(01-20-2018 01:54 PM)Mr_XcentricK Wrote: I think we could all agree his win was not a blowout.
Depends on how you define it.
232-306 is a pretty big blowout, especially given only one poll had HIM with more than 232.
YES, he won some key states 'close' and that is probably your point, but the primary reason the total vote was so close was that she killed him in a few states.
Had Bernie gone third party, it would have been a blow-out for Trump, even more so (ironically) than when Clinton won (with Perot 3rd party).
so the key may not be Trump, but the DNC. Will they support Bernie (assuming he runs again at his age) or someone like him, or will they continue to go with their formula? If they go 'formula', will the young voters stay home again?
I don't think the DNC yet has a handle on the repercussions of their collusion against Bernie and how that will play with idealist liberals (and there are lots of those in the party). Those people hate Trump to be certain, but they don't like the underhandedness of politicians in general.