Why Clinton and Democrats Are So Keen on Early Voting
Democrats are out in force to ensure their supporters vote early. Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook boasted that he had hopes to build an insurmountable lead in early voting in key battleground states that will cut off any viable path for Donald Trump to become president, according to The Hill:
Nevada, North Carolina and Florida could all be decided before Election Day because of historic spikes in early voting, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook said Thursday.
"We are encouraging supporters to cast their vote early because it is possible ... that we could build an insurmountable lead in those key states before Election Day," Mook said on a press call with reporters.
Wins in those three states would make it very difficult to imagine an Electoral College scenario in which Trump, the Republican nominee, would win the White House.
Victories in North Carolina, which Republican Mitt Romney won in 2012, and Florida are especially important.
Mook estimated that 40 percent of votes in those battleground states could be cast before Election Day.
"So that's why we're not just encouraging everyone to vote and to make sure they vote, but to take advantage of early voting," he said...
Perhaps Democrats fear that the ObamaCare apocalypse that is upon them will be the October surprise that can swing elections.
Two recent Wall Street Journal columns highlight the danger if and when voters discover and feel the pain of vast premium increases and loss of coverage that is rippling across America. In Clinton vs. Clinton on ObamaCare, the paper takes note of Bill Clinton’s shocking admission that ObamaCare is “the craziest thing in the world” as Americans “wind up with their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half.” The statistics are dismaying:...
There could be another reason Democrats are pushing early voting to an unprecedented degree this cycle. Could Donald Trump improve his electability and help down-ballot Republicans?...