An iron rule of politics holds that contested elections are won and lost in the middle. Roughly 40 percent of voters will vote for the Democrat and 40 percent for the Republican, leaving the outcome in the hands of the undecided 20 percent.
sure, but there was something else going on. on the expectations games, you would have well known polling sites, these bs polls, and they were saying to the very end that washington state was going to be competitive, colorado was going to be competitive. new hampshire was going the republicans way. it was a huge massive lie. and some of these people are well known, being very angry that anybody would question that this might be a split down the middle. absolutely. and, you know, what i kept wondering was, anybody who s been paying attention to u.s. politics since like 2015, why would you think that any election is that predictable? it never is. the unexpected always happens. that s our politics these days. the country is polarized in a way that it hasn t been in my lifetime. i m not saying it s the most polarized ever, but it hasn t been like this.
trump, what do you mean? i won the debate. people loved it. you, you didn t know you didn t win the debate. look at polling, look at the drudge. you won t give me the money to pay for a scientific poll. those are bs polls, donald. we need to run a professional campaign and talk about what people care about. trump, we re winning. is this accurate? obviously, i did not tape-record my phone calls. somebody might. it s not word for word. is that true? i think that s a pretty accurate reflection of my views. now, i m not going to kill and kiss and tell about my advice to donald. my conversations with him are between he and i, but i think that s a fairly accurate reflection of my view. i would submit we should wait a few days and see some scientifically based nononline polls and see how the republican
expletives. stone, you saying, stop with the megyn kelly [ bleep ], it s crazy, it s killing us. trump, what do you mean? i love the debate, people loved it. you didn t win the debate. yes i did, look at the polling. you, the drudge report poll season the a scientific poll, you won t give me the money to pay for a scientific poll and you re off message. trump, there are other polls. you, they are bs polls, we need to run a professional campaign and talk about what people care about. is i do not retort my phone call, somebody might. is that true? i think it s an accurate reflection of my views, now, i m not going to kiss and tell about my advice to donald, my conversations with him are between he and i. i think that s a fairly accurate reflection of my view. we should wait a few days and see some scientifically based nononline polls and see how the