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Disappointing attitude from Roger Stone regarding Trump ground game in NV as part of an interview with Boston Herald.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-ally-roger-stone-says-trump-has-run-one-of-the-worst-campaigns-in-history-in-nevada/

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Rossticus said:

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Disappointing attitude from Roger Stone regarding Trump ground game in NV as part of an interview with Boston Herald.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-ally-roger-stone-says-trump-has-run-one-of-the-worst-campaigns-in-history-in-nevada/

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Rossticus said:

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Disappointing attitude from Roger Stone regarding Trump ground game in NV as part of an interview with Boston Herald.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/trump-ally-roger-stone-says-trump-has-run-one-of-the-worst-campaigns-in-history-in-nevada/

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Roger Stone is a kook

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FireAg said:

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VaultingChemist said:

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Trump is polling at +14 with independents in Florida. Romney was +10 in 2012.

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Interesting...where did you see that?

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Tigerdroppings

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And they sourced it from?

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VaultingChemist said:

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FireAg said:

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VaultingChemist said:

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FireAg said:

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VaultingChemist said:

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Trump is polling at +14 with independents in Florida. Romney was +10 in 2012.

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Interesting...where did you see that?

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Tigerdroppings

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And they sourced it from?

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I didn't find a source. CNN has Trump only +2 among independents in Florida. Is that any more accurate?

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Tanya 93 said:

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I got gingerbread and apple cider.

Then discovered I was at the wrong place.

Off to the JH.

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aggiehawg said:

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Yes. But he fired Roger very early in the process before he hired Lewandowski and then Manafort and then KellyAnne Conway.

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srx said:

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"best people"

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gibbs2016 said:

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Not looking good for Trump in Florida, he is down 280k votes according to Votecastr. He will have to have huge late push and around 75% of the ind. to be for him

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gibbs2016 said:

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Not looking good for Trump in Florida, he is down 280k votes according to Votecastr. He will have to have huge late push and around 75% of the ind. to be for him

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Philip J Fry said:

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Votecaster are not real votes. Hth.

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This year, for the fifth time, Slate staffers and contributors are revealing how they're voting in the presidential election. This tradition of ours breaks with journalistic custom; journalists are typically reluctant to reveal their political preferences, for fear of appearing biased. But, as our founding editor Michael Kinsley pointed out when we began this practice in 2000, "an opinion is not a bias!" Our jobs as journalists require us to gather accurate facts and assess them with intellectual rigor and honesty, no matter what we believe going in; part of that work entails an effort to be aware of our own assumptions as we go. And that's all the more reason to make you, our readers, aware of those assumptions as well.

So in that spirit, I can disclose that Clinton has won the Slate vote. We counted 59 votes for Clinton, 1 for Evan McMullin (a write-in in Ohio), and 1 for Jill Stein. It's a result that won't surprise followers of our Trump Apocalypse Watch, which takes as its premise the idea that the election of this particular Republican nominee would be a bad outcome for the country. It's also in line with our vote breakdown in past years, which showed the Democratic candidate as the heavy favorite with occasional nods to third-party and GOP candidates, although this is the first year that no one cast a vote for the GOP nominee.

We also asked staffers to share their primary votes. The tally was Clinton 31, Sanders 9, and Kasich 3. Below, Slatesters explain why they've made their decisions.
Julia Turner, editor in chief

L.V. Anderson, associate editor
General election: Hillary Clinton
Primary: Clinton
I voted for Hillary Clinton in the primary, and I will vote for her on Tuesday. I would be excited to vote for Clinton even if she weren't running against a bigoted, hateful, incompetent narcissist. Clinton isn't perfectno one isbut she is intelligent, experienced, pragmatic, empathetic, and inspiring. I have no doubt that she wants to make the country work better for everyone, not just the obscenely wealthy. (Whether Congress lets her get anything done is another question.)

Allison Benedikt, news director
General election: Clinton
Primary: I didn't vote. No good excuse for this. It would have been for Hillary.
I would be voting for Hillary even if Jeb or Marco or Kasich had won and even if Jeb or Marco or Kasich were women. Meaning: I am voting for Hillary because she is the candidate running whose positions come closest to matching my own. I am also PSYCHED that she is a woman and cannot imagine a Democrat I would have voted against in a race with Trump. So I have three good reasons: I am voting for Hillary because she is not Trump, because she is a woman, and because she holds the correct position on more issues than anyone else in the race. It's pretty simple. Also, I'm not an idiot.

Laura Bennett, senior editor
General election: Clinton
Primary: Clinton
I'm tired of seeing Trump, hearing Trump, thinking about Trump, fearing the bright little ping of a new New York Times news alert about sexually humiliated beauty pageant contestants every time I look at my phone, watching Slate's traffic numbers balloon with each new vile shenanigan, accommodating myself to an emotional baseline of disgust and confusion and shame. I think Hillary will win and I cannot wait.

Chris Berube, producer of The Gist
General: N/A
Primary: N/A
As a Canadian, sadly, I do not have a vote. But I have decided to live in this country, for some forgotten reason, and its well-being is important to me. I am confident the Democrats' early voting advantage in states like North Carolina and James Comey's exoneration will seal this election for Clinton. However, if something goes wrong, I would like to remind liberal-minded Americans thatthe marriage bureau at the City Clerk's Office in Brooklyn opens at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday and there are plenty of unmarried Canadian expatriates living here who are happy to do you a favour. You'll love it there.

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Rossticus said:

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Trump has officially filed his first lawsuit (in Clark Co. NV) to disallow certain early votes. I have a feeling you're going to have some of these in every swing state. This election won't be resolved today. Whether for the purposes of appearances or pragmatism, Trump is going to attack this election on every front.

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Good. Root out every instance of voter fraud.

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VaultingChemist said:

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gibbs2016 said:

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Not looking good for Trump in Florida, he is down 280k votes according to Votecastr. He will have to have huge late push and around 75% of the ind. to be for him

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Rep turnout is slightly up. Dem turnout is slightly down. How is that not looking good for Trump?

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But a kook that knows his ***** And no more kooky than Steve Bannon, for comparison.

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TXAggie2011 said:

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mugwurt said:

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Rossticus said:

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Trump has officially filed his first lawsuit (in Clark Co. NV) to disallow certain early votes. I have a feeling you're going to have some of these in every swing state. This election won't be resolved today. Whether for the purposes of appearances or pragmatism, Trump is going to attack this election on every front.

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Good. Root out every instance of voter fraud.

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They're challenging allowing voters who were already in line at the time the polls closed to vote.

That lawsuit will go nowhere. That isn't voter fraud.

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gibbs2016 said:

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VaultingChemist said:

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gibbs2016 said:

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Not looking good for Trump in Florida, he is down 280k votes according to Votecastr. He will have to have huge late push and around 75% of the ind. to be for him

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Rep turnout is slightly up. Dem turnout is slightly down. How is that not looking good for Trump?

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280k is a lot to make up in Florida or am I wrong? Idk.. I believe that CNN report that Trump is only +2 among Independents is probably BS. CNN will not stop until Clinton is elected or Trump is elected outright. And then they will be either non stop with bashing every decision Trump makes or praising every decision from Hilldog

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TXAggie2011 said:

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mugwurt said:

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Rossticus said:

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Trump has officially filed his first lawsuit (in Clark Co. NV) to disallow certain early votes. I have a feeling you're going to have some of these in every swing state. This election won't be resolved today. Whether for the purposes of appearances or pragmatism, Trump is going to attack this election on every front.

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Good. Root out every instance of voter fraud.

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They're challenging allowing voters who were already in line at the time the polls closed to vote.

That lawsuit will go nowhere. That isn't voter fraud.

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Philip J Fry said:

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TXAggie2011 said:

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mugwurt said:

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Rossticus said:

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Trump has officially filed his first lawsuit (in Clark Co. NV) to disallow certain early votes. I have a feeling you're going to have some of these in every swing state. This election won't be resolved today. Whether for the purposes of appearances or pragmatism, Trump is going to attack this election on every front.

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Good. Root out every instance of voter fraud.

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They're challenging allowing voters who were already in line at the time the polls closed to vote.

That lawsuit will go nowhere. That isn't voter fraud.

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Incorrect. As reported by FNC, they are protesting allowing people to vote who joined the line late.

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gibbs2016 said:

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VaultingChemist said:

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gibbs2016 said:

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Not looking good for Trump in Florida, he is down 280k votes according to Votecastr. He will have to have huge late push and around 75% of the ind. to be for him

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Rep turnout is slightly up. Dem turnout is slightly down. How is that not looking good for Trump?

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280k is a lot to make up in Florida or am I wrong? Idk.. I believe that CNN report that Trump is only +2 among Independents is probably BS. CNN will not stop until Clinton is elected or Trump is elected outright. And then they will be either non stop with bashing every decision Trump makes or praising every decision from Hilldog

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It remains to be seen who these unaffiliated Floridians will vote for, but in a recent Remington Research poll, 49 percent of those without a party affiliation said they were going to vote for Donald Trump compared to 36 who selected Hillary Clinton. In the latest New York Times/Sienna poll, among voters who either identified as Independent or "other," 45 percent chose Donald Trump and 33 percent chose Hillary Clinton.

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ClickClack said:

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Also, these are the people behind Votecastr (Slate) - not biased at all:

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This year, for the fifth time, Slate staffers and contributors are revealing how they're voting in the presidential election. This tradition of ours breaks with journalistic custom; journalists are typically reluctant to reveal their political preferences, for fear of appearing biased. But, as our founding editor Michael Kinsley pointed out when we began this practice in 2000, "an opinion is not a bias!" Our jobs as journalists require us to gather accurate facts and assess them with intellectual rigor and honesty, no matter what we believe going in; part of that work entails an effort to be aware of our own assumptions as we go. And that's all the more reason to make you, our readers, aware of those assumptions as well.

So in that spirit, I can disclose that Clinton has won the Slate vote. We counted 59 votes for Clinton, 1 for Evan McMullin (a write-in in Ohio), and 1 for Jill Stein. It's a result that won't surprise followers of our Trump Apocalypse Watch, which takes as its premise the idea that the election of this particular Republican nominee would be a bad outcome for the country. It's also in line with our vote breakdown in past years, which showed the Democratic candidate as the heavy favorite with occasional nods to third-party and GOP candidates, although this is the first year that no one cast a vote for the GOP nominee.

We also asked staffers to share their primary votes. The tally was Clinton 31, Sanders 9, and Kasich 3. Below, Slatesters explain why they've made their decisions.
Julia Turner, editor in chief

L.V. Anderson, associate editor
General election: Hillary Clinton
Primary: Clinton
I voted for Hillary Clinton in the primary, and I will vote for her on Tuesday. I would be excited to vote for Clinton even if she weren't running against a bigoted, hateful, incompetent narcissist. Clinton isn't perfectno one isbut she is intelligent, experienced, pragmatic, empathetic, and inspiring. I have no doubt that she wants to make the country work better for everyone, not just the obscenely wealthy. (Whether Congress lets her get anything done is another question.)

Allison Benedikt, news director
General election: Clinton
Primary: I didn't vote. No good excuse for this. It would have been for Hillary.
I would be voting for Hillary even if Jeb or Marco or Kasich had won and even if Jeb or Marco or Kasich were women. Meaning: I am voting for Hillary because she is the candidate running whose positions come closest to matching my own. I am also PSYCHED that she is a woman and cannot imagine a Democrat I would have voted against in a race with Trump. So I have three good reasons: I am voting for Hillary because she is not Trump, because she is a woman, and because she holds the correct position on more issues than anyone else in the race. It's pretty simple. Also, I'm not an idiot.

Laura Bennett, senior editor
General election: Clinton
Primary: Clinton
I'm tired of seeing Trump, hearing Trump, thinking about Trump, fearing the bright little ping of a new New York Times news alert about sexually humiliated beauty pageant contestants every time I look at my phone, watching Slate's traffic numbers balloon with each new vile shenanigan, accommodating myself to an emotional baseline of disgust and confusion and shame. I think Hillary will win and I cannot wait.

Chris Berube, producer of The Gist
General: N/A
Primary: N/A
As a Canadian, sadly, I do not have a vote. But I have decided to live in this country, for some forgotten reason, and its well-being is important to me. I am confident the Democrats' early voting advantage in states like North Carolina and James Comey's exoneration will seal this election for Clinton. However, if something goes wrong, I would like to remind liberal-minded Americans thatthe marriage bureau at the City Clerk's Office in Brooklyn opens at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday and there are plenty of unmarried Canadian expatriates living here who are happy to do you a favour. You'll love it there.

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So is Votecastr essentially telling us that Donald isn't going to win?

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