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Think Hillary Clinton Will Crush Donald Trump in the General Election? Don't Be So Sure.
Slate ^ | February 24, 2016 | Josh Voorhees

Posted on 02/24/2016 9:58:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

For months, Trump-fearing Republicans and the Trump-skeptical press have consoled themselves with the idea that there were clear limits to the celebrity billionaire's appeal. But during the Nevada caucus on Tuesday night, Donald Trump gave us all one more giant reason to worry as he wracked up more votes than Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz combined. Trump won a staggering 46 percent of the votes cast in what was a ostensibly a five-man race, far more than his mid-30s peak in the previous three contests and in national polls.

The Republican nomination does not yet belong to Trump: He has long polled better in Nevada than he does nationally, so his apparent momentum may be the result of a scheduling quirk more than anything else. Nonetheless, it's become increasingly difficult to craft a plausible scenario where any of his rivals can mount the type of comeback they'd need to pass him. It's unclear they even know where to start....

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TOPICS: Arkansas; Nevada; New York; Campaign News; Parties; Polls
KEYWORDS: 2016election; arkansas; bernie; clinton; donald; donaldjtrump; election2016; feelthebern; hillary; hillaryclinton; hitlery; joshvorhees; makeamericagreat; nevada; newyork; salon; sanders; tds; trump
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1 posted on 02/24/2016 9:58:04 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Landslide for Trump..easy it wont even be close except for the cheating


2 posted on 02/24/2016 10:01:18 PM PST by ground_fog
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Trump has a long ways to go to get 880? delegates. Texas, Florida and Ohio might be hurdles.

Last night I heard a quick blurb that the debate tomorrow? will be carried on our local radio station. Then I heard CNN will not broadcast to California. Could I have heard that right?

3 posted on 02/24/2016 10:01:49 PM PST by Aliska ("No bank is too big to fail, and no executive is too powerful to jail." HRC 1/24/16)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Slate always has our best interest at heart.


4 posted on 02/24/2016 10:01:55 PM PST by nickcarraway
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I doubt very much that Hitlery would win against Trump.

I think the disillusioned Sanders people would stay home in droves, and perhaps even revenge vote for Trump.

I also think she’s going to be very worn out, and he’s going to be all over her like ugly on an ape.


5 posted on 02/24/2016 10:02:23 PM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She could, however, beat Cruz.

Cruz does not draw anyone other than conservatives. Trump will pull in from the African-Americans, Hispanics, Democrats, etc.


6 posted on 02/24/2016 10:04:41 PM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: Aliska
Last night I heard a quick blurb that the debate tomorrow? will be carried on our local radio station. Then I heard CNN will not broadcast to California. Could I have heard that right?

They've given up on firewalls. They are now using bulldozers and flame retardant from helicopters.

...good luck with *that* one. I could see Trump winning either NY or California (depending on how the Hillary indictment or Sanders Jugend go...)

7 posted on 02/24/2016 10:04:47 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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Good points and I agree.

Trump is going to attract many who normally vote Dem.

And Trump would hit her hard and never let up.


8 posted on 02/24/2016 10:07:58 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A Trump/Clinton election would be the reverse of 2012. Instead of conservatives staying home and not voting for Romney, it’ll be Bernie voters and blacks staying home and not voting for Hillary.


9 posted on 02/24/2016 10:09:47 PM PST by MUDDOG
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Trump will take the battle to the dims. He will call Hillary a criminal and crook to her face. He will call Bill a rapist and crook to his face and he will call Bernie a marxist commie to his face. I won’t be pretty.


10 posted on 02/24/2016 10:09:47 PM PST by r_barton (Ted Cruz - The charm of Barry Goldwater and the ethics of Richard Nixon. - GO TRUMP!!!)
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I think without a doubt Trump will pick up more traditional Dem votes than any R candidate since Reagan. He will pull a higher than normal percentage of the union vote and minorities because they feel he will bring jobs back to America. To win he needs enough D votes to make up for the R’s that will stay home because he is the candidate.


11 posted on 02/24/2016 10:11:35 PM PST by TruthWillWin (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: ground_fog

Agree, Trump landslide despite vote fraud


12 posted on 02/24/2016 10:11:40 PM PST by sockhead
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Trump will fight back and win ugly.

Pray America wakes


13 posted on 02/24/2016 10:12:31 PM PST by bray (Trump/Palin 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is from Slate!!! Hummmm!


14 posted on 02/24/2016 10:13:21 PM PST by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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I won’t be pretty.


It will be beautiful to watch, though.


15 posted on 02/24/2016 10:14:04 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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I doubt if there’ll be as many Republicans and Republican-leaning Independents staying at home as the pundits and pollsters might think if Don Trump is the nominee.


16 posted on 02/24/2016 10:14:33 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ 2016)
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At this point in 1980, Reagan was way behind Carter.

(someone posted this on another thread)


17 posted on 02/24/2016 10:16:31 PM PST by r_barton (Ted Cruz - The charm of Barry Goldwater and the ethics of Richard Nixon. - GO TRUMP!!!)
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Their whole shenanigan for Hillary is to make her play the little crying lamb girl, victim of men, and to portray the opposition as men outmto get women.

It is a typical ploy of irresponsibility but one which can be managed if whoever runs against her figures it out instead of being paralyzed like the idiot GOPe.


18 posted on 02/24/2016 10:16:51 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall noshi)
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I suppose he could win both. I was thinking maybe he ought to put a little political capital into California. Maybe he will, in time.

Firewalls? I think I get it. Blast Trump with everything they've got. The media seems to be schizoid about him. He's a racist pig he's good clickbait and more.

WAPO blah blah "can he be stopped?" (one headline). The other, GOP leaders, you must do everything in your power to stop Trump." That sounds pretty ominous to me.

How far will they go to stop him? I wouldn't rule out anything.

19 posted on 02/24/2016 10:22:41 PM PST by Aliska ("No bank is too big to fail, and no executive is too powerful to jail." HRC 1/24/16)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

At the moment, I don’t think Hillary believes she’ll win. She’s in it now and she’ll go down in flames rather than drop out and possibly have another woman take her place.


20 posted on 02/24/2016 10:28:19 PM PST by Bringbackthedraft (HILLARY 2016 - SERIOUSLY? What are they thinking? Wuff, wuff?)
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