The continuing absurdity of many in the media and the Republican Party to attempt to create a false national security concern over Hillary Clinton’s fiercely investigated emails, while ignoring Donald Trump’s coziness with the Russian government, continues to be one of the most staggeringly disingenuous aspect of the 2016 presidential election season.
In a poll published on October 21 of this year, most fail to see any nefarious motives connected to Hillary’s emails.
A new Monmouth University poll [PDF] finds that 52 percent of those polled believe Clinton used private email as a “matter of convenience” as opposed to because she “has something to hide.”
And when you break it down by party, that’s 79 percent of Democrats, 56 percent of independents, and 42 percent of Republicans.
If the media and Republicans believe James Comey’s empty “October surprise” will be determinant in throwing the election to Trump, come that historic night, they are sadly mistaken. The election is well underway and Hillary is well underway to winning. In states where the race is close or tied, she has an excellent chance of winning based on demographics and her team’s stellar GOTV efforts.
Let’s consider Florida, a state which President Obama won by less than a percentage point. While Hillary Clinton can afford to lose Florida and still win the presidential election, the Sunshine State is a must win for Donald Trump, who is currently struggling against the antipathy of a galvanized and increased Hispanic electorate. Today’s New York Times:
Because of a large advantage in mail-in ballots, registered Republicans in Florida have the thinnest of edges over registered Democrats in votes cast so far — less than a percentage point. But that advantage has diminished as in-person voting has begun and is smaller than the lead Republicans had at this point four years ago. The Democratic gains owe in large part to high turnout among Hispanics, who have typically waited until much later to vote.
“Hispanics are outperforming,” said Daniel A. Smith, a political science professor at the University of Florida who has been analyzing demographic data about early turnout that the state is required to collect. “They are more engaged in this election cycle, and more are voting earlier than we saw in 2012.”
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The F.B.I.’s disclosure on Friday, rather than changing many minds, seemed to largely confirm the sentiments of people who were voting early.
In a departure from the rest of the media yesterday, MSNBC’s Joy Reid dedicated her program, AM Joy, to examining the abysmal Trump candidacy, rather than spending the bulk of her broadcast on the unsubstantial “revelations” of FBI Director Comey.
The program featured Florida pollster and radio host Fernand Amandi, who appeared with other guests to discuss the state of the race. Amandi focused on his home state of Florida, and took the time to clearly state why we should all invest in pairs of goggles as preparation for November 8, 2016.
The State has gotten more Hispanic and certainly a little less White in its ethnic composition. I think that—coupled with the fact that even the Trump campaign and surrogates recognize there is no ground operation in Florida; suggest to me that, while it may be tight—there is certainly not going to be a five or six point blowout for the Clinton campaign—she seems on path to win, and, Joy, a lot of folks ask me—a lot of Democrats and Clinton supporters say, do I have reason to be worried on November 8, that this thing is not gonna work out? And I say unequivocally, yes! You have reason to be worried, but nothing that a good pair of safety (puts on goggles) goggles can’t solve, because of the 100% forecast of raining glass. You’re going to see glass ceiling shattered across America, cuz Hillary Clinton is going to win this election—Let’s be honest.
After all is said and done, this will be the reality on election night. Let’s get those goggles ready!