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Nope
Immediately after Osama died (May 2, 2011)
I remember reading headlines about his approval spiking after bin Laden died
What about the average?
Obama got a net positive approval immediately afterwards
also, he easily trounced Romney the following year
All that matters is the averages, and Obama's average polling did not change
Obama only won re-election because his Black Horde showed up
it remained consistently positive for over a month
although he still would have easily won with our without bin Laden dying
Yep
by the way, fun thought experiment
If you were transported to January 2011, and were mind controlling Mitt Romney, what would you have him do to beat Obama
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I would've fought back much harder
I talked about this before
Fight back against Biden's slavery remark
and claim Democrats want to demographically replace White Americans
As a response to what Biden said about blacks, I would say "Obama wants whites to be slaughtered in the streets"
But of course Romney didn't fight back because,
well,
"The 2012 election was extremely close. 375,000 votes flipped in the proper proportions in four states would have tipped the election. That’s .17% of the electorate.
There were several “moments” and tactics in the 2012 election that better message and campaign management would probably have been enough to turn those votes. Here’s a short list off the top of my head.
Better clarification on the “47%” remark. Romney never seemed to explain this statement, which is factually correct but politically awkward, very well.
Harder pushback on the Crowley error in the debate, where she attemped to factcheck him (and was wrong in the process).
Serious outreach to the Christian voters in the GOP. Mainstream Christians consider Mormonism a cult, and many stayed home because of this issue. Romney could have acted to negate this objection more strongly.
Weak messaging on the ACA. Romney clearly felt like he could not attack Obama on the ACA because of Romneycare. Romney should have pushed hard using his knowledge of both plans to explain why it was foolish to try to scale those state-based ideas to the national level.
Harder messaging on his business experience. For all his experience, Romney did not hone his economic message very well. He should have refined it down to a few bullet points, stated what he expected the economic results to be, and went with it. Instead, his campaign left it a bit loose.
Anyway, those are the ones what come to mind."
what do you think of that answer
I kinda doubt that assertion that 2012 was 'extremely close'
It was close in the swing states
"375,000 flipped in the proper proportions in four states would have tipped the election"
FL, OH, NC, etc.
If Romney could've energized more White people,
he would've won
easily yes, 4% more
Obama's brainless negro bloc was lock-on by default
LMAO
Quora is really cucked
from that same link
Duh
this answer is dated November 4, 2016
"And while it’s not part of your question, in 2016, I personally expect Mr. Trump to get fewer than 60 million votes. I assume Sec. Clinton wants to get more than the 69.5 million votes than Mr. Obama got in 2008, and I will be watching to see if she gets > 70 million votes."
well that's just silly
November 7, 2017
"Yes.
The narrative this election cycle has operated on a false equivalency narrative. Clinton’s e-mails are somehow the same as Donald Trump’s history of sexual assault. The Clinton foundation is a slush fund in the same way as Donald Trump’s charitable organizations are slush funds. This is the last “real” election because it will likely be the last election where white people make up the majority of voters. It’s pure insanity.
Let’s talk about facts. The Clinton campaign relies on things like data and analytics to guide them while Donald Trump uses his Twitter feed. One’s a pro the other is a wannabe. The truth is that this would not be a close election were it not for the utterly ridiculous “re-investigation” of Clinton’s e-mail server. Clinton has had a healthy lead throughout this race. Take a look at the polling from 538:"
"But, seriously, I don’t know any pollster who thinks either Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Colorado or New Mexico are going to Trump. Those are going to be in the Democratic column. And in the same breath I don’t know anyone who thinks there’s a scenario where Hillary wins Georgia, Iowa, Arizona or Maine. To me, it seems unlikely that Hillary will win Ohio as well, but because Virginia and Nevada are likely to go her way that doesn’t matter. Here’s where the race actually is if you call the race as the polls tell you to call it."