Trump and the GOP have an electoral map problem.
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Electoral Map Doesn’t Favor GOP
For those who are fearful Donald Trump might actually become the next President of the United States, here’s some news to calm your nerves.  The electoral map simply doesn’t favor the GOP.
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The selection of a president is not based on popular vote, but rather on the amount of electoral votes per state.  This would explain why larger states such as California and New York (which traditionally vote Democratic) are able to squash a dozen smaller states like Montana and Wyoming (which frequently vote Republican).  It’s all a mathematical equation and an electoral college contest.  Read on…
A recent Florida poll shows Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump. This is important because if Mrs. Clinton can win Florida and carry the 19 states (plus D.C.) that have traditionally voted Democratic in each of the last 6 presidential elections, she will become the 45th president. It’s just that simple.
Here’s the math:
To become president, a candidate needs 270 electoral votes. If Hillary can win the 19 states (and D.C.) that every Democratic nominee has won from 1992 to 2012, she will have 242 electoral votes. Add Florida’s 29 and that’s 271. Game over.
The Republican map is unforgiving. There are 13 states that have voted for the GOP presidential nominee in each of the last 6 elections.  However, those states only total 102 electorate votes. This means that presumptive nominee Donald Trump will need to find at least 168 more electoral votes to get to 270.  How can he do it?
His task becomes increasingly difficult due to the demographic problems the GOP has in winning any large group of non-white voters — or the “browning of America” effect.  For example, in 2004, George W. Bush won New Mexico, a state in which almost half the population is Latino.  However, 8 years later, Barack Obama won the state by 10 points over Mitt Romney.  That’s a huge differential.
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States with a growing population of African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and other non-white groups are becoming increasingly more difficult for Republicans to win. Additionally, the presumptive 2016 Republican nominee has done almost everything possible to alienate such groups. Previously, Virginia and North Carolina have traditionally been Republican strongholds, yet they are moving toward Democrats as of late. (Mr. Obama won both states in 2008 and carried Virginia in 2012.)
While these important states are migrating toward Democrats, fewer states are migrating toward Republicans. Combine that with the unbelievable 70% unfavorable rating Donald Trump has with both Democrats and many Republicans alike and what are you left with? An electoral map in which the Democratic nominee already starts out with a significant advantage over the Republican nominee. This is horrible news for the GOP and is the exact opposite of the massive electoral college edge the party enjoyed during the 1980s.
Further, Donald Trump has done a bang up job in severely exasperating the problem by insulting and alienating Hispanics, Muslims, blacks and women, however the GOP electoral problem goes much deeper than Trump.  The Republican Party is fractured and can only survive by breaking into varying factions.  If they do not, they are doomed to repeat history in 2020 and likely beyond.
And add to Trump's latest misfires………….
"Trump Camp Denies Anti-Semitic Tweet Was Sourced From White Nationalist Site"
Donald Trump’s campaign has released a second statement trying to explain how an image of Hillary Clinton and a graphic resembling the Star of David atop a pile of cash ended up on his Twitter feed.
“The social media graphic used this weekend was not created by the campaign nor was it sourced from an anti-Semitic site. It was lifted from an anti-Hillary Twitter user where countless images appear,” Trump social media director Dan Scavino wrote in a statement released Monday evening and obtained by CNN.
Trump’s initial tweet, sent Saturday, was widely interpreted as anti-Semitic given that it was previously posted on a white supremacist web forum. The Clinton campaign called the image “blatantly anti-Semitic” and "disturbing."
Scavino said he deleted the tweet soon after it went up because he “would never offend anyone.” The user who posted it, @FishBoneHead1, has taken his account offline but previously shared other anti-Semitic posts about Clinton. […]
H/T: TPM
Trump's sham of a campaign is an absolute disaster. He doesn't have anywhere near the money he claims to have and he's used to doing everything on the cheap. Everything. But I digress.
Re: The electoral map
Thanks for sharing this info DJ.
I do hope however that the Dems don't make the foolish mistake of assuming that it would be darn near impossible for Hillary to lose this thing when the truth is, a large number of voters ain't feeling either Trump or Hillary….and with good reason.
Both nominees come with a boat-load of baggage. A Trump presidency would be an unmitigated disaster. But the Clintons (Bill Clinton in particular) continue to operate from a level of arrogance, hubris and frankly stupidity that I find just stunning (SEE the latest firestorm caused by Bill's private meeting w/ US. Attorney General Loretta Lynch in the middle of a federal investigation of his wife)…!?!
It seems Bill never learns. And if Hillary loses (God forbid) it will most likely be because most voters will have reached their end with the Clintons…period.
All these numbers sound good and all. But people's still have to go out and vote. We can't be lackadaisical about it at all..
I still wish there was an alternative to Hilary.
So do I
I'm bouyed knowing how depressed the democrat vote is and how huge the republic a turnout has been. Time to defeat crooked Hillary
I'm buoyed by the fact that Hillary received (in total) over 2 million MORE votes than Trump during the primaries. And she did it with a "depressed" turnout and while battling Sanders (a formidable opponent) .
Hillary Clinton – 16,847,075
Donald Trump – 14,004,841
H/T: Real Clear Politics
Now just imagine how well she'll probably do in November when Dems and other voters will be plenty motivated to cast their votes for Hillary…or AGAINST Trump….recognizing the unmitigated disaster a Trump presidency would be for Our country and the entire world.