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2016 Features Different Candidates, But Looks Almost Identical to 2012 Anyway

by RosalynHague Posted on June 30, 2016

Mother Jones

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Donald Trump is a very unusual candidate who’s likely to break some of our usual presidential voting patterns. Right? Sure, he’ll get the angry white males that always vote Republican, but other groups might shy away from Trump and vote for the Democratic ticket in larger numbers than usual.

Not so fast, says Alan Abramowitz. If you compare current polls to the 2012 exit polls, it turns out that most demographic groups are split almost precisely the same:

Trump’s highly unusual background, personality, and unorthodox views on certain issues have led to considerable speculation that his nomination could upset normal voting patterns by producing high defection rates among some groups of Democratic and Republican identifiers and putting new states in play in November….These claims are probably mistaken. These data show that the American electorate remains deeply divided along party lines. Democrats and Republicans, including independents who leaned toward each party, differed sharply on economic, cultural, and racial issues. Moreover, Democrats and Republicans, including Sanders Democrats and non-Trump Republicans, held strongly negative feelings about the opposing party’s likely nominee.

I guess we’ll see. I’d like to say that it depends on just what kind of moronic stuff Trump does over the next few months, but that really doesn’t seem to matter much. Anyone still willing to vote for Trump after his antics so far this year is probably going to vote for him no matter what.

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"30 Rock" Actress’ Effort to Lure Young Voters to Clinton Falls Flat

by RosalynHague Posted on February 19, 2016

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Millennials haven’t been kind to Hillary Clinton so far in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. In Iowa, Sen. Bernie Sanders won the support of 84 percent of voters under age 30, to just 14 percent for Clinton. In New Hampshire, the margin was nearly identical, with Sanders beating Clinton 83 percent to 16 percent.

In an effort to change that trend in Nevada, which holds its Democratic caucuses on Saturday, Clinton tapped some celebrity power. On Thursday afternoon, 19-year-old actress Chloë Grace Moretz—known for roles in Kick-Ass, If I Stay, and 30 Rock—came to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to get the college students excited for a Clinton presidency.

“It’s time, first of all, for a woman to be president,” she told the students. “And it’s about time that young boys and girls grow up in a time when there is no adversity about that, no ‘Can a woman be a leader of our country?'”

The group had to gather at a coffee shop across the street from campus, because the university had banned political events at the school, a Clinton organizer explained. Perhaps the students were afraid to cross the street, since only around 20 showed up for the lunch-hour event. And in a sign of Clinton’s struggle to win over young voters, not everyone present was planning to caucus for her.

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"30 Rock" Actress’ Effort to Lure Young Voters to Clinton Falls Flat

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