title: biblical beginnings
text: by jason easley on fri oct th  at  am it is a cruel reality of american electoral politics that the losers of presidential campaigns get banished from national discourse and that process has already begun for donald trump share on twitter print this post 
  it is a cruel reality of american electoral politics that the losers of presidential campaigns get banished from national discourse and that process has already begun for donald trump 
  despite the fact that trump has been claiming that the presidential election is going to be rigged stolen or unfair his cries are beginning to fall on deaf ears the latest washington post tracking poll found that confidence that votes will be counted correctly grew by  points from  the number of respondents who believed that voter fraud occurs somewhat often has dropped from  and those expressing concerns that all votes will be counted accurately dropped from  to  even trump supporters are split  on whether or not votes will be counted accurately 
  part of the shift is likely due to the effective job that president obama did in addressing these concerns but it is most likely that voters are treating trump like the candidate who is going to lose the election 
  one of the best indicators of a presidential elections outcome as election day draws near is the question of who voters think will win 
  hillary clinton is dominant on the question of who voters believe will win the election which is a hint of the way that people are voting 
  the process of tuning out the losing candidate has a long history in the us two party system losing candidates who refuse to go away like sarah palin are viewed as annoying relics who refuse to acknowledge that their time is up 
  trumps fifteen minutes of fame on the national stage appear to be coming to an end his words can still poison and damage our country at a cultural level which is why he still needs to be discussed but as far as changing minds and winning an election it looks voters are in the process of banishing trump from the political island