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LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
Thu Oct 13, 2016, 11:00 AM Oct 2016

Todays' Electoral Vote thoughts - Hillary Clinton more popular than Trump and Johnson!

The naysayers of the progressive side said Hillary wasn't going to be able to defeat Trump and that she wasn't popular. Then when she starting showing herself ahead in the Electoral votes, those same naysayers said that it was because of Gary Johnson that he was splitting the Republican vote.

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

Hillary Clinton 49.3% Sure it's not 50% but it's getting awfully darn close.

Donald Trump - 42.7% - He's still above 40% but that'll keep dropping as all these sex scandals keep popping up.

But here's the kicker:

Gary Johnson - 6.5% - That's pretty good for a third party candidate who is probably getting those votes mainly from Republicans abandoning Donald Trump.

Trump + Johsnson votes = 49.2%, which means that Hillary has a slight lead over BOTH candidates combined!!!

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