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kerry-is-my-prez

(8,652 posts)
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 06:02 PM Jul 26

Lichtman: a lot would have to go wrong for the Dems to lose this election

Will Vice President Harris beat Trump? Historian who's predicted 9 of the last 10 elections weighs in
Allan Lichtman has used his "Keys to the White House" system to correctly predict most elections since 1984.

https://www.scrippsnews.com/politics/america-votes/presidential-election/will-vice-president-harris-beat-trump-historian-whos-predicted-9-of-the-last-10-elections-weighs-in

But on Tuesday, Lichtman told us that although the president stepping aside cost the party one of the "keys" — that being the incumbency key — he believes Democrats will "avoid disaster" by their coalescing around Harris as the likely nominee, thereby avoiding the loss of the contest key.
Lichtman said this now puts the Democrats down only three keys. They are party mandate — which he defines as the incumbent party holding more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives after midterm elections than before, which didn't happen — incumbency, and incumbent charisma, which Lichtman said was a loss "because Harris is not an FDR."
Lichtman told Scripps News for the incumbent to be counted out of the race, they would need to be down six total keys — meaning three more would have to fall.
"That can happen, but it's not likely. So as a result of the Democrats retaining the contest key, I continue to say, a lot would have to go wrong for the Democrats to lose this election," Lichtman said.

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Lichtman: a lot would have to go wrong for the Dems to lose this election (Original Post) kerry-is-my-prez Jul 26 OP
Don't jinx it!!!! Now you have to make a "V" with your fingers and spit through it three times. Scrivener7 Jul 26 #1
The crappy part is we have to win by a decent margin to make sure the supreme Court doesn't pull something. yourout Jul 26 #2
I don't really understand why he says we lost the incumbency key. intheflow Jul 26 #3

yourout

(7,855 posts)
2. The crappy part is we have to win by a decent margin to make sure the supreme Court doesn't pull something.
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 06:13 PM
Jul 26

If it's close they will pull out all the stops to either throw people off the rolls or disenfranchise them or challenge votes.

intheflow

(28,780 posts)
3. I don't really understand why he says we lost the incumbency key.
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 08:59 PM
Jul 26

I voted for Harris to step in if something happened to Biden. To me, she still represents the incumbency because "something happened to Joe," that is, he stepped down. He could just as easily been killed or died on the second day of this administration and Harris would have had the torch passed to her, albeit in another way.

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