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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDead Heat, huh?
This is a frigging Dead Heat:
Dont you fucking tell me that
shes got young people, Hispanics, women, Republicans who never voted for a Democrat in their lives, African-Americans, Jews, veterans, active military, among other significant groups. The other guy led a coup against the government, has been convicted on 34 felony counts, indicted for stealing classified documents, attempting to steal non-existent votes, curses and throws around invective like a truck driver from a bad movie, discusses penis length of a dead man who happened to be an Eisenhower Republican, shits his pants, has had affairs with many women including a porn star and a Playboy centerfold, is essentially separated from his present wife whos had a known long-term sexual relationship with a Tiffanys security man, is a racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic, degenerate, whose academic profile is filled with fraud, who failed miserably at every business he ever attempted to manage, who grotesquely mismanaged the Pandemic, who was and is famous for not paying any bill anytime. And thats just for starters, the advocacy for pussy-grabbing which was always preceded by consumption of a Tic Tac.
And he lost the popular vote last time by millions and millions of votes before most of the above occurred. Give me a fucking break. Even Americans arent that stupid. And never ever forget that by definition, half of America has a two-digit I.Q. Yeah. It does. And dont tell me that I.Q. Is a bad measure. Its good enough for these purposes.
Dead Heat my ass. Whatever this is or isnt, its no Dead Heat. If we have any sense shes got this in the bag. If not
well, there goes the Nation. In either event its not going to be a Dead Heat.
Blue Owl
(54,258 posts)SheltieLover
(59,108 posts)And don't forget the Swifties!
TwilightZone
(27,362 posts)Claim lacks evidence.
No, they really are that stupid. Otherwise, Trump would have been laughed off the stage in 2015. 2020 wouldn't have come down to a tiny fraction of the vote in a few states. His approval ratings wouldn't be near three-year highs*.
There isn't much evidence that his support has dropped at all, much less precipitously. There's no evidence that they've learned anything at all or changed their opinions. People really are that stupid.
Harris's camp also insists that it's very close. I don't suspect that they're lying.
Lucky for us, we're motivated and I think that's going to make all the difference. Because it has to.
* https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/favorability/donald-trump/
PCIntern
(26,667 posts)There are a sufficient number of semi-aware individuals who have had enough. Im not buying most of these polls: it was predicted that thered be a flood of BS polls before Election Day. Here we are.
TwilightZone
(27,362 posts)The prevailing opinion was that GOP voters would bail on Trump in droves because of the impeachment, COVID, and a million other things that happened during his administration.
There was no exodus. 5% of them voted for Biden, about the norm for cross-over in a presidential election. 4% of Democrats voted for Trump, making it basically a wash.
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/06/30/behind-bidens-2020-victory/
We simply cannot count on crossover votes. Our side must simply outvote their side. Turnout on our side is everything.
BattleRow
(954 posts)underestimating the taste of the American people.
We're all going for broke,in this election.
lees1975
(5,550 posts)Or they are extremely misinformed, naive, unobservant, uneducated and ignorant.
All of those things. If you ever talk to a genuinely convinced Trumpie, it's a look in their eye and their tone of voice that tells you they're missing an experience on this planet.
kansasobama
(1,389 posts)That includes our own Dems voting for Trump because he will bring down prices. President does not bring down prices. There is something called world market and macro economics and supply and demand. If prices are very low, world must be going through an upheaval. Prices cannot be too low, gas prices cannot be 87 cents unless there is a big recession.
He will bring down democracy. That is a good assumption.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,424 posts)PCIntern
(26,667 posts)In my lifetime
BumRushDaShow
(140,046 posts)the old "harness racing" pics.
Looks like they still do it too at Philadelphia Park -
Mblaze
(367 posts)Is a definite dead heat. Amazing.
electric_blue68
(17,308 posts)Wiz Imp
(1,106 posts)The last president to get 54% or more of the vote was Ronald Reagan in 1984
George H.W. Bush got 53.4% and won 426 Electoral Votes in 1988
Clinton got 49.2% to Bob Dole's 40.7% in 1996. His 8.5% margin was the largest since Reagan in the last 40 years (since 1984.) Clinton won 379 Electoral Votes
Obama got 52.9% of the vote and won 365 Electoral Votes in 2008
I'd call all of those landslides.
Rocknation
(44,809 posts)because it would be precisely the margin of victory I'm hoping for, LOL
Rocknation
wryter2000
(47,222 posts)In 2020, he also lost the electoral college. Since then, hes only alienated more Americans.
BaronChocula
(2,416 posts)since 2020 Democratic candidates and initiatives have been outperforming polls, consistently. Something's been happening that the polls STILL haven't picked up on.
dflprincess
(28,412 posts)because if we all start thinking Harris will run away with it, we'll get over confident & too many people may decide their vote "isn't needed" and use any lame excuse to not take the time to vote.
PortTack
(34,248 posts)Frank D. Lincoln
(462 posts)Efilroft Sul
(3,716 posts)I hope they burn that lamprey-mouthed cockwomble and all the limpet cultists stuck to his ass.
Devilsun
(257 posts)There was a harness racing track very close to the small town I'm from in SW PA. The Meadows.
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GP6971
(32,559 posts)Gracious tips are always appreciated by our pizza delivery drivers.
Dan
(3,972 posts) ..present wife whos had a known long-term sexual relationship with a Tiffanys security man .
Joinfortmill
(16,119 posts)3auld6phart
(1,218 posts)musclecar6
(1,869 posts)Very well said. Our favorite evil bully thinks enough voters are so stupid he can tell them in no uncertain terms that he is gonna be their modern day Adolph Hitler and wreak havoc on all their rights and these fucking dumb shits will just lay down and let him walk all over them.
They may be stupid, but not that stupid. This piece of garbage will be on his way to sentencing for the 34 felonies after Nov 5th.
NameAlreadyTaken
(1,376 posts)Harris WI, PA, MI, GA
Trump AZ, NC and sadly, NV, where we are.
ArkansasDemocrat1
(2,998 posts)So sick of complicit media.
H2O Man
(75,120 posts)I agree 100%. This afternoon, I ran into a teacher from my daughters' school. She said that she is extremmely anxious about the election. I said that VP Harris will win convincingly, by 9 million votes. She asked if I was sure? I said that at this time in 2020, I said on DU that Biden would win by 7 million.
You have captured the essence of the felo0n. More importantly, you have stated exactly why VP Harris has this. Thank you for that.
Joinfortmill
(16,119 posts)oasis
(51,462 posts)AdamGG
(1,412 posts)I hope Josh Shapiro, Gretchen Whitmer, Tony Evers & Roy Cooper have the National Guard on speed dial to allow the poll workers to tabulate the results free from harassment.
sheshe2
(86,755 posts)I love this post!!!
Devilsun
(257 posts)I commented on this post and some troll replied to my comment stating how badly Harris is going to lose. 🤨
Self Esteem
(1,345 posts)I know it's frustrating to realize that this election is a toss-up. But it is. The Harris campaign is well aware how close this race is. People expecting a blowout are going to be inconsolable on election day at this rate.
I think Harris wins. But I don't believe it'll be by more than three-points nationally and only by a few thousand votes across multiple states.
Right now, I think Harris wins 276-262.
Trust_Reality
(1,831 posts)If a stranger called my phone and asked who I am going to vote for, as a Harris voter, I would hang up. How do I know that is not someone collecting names of Trump's domestic enemies?
Rocknation
(44,809 posts)Last edited Tue Oct 22, 2024, 01:20 AM - Edit history (3)
"...(In 2020)...Trump's AND Biden's 'new' votes ALL came from those who DIDN'T vote in 2016 due to being either too young or too apathetic."
"It simply didn't make sense that Biden would be pulling out this late in the game...(W)ith the help of Trump's (first) attempted assassin, I think I've cracked the case.
"Multiply Thomas Matthew Crooks by all the Republicans he liberated from having to reconcile being a Republican with supporting MAGA, and we score our cheatproof margin of victory."
Rocknation
usonian
(13,063 posts)I say that he's in head-first.
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