2016 US Elections - Exlusive discussion thread
2016 US Elections - Exlusive discussion thread
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BAK
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Campaign to get out the vote is very important this year as it was in 2008. Democrats wakiweza kuwashawishi Latino na Blacks na white voters ambao wako tayari kumpigia kura Hillary basi Trump hawezi kushinda, ila kuna hili la health issues za Hillary. I hope hakutakuwa na episode nyingine kati ya sasa na November 8th ya kuanguka.
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BAK hii imenikumbusha D. Moskovitz Facebook Co founder, ana donate $20 to the Hillary campaign and Democratic party kuhofia hii hali.
He thinks, with Trump the US will be alienated and isolated with the rest of the world. And to him, of course it's "too close to home" since it'll have a negative impact in the technology world.
"..In a post on Medium, the couple wrote that they felt compelled to act because they fear the United States would become a more isolated and fearful place with Donald Trump and the Republicans in control..."
Facebook co-founder jumps into politics for first time — with $20 million to help Hillary Clinton and Democrats
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Obama stepping into campaign while Hillary is sidelined by pneumonia.
"With Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sidelined by pneumonia, Obama rolled up his shirtsleeves and stepped into the 2016 campaign with a stop in Philadelphia designed to bring out the voters that helped him to carry Pennsylvania twice.
Obama's campaign trip to Philadelphia — his first appearance on the trail since a joint appearance with Clinton in Charlotte in July — was scheduled weeks ago. But the timing was serendipitous, giving the surrogate-in-chief top billing in a key electoral battleground while Clinton recuperates at home."
With Clinton sidelined, Obama steps up attacks against Trump
"With Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton sidelined by pneumonia, Obama rolled up his shirtsleeves and stepped into the 2016 campaign with a stop in Philadelphia designed to bring out the voters that helped him to carry Pennsylvania twice.
Obama's campaign trip to Philadelphia — his first appearance on the trail since a joint appearance with Clinton in Charlotte in July — was scheduled weeks ago. But the timing was serendipitous, giving the surrogate-in-chief top billing in a key electoral battleground while Clinton recuperates at home."
With Clinton sidelined, Obama steps up attacks against Trump
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(CNN)Former President George H.W. Bush said Monday that he will vote for Hillary Clinton in November, according to sources close to the 41st President -- an extraordinary rebuke of his own party's nominee.
The sources said this was not the first time Bush had disclosed his intention to vote for Clinton.
The comments came during a receiving line for board members of the bipartisan Points of Light Foundation when Bush was speaking to Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. There were roughly 40 people in the room, and it's not clear how many people heard him, though multiple sources did.
The Republican former president's embrace of the Democratic nominee represents a dramatic new chapter in the complicated three-decade-old relationship between the two most prominent families in American politics.
It's a stunning political move -- one that comes just 49 days from the election, and less than a week before Clinton and Donald Trump square off in their first debate.
News of his support for Clinton came first on Facebook, when Kennedy Townsend posted a photo of herself with George H.W. Bush, along with the caption: "The President told me he's voting for Hillary!!"
Kennedy Townsend sits on the advisory board of the Points of Light Foundation.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/20/politics/george-hw-bush-hillary-clinton/index.html
The sources said this was not the first time Bush had disclosed his intention to vote for Clinton.
The comments came during a receiving line for board members of the bipartisan Points of Light Foundation when Bush was speaking to Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. There were roughly 40 people in the room, and it's not clear how many people heard him, though multiple sources did.
The Republican former president's embrace of the Democratic nominee represents a dramatic new chapter in the complicated three-decade-old relationship between the two most prominent families in American politics.
It's a stunning political move -- one that comes just 49 days from the election, and less than a week before Clinton and Donald Trump square off in their first debate.
News of his support for Clinton came first on Facebook, when Kennedy Townsend posted a photo of herself with George H.W. Bush, along with the caption: "The President told me he's voting for Hillary!!"
Kennedy Townsend sits on the advisory board of the Points of Light Foundation.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/20/politics/george-hw-bush-hillary-clinton/index.html
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Trump for Presidency!go go Trump!
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He's leading FL and OH and other battleground states
Bad news for Hillary
The unthinkable is about to happen
Bad news for Hillary
The unthinkable is about to happen
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Yeah! I know Kui, the expected audience as per CNN is 100 million but I hope for the first 15/20 minutes the audience will be more than 100 million.
In 2012, white voters backed Romney. In 2016, they’re splintered.
Donald Trump greets supporters after his rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on August 21, 2015 in Mobile, Alabama. (Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
It's a common refrain that Donald Trump rallies are not exactly a mirror image of the diversity of the American population. His pitch to black voters has often been offered in fron of audiences that are nearly entirely white, in towns and cities that are similarly homogeneous. At a glance, Trump seems to have the clear support of white Americans. But, compared to past Republican candidates, that's not necessarily the case. His large audiences may be mostly white, but whites are much more split than they were four years ago.
White Americans have voted for the Republican over the Democrat in presidential elections every single year since at least 1972, according to exit polling.
In 1992 the margin was closer than at any time before or since. But as the electorate has grown more diverse in recent elections, the Republican candidate for president has earned more support from white voters by at least a double-digit margin. In 2012, the margin was 20 points for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama. White men, white women, whites with and without college degrees all preferred Romney's candidacy.
That's not the case now. Trump still has a lead of 16 points with likely white voters in a four-way race, but the white vote is much more splintered than it was four years ago. White women and college-educated whites of both genders are less committed to Trump than they were Romney, and, according to the new Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Sunday, white women, whites with college degrees and white women with degrees (groups with some overlap, of course) all prefer Hillary Clinton to Trump.
The change since 2012 is often stark.
Trump has 28 points more support from white men without a college degree, leading Clinton with that group by nearly 60 points. But white men with college degrees and white women are more likely to back Clinton -- with white women with college degrees even more likely to support the Democrat this year than white men without degrees are to support the Republican. They support Clinton by a 25-point margin, and are the reason that white women and white college graduates overall prefer her.
Every one of those 2012 bars is on the Republican side of the graph. This year, that's not the case. The reason that Republicans fared worse with whites in 1992 and 1996 wasn't only because of Ross Perot: White women split in 1992 and backed Bill Clinton four years later.
When we asked poll respondents how certain they were to vote, some other interesting patterns emerged. College-educated whites were more likely to say they planned to vote, which is not surprising. There's a consistent link between income and education and likelihood to vote. But white men, particularly white men with college degrees, were less likely now to say they were certain to vote than in September 2012.
In 2012, white voters backed Romney. In 2016, they’re splintered.
Donald Trump greets supporters after his rally at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on August 21, 2015 in Mobile, Alabama. (Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)
It's a common refrain that Donald Trump rallies are not exactly a mirror image of the diversity of the American population. His pitch to black voters has often been offered in fron of audiences that are nearly entirely white, in towns and cities that are similarly homogeneous. At a glance, Trump seems to have the clear support of white Americans. But, compared to past Republican candidates, that's not necessarily the case. His large audiences may be mostly white, but whites are much more split than they were four years ago.
White Americans have voted for the Republican over the Democrat in presidential elections every single year since at least 1972, according to exit polling.
In 1992 the margin was closer than at any time before or since. But as the electorate has grown more diverse in recent elections, the Republican candidate for president has earned more support from white voters by at least a double-digit margin. In 2012, the margin was 20 points for Mitt Romney over Barack Obama. White men, white women, whites with and without college degrees all preferred Romney's candidacy.
That's not the case now. Trump still has a lead of 16 points with likely white voters in a four-way race, but the white vote is much more splintered than it was four years ago. White women and college-educated whites of both genders are less committed to Trump than they were Romney, and, according to the new Washington Post-ABC News poll released on Sunday, white women, whites with college degrees and white women with degrees (groups with some overlap, of course) all prefer Hillary Clinton to Trump.
The change since 2012 is often stark.
Trump has 28 points more support from white men without a college degree, leading Clinton with that group by nearly 60 points. But white men with college degrees and white women are more likely to back Clinton -- with white women with college degrees even more likely to support the Democrat this year than white men without degrees are to support the Republican. They support Clinton by a 25-point margin, and are the reason that white women and white college graduates overall prefer her.
Every one of those 2012 bars is on the Republican side of the graph. This year, that's not the case. The reason that Republicans fared worse with whites in 1992 and 1996 wasn't only because of Ross Perot: White women split in 1992 and backed Bill Clinton four years later.
When we asked poll respondents how certain they were to vote, some other interesting patterns emerged. College-educated whites were more likely to say they planned to vote, which is not surprising. There's a consistent link between income and education and likelihood to vote. But white men, particularly white men with college degrees, were less likely now to say they were certain to vote than in September 2012.
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Expected audience of 100 million!, woi!
Kama super bowl, or even more. Hopefully Hillary will come out a winner, as they say, debates are supposed to reward those with expertise.
It's good that she has an advantage of whites college educated and women, plus the minority vote.
Kama super bowl, or even more. Hopefully Hillary will come out a winner, as they say, debates are supposed to reward those with expertise.
It's good that she has an advantage of whites college educated and women, plus the minority vote.
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