Attitudes to Hillary Clinton

[Felascloak]

Been reading the Beebs coverage of Hillary Clintons nomination today (and the comments on HYS) and I'm pretty disgusted. Very little support for her as the first female nominee. Loads of disparaging comments about her marriage. Suggestions on nepotism

www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36475840

And to top it off the BBC have a video about how she "must own her inner bitch".

Ffs. What is the male equivalent of an "inner bitch" and do men ever have to own it?

I couldn't give a shit about her politics, surely it is to be celebrated that a woman has got to this stage for the first time? Compare with all the excitement about Obama.
Today is one of those days where the world's sexism has slapped me in the face
Apologies for the rant

From the ny times a couple of weeks ago

At this point – 167 days before the election – a simple polling average has differed from the final result by about nine percentage points. We expect this average to become more meaningful by the week, until the national party conventions temporarily make it less so, as shown in the bump about 100 days before the election. The average difference begins to flatten about two months before the election. The day before the voting, an unadjusted polling average has been about 3.5 points off the final result.

In 2008 Obama got 53% of the vote (68% electoral college) - again, showing it was close. Gore/Bush of course was close as well (thank you hanging chads). As with the U.K., there are swing voters and swing states that influence everything.

The 2008 election was not really close. 53 percent of the popular vote is actually pretty high and the Electoral College margin was quite high. The 2000 election was very close indeed. Gore won the popular vote by a close margin but lost in the Electoral College when the Supreme Court put a stop to the recount in Florida.

Seneca, I meant that the fact that Clinton isn't beating trump at 70:30 or whatever doesn't make her a weak candidate. The Scottish independence result was a lot less close than people expected at 55:45 but it still wasn't a trouncing.

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