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wyldwolf

(43,867 posts)
Thu May 7, 2015, 08:18 PM May 2015

It’s Hillary Clinton’s Election to Lose

Dylan Byers: “On Nov. 8, 2016, Clinton will start — start — with a minimum 247 of the 270 electoral votes she needs to win. If you give her Colorado and Virginia — which many political strategists would, given the Hispanic population in one and the rising influence of the northern-centered population in the other — she’ll start with 269. That means Clinton doesn’t need Ohio or Florida. She just needs one small state like Iowa, Nevada or New Hampshire to put her over the edge. And because she’s got a boatload of money and no viable primary challenger, she’ll have plenty of time and resources to lock up at least one of those states.”

“In order to shift the map, the Republican nominee would have to find a way to win Colorado and/or Virginia. That means winning over Hispanics, which will be a difficult task for a nominee who has spent a months-long primary trying to win over the conservative grass roots. It also means winning over enough members of Virginia’s white working class to counter the more populated liberal-urban centers in the north. Not impossible, of course, but hard.”

http://politicalwire.com/2015/05/07/its-hillary-clintons-election-to-lose/

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It’s Hillary Clinton’s Election to Lose (Original Post) wyldwolf May 2015 OP
Hillary will take Ohio and because of Northern VA, I suspect she will get that one as well. leftofcool May 2015 #1
K & R Thinkingabout May 2015 #2
That's pretty funny, so sure that she'll win the primary. NYC_SKP May 2015 #3
Here's your chance to become a millionaire. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #4
A LONG way out but looks good Va Lefty May 2015 #5
Oh thank god..... davidn3600 May 2015 #6
Not sure how he's coming up with 247.. . Stargleamer May 2015 #7

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
1. Hillary will take Ohio and because of Northern VA, I suspect she will get that one as well.
Thu May 7, 2015, 08:26 PM
May 2015

Florida may be a toss up.

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
3. That's pretty funny, so sure that she'll win the primary.
Thu May 7, 2015, 08:46 PM
May 2015

There are so many problems with a Clinton candidacy and the primary battle hasn't even started, really.

Articles like this are a fucking joke.

 

davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
6. Oh thank god.....
Thu May 7, 2015, 09:29 PM
May 2015

...Now I can relax, not campaign, not contribute, heck don't even have to vote.

I mean...it's in the bag, right? So we don't have to worry.

Stargleamer

(1,989 posts)
7. Not sure how he's coming up with 247.. .
Thu May 7, 2015, 10:26 PM
May 2015

I can get to 245 with these states: CA, MA, NY, PA, WA, OR, ME, NM, DC, CT, IL, MI, NJ, DE, VT, HI, MN, RI, WI and MD.

I go here to tabulate: http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/map/predict.html#states=08G2802Gw00G0aw0y8

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