Tom Goodenough Tom Goodenough

The horrific truth is that Donald Trump could actually win the US presidency

Think Donald Trump is too vulgar, too crazy to actually make it to the White House? Then you probably thought he’d never make the nomination. When he stood, Arianne Huffington said she would cover his race in the “entertainment” section of her website. Now he has ended up securing enough delegates to wrap up the Republican nomination.

We’ve been told by commentators doing their bit to re-assure us that there’s no way the orange maniac would win a general election. In fact, the truth is rather scarier, with the average results from recent polls putting Trump ahead with a 43.4 per cent share compared to Hillary’s 43.2 per cent. Quite a turning point for Trump to be ahead in any national poll which have always tended to hand his Democrat rival a big lead. It’s also interesting to see how Clinton’s support seems to be flagging, with her current 43 per cent the lowest she’s averaged against Trump ever in this race.

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