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Because he knows he is going to lose. Good riddance to the disgusting orange cunt.Trump doesn’t seem bothered, party time at his rallies.
Because he knows he is going to lose. Good riddance to the disgusting orange cunt.Trump doesn’t seem bothered, party time at his rallies.
Because he knows he is going to lose. Good riddance to the disgusting orange cunt.
And you would seriously expect Biden - or any candidate in hhis position - to say anything different to that?Maybe he will lose votes after his dance moves?
Anyway, Biden isn’t counting his chickens quite yet.
Biden says Trump can win because of 'how he plays'
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says President Donald Trump can still win the 2020 election because delegitimizing the race's outcome is "how he plays."edition.cnn.com
Looks like the tide has turned! MAKE OF THAT WHAT YOU WILL!According to the current polling on this thread, Trump wins the EC. Make of that what you will.
Looks like the tide has turned! MAKE OF THAT WHAT YOU WILL!
Trump doesn’t seem bothered, party time at his rallies.
Trump doesn’t seem bothered, party time at his rallies.
Just don’t get fucking complacent, although turnout figures suggest this isn’t happening.
One of my worries is Trump motivating those who don’t normally vote, getting these people out. I’m sure that’s happening, something we’ve seen with previous victories for the right (Brexit, UK elections). They’re very good at manipulating stuff like Facebook to drive those voters out, something anybody other than the targets won’t see. Models may not pick this up sufficiently. My gut feeling is Florida will stay Trump as they’re doing a lot of this here, tapping into anti-socialist sentiment amongst Cubans and exiles from South America who have fled failed regimes. Could be other states in the bag too, we’re just not seeing it, and good polling figures spun by CNN etc aren’t reassuring enough. I want them crushed, but similar things were predicted in the mid terms and it didn’t go as well as it could.
No incumbent President is winning on approval ratings of -10 against the background of 250,000 dead Americans and massively increased turnout under these circs is not an indicator of enthusiasm to vote for himMay well be that the us us heading for a huge increased turn out, and i seriously doubt that is being driven by enthusiasm for trump or fear of biden. Last time the trump campaign exploit clintons unpopularity so that voters stayed home. This opposite is happening this time round, also driven by the blatant attempts to supress the vote.
Could be wrong, but it all points to a vast, anti trump tsunami.
Many many reasons to vote against him as opposed to 2016 and nothing in the pro column unless you are a maga fash fuckwit.
Some one made the comparison with the chirac vs le pen contest in France in 2002ish. The slogan doing the rounds was "vote for the crook, not the nazi". The crook, chirac, won by a landslide.
Eta. Although biden forgetting who he is running against may have damaged his popularity amongst voters who like their president not to suffer from short term memory loss
Trump reckons if he wins Pennsylvania he wins the election.
He’s just completed a series of rallies in Martinsburg, Lititz and Allentown.
I think worries about what happens when he loses are overstated tbh. A very few loons may take to the streets, but they will be mostly ignored - think the pitiful 'Jarrow March for Brexit', but with a few added guns. All Trump's bravado and bullying and everything will go as soon as it's clear he's lost. His words won't matter any more, and everyone will know that. My prediction: the idiot will exit power with barely a whimper, particularly if the Republicans also lose the Senate.I think he will win, I don't want him to but I cant shake the feeling...
However part of me is more worried about what happens if he loses.
Those people love having influence through fear and we'd do really well not to give it any more room than is really necessary tbhI think worries about what happens when he loses are overstated tbh. A very few loons may take to the streets, but they will be mostly ignored - think the pitiful 'Jarrow March for Brexit', but with a few added guns. All Trump's bravado and bullying and everything will go as soon as it's clear he's lost. His words won't matter any more, and everyone will know that. My prediction: the idiot will exit power with barely a whimper, particularly if the Republicans also lose the Senate.
Does anyone know which way to the void? Marty1 needs to do some shouting.
Trump reckons he's a very stable genius and they've turned the Covid corner.
Texas is a toss of a coin. Texas.
If Trump loses Texas he’s lost the election for sure.
Tbh, I’d be surprised if he did and more inclined to think the polling isn’t accurate to suggest a coin toss.
But not long now before we find out for sure.
more inclined to think the polling isn’t accurate to suggest a coin toss
According to the current polling on this thread, Trump wins the EC. Make of that what you will.
Even if President Donald Trump retains enough rural strength to hold Texas in next week's election, which many still consider the most likely outcome, the swelling voter turnout in and around the increasingly Democratic-leaning cities of Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio and Fort Worth points toward a return to political competition in the state after more than two decades of almost uninterrupted Republican ascendancy.
Just alone in Harris County, which is centered on Houston, 1.15 million people had voted through Monday evening, compared with 1.3 million total in the 2016 election. The state's other big cities and inner suburban counties are experiencing comparable increases.
"We expected a lot of turnout," Lina Hidalgo, the Harris County judge (the equivalent of a county executive) told me. "We didn't expect this level."
This is wrong btwTrump reckons if he wins Pennsylvania he wins the election.
Still a 30% chance for Biden if he loses Pennsylvania - various other combinations of very plausible scenarios that could see him win in that eventuality.Trump reckons if he wins Pennsylvania he wins the election.
He’s just completed a series of rallies in Martinsburg, Lititz and Allentown.
I just checked my workingStill a 30% chance for Biden if he loses Pennsylvania - various other combinations of very plausible scenarios that could see him win in that eventuality.
Is Joe Biden Toast If He Loses Pennsylvania?
Michigan and Wisconsin have been the focus of a lot of attention from nervous Democrats for the past four years, in part because Hillary Clinton spent relativel…fivethirtyeight.com
I think you are absolutely correct. This election is all about Trump. he's blocking out pretty much Biden, every other subject, every policy issue.May well be that the us us heading for a huge increased turn out, and i seriously doubt that is being driven by enthusiasm for trump or fear of biden. Last time the trump campaign exploit clintons unpopularity so that voters stayed home. This opposite is happening this time round, also driven by the blatant attempts to supress the vote.
Could be wrong, but it all points to a vast, anti trump tsunami.
Many many reasons to vote against him as opposed to 2016 and nothing in the pro column unless you are a maga fash fuckwit.
Some one made the comparison with the chirac vs le pen contest in France in 2002ish. The slogan doing the rounds was "vote for the crook, not the nazi". The crook, chirac, won by a landslide.
It really won't matter at this stage. Besides which, everyone's inured to Joe's occasional verbal missteps, and the legacies of his stammering problem. By now, they seem almost endearing.Eta. Although biden forgetting who he is running against may have damaged his popularity amongst voters who like their president not to suffer from short term memory loss
But there is zero evidence that this is happening. All the evidence, and any logical interpretation of how people are likely to behave points to trump losing. Last time he attracted support from people who wanted to throw rocks at Washington and Clintons lack of appeal supressed the dem vote just enough in key states.Just don’t get fucking complacent, although turnout figures suggest this isn’t happening.
One of my worries is Trump motivating those who don’t normally vote, getting these people out. I’m sure that’s happening, something we’ve seen with previous victories for the right (Brexit, UK elections). They’re very good at manipulating stuff like Facebook to drive those voters out, something anybody other than the targets won’t see. Models may not pick this up sufficiently.
I go with all of this, except that I think Trump will lose Maine 2nd district, simply because the sheer depth of loathing for Trump in Maine has to be witnessed to be believed. Plus, I think Biden willl win NC, simply because the polls look too damn solid. But even if he doesn't, and loses Pennsylvania, I have him on 271.I just checked my working
Given spending/tactical decisions by the GOP and current polling averages, it seems reasonable to assume that even they agree that MI & WI have been lost
I've given Trump Ohio (if he wins PA he def wins OH), Maine 2nd district & Iowa despite the latter two being toss ups in all honesty
NE second district goes to Biden - polling, flight of suburban voters from Trump and spending decisions would seem to agree with this
AZ goes to Biden - completely different state/region to PA so not connected in any way to the loss there. Seems likely given Trump's slating of John McCain, his widow's endorsement of Biden and again those suburbanites running from Trump. Also further rise in Latino % of state.
I've got Biden at 270 without even allocating a winner of FL, NC, TX or GA, all of which are toss ups at this stage
For Trump to win, the polls have to be very wrong, but they also have to be very wrong in a very specific way. It happened last time, of course, but really it was a bit of a fluke. He has to hope to repeat that fluke from considerably further behind and with no sign of a late revival. That they are pinning their hopes on taking a state that currently polls Trump five points behind tells its own story.Hopefully, the EC votes are really like that calculation, JTG ... I wonder if there will be any "faithless electors" this time around ?
My playing around with the BBC model of the EC seems to get Biden to over 270 with little or no trouble, even just on the 'small' states.
This is a key point. last time, he could campaign as the insurgent, the People's Champion running against the corrupt Washington Elite. He can't do that this time, simply because if he tried to, people will turn round and say, "well, OK, but what have you been doing for the past 4 years?" He has to run on his record. And right now, that record pretty much stinks.But hes been in power for 4 years and generated huge amounts of ill will and proved himself to many Americans to be completely unsuitable in a time of national crisis.
The polls weren't really that far wrong last time - there just weren't enough of them. The national polls came within a 15age point of calling it right. However - and as JTG pointed earlier upthread - out in the last week or so of the campaign, there were no statewide polls for either Michigan or Wisconsin. Everyone simply assumed Hillary would walk them. In the event, trump squeaked home there, and in PA - and became President.For Trump to win, the polls have to be very wrong, but they also have to be very wrong in a very specific way. It happened last time, of course, but really it was a bit of a fluke.