Always surprises me how much undeserved confidence the Republicans always have on this forum when it's obvious that the party is going to lose. We had people in 2012 that were convinced Romney was going to win in a landslide right up until the polls closed. We had people in 2008 saying there was a noticeable shift in Pennsylvania and it was up for grabs and McCain was going to win and the upset the election still. We had people in 2006 saying how the polls are overestimating Democrats and the Republicans carried a good chance of retaining Congress still.
And here we are in 2016 with a new Trump brand of Republican supporters. Down 270- 179 in the State polling average and down at least 4 in the National polling average, and they are convinced that it is Democrats who should be nervous and on the verge of tears because they're not up by 20 points. If Trump were up 270 - 179 and holding on to a slim popular vote lead, we would never hear the end of it. The election will be called the greatest lock in history. A landslide! Trump doesn't even need to participate in the debates! The election is over!
If Trump was ahead, the forum would just switch places. Clinton hacks would be all "It's so narrow!", and Trump hacks would be all "You're being ridiculous! You should concede today! We're going to win like Reagan!" In 2014 we had people who were (near) 100% sure M. Udall was going to hold on until the polls closed, and people saying Pryor shouldn't be counted out, and even one user saying the Democrats were going to shock everyone and get a net gain in the Senate.
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