Tag: Donald Trump
2016 Prez Election Reflects Record Gender Gap
24.4 points
The average gender gap in 22 national polls since Hillary Clinton effectively sewed up the Democratic nomination on June 7, and the median gap is 26 points, slightly ahead of the exit poll era record set in 2000, according to Larry Sabato’s Crystal Ball: “With four months to go in the 2016 general election campaign, national polls suggest that it’s quite possible that the Hillary Clinton-Donald Trump clash may well set a new record for partisan differences between the sexes.”
Trump’s Hitlerian Rise Is Attributable to Mainstream GOPers
Like Hitler, Trump is a radical, authoritarian figure who lies outside the normal parameters of his country’s conservative governing class. Thus, there is a parallel between the two men’s unexpected rise to power that is worth considering: Why would traditional conservatives willingly hand power to a figure so dangerous that he threatened their own political and economic interests? Why, having failed in their halfhearted efforts to nominate an alternative candidate during the primaries, don’t they throw themselves behind a convention coup, a third-party candidacy, or defect outright to Hillary Clinton? Why do so many of them consider Trump the lesser rather than the greater evil?
— Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine/h2>
Trump Runs Veep Search Like ‘The Apprentice’
Mr. Trump’s approach to choosing a vice president — publicly testing them in the court of public opinion — feels oddly similar to the approach the candidate took on his reality television show, The Apprentice. Moving away from his initial hope to unveil the running mate at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland starting on July 18, Mr. Trump is instead maximizing the drama, and public attention, around his vice-presidential selection process.
— New York Times
Trump Praises Saddam Hussein
Saddam Hussein was a bad guy, right? He was a bad guy. Really bad guy. But you know what he did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good. They didn’t read them the rights, they didn’t talk — they were a terrorist, it was over. Today, Iraq is Harvard for terrorism. You want to be a terrorist, you go to Iraq. It’s like Harvard.
>h2>— Donald Trump, quoted by Politico.
Presidential Race Polls Showing Inconsistency — Again
41% to 40%
Results of a new Morning Consult survey, which finds that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are nearly tied in the race for the White House. For comparison, the HuffPost Pollster average shows Clinton ahead by roughly six points, 46% to 40%.
Clinton Maintains Lead Over Trump Nationally
46% to 40%
Hillary Clinton’s lead over Donald Trump nationally, according to a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll. Interesting finding: “Sixty-one percent report feeling alarmed about the election, swamping the 23% who are excited. Few are bored: Just 9%.”
13 Percent Choose “Giant Meteor” Over Trump or Clinton
A recent Public Policy Poll gave respondents a way around either of the major parties’ presumptive nominees for president.
The third option offered over Donald Trump (R-Egomaniacal Nutjob) or Hillary Clinton (D-…well, you know) was Giant Meteor Hitting the Earth.
And Giant Meteor Hitting the Earth took 13 percent.
Here was the exact question:
If the choices for President were Democrat Hillary Clinton, Republican Donald Trump, and a Giant Meteor hitting the earth which would you choose?
