lawtig02
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I still think it’s more like 2008.
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Same here. It’s gonna be an asskicking. Everyone except for the MAGA minority are fed up with this shit.I still think it’s more like 2008.
I've thought 2008 to be the closest analogy since the Convention, with the only difference being that in '08 there weren't all the outlets trying to sell that it was close, at least not in the last month or so of the race.I still think it’s more like 2008.
Amen to this. Been saying the same since Harris fundraising went through the roof in the first week.I've thought 2008 to be the closest analogy since the Convention, with the only difference being that in '08 there weren't all the outlets trying to sell that it was close, at least not in the last month or so of the race.
This was a variation of my immediate thought. Something in the universe of "oh, Mark McKinnon and I travel in different generational lingo circles."Granny Gap sounds like something you might not want to accidentally Google.
I dunno. The big difference in 2008 was that we were coming off of 8 straight years of a Republican administration that ended in a disastrous recession. In this election there's already a Dem president. Now, that should be a benefit because the economy is doing well and there is every reason to believe we're on the right track, but half the country is convinced things are going badly for mostly made-up reasons and can't be persuaded otherwise. So I just can't see 2008 as a model. 2012 would probably be a better comparison.I've thought 2008 to be the closest analogy since the Convention, with the only difference being that in '08 there weren't all the outlets trying to sell that it was close, at least not in the last month or so of the race.
I would love to see.the Commonwealth slap a 10 pointer down in this election.
Bring it Virginia . . . !
Jamelle Bouie, who I think is one of the smartest political minds alive, agrees with you: he shared that he's been feeling that this election very much has the feeling of a "reverse 2016."Definitley doesn’t feel like 08. Really feels like 2016, just flipped or 2012 with more Dem enthusiasm
So he will win the popular vote and she will win the EC?Jamelle Bouie, who I think is one of the smartest political minds alive, agrees with you: he shared that he's been feeling that this election very much has the feeling of a "reverse 2016."
I don't think that's out of the realm of possibility, though it's still highly unlikely and would probably mean razor-thin margins in multiple swing states. I think what he really means, though, is that Republicans, at least publicly, are coming in supremely confident believing that they're in great shape based on polling, and are going to be flabbergasted by the polls they're relying on being off by a few points in Dems' favor - just like Dems in 2016, where we were mostly expecting a comfortable win based on polling and came out shocked by what happened. That election also saw sharp movement in Trump's favor over the last week or two (thanks James Comey) like some people think they're seeing late-breaking movement for Kamala here.So he will win the popular vote and she will win the EC?
If Selzer is even directionally accurate, the EC could be a wipeoutI don't think that's out of the realm of possibility, though it's still highly unlikely and would probably mean razor-thin margins in multiple swing states. I think what he really means, though, is that Republicans, at least publicly, are coming in supremely confident believing that they're in great shape based on polling, and are going to be flabbergasted by the polls they're relying on being off by a few points in Dems' favor - just like Dems in 2016, where we were mostly expecting a comfortable win based on polling and came out shocked by what happened. That election also saw sharp movement in Trump's favor over the last week or two (thanks James Comey) like some people think they're seeing late-breaking movement for Kamala here.
I'm skeptical; I still think what we're going to see is a nailbiter that could fall either way, and may not be called until a day or two after the election.
Don't forget: Republican poll inflation is a strategy to amplify the coming accusations of cheating and a stolen election.I don't think that's out of the realm of possibility, though it's still highly unlikely and would probably mean razor-thin margins in multiple swing states. I think what he really means, though, is that Republicans, at least publicly, are coming in supremely confident believing that they're in great shape based on polling, and are going to be flabbergasted by the polls they're relying on being off by a few points in Dems' favor - just like Dems in 2016, where we were mostly expecting a comfortable win based on polling and came out shocked by what happened. That election also saw sharp movement in Trump's favor over the last week or two (thanks James Comey) like some people think they're seeing late-breaking movement for Kamala here.
I'm skeptical; I still think what we're going to see is a nailbiter that could fall either way, and may not be called until a day or two after the election.
If the HBCUs are able to do what they’ve said they’re going to do, then there should be a pretty sizable bump with Black voting numbers. You have to think that not only will they try to get all of the students out to vote, but the alumni base well, which tend to be fairly local. I have hope.If what Thomas Mills said above is accurate, how is the Black early voting turnout disappointing? It’s 17k more than the turnout from 2020, and that was a year where early turnout was more likely due to the pandemic. I guess I would have to see the numbers from 2016, 2012, and 2008 to get a better understanding.
lol it was more vibes-based than that. here's the tiktok video (for those who don't know, Bouie is an NYT columnist who happens to have a platform on TikTok; I'm not just quoting an online content creator and calling him the smartest political mind we have):So he will win the popular vote and she will win the EC?
I just don't get this take. If Biden had stayed in the race, trailed substantially in the polling the entire time, and then somehow eked out a win on Election Day behind a bunch of people who didn't show up in the polling, that might be a reverse 2016. But as pessimistic as everyone has been, Kamala has actually looked REALLY GOOD ever since she showed the public she's not the bumbling idiot the Pubs had been making her out to be. The chart of her favorability after she became the nominee is stunning --Jamelle Bouie, who I think is one of the smartest political minds alive, agrees with you: he shared that he's been feeling that this election very much has the feeling of a "reverse 2016."