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flamin lib

(14,559 posts)
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 02:11 PM Oct 2016

Is this the year the NRA's back is broken?

The gun lobby, represented by the NRA, has spent an all time record of more than $20 million on ads to support Trump and attack Clinton. Fivethirtyeight.com gives Clinton an 82% chance of winning.

Of the ten Senate races that might tilt the Senate to Dem control the NRA has contributed $42,600 to 6 of them. Of those six only two Republicans are ahead in the polls. The remaining four races are so far gone that the NRA has pulled all spending.

I can't find enough data to predict the House but I can assure you that gun control will NOT be a factor in GOP wins.

This could be the year that the myth of gun rights as a third rail is exploded once and for all.

RIP NRA.

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Is this the year the NRA's back is broken? (Original Post) flamin lib Oct 2016 OP
One can only hope............. MyOwnPeace Oct 2016 #1
That would be the perfect end to this nightmare of an election. sarae Oct 2016 #2

sarae

(3,284 posts)
2. That would be the perfect end to this nightmare of an election.
Wed Oct 26, 2016, 02:21 PM
Oct 2016

I'll gladly have suffered through the Trumplican's BS for a year and a half if we get a Clinton presidency and enough down ballot seats to say goodbye to the NRA.

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