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Clinton opens up double-digit lead over Trump nationwide: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Casper said:
Or why a Conservative Party would run a Liberal as their candidate?
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Trump is liberal. Just as long as you believe he's not racist or sexist, you should be able to admit that he's also not conservative. I wouldn't call it forward thinking, but Clinton is probably more conservative than Trump. Just look at what they both accomplished during the 90's. The Clintons came out of the Deep South, from Arkansas to New York. Trump and Bernie Sanders are both from New York.

HRC is originally from IL, which used to be a swing state, but is now Democratic. Steeped in the politics of the South, it's not hard to imagine how HRC appeals to liberal leaning moderates.
 

Oh ya never know, after Trump's attacks on an AMERICAN Judge due to his parent's nationality (so many Pubs like to point out 'mexican' isn't a race) and speculating a Judge's religion would bias in a court case Hillary might just hit the magic 50% and maybe even a bit more...

I'd say the proud ones should be the RNC- after years of hard lessons at the ballot box- TRUMP is the best they could muster this time... :doh
 

Hillary would be a horrible President, one of the worst in recent history. She's a liar, a crook, a corporate politician. But it's hard to see her losing to Trump. The GOP fudged up when they put him us as their candidate.
 

I imagine that "crisis" will be solved right around the time you find a poll that finds Trump is ahead.
 
This poll has no significance outside the upcoming Democratic National Convention. Right now, HRC is motivated to be the DNC nominee. Until the general election, polling against the RNC nominee is little more than shadowboxing for candidacy within the DNC; we know that Bernie Sanders outperforms HRC in the general election, because this is more than a career stepping stone and bipartisan crisis negotiation to Dems.
 
Casper said:
Or why a Conservative Party would run a Liberal as their candidate?
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why did so many people vote for him

I admit, I cannot figure that out.

but I know lots of people-far more conservative than I am on social issues and as conservative on economic issues who did
 

It's hard to think of anything that Hillary has accomplished. Can anyone name three things that she has done for this country? And please, whatever Trump is, lets not even try and say Hillary is conservative or supports the Constitution in any way.

Trump might do a good job as President, he might not. We already know Hillary would just be a continuation of the current disaster.
 
Celebrity said:

Those who do not learn from their history are doomed to repeat it.
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Would that be the same history that has giving Democrats the popular vote in 5 of the last 6 straight presidential elections and the electoral college in 4 out of 6?

Is that the same history where 5 years of so called job creating tax cuts lead us into the single worst recession since the 30's?

History has shown us that the economy has done far better when Democrats hold the White House, and by any objective measure the economy is once again doing quite well despite Bush's attempts to destroy it.
 

Together, more voters favor a candidate who has little to no experience in national politics (Trump) and a candidate who has historically ran as an independent (Sanders) who caucused with Democrats than any Democratic candidate.

Hillary Clinton may have painted herself as an incumbent DNC candidate, but she is no debutante. Yet we don't have a clear sense of what her dominant convictions are. I guess it's not as nebulous as moderates and libertarians such as yourself may think. She sees the party as a launching pad for her career. This is arguably candidacy for promotion, i.e. "Victory."
 
truthatallcost said:
My name isn't Geoffrey Skelley.
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Don't know who that is and I don't care. Nonetheless, I have zero doubt that the next poll that shows Trump ahead you'll be on like white on rice. It's hilarious how any time a mainstream, respected poll says something people don't like, polls are "broken" or "it's too early to tell."
 

"The science of public surveying is in something of a crisis right now," says Geoffrey Skelley , a political analyst at the University of Virginia's Center for Politics.

I generally don't put much faith in polls Cardinal. Polls are used to sway public opinion, just like any other piece of mainstream media. Look into Chris Kahn, the pollster who made the poll that the OP is talking about. Most of his polls have an anti GOP/pro Dem slant.
 
TurtleDude said:
why did so many people vote for him

I admit, I cannot figure that out.

but I know lots of people-far more conservative than I am on social issues and as conservative on economic issues who did
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Actually not as many as one would assume voted for him, he just got more support than any one other candidate. That said it is a mystery why so many Conservatives support him, my guess is that many are so fed up with the status quo that they are willing to back anyone that steps outside the box and trump is way outside the box in fact he is a Liberal and always has been. What is more baffling for me is how so many conservatives believe that Trump would actually support conservative ideals, sure he says what they want to hear but the reality is he will not be pushing conservative values and ideals but will push for those things he believes in, including stricter gun control laws, something he has supported in the past, he is after all an elite and they have their own security so can not care less about 2nd A rights. This election is truly a indicator on how far we as a People and Nation have fallen, there will be no Winners in November and many many losers.
 

None so big as Trump though. I can't wait to see him with his tail between his legs.:2razz:
 
TurtleDude said:
why did so many people vote for him

I admit, I cannot figure that out.

but I know lots of people-far more conservative than I am on social issues and as conservative on economic issues who did
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You mean like David Duke? But we know what he sees in Trump don't we?
 
iguanaman said:
You mean like David Duke? But we know what he sees in Trump don't we?
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I suspect most of the black voters who are racist support Clinton, In fact just about all of them
 
iguanaman said:
None so big as Trump though. I can't wait to see him with his tail between his legs.:2razz:
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would like to see that also, but do not underestimate the stupidity of the American Voter.
 
TurtleDude said:
I suspect most of the black voters who are racist support Clinton, In fact just about all of them
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Why would a White Supremacist praise Trump as "the best of the bunch" if he wasn't racist? Which "black racist" leader has praised Clinton?
 
iguanaman said:
Why would a White Supremacist praise Trump as "the best of the bunch" if he wasn't racist? Which "black racist" leader has praised Clinton?
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You seem to think that because someone praises one of two bad candidates that means the candidate is whatever the person giving the praise is

that is stupid

I don't think Bill Clinton was necessarily a racist but plenty of racists supported him. Like Jessie Jackass or Al Sharpton.
 
iguanaman said:
Why would a White Supremacist praise Trump as "the best of the bunch" if he wasn't racist? Which "black racist" leader has praised Clinton?
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Robert Byrd was a good friend to Hilary. Byrd had a high role in the KKK. As far as we know, Duke isn't friends with Trump.
 
I never relied on polls.
They only add useless tensions and those who produced them probably get paid.
 
ajn678 said:
Robert Byrd was a good friend to Hilary. Byrd had a high role in the KKK. As far as we know, Duke isn't friends with Trump.
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Byrd had long renounced his racism by the time he even met Hillary. When did Duke renounce his racism?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/03/02/at-least-robert-byrd-apologized-whats-your-excuse-david-duke/
 
Ikari said:
Hillary would be a horrible President, one of the worst in recent history. She's a liar, a crook, a corporate politician. But it's hard to see her losing to Trump. The GOP fudged up when they put him us as their candidate.
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How do you know that? Faux Noise told you "it will be"?
 
imyoda said:
How do you know that? Faux Noise told you "it will be"?
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How do I know that the GOP messed up when they put up Trump? The man is a.national embarrassment and proves just that neigh everytime he opens his mouth.
 
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