Quote (EndlessSky @ Jun 28 2016 03:34pm)
He is somewhat at the mercy of the RNC, and most of them want him dead at this point.
Somewhat? He's TOTALLY at their mercy! There's never been a nominee half as dependent on the RNC/DNC. He's 100% reliant on their field staff, data operation, digital operation, in-house analytics operation, opposition research team, rapid-response communication staff, and still almost 100% reliant on their fundraising operation.
The RNC is rushing to double it's field staff in the battlegrounds on account of how much pressure he's put on them by wasting his time. So if they want to send huge segments of those teams to states like AZ, NC, FL, CO, or WI to work on Senate races where he's not going to play well, he pretty much just has to say "okay, do whatever you want." He practically has no control.
Quote (excellence @ Jun 26 2016 10:11am)
"METHODOLOGY – This ABC News/Washington Post poll was conducted by landline and cellular telephone June 20-23, 2016, in English and Spanish, among a random national sample of 1,001 adults, including 836 registered voters. Results have a margin of sampling error of 3.5 points, including the design effect, for the full sample, and 4 points for registered voters. Partisan divisions are 36-24-33 percent, Democrats-Republicans-independents, in the full sample"
Just saw this lol. You think there's something wrong with this methodology or sample? The breakdown's well within line of the national electorate. The 2012 exit was 38D-32R-29I, this looks like what you'd expect the country to look like after GOP base voters have had 4 additional years to hide under the "Independent" label. They've been doing it for a decade, Trump supporters and otherwise clueless Republicans simply weren't aware of it before they started whining about the poll because they don't know anything about elections haha.