Donald Trump Confronted By Mexican Man ‘Did You Read the Statue of Liberty?’
Welcome to The Lid, your afternoon dose of the 2016 ethosStatues of a n***d Donald Trump popped up in a handful of U.S. cities on Thursday in what was just the latest example of something we hope never happens again after this election.
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Here"s some good news for Republicans: Ticket splitting ain"t dead yet. Despite the increasingly polarized electorate, some Americans are still making voting decisions based on candidates and not simply casting ballots going by party affiliation, our colleague Dante Chinni writes. Chinni notes that in 2012, six states selected presidential and Senate candidates from different parties: Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota and West Virginia.
So why is this particularly helpful to Republicans? Well, the polls (Most of them. All of them?) have Donald Trump down in key states where GOP incumbent senators are facing tough re-election campaigns pivotal to Republicans maintaining control of the upper chamber. The most important races are shaping to be New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania -- each states where Hillary Clinton is currently leading. And the biggest issue each of the Republican senators are facing is how to navigate questions about their potential support for Trump. The fact split-ticket voters still exist is encouraging for the GOP, who will need support from voters who don"t back Trump if they want to win. And one thing to watch for, especially if Trump is unable to turn things around, will be Democrats ratcheting up their attempts to tie vulnerable Republicans to all things Trump. But because Trump is such a unique political figure, there is a chance some voters don"t even associate him with Republicans. For some, Trump is just Trump.
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"NYC Parks stands firmly against any unpermitted erection in city parks, no matter how small."
-- New York City Parks Department response a n**e Donald Trump statue placed in Union Square on Thursday.
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Donald Trump campaigns in Michigan.
Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/lid-some-good-news-endangered-gop-senators-n633966
