US election 2020

[Pies4shaw]

It could be a little premature to put too much energy into worrying about Trump's chances:

The ABC's medical expert Dr Norman Swan said Mr Trump being given "unproven therapies" was interesting.

Dr Swan said this was because Mr Trump was either more seriously ill than the White House was saying, or they had panicked and were, "just throwing everything at him".

"The reality is though, if he's going to fall off the cliff with this, it's going to be Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday of this week," he said.

"So, he may well be returning to hospital.

"I hope not and the signs that they are sending him home are good, but I imagine that this is the patient from hell."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-06/ ... 9/12734064

[Jezza]

It could be a little premature to put too much energy into worrying about Trump's chances:

The ABC's medical expert Dr Norman Swan said Mr Trump being given "unproven therapies" was interesting.

Dr Swan said this was because Mr Trump was either more seriously ill than the White House was saying, or they had panicked and were, "just throwing everything at him".

"The reality is though, if he's going to fall off the cliff with this, it's going to be Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday of this week," he said.

"So, he may well be returning to hospital.

"I hope not and the signs that they are sending him home are good, but I imagine that this is the patient from hell."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-06/ ... 9/12734064

I'll wait until the start of next Monday.

[Pies4shaw]

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/06/poli ... index.html

Joe Biden's advantage over President Donald Trump has expanded and the former vice president now holds his widest lead of the cycle with less than a month remaining before Election Day, according to a new nationwide CNN Poll conducted by SSRS.

Among likely voters, 57% say they back Biden and 41% Trump in the poll that was conducted entirely after the first debate and mostly after the President's coronavirus infection was made public.

Regardless of Biden's national lead, the race for the White House will ultimately come down to a handful of swing states that will drive the outcome in the Electoral College. The former vice president leads in several of those critical battlegrounds, but by more narrow margins than his national advantage. A poll is not a prediction of how the election will ultimately turn out but instead is a snapshot of the race as it currently stands.

Likely voters broadly prefer Biden over Trump on a number of issues that voters consider critically important in the race, including the coronavirus outbreak (59% prefer Biden, 38% Trump), health care (59% to 39%), racial inequality in America (62% to 36%), nominations to the Supreme Court (57% to 41%) and crime and safety (55% to 43%). The two are about even over who would better handle the economy (50% say Biden, 48% Trump), similar to where they have been among registered voters in recent polling.
Biden's favorability ratings have also improved, with 52% of Americans now saying they have a positive impression of the former vice president, compared with 39% who have a positive view of Trump.

Likely voters are more apt to consider Biden the candidate who would unite the country (61% Biden to 33% Trump), who is honest and trustworthy (58% Biden to 33% Trump), who cares about people like you (58% Biden to 38% Trump), who has a clear plan to solve the nation's problems (55% to 39%) and who would keep Americans safe from harm (55% to 43%).
Although this is the first national CNN survey to report results among likely voters, a comparison of results among registered voters now to those from a survey about a month ago reveals Biden has made substantial gains in support among several key voting blocs.

Biden has expanded his edge over Trump among women, from 57% to 37% in September to 66% to 32% now. That shift includes substantial gains for Biden among white women with college degrees and women of color. Among people of color generally, Biden's advantage has increased from 59% to 31% in September to 69% to 27% now. The former vice president has also made gains among younger voters, moderates and independents over the last month.

It is important to note that these increases in support for Biden have not come alongside substantial decreases in backing for Trump. The President's core supporters remain as supportive of him as they have been, if not more. Among white men without college degrees, for example, Trump's support has increased from 61% in September to 67% now. But Trump does not appear to have made any gains among the groups his campaign needs to attract in order to dent Biden's longstanding lead.

Compared with the last national CNN poll, the partisan composition of this poll is only slightly more Democratic (33% of all adults say they are Democrats now, compared with 30% in early September) and no less Republican (28% GOP now vs. 27% in early September). Among registered voters in the poll, 35% consider themselves Democrats, 30% Republican, those figures were 33% and 30% respectively in the previous CNN poll. When independents who lean toward one party or the other are added in, the results also show little movement, 53% of registered voters now are Democrats or lean that way, 43% are Republicans or lean that way. In last month's poll, those figures were 52% Democratic to 42% Republican.
The shifts in this poll are similar to those seen in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday, which was conducted after the presidential debate but before the President's diagnosis of coronavirus was revealed.

[Jezza]

I’d love to see it

I think that’d be very interesting!

I'd like to have a look at it, I'm fascinated how this will play out.

Great.

So the states I plan to cover are:
- Pennsylvania
- Florida
- Wisconsin
- Michigan
- Arizona
- North Carolina

I may also cover:
- Texas
- Ohio
- Minnesota
- Georgia
- Nevada
- Iowa
- New Hampshire
- Maine 2nd District
- Nebraska 2nd District

Also on election day or in the lead up to it, you can play around with this interactive map to see how the candidates can reach the necessary 270 electoral college votes to win the election.

https://www.270towin.com/

[David]

[pietillidie]

The 1930s wants its cringeworthy, wheezing, disease-spreading tinpot dictator back. As embarrassing and clownish as he is dangerous.

[Pies4shaw]

[watt price tully]

Clever ad by the Biden team:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydh0Ntm_2Ic

[David]

Kill me now, lol

[stui magpie]

So vote 1 Carol Baskin?

Can Joe Exotic be VP?

[Pies4shaw]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... -diagnosis

[pietillidie]

Just in case you hadn't noticed, Donald Trump has literally saved Christianity. That's an impressive feat alongside grabbing pussies, compulsively lying, committing adultery with porn stars, killing tens of thousands of citizens, wrecking the creation, stealing from creditors, avoiding taxes, coveting endless adoration, trampling on the poor, and healing no one but himself.

Now that's a man of Christian service.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administra ... ristianity

[Tannin]

Benito Trumpolini stars in Covita, the musical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tZVnbDq9B4

[stui magpie]

If Alec Baldwin has Trump down pat, Jim Carrey has absolutely nailed Biden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUzvfeK9474

[Lazza]

The VP debate happening right now is already more interesting than the Presidential debacle. Pence presenting and faring very well. Senator Harris debating alright but at this very early stage, Pence doing better. However long way to go yet so this might change. Geez the right wingers are daft not to piss off Trump and instate Pence.