tisdag 8 november 2016

Comments on the Election, before the Ballots Fall (in December)


Having waited for this moment for long, for good or for worse, the contest which has been constantly in motion, yet (at least for those who, the summer before last, took the polls predicting a Clinton-Trump contest for what they said)



The electoral map, 538 to go.

Whosoever dismisses this criticism - articulated and available freely for anyone who dares to look - on account of Clinton's sex must be able to claim either immensely limited knowledge on the resume of their professed favourite candidate, a highly selective memory and cognitive capacities, or a personal ethic in line with Mr. Blagojevich's.



The scenario I mused about in my last post. With an unlikely red delegation in New England, and the Utah delegation in an odd, since the year of De Gaulle unprecedented third colour, the scales could remain locked, the contest determined by the House.




My expectations - sorry Evan - give or take a state or two. I must say I'm iffy about Florida, Nevada and North Carolina; the latest polls have suggested the latter to return to the Democratic fold. But in solemn recognition, if too early a vindication, of the growing importance of Latino voters in the first two, as well as current trends, I would expect them to remain in camp blue. Which, if forecasts from Ohio will mature into reality, will herald the first since 



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