Could a respectable, sane Trump have won with this map?

[Erich Maria Remarque]

Yes. He'd be even competitive among Hispanics, since they are "white" hard-working class



But he probably didn't want us to be tired of winning and to get a headache. What a man!
And 20' would not be that funny, if he won in landslide in 16'.

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[Erich Maria Remarque]

if he was sane and respectable he wouldn't be Trump.

People liked how unrespectable he was - and he would not have won the nomination had his policies been within the realm of sane.

Stop imagining things. Take a look at exit-polls, polls or other research. For instance, women that voted for him didn't like pussytape, neither did men. The same applies more or less about other "controversial" things, he said.

[Erich Maria Remarque]

if he was sane and respectable he wouldn't be Trump.

People liked how unrespectable he was - and he would not have won the nomination had his policies been within the realm of sane.

Stop imagining things. Take a look at exit-polls, polls or other research. For instance, women that voted for him didn't like pussytape, neither did men. The same applies more or less about other "controversial" things, he said.

it shows how little the "pussytape" matters, or any of his controversial statements. It only helped him in his "TELLING IT LIKE IT IS" message.

Yep. The policies/consequences should matter more than other stuff. He ran for President, not for Pope.

[Erich Maria Remarque]

The catch is that a respectable, richer, less vulgarly attention-seeking Trump would have probably been too little known to run for president. Imagine if Steve Bren, Bill Ross, or Bob Toll were to run for President. Do you know who those are?

Real estate is too unglamourous to make you Bezos, Musk, or Jobs-level famous. It does not produce fortunes large enough to make one as a famous as, say, Warren Buffett either. Maybe he could tone down the vulgarity and tastelessness while remaining well known, and our cameras would today be trained not on Trump Tower but 740 Park or one of the larger townhouses on the UES. But it'd be hard.

To me sane Trump = the same, but without Kelly/Khan/Curiel/McCain/Cruz wife/rigged election, pussytape and probably similar stuff that I don't recall right now.