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Sunday, September 18
General Election: Trump vs. Clinton LA Times/USC Tracking Clinton 41, Trump 48 Trump +7
Saturday, September 17
General Election: Trump vs. Clinton LA Times/USC Tracking Clinton 41, Trump 47 Trump +6
Friday, September 16
General Election: Trump vs. Clinton LA Times/USC Tracking Clinton 41, Trump 47 Trump +6
originally posted by: MongolianPaellaFish
It's a great uptick for Trump, though not unprecedented. He was comfortably ahead of Clinton in May and July, but couldn't hold the lead.
The problem with Trump is that he just doesn't have Clinton's consistency and staying power. She's a ruthless mongrel; she'll cling to power with every fibre of her being.
originally posted by: TheLaughingGod
www.realclearpolitics.com...
Do you think this is a fluke or has there been a recent shift in the electorate?
originally posted by: WilburnRoach
a reply to: TheLaughingGod
Good thing Trump supporters don't believe in the polls
originally posted by: MongolianPaellaFish
It's a great uptick for Trump, though not unprecedented. He was comfortably ahead of Clinton in May and July, but couldn't hold the lead.
The problem with Trump is that he just doesn't have Clinton's consistency and staying power. She's a ruthless mongrel; she'll cling to power with every fibre of her being.
originally posted by: Mulsanne
I wouldn't put all my faith in the Donald. He shows promise but there is reason to believe he is a leftist plant, controlled opposition if you will
What would America be like under a Trump presidency? How would it be different? It would be very different in one key respect: Trump would have won in spite of being called a racist, bigot, fascist, xenophobe, nativist, sexist, etc. He will have explicitly campaigned against political correctness and will have been rewarded by sailing to the White House. His followers will expect change on that front. He will have the bully pulpit of the presidency which commands national attention and he can say whatever he wants. Think about it: with a tweet, Donald Trump can set off a media firestorm and drive the news cycle for weeks.
LBJ changed history when he embraced the Civil Rights Movement and legitimized it from the top down. Lincoln, too, with abolition. Trump could do the same thing. Countless aspiring politicians will interpret a Trump victory against the forces of political correctness as a mandate to challenge it themselves to advance their own careers.
Here’s a scary thought for our leftist friends: if Trump wins, then it will mean the SPLC, the media, the subservient cuckservative establishment, all the experts and intellectuals, and the Democratic Party will have thrown everything they had at him – especially the race card – and lost to a popular revolt by White America. The powerful won’t look so powerful anymore to all those aggrieved people, will they?