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    Voting Taking Place

    Jon Ralston
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    [B]Dems win Clark by 11,000-plus, will be ahead overall there by 72K-plus, more than 2012. May be game over in NV for GOP.
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    If the Republicans want to survive long-term, a landslide rejection of Trump would be in their best long-term interests. Either way, I think they'll totally splinter off over the next couple of cycles.

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    I wish there would be a press blackout on reporting or projecting early voting results. Could discourage voting on both sides.

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    All it does is give both sides a last chance to spin spin spin. But if Latinos are turning out in full force, I suspect Trump's only chance is an avalanche of working class whites to sweep through the Midwest. He would need Michigan to offset Arizona and Nevada.

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    Not sure how we cut off projections.

    Results already are , I think ????
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    But you really have no idea of knowing how many people will wait till Election Day and what that demographic will look like. So trying to make full out projections are half-baked at this point.

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    I think it's alright to report that early voting is heavy or light and leave it at that. I actually think a lot of voters are voting early because of all the noise about possible aggressive poll-watching, which could lead to poll-watchers from both sides, which could lead to physical confrontations.

    My bottom line is the press loves a political horse race and now we have an extra angle through which that horse race that can be reported. They could do this analysis after election day in their post mortems.
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    Absolutely agree. To me this sort of thing shows the true media whoredom best. They may tend towards the left or right (depending on which group we're talking about) but ratings and attention have always been their favorite candidate.

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    This is a question.
    Aren't the projections we are seeing based on past performance and voter registration ?

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    A lot of demographics that assume (backed up again by registration data) people of color and women voting Blue.

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    Bottom line: in diverse states like NV, when more people vote, Democrats win. And tons of ppl are voting - including new Latinos in droves.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 57Brave View Post

    Dave Wasserman ‏@Redistrict 18m
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    Bottom line: in diverse states like NV, when more people vote, Democrats win. And tons of ppl are voting - including new Latinos in droves.
    Isn't this true pretty much all across the board? Lots of votes mean Dem wins, or at least it puts them in a much better position to win. The lower the voter turnout the better the chances for Repubs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Oklahomahawk View Post
    Isn't this true pretty much all across the board? Lots of votes mean Dem wins, or at least it puts them in a much better position to win. The lower the voter turnout the better the chances for Repubs.
    I don't know if that will hold true this year. I suspect there will be a lot of traditional non-voters who have been turned off by politics over the last couple of decades who are energized by Trump. We saw that in Minnesota with Ventura. In response to that, I think the Democrats have re-doubled their registration and GOTV efforts in minority and traditionally Democratic voting blocs.

    I still think this thing could go either way depending upon which side does better in those efforts. I still think it's Clinton's to lose, but a lot of swing states have tightened up and a hiccup for her in any one of them could give Trump a fighting chance. The disadvantage for Trump is that his ground game doesn't appear to be that great and organizing parts of his base is like trying to cage smoke.

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    "cage smoke"
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    Nick Gourevitch ‏@nickgourevitch 37m
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    Recent news on impact of Trump's rhetoric:
    1) Hispanics surging in FL/NV
    2) Women voting at higher rates vs '12
    3) HRC up w/ Jews 73%-18%



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    Fox reporting rampant voter fraud but don't cite any instance
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    Quote Originally Posted by 57Brave View Post
    Nick Gourevitch ‏@nickgourevitch 37m
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    3) HRC up w/ Jews 73%-18%[/B]


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    Well, she is the wall street candidate

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    Quote Originally Posted by sturg33 View Post
    Well, she is the wall street candidate
    really ?
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    ichael Cohen
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    To give you sense of why Nevada early vote matters .. if Clinton wins NV she can lose OH, FL, NC, AZ, IA & NH & still be elected POTUS

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    Quote Originally Posted by 50PoundHead View Post
    I think it's alright to report that early voting is heavy or light and leave it at that. I actually think a lot of voters are voting early because of all the noise about possible aggressive poll-watching, which could lead to poll-watchers from both sides, which could lead to physical confrontations.

    My bottom line is the press loves a political horse race and now we have an extra angle through which that horse race that can be reported. They could do this analysis after election day in their post mortems.
    Also, me personally, I don't really like to feel rushed when voting and it always tends to feel that way on the actual day. I also work in the media, so I'll pretty much be full-go 7 a.m. to midnight or later on Tuesday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 57Brave View Post
    ichael Cohen
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    To give you sense of why Nevada early vote matters .. if Clinton wins NV she can lose OH, FL, NC, AZ, IA & NH & still be elected POTUS

    Every one of those states you listed is pretty much a must win for Trump based on current polling. That's his most likely path to victory.
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