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Originally Posted by Drjohnrock
I'm sure living in California--especially in LA--could lull a person into thinking Trump hasn't got a chance. California is a solidly blue state.
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oh we have a very solid and powerful GOP block, its not the liberal paradise everyone around the country imagine. i work in a very conservative community, in 2012 i saw nothing but Romney signs, even teenagers enthusiastically wearing Romney t-shirts. however in 2016 no Trump ANYTHING. Trump is only doing well in the media, in real life most non-dingbat Republicans can't STAND him. he is the embodiment of the TEA party but TEA party was always a vocal minority of GOP.
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But things aren't the same everywhere across the country. There is a lot of support for Trump.
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sure, but it never really rises above 35-40% and even THAT is a projection. STOP THE FEAR MONGERING.
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And while a lot of Trump's supporters belong in HRC's "Basket Of Deplorables", a lot don't.
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is that why almost every established GOP leader has come out and dissed Trump? just saw Bob Gates.denounce Trump as "a fool"
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Listen to NPR, or check out a lot of the people who live in northeast Ohio, Land Of Evollove. A lot of Rust Belt residents don't like Trump's racism, sexism, etc. But they are supporting Trump out of economic desperation.
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so? so Ohio is the entire country now? fuck what a bunch of braindead white people think. if they are dumb enough to think Trump will help them they are already.revealing their level of intelligence. why take such stupid people seriously?
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But the economically disenfranchised have the numbers to put Drump over the top. This thing is far from over.
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did you forget for most of its history rust belt was Blue Dog pro Union Democrats yes? shouldnt forget that when a clown like trump is the GOP. sure sometimes they voted for centrist Republicans BUT Trump doesn't fit that mold.
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On edit: I'm showing my age here. But prior to the 1972 election, a lot of people--many conservatives included--thought Nixon was a slimy, shady liar. Yeah, any Democrat could knock him off! George McGovern--the Bernie Sanders of his time--won just Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. And while Clinton would never lose in a landslide like that, sitting back and waiting for an "inevitable" HRC victory will do nothing but guarantee the inauguration of President Trump.
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Nixon was a total slime ball.BUT he was also a MASTER politician, had been a very popular Vice president, and ran a rather tame campaign in 1968 compared to Trump. now sure, two yeara ago i thought Nixon.was a textbook example of how the Republicans would win 2016 based on all the racism against Obama just like Tricky Dick won on the "silent majority" of resentful white people who were pissed off about the Civil Rights movement.
this is not 1968. Nixon in hindsight seems unelectable, but in the 50s and 60s he was very popular and respected, things that Trump simply is NOT.