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ChoppinBroccoli

(3,899 posts)
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:08 AM Nov 5

David Plouffe: Kamala Could Win All 7 Swing States

Harris' senior adviser says she could win all 7 swing states

David Plouffe, a senior adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris, told CNN’s Erin Burnett on Monday night that the campaign believes it could win all seven swing states.

“It’s very important that we have multiple pathways to 270, and you know, just a couple hours ago, reviewing all the early vote data, what we're projecting for Election Day, how we think undecideds are breaking, we have a credible pathway to all seven states tomorrow night to go into Kamala Harris' column," Plouffe said.

"But we believe they're all going to be close,” he added.

Asked if he believes Harris could win all seven states, he said, “Yes.”

https://news.yahoo.com/news/2024-election-updates-harris-trump-134200832.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall


And bear in mind, David Plouffe said this AFTER examining all the "insider information" about early returns, internal polls, etc. He actually knows what he's talking about and has seen the data to back it up. It's not just wishful thinking.

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David Plouffe: Kamala Could Win All 7 Swing States (Original Post) ChoppinBroccoli Nov 5 OP
Wow cilla4progress Nov 5 #1
I hope hes right! N/T gay texan Nov 5 #2
WooHoo!!! milestogo Nov 5 #3
david is not infallible.... nt msongs Nov 5 #4
nobody is infallible. But i'd trust him more than i trust most other ppl when it comes to successful elections. onetexan Nov 5 #7
Who is infallible? Kind of a high bar. BannonsLiver Nov 5 #8
spouse says "you're always right!"... ret5hd Nov 5 #20
LOL SunSeeker Nov 5 #34
That's probably why he said she "could" win all seven Mariana Nov 5 #26
Would not surprise me in the least!! InAbLuEsTaTe Nov 5 #5
He doesn't seem like the type of guy who talks out his ass. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 5 #6
Hope he's right. For those of us who have voted, the country's fate is in the hands of those who wake up Silent Type Nov 5 #9
Not a question he can answer any other way. Hopefully he's right. tman Nov 5 #10
I Love the Optimism, Far Preferable to What the Fake News Folks Are Doing to Preserve the Horse-race The Roux Comes First Nov 5 #11
It's gonna be a blowout! Glamrock Nov 5 #12
Plouffe is not a bullshitter jcgoldie Nov 5 #13
THIS David Plouffe? WarGamer Nov 5 #14
Yikes Polybius Nov 5 #18
I think that was Sam Wang Rstrstx Nov 5 #21
A bit unfair. No one foresaw people who were new and sporadic voters coming out Deminpenn Nov 5 #28
David Plouffe was not a part of Hillary's campaign Wanderlust988 Nov 5 #36
I remember but he was not working for Hillary. He did not know the inside information. helpisontheway Nov 5 #37
Isn't Harris's campaign manager the who correctly went after Georgia in 2020 AZSkiffyGeek Nov 5 #15
Interesting! MaryMagdaline Nov 5 #22
Quentin Foulks, her deputy campaign manager, Deminpenn Nov 5 #29
Well... not really FBaggins Nov 5 #32
Well then Trump could get Kamala elected.nt helpisontheway Nov 5 #38
He was Blue_Roses Nov 5 #16
not an advisor jcgoldie Nov 5 #17
I stand corrected Blue_Roses Nov 5 #19
I just remember that group jcgoldie Nov 5 #23
Exactly and well said!! Blue_Roses Nov 5 #25
Nice. I hope you're not just choppin broccoli. nilram Nov 5 #24
This is the scenario that could banish Trump for good DSandra Nov 5 #27
Finger's crossed. gixxerlee Nov 5 #30
This hermit will still brave civilization to vote all blue. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 5 #31
If the polls are off the same as 2022 She wins all 7, if they are off same as 2020 he wins all 7 krawhitham Nov 5 #33
Of course he's going to say they can win all seven. Self Esteem Nov 5 #35
GOTV Aepps22 Nov 5 #39
This guy knows his stuff and doesn't just throw out comments! Yeah PortTack Nov 5 #40
He was a little off Renew Deal Nov 7 #41
just a smidget lol In It to Win It Nov 7 #42
This did not age well LeftInTX Nov 7 #43
I am so pissed at this guy right now. Maybe him most of all. Tbone421 Nov 7 #44

onetexan

(13,913 posts)
7. nobody is infallible. But i'd trust him more than i trust most other ppl when it comes to successful elections.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:16 AM
Nov 5

Mariana

(15,196 posts)
26. That's probably why he said she "could" win all seven
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:19 AM
Nov 5

instead of saying that she "will" win all seven.

Silent Type

(7,339 posts)
9. Hope he's right. For those of us who have voted, the country's fate is in the hands of those who wake up
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:21 AM
Nov 5

in the morning and go stand in line, no matter how long.

The Roux Comes First

(1,589 posts)
11. I Love the Optimism, Far Preferable to What the Fake News Folks Are Doing to Preserve the Horse-race
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:25 AM
Nov 5

But you never want to get too far out over your skis until the tape is in sight.

And, alas, that is likely weeks, lawsuits, and possibly violent riots away.

Glamrock

(11,994 posts)
12. It's gonna be a blowout!
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:31 AM
Nov 5

The polling companies haven’t been accurate for more than a decade. There’s no way my American sisters ain’t standing up for themselves.

WarGamer

(15,762 posts)
14. THIS David Plouffe?
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:35 AM
Nov 5
A lot of people were wrong about the 2016 election, but David Plouffe face-planted harder than most.

An instrumental adviser to Barack Obama’s two presidential campaigns, Plouffe calmed worried liberals — whom he sometimes jokingly called “bedwetters” — throughout the fall of that year with his repeated assurances that Hillary Clinton had a “100 percent chance” to win. The day before the election, he predicted a “worst-case” scenario for Clinton was ending up with 324 electoral votes. She got 232. And he dismissed concerns about tightening races in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan: Maybe Clinton would win by just 3 to 5 points, Plouffe assured, instead of 6 to 8.

Deminpenn

(16,347 posts)
28. A bit unfair. No one foresaw people who were new and sporadic voters coming out
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:40 AM
Nov 5

of the woodwork to vote for Trump.

30+ years of RW attacks on the Clintons took their toll. Americans were already polarized about her as a candidate. Comey's late presser just added another log to the fire. Further she did not/does not have the same political skills as her husband. And she ran a bad campaign, not just in Pennsylvania but all the upper midwest. She focused on the solid blue areas and depended on media/TV ads for the other areas of the states.

I know in PA, had she gotten the same number of votes as Josh Shapiro, who was running for Atty Genl then, in just 10 counties, she'd have won.

Wanderlust988

(589 posts)
36. David Plouffe was not a part of Hillary's campaign
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:21 AM
Nov 5

So he didn't have too much inside info. He was an armchair analyst like David Axelrod is now. Plouffe is a part of Harris' campaign so he KNOWS shit he wasn't privvy to in 2016.

helpisontheway

(5,278 posts)
37. I remember but he was not working for Hillary. He did not know the inside information.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 04:07 AM
Nov 5

However, his appearance did not calm me last night. The only thing that could have calmed me last night is if he said she would definitely win.

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,663 posts)
15. Isn't Harris's campaign manager the who correctly went after Georgia in 2020
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:39 AM
Nov 5

I vaguely recall her talking about how she saw the polling was off in Florida and Iowa and that Biden should go after Georgia instead?

Deminpenn

(16,347 posts)
29. Quentin Foulks, her deputy campaign manager,
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:42 AM
Nov 5

got Warnock elected in GA, 4 times (2 general, 2 runoffs).

Blue_Roses

(13,456 posts)
16. He was
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:42 AM
Nov 5

President Obama's campaign manager both times and he did a great job. Very smart guy who knows his stuff!

Blue_Roses

(13,456 posts)
19. I stand corrected
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 12:53 AM
Nov 5

I knew he had a big spot on his campaign. I just couldn't remember. But, I do remember an interview he and David Axelrod did after the election. It might have been 60 minutes.

jcgoldie

(12,046 posts)
23. I just remember that group
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:04 AM
Nov 5

Plouffe Axelrod Gibbs et al the young guns... I mean democrats had always been the side with the real message but the terrible organization the lesser ground game etc... those guys flipped the script. Now we are the better organized side. It didn't hurt they had the best fucking candidate in 100 years but they changed the way we do it.

DSandra

(1,287 posts)
27. This is the scenario that could banish Trump for good
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 01:19 AM
Nov 5

The rats will turn on Trump and flee the sinking ship, and Trumpism will be dead...

Self Esteem

(1,776 posts)
35. Of course he's going to say they can win all seven.
Tue Nov 5, 2024, 03:16 AM
Nov 5

Does anyone think he'd say, "no" to that question?

I think the Harris team is confident they have the 270 needed to win. Not sure how confident they are they'll win all the swing states, though.

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