rallies in two different states, with thousands in attendance, coming from all over with the venue sold out/max capacity and with many more at the overflow area.And tens of thousands watching on the ‘net.And in ncluding the rallies, he gave a detailed ‘first 100 days’ speech at Gettysburg.
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