The Donald Trump Inevitability Watch, May 10: Bad Polls in Bad States

This is the first installment of a new feature that we may or may not be repeating on a daily, or weekly, or monthly basis between now and the election: The Donald Trump Inevitability Watch!

Since the start of his successful GOP primary campaign, we’ve heard nothing but promises that he wasn’t serious, or that his candidacy was a joke, or that he would lose imminently. Hell, we’ve even made a few of those promises ourselves Instead, he keeps winning, and he keeps gaining strength. Every single profound speech that was supposed to end this insanity for good has only increased his lead, and every proclamation of weakness—”he can’t get over 50 percent in any state!” or “he won’t get enough delegates to avoid a convention fight!”—have been proven wrong. Spectacularly wrong. And the Drumpf marches on.

It all leads to one conclusion: Donald Trump is inevitable. If you look at the trajectories of the likely nominees, the story gets even worse. Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers have steadily dwindled, even among Democrats, while Trump just grows and grows. If that trend continues over the next few months, he won’t just win the presidential election—he’ll win easily.

So let’s keep tabs on his inevitable march to D.C as the political season rages toward November, and document the path of an unstoppable force as it plows through a series of very movable objects.