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http://www.businessinsider.com/ohio-poll-hillary-clinton-trump-kasich-2016-2

Quinnipiac released a poll Wednesday that showed various hypothetical general-election matchups in Ohio.

Clinton lost every one. She trailed GOP frontrunner Donald Trump by two points. Meanwhile, she fell 3 points behind Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, 5 points behind Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, and 19 points back of John Kasich, the Ohio governor.

Dragging down Clinton was her low level of popularity in the state. Just 37% of Ohio voters said they viewed her favorably, while 57% said they saw her in an unfavorable light.

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, the challenger to Clinton in the Democratic primary, fared slightly better. He tied Trump and beat Cruz by 2 points, but he lost to Rubio by 2 points and to Kasich by 19 points as well.

No candidate has won the presidency without carrying Ohio since John F. Kennedy did in 1960. That's a streak of 13 consecutive elections.

The poll had a margin of error of 2.5%.

zzyzzx says

Clinton lost every one. She trailed GOP frontrunner Donald Trump by two points. Meanwhile, she fell 3 points behind Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, 5 points behind Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, and 19 points back of John Kasich, the Ohio governor.

I like what Trump said, if he can't beat her then they must really be trouble.

Guess what just happened?

thunderlips11 says

Guess what just happened?

I've been expecting this ever since Christie dropped out.

PREPARE YOUR WALLET MEXICO!

Someone wants to be VP?

tatupu70 says

Someone wants to be VP?

My guess is Kasich.

Our local news said something about Governor Rick Scott being floated, they can't be serious. That would make me sit the general election out.
There's no way in hell I would elect that bastard.
What Rick Scott has done to the Insurance industry of everytype he turned the Insurance commisioners office of Florida into a glorified buiness direcotry and a pro Ins Ind lobbyist in the Statehouse.

I'm paying my mortgage off within 5 years, because I've been told the way its going now expect minimum $10,000 a year premiums for any house built before 2000, in about 5 years.
Even though they don't expect any major huricane storms for at least another 10.

If Rick Scott gets in there, I would garuantee what ever a Trump administration does with Obamacare that has Rick Scott on the same team.

Will be a trillion times worse than Obamacare already is.

Rick Scotts only gripe Obamacare is that it does not charge nearly enough(in his oppinion) and will bankrupt his precious Insurance companies.

No way in hell would I vote for a Trump administration that has Rick Scott anywhere around.

I'll probably feel the same way about most Republican offerings. With the exception of Sessions.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/donald-trump-massachusetts-219804

Massachusetts, they fear, is where Trump could chart a course to the White House.

The state — the largest non-Southern prize on the GOP calendar next week — is packed with the independent, blue-collar voters that will decide key general election states like Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan. And if Trump can trounce his Republicans rivals by pulling in those voters in Massachusetts on Tuesday, Democrats are afraid he could do the same to them nationwide in November.

Massachusetts is a bastion of Democratic power — and a virtual lock to go to the Democratic nominee in the general election — but it also has a deeply moderate streak that has enabled Republicans like Mitt Romney and Scott Brown to prevail in statewide contests. Their coalitions depended on wresting support from independent voters and the pockets of Reagan Democrats in industrial cities like Lowell, Quincy and Fall River. Rubin said sharply increased turnout in those cities, coupled with a blowout victory for Trump, would be a worrisome sign for Democrats.

"If he can do something big in Massachusetts and do something with people who don’t normally come out at all, if they come out for Trump, it says something enormous about the country," added Sean Curran, a longtime Democratic fundraiser. "This is a bellwether for states that tend to be purple, if not blue, that there is some kind of vitality to his candidacy there for a general election. It would be a very, very unnerving thing."

Trump's made no secret he's targeting these voters. His high-decibel critique of U.S. trade policies, an emphasis on returning manufacturing jobs to the country, his relentlessly harsh tone on illegal immigration and his recently professed love of the "poorly educated" constitute a pitch tailor-made for these disaffected independent-minded voters who have felt the brunt of an uneven economy. In a phone interview, campaign manager Corey Lewandowski said these voters could help him "expand the electoral map" in a general election, competing in states long out of reach for Republicans.

Recent polling suggests Trump is headed for a resounding victory in Massachusetts on Tuesday. A WBUR/MassInc poll out Friday morning puts Trump at 40 percent among likely GOP primary voters — far ahead of John Kasich and Marco Rubio’s 19 percent apiece. Among independents who are likely to vote in the GOP primary, Trump does even better, pulling in 42 percent. His favorability among likely voters with a high school diploma but no further education is a stratospheric 83 percent.

Brown, who endorsed Trump earlier this month, said Trump's potential to pick up independents mirrors his own. "He’s starting to have a broader appeal," he said.

Ryan Williams, a longtime Romney adviser, noted that Brown prevailed in Massachusetts despite a hard-line approach on immigration. "He did appeal to blue-collar Democrats who want strong borders, who don’t agree with some of the Democrats on that issue," Williams said.

Even Democrats who doubt Trump concede he could make inroads with these voters.

"I assume we’re going to lose some working class, white registered Democrats in relatively — not an insignificant amount," said former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell.

But Rendell argued that the policies and persona that make him attractive to those voters — including his divisive rhetoric toward immigrants, minorities and women — will turn off moderates in droves. "My belief is for every one of those blue-collar white working-class workers that he gets to vote for him, we will get two suburban Republican moderates," he said.

"You’re looking at a state where independents outnumber Democrats and Republicans combined," said Jim Roosevelt, a prominent Massachusetts Democratic activist and grandson of Franklin D. Roosevelt. "I think appeal to independents in Massachusetts will be an important gauge as to how seriously we take him in November."

Veteran Massachusetts Democratic strategist Mary Anne Marsh said all Democrats should watch Massachusetts because “it shows you that this is going to be a far tougher [general election] fight than most people thought.”

“I expect this race to be 2000-like close,” she said. “A lot of voters are split between Trump and [Democrat Bernie] Sanders. They agree on the problems. The only thing they’re debating is who has the better approach.”

One fear among Democrats is that a Trump win among Massachusetts independents would also create a perception advantage for him. "Trump would love to blow out Massachusetts to say he can win here as Reagan did in '80 and '84," said Scott Ferson, a veteran Democratic consultant who helped elected freshman Rep. Seth Moulton in 2014. "And because of our moderate reputation, it would certainly help his momentum. This should be a perfect Rubio or Kasich state."

Democrats outside Massachusetts will be watching too. Dennis Eckart, a former Ohio congressman, said allies in his state should be paying attention.

"Massachusetts poses a real clear yardstick against which you can measure Trump’s appeal in the fall," he said.

Eckart, 65, also sees worrisome parallels between Trump’s rise and Reagan’s.

"I am old enough to remember the glee that many Democrats had in 1980 that the Republicans were going to nominate this actor and how easy it would be against him" he said. "It is a mistake to think or to have as a premise that because this guy plays by no rules known to other politicians ... that therefore makes him vulnerable in the process. We aren’t playing by any known rules now."

Mass is paahhcked with blue-colar Reagan Dems. Guys who used to work in Printing Houses and Chip Manufacturing plants, like Eastern Pennsylvania, and are now driving forklifts to move pallets of Chinese Made Smartphones onto 18-wheel trucks.

Trump is going to smash the Hildebeast in OH, MI, PA.

Gov. LePage of Maine endorses Trump.
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/26/politics/paul-lepage-donald-trump-endorsement/index.html

My Dog! Endorses Trump.

This CNN/ORC poll on the GOP nomination gives Trump the largest lead so far

Oh man, there are gonna be a lot of GOPe Tears to drink tonight.

Wins Tennessee, Massachusetts, and Alabama. YUGE Win on SuperYugeday!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/03/01/trump-is-projected-to-win-alabama-massachusetts-tennessee-gop-primaries/

Mmmm, mmm, delicious backstablishment tears. A perfect pairing with the sweet taste of victory and the BLT my wife just made me.

Trump leading but very close in VA, even with Northern Virginia DC Elites, Rubio may still not win a single state. Probably won't stop media from being talking him up constantly going forward.

Trump leading in OK.

VA called for Trump by multiple outlets.

Trump leads in Vermont. Kasich beating Rubio in Vermont.

@realDonaldTrump pic.twitter.com/Uy6kBZ6fbs #NarcoMarco likes to get high, even on stage!

— Neil Turner (@NeilTurner_) March 2, 2016

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/2016/Mitchell_Poll_FOX_2_GOP_Primary_3-2-16.pdf
Michigan poll:
Trump 39%
Rubio 19%
Cruz 14%
Kasich 12%

Make MEMES Great again:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/la/louisiana_republican_presidential_primary-4074.html
Trump + 20 in Lousiania!

There are polls for Kentucky (Trump+13) and Kansas (Trump+12),

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/fl/florida_republican_presidential_primary-3555.html
Trump at + 18.7 in Florida, a winner take all state

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/oh/ohio_republican_presidential_primary-4077.html
Trump at + 5 on Ohio

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/fl/florida_republican_presidential_primary-3555.html
Trump at +24 in Mississippi

I have no idea what this photoshop is from:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/polls-show-donald-trump-leading-231149547.html

Polls show Donald Trump leading everywhere during a critical 2-week stretch

Here's how Trump is faring in those states, based on individual polls or RealClearPolitics polling averages:
March 5

Kansas Republican caucus (40 delegates): Trump is up 12 points
Kentucky Republican primary (45 delegates): Trump is up 13 points
Louisiana Republican primary (47 delegates): Trump is up 19 points

March 8

Michigan Republican primary (59 delegates): Trump is up 15.4 points
Mississippi Republican primary (40 delegates): Trump is up 24 points

March 15

Florida Republican primary (99 delegates — winner take all): Trump is up 18.7 points and ahead of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
Illinois Republican primary (69 delegates): Trump is up 15.5 points
North Carolina Republican primary (72 delegates): Trump is up 10.3 points
Ohio Republican primary (66 delegates — winner take all): Trump is up five points and ahead of Ohio Gov. John Kasich

Nearly 600 delegates will be in play over the course of the next two weeks — roughly half of what is needed to secure the Republican nomination — in the above states. And more than 150 are up for grabs in the four states that lack polling, plus the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, which also hold elections. Polling is unavailable for the two territories.

This is good news, think I'll gloat now.

(Smiling with a purpose)

Rubio is sinking like the Titanic; he didn't even win DC Suburb Virginia which was supposed to be in the bag for him, a 5%+ beat of Trump. He has won a single state by Super Tuesday, is going to get blown away in his home state, which in GOPe logic makes him a contender.

Meanwhile Cruz won Texas with the smallest margin of a Texan Elected Official running as a Presidential candidate in US History.

People walked out on Cruz at CPAC, and Kasich got booed over Common Core during a Malkin speech.

Cruz is at this point, just negotiating to get something from Trump. Many of Cruz voters will go for Trump in the rest of the states, the rest will stay home and sulk, and then half of those again will be so panicked by Hillary they'll come out again in Nov.

Kasich is such an incredibly weak candidate.

Trump up 17 in Maryland:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/md/maryland_republican_presidential_primary-4313.html

And Maryland has a closed primary.

Trump at + 18 in NY, NJ, and CT
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/ny/new_york_republican_presidential_primary-4222.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/nj/new_jersey_republican_presidential_primary-3444.html
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2016/president/ct/connecticut_republican_presidential_primary-5352.html

I love reading the articles listed on Real Clear Politics. David Brooks, Max Boot, Kagans, Bill Kristol, Podhoretz, all crying and wetting their pants. Their should be "Neocon crying porn" you can fap to.