How would you feel if John Kasich had been elected President?

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Imagine that Kasich managed to get the Republican nomination, and he went on to beat Clinton. How would you feel about this?

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Very, very excited and happy.

Since Trump won 306 electoral votes, I can only imagine Kasich's floor. Maybe 350 with this map:

That's six states Trump lost by ~5% or less going to Kasich.

You're assuming that Kasich is a much better candidate than Trump. How is that a better assumption than Clinton being a much better candidate than Trump?

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Very, very excited and happy.

Since Trump won 306 electoral votes, I can only imagine Kasich's floor. Maybe 350 with this map:

That's six states Trump lost by ~5% or less going to Kasich.

You're assuming that Kasich is a much better candidate than Trump. How is that a better assumption than Clinton being a much better candidate than Trump?

Clinton and Trump were almost as unpopular as each other. But Kasich didn't have -20% favorability ratings. Polls showed him crushing Hillary in a landslide, while unreliable, signal he was more popular than  Trump.

Sure, but Kingpoleon implied that Kasich's floor would be that map. We have no idea what he would have been like in a nationwide general election.