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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Turning his fanbase off him isn't the idea, his fanbase are to small to matter, the people who need to be turned away from him are non-fans who might swing to him, and they can be turned away.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranI am of the mind that such a thing is not necesary for the general presidential election but that it is in the interest of the Republican' party's primary results
I don't think Trump stands a chance in the generals against anyone
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes@Sci-Fi Slasher: I don't think that's particularly true, since Anonymous was born at a different time, and is much more strictly anti-establishment. While being a such loose organization does make it rather indiscriminate and counterproductive, I don't think it's ever had any fondness for "phonies" or the powerful. Trump is just /pol/ incarnate, which is a different issue entirely.
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Exactly. Many of his supporters can and probably will rationalize away any criticism no matter how contradictory it may be, or see it as praise (ie. "people I hate don't like him, so he must be right!"). And keeping up the criticism is still a good thing for those who haven't completely bought into him, though if I remember correctly one poll said something like 80-90% of the people had already made up their mind about him (and Hillary, for that matter).
edited 15th Mar '16 3:38:42 PM by Eschaton
Exit polls: Democratic voters split on supporting eventual nominee
WARNING: Early exit polls are incomplete, and they should be interpreted with caution. They only include interviews with voters who cast ballots earlier in the day, which could underrepresent certain groups. And the networks don’t release full results before polls have closed statewide; they only tease out certain numbers, some of which will shift significantly in the final survey.
Asked whether they would be satisfied with Bernie Sanders as the nominee, 50 percent of Hillary Clinton voters said they would be satisfied, with 46 percent indicating dissatisfaction. Posed the same question, 47 percent of Sanders voters said they would be satisfied with Clinton as the nominee, while 51 percent said they would be dissatisfied.
In the event of a Clinton-Trump general-election matchup, 57 percent of Republican primary voters surveyed Tuesday said they would go with the party's nominee, while 37 percent said they would not rule out backing another candidate.
Slightly more than half of Ohio Democratic voters (53 percent) said free trade costs American workers jobs, ABC News reported, higher than the share who said the same in North Carolina, Missouri and Illinois. That finding could portend well for Sanders, who has made the issue of free trade front-and-center in his argument in the rust-belt states.
More than eight-in-10 Florida Democratic voters (83 percent) said they had made up their mind about whom to support earlier than last week, while 16 percent said they had decided in the last seven days, CNN reported. In Missouri, 22 percent said they decided in the last week while 77 percent said they had decided before that time. Roughly seven-in-10 Democratic voters in North Carolina and Ohio said their minds were made up before last week.
On the issues, 40 percent of Missouri Democratic voters called the economy and jobs the most important issue, while 28 percent cited income inequality and 24 percent health care. The results were similar among North Carolina Democrats.
As far as whether they want the next president to continue Barack Obama's policies, 48 percent of Ohio Democrats said they hoped for more of the same, while 34 percent said they hoped the next president would be more liberal and 12 percent less.
Eesh, and I thought Trump was against Free Speech before... apparently part of the contract Volunteers have to sign has a "non-disparagement" clause, going so far as to say that
the employees of the volunteer can't criticize him or work for someone else on the Presidential race.
CNN has just called Florida for Trump and Clinton. And I can't argue, seeing as 70+% have reported in on both sides.
Edit: Early results from Ohio.
Clinton, once again, is cruising. Meanwhile, Kasich is actually enjoying a fairly comfortable lead over Trump.
edited 15th Mar '16 5:09:20 PM by TotemicHero
Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)And Rubio is out of the race, ladies and gentlemen.
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edited 15th Mar '16 5:26:15 PM by TrashJack
"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary![]()
I'm watching CNN right now, and he's dropping out.
edited 15th Mar '16 5:27:08 PM by TrashJack
"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary

Yeah, Trump's followers consider those skeletons a plus. Him getting Klan support is good for him, not bad.
He was entirely right when he said he could shoot someone in public and not lose anybody over it.
Oh really when?