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I agree with you, I hope the Democrats will not make the same mistake Republican candidates made in underestimating Trump, assuming that it’s going to be a landslide victory for Hillary gives the wrong signal to the Democrats voters, since it can lower their turnout and that can only benefit Trump.so you hate the guy, fine, but do not make the mistake of underestimating his appeal, because it is not exclusively limited to racial nationalists like the kkk and anti muslim/immigrant/brown/latino bigots.
He's on tv 24/7, helicopters follow his convoy around when he's holding meetings, and it's broadcast globally (his NRA address yesterday was live on a couple channels here in Hindustan)
He continues to earn massive amounts of media, all he has to do is show up:
'crooked' Hillary is only counting on his -ves to stick and hoping for him to finally trip over himself with something stupid he says, not going to happen, odds are the people will only love him more for it
16 stalwart republicans down, democrat Hillary is next.
The upside, I truly don't believe the guy is a racist, or that he thinks that all muslims are terrorists etc, he made a big play for the right wing (out right winged everybody) and won a landslide primary, next he'll make a play for the left and minorities etc and win big (or enough) of them overall as well.
the foreign policy of a Trump presidency would be pragmatic and measured, maybe even a bit to the left of crooked Hillary, he might surprise us all.
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And then we have this socialist Bernie, who won’t give up, even though he very well knows there is no way that he can win, he is becoming like another Ralph Nader.
Hillary is fighting on two fronts, but I have confidence in her, as she has said again and again that she is going to fight for every vote.
Having said that, it’s not going to be a cakewalk for Trump either, the dirty dog whistle politics Trump has been playing in the primaries, I don’t think is going to be very effective with the general election voters.
You can believe whatever you want, but the fact is, it is no coincidence that the entire racist brigade is supporting Trump.
I am NO SJW, I’ve been on the Internet since 2004, you can read my posts, I have zero tolerance for religious terrorists and racist demagogues.
anon45@ has already explained to you, but it looks like you are in some kind of a denial.
Lol, so now you’re going to call Hillary a racist, nice try, I will suggest that you read, Robert Byrd’s book.
Trump polls miserably among Asian Americans
By Hanna Trudo 05/23/16
Donald Trump is wildly unpopular among Asian-American voters, who are flocking to the Democratic Party, according to a new survey.
Only 19 percent of Asian Americans hold a favorable view of the presumptive Republican nominee, according to a survey of more than 1,000 registered Asian Americans conducted by three Asian-American NGOs, while 61 percent view him unfavorably.
That's nearly the opposite of Hillary Clinton, who is viewed favorably by 62 percent of Asian Americans — one of the fastest-growing minority populations in the country — and unfavorably by 26 percent. Clinton also scores 14 percentage points higher than her Democratic opponent Bernie Sanders, who earns a 48 percent favorability rating.
The survey asked respondents whether they planned to vote for a generic Republican or a Democrat in upcoming House and Senate races; it found that Asian American voters preferred Democrats by roughly a two-to-one margin. All told, Asian Americans hold a net favorable view of the Democratic Party, 66 percent favorable to 19 percent unfavorable, and a net unfavorable view of the GOP, 46 percent unfavorable to 28 percent favorable.
In 2012, Asian-Americans voted for Barack Obama over Mitt Romney 73 percent to 26 percent — and they've moved even further toward the Democratic Party since then. While just 35 percent of Asian Americans identified as Democrats in 2012, 47 percent do so today; those identifying as Republicans have declined slightly from 18 percent in 2012 to 15 percent in 2016, within the survey's margin of error.
One thing that seems to be driving the shift: rhetoric about minorities from Republican politicians, even if it isn't directed at Asian Americans themselves. Forty-one percent of those surveyed, for example, said they would "vote for someone else" if a candidate "expressed strong anti-immigrant views" even if they agreed on other issues. A similar percentage said they would switch their votes if candidate expressed "strong anti-Muslim views."
Trump would appear to be an equal-opportunity offender — he has angered Latinos by accusing Mexico of sending "rapists" across the border and outraged Muslims by calling for a complete ban on their entry into the United States. But he has also repeatedly imitated Asian accents at his rallies, portraying Chinese trade negotiators as saying "We want deal" in one instance and doing an impression of an Indian call-center worker in another.
The survey was conducted over landlines and cell phones from April 11 to May 17 by the Asian and Pacific Islander American (APIA) Vote, Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) and AAPI Data and included 1,212 registered Asian American voters, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percent.
