Maine’s 2nd district and New Hampshire will be key barometers of how Donald Trump is performing in the election, Newt Gingrich said on Fox News today.
“I want to look at the northernmost congressional district in Maine because if Trump picks that up … that will be unusual and a sign that a conservative Republican with blue-collar appeal can reach out on a place like Maine, as opposed to the assumption you have to be a moderate,” Gingrich said. Maine allows its two districts to submit electoral votes separately.
“Second, you got to look at New Hampshire,” he added. “If Trump carries New Hampshire, it’s game on. At that point, if I were Hillary and her team, I will be very, very worried.”
He also said Trump wins in North Carolina and Florida would mean “we’re really in for a long night” unless he also carries Michigan — “in which case we’re in for a very short night.”
Gingrich was confident Trump would win Ohio, but said his preferred candidate might lose Pennsylvania because of Philadelphia, which “historically has a lot of voter fraud.”
California also gives Clinton a stronger national lead, Gingrich said, but “if she’s that far ahead in California and she’s only tied or barely ahead nationally, that means she’s probably behind in a lot of very tight Midwestern states” like Missouri, Wisconsin and maybe Minnesota.
(Source: Politico.com)
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I have said this before and I will say it again: Why would any news organization think this guy has anything worth hearing. He got himself bounced out of the House of Representatives 20 years ago and has had no success as a politician or political analyst ever since.
His irrelevance makes me laugh.
And so does his notion of family values – 3 wives, 2 divorces.