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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Nov 9, 2016 15:19:03 GMT
Clinton wins the popular vote,oh well, instead of two losers we have two winners I'd don't think such circumstances precludes either from being categorisable as a loser.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2016 15:39:48 GMT
I had a bad feeling based on nothing but my gut. I am not going to say well done either. A campaign based on xenophobia mixed with paranoia, misogyny and authoritarian isolationism wins.
Spanish speaking wall builders are now going to be in great demand.
I do hope the Democratic party does not turn on itself now.
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Post by Lord Twaddleford on Nov 9, 2016 15:42:59 GMT
I do hope the Democratic party does not turn on itself now. As do I. I can imagine some heads will roll, but that's be expected. If they're smart they'll bide their time, analyse their failure, and put into place a strategy to take advantage of when Trump inevitably buggers up.
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Post by Jack on Nov 9, 2016 15:55:04 GMT
Indeed.
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Post by Strontium Dog on Nov 9, 2016 15:56:24 GMT
On the plus side, most of Florida will be put underwater by climate change.
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Post by Andrew_S on Nov 9, 2016 16:30:16 GMT
Clinton currently ahead in the popular vote by 47.7% to 47.5%.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2016 16:30:37 GMT
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 9, 2016 16:33:22 GMT
Clinton currently ahead in the popular vote by 47.7% to 47.5%. Which is likely to widen slightly further, if anything. Could well end up bigger than Gore's margin over Bush Jnr in 2000. (even though Trump's EC win is significantly more decisive)
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Post by politicalmatrix on Nov 9, 2016 16:35:01 GMT
I would like to congratulate trump and fair play to pjones. Spot on throughout this election while Richard Allen was wrong. Like others I was a lukewarm supporter of trump and in the year of change the establishment has been defeated again. I hope there are no attempts by sore losers to stop a trump presidency like we have seen with brexit. Some members on here should be eating some humble pie right now, but of course they won't.
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Post by Andrew_S on Nov 9, 2016 16:36:18 GMT
Clinton currently ahead in the popular vote by 47.7% to 47.5%. Which is likely to widen slightly further, if anything. Could well end up bigger than Gore's margin over Bush Jnr in 2000. (even though Trump's EC win is significantly more decisive) Trump could end up with less than the 47.2% that Romney polled in 2012.
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 9, 2016 16:40:40 GMT
I'm saying it now, Clinton wins big, big, big. This is 2014 reversed. Relatively undamning polling numbers mask a surge towards the more palatable choice, especially amongst galvanised 'hard to reach' voters. Peak Comey has turned into a damp squib, Trump carries on his campaign to alienate independents, it's a chicken shoot. I feel genuinely bad quoting this now, not least because we were very much on the same side here. But needs must
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 9, 2016 16:47:22 GMT
Tbf to her she must be pretty devastated on a personal level - she has been "preparing for this" most of her adult life.
(think how D Miliband felt in 2010, but writ large)
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Post by gwynthegriff on Nov 9, 2016 16:49:09 GMT
News from the grape vine, so take this with caution. Clinton Campaign is increasing confident about not only wining Florida but by a wider margin than Obama in 2012. But are very nervous about Ohio. Oh dear.
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Post by Pimpernal on Nov 9, 2016 16:55:27 GMT
electoral % seems to be even lower...
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Post by Andrew_S on Nov 9, 2016 17:04:35 GMT
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Post by Khunanup on Nov 9, 2016 17:06:46 GMT
I'm saying it now, Clinton wins big, big, big. This is 2014 reversed. Relatively undamning polling numbers mask a surge towards the more palatable choice, especially amongst galvanised 'hard to reach' voters. Peak Comey has turned into a damp squib, Trump carries on his campaign to alienate independents, it's a chicken shoot. I feel genuinely bad quoting this now, not least because we were very much on the same side here. But needs must Fair enough, it was a considered analysis with the tools available. Unfortunately the tools were flawed.
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Post by Jack on Nov 9, 2016 17:19:48 GMT
What bollocks. I'm not happy about Trump being President, but that's what the American people have chosen so that's what they'll get. It's how democracy works.
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Post by Pete Whitehead on Nov 9, 2016 17:30:14 GMT
I'm pretty sure Parris was expressing that view before Trump
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Post by gwynthegriff on Nov 9, 2016 17:31:30 GMT
Tbf to her she must be pretty devastated on a personal level - she has been "preparing for this" most of her adult life. (think how D Miliband felt in 2010, but writ large) Yes but this is for the nation. People (I can't but I'm old fashioned like that,apparently though that is my autism) can understand emotion her supporters needed her and she was standing for commander in chief, she is supposed to be prepared tempermentally. Her non-appearance was very poor. At the 2008 C&N by-election I was immensely impressed by Tamsin Dunwoody's behaviour at the count under what must have been extremely difficult circumstances of losing her mother's constituency. But Hillary's behaviour sadly underlines her major failing. She's Hillary.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2016 17:32:12 GMT
I would like to congratulate trump and fair play to pjones. Spot on throughout this election while Richard Allen was wrong. Like others I was a lukewarm supporter of trump and in the year of change the establishment has been defeated again. I hope there are no attempts by sore losers to stop a trump presidency like we have seen with brexit. Some members on here should be eating some humble pie right now, but of course they won't. What are you on about, for the 5th time the college has defeated the popular vote, many like myself think it may be the 6th time as a lot of ballot boxes were stuffed in Chigogo for Kennedy. Nothing new it is the system.Well of whites vote GOP, less well off DEM One thing the final polls were spot on
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