Yup. At this point, if Harris doesn't win I'm not certain what else could have been done to change that result. While I firmly believe Harris will win, if she doesn't, it will say a lot about our country and none of it good.
Democrats are running a very good race under exceptionally good economic conditions. Republicans are running a very poor race with an exceptionally weak candidate at the top of the ticket. If Democrats don't win, there is something structurally wrong with our political system.
Lmao it's so funny how Democrats doom and convince themselves that Harris 4 point leads in swing states are not real, but Republicans get a +1 result from a right-wing "pollster" and they start celebrating.
🚨Here's a Biden update from news headquarters. The decision has been made that the President will quit the campaign. Two reasons: Democrat internal polling says he cannot recover from the debate, and fundraising is drying up. (1/2)
#JoeBiden
7% Dem lead in a Democratic state: Oh, man! This is too close for comfort, and trump could flip it!
3% Trump lead: OMGZ IT'S OVER! PACK IT UP! WE HAVE ALREADY LOST!
As I said earlier today, Harris/Walz campaign is basically saying "let's finish strong," and that's because they feel confident, but also know that it's about turnout now. Undecideds are now decided, and it's time to get your supporters to vote.
"why isn't Harris talking to undecided voters?" Because it's October and everyone is decided. I mean sure technically there are a few left but by now almost everyone has decided.
Harris boosting turnout among apolitical young women (Call Her Daddy), supercharging suburban women (The View), and showing some personality for edgy middle-aged men (Howard Stern) is a brilliant start to her endgame strategy.
Lol weird. A reputable pollster drops good Dem numbers and suddenly a right-wing pollster comes in with good numbers for trump. Weird how this always happens!
Wow, Trump is totally dominating spending on direct mail. While there’s lots of attention to TV and digital spends, I’m glad to see there’s a firm tracking physical mail too. Mail may seem old-fashioned in 2024, but it is still a big campaign tactic!
The GOP choosing to avoid going after the 3 seats in Las Vegas is most likely a sign that they don't believe in and/or are not seeing any kind of generational realignment in their internal polling.
Biden's schedule is absolutely blank. Meanwhile, Emily Goodin reports Biden was "visibly shaking" as he exited AF1 in CA on Tuesday morning, and needed a boost from Secret Service agents just to get into his SUV.
Who is running the country?
Harris +4 in PA NYT polls
Trump +6 in AZ
Not saying trump can't win Arizona, but it sure as fuck won't be by the 5-6pt margin NYT constantly finds there.
Overall, Harris is solid in PA and that bodes VERY well for MI and WI.
I finally spoke with my family member who holds a high-ranking position in the military.
It's not good.
Remember when they told me to get my affairs in order? It was back in April. They said, "We're preparing for war on the homeland."
I asked them if it was the CCP or
@ChiCyph80
I don't believe that's true at all. There's few scenarios that Biden loses in a landslide. His floor is a lot higher come November than an unknown candidate going against a former president.
@schlagteslinks
Let's just say that the Dem held districts show no signs of bleeding for Dems and that trump has a pretty hard ceiling in Nevada with the undecided as overwhelmingly negative against him.
At this point, I'd be stunned if Biden didn't win NV by 2020 margins.
First poll fully taken after Trump’s attempted assassination
Biden *gained* by 1 point
It’s Morning Consult so take it with a grain of salt but no “sympathy bump” at least from this survey
Democrats are really leaning into the “convicted felon” thing despite pressure from criminal justice reformers to dispense w that kind of language and acknowledge that justice-impacted people are also voters
You can't believe these numbers along with the Iowa numbers and believe the WI and MI polls today.
The point is that these universes can't coexist in this election.
All I'm going to say is that public polling is missing the mark on Harris/Walz number. Trump is at his ceiling privately, like I've been telling you, and Harris/Walz consistently hitting 50% in swing states.
Cal Twitter, loving the memes, but we also must respect our opponent for its social justice advocacy.
Florida State is currently in the midst of a ten month peaceful protest against playing football.
FSU is the most woke program in college sports and we have so much to learn.
@dothejackal
I don't believe that's true at all. He's not losing in NH, but if he was, the Democrats are swamped anyway. Like, if you believe polling that shows NY within single digits and Virginia and NH going red, I don't know what to tell you.
In today’s NY Times/Siena poll Kamala Harris has a 93-point net advantage with Democratic voters while Donald Trump has just an 80-point net advantage with Republicans - an indication that the unprecedented number of high profile Republicans opposing Trump are having an impact.
Nate Silver keeps repeating that the fundamentals of the race favor Trump. Huh??? exactly what fundamentals? Harris is more popular than Trump; Dems are more engaged and enthusiastic than GOP; Harris has led every day in last six weeks. And has way more money to spend.
This is where election Twitter being predominantly men has failed miserably. Taking away the rights of ~53% of the voting population is a very bad idea. Doesn't take a fancy model to know that.
It's wild how people act like trump won Florida by like 10 points or something. Bush won Florida by 5% in 2004. Obama won it four years later. Trump won Florida by 3 in 2020.
My first flight went about as well as loose change in a cockpit – literally.
My last flight brought my crew home from the
@Space_Station
and was Space Shuttle Endeavour’s final flight.
It’s not about how good you are when you start, it’s about how good you push yourself to be.
Marist at +5 and Marquette at +1 is actually good. We don't need more herding. If I had to guess, I'd say that Harris is likely at ~4% right now and will close strong. Marist is at 52%, and that's where I've put her win number at. I believe it ends at ~5.5% when it's all over.
Lol again, if you think the state of the race moves from day to day depending on polls being released that move wildly for no reason, then you need to seriously sign off social media.
If trump was winning GA, he wouldn’t have gone to Savannah and booked a small venue to make it look like he’s winning a state he should win.
No, folks, if trump is within the MoE, Harris is winning GA
Yup. I've been screaming this since 2016. Start acting like we're winning and we're going to punch another score in and run up that fucking scoreboard.
You know what happens to players and fans who are down by 10? They lose hope and quit.
Dems love saying things like “act like we’re 10 points down!” But then Biden was down 2 points and they lost their collective shit. And yes, donations and volunteers dried up.
People like to work for winners, which is why these GOP firms are flooding the zone with crap numbers
National Teamsters not endorsing Harris has been amazing for her campaign. Instead of a one day story, Harris now has multiple days of endorsements from local chapters. Amazing.
VP Harris campaign: “Ahead of Donald Trump’s economic speech in Savannah… Teamsters Joint Council 75 representing Georgia, Florida, and Alabama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for President”
But she's also got another problem: it's been a while since we've seen a poll showing Harris leading in Pennsylvania.
A high-quality poll showing Harris ahead in PA would make a big difference right now.
And this is something Democrats shouldn't forget moving forward, win or lose next month. The far left has given up their seat at the table as far as I'm concerned.
@jsharpe2023
Latino polling when it's done entirely with Latino sampling is shown to look like Hillary numbers, improving upon Biden numbers. A Dem likely won't get Obama numbers for awhile, but for sure Hillary is within reach.
Walz being at this game will be 100x more effective than multiple days of campaign events. Reaches middle America, young voters and men.
Maybe, just maybe, the Harris-Walz team knows what they're doing.
"Harris’s new lead is more about her gaining ground than Trump slipping. While the former president has held steady around 45%, Harris is now winning a significantly higher share of Democrats (95% vs. 90%) and 2020 Biden voters (92% vs. 80%) than Biden was."
It's funny seeing the cosplay socialists respond to this in the exact way you think they will. Like, they can't organize a successful protest, but they're totally gonna start the socialist revolution.
>Harris and Trump tied among voters under the age of 30
>Trump winning 17% of black voters
>Harris winning Hispanic voters by only 9 points
NYT/$$iena disrespecters, poll denialists and crosstab haters...we are SO back. We're making a comeback like you've never ever seen before
Still one of the funniest posts in a long time. It was always a great deal, especially during higher than normal inflation AND having it delivered to you.
Trump: For 52 years, from the beginning of Roe v. Wade, people wanted to get it out. Many presidents tried and were unable. I want to thank the justices who overturned Roe
This. I don't think Harris is the overwhelming favorite, yet, but she is the clear favorite right now. Again, I fully believe pollsters are herding and that the state of the race is nowhere near 50/50.
@schlagteslinks
I'm really sick of people pretending that this race is a tossup and that we can't state the plain truth that dems are clear-but-not-prohibitive favorites.
This isn't a 50-50 race.
If Harris doesn’t win GA or NC the election could come down to Pennsylvania. The polling there is way too close for comfort. We’ll see if this Butler rally does anything for Trump. But I would strongly warn Dems against complacency or just playing prevent defense over next month.
Every state will vote the same, but the coalitions will have completely flipped. Early returns from Detroit are Likely R and Latino voters are +26, just as Rasmussen shows. But Harris makes it up with old and rural whites.
Do. Not. Question. This.
Amazing how "Every state will vote nearly identically to how it did in 2020 except California, Florida and New York, because Democrats will collapse there like they did in 2022" has now become "Every state will vote nearly identically to how it did in 2020, except New York"
@LadySnarkOfTNB
I think a lot of people following these elections believe that Republicans are at/near their floor in the suburbs. It has barely even begun.
"The polling sucked four years ago, polls are now showing different things that you should take seriously, but also should unskew to show trump winning!" - very serious analyst Harry
VOTER. REGISTRATION. DOES. NOT. MATTER. WHEN. WE. TALK. ABOUT. EARLY. VOTE. RETURNS.
In Arizona, there are a lot of Republicans who stay registered as Republican but have voted for Democrats in 3+ consecutive elections.
Sometimes, you just have to wait until election night.
PA early vote data tidbit: As of today, Dem turnout in the 2024 election is at 16.2% of their 2020 total of ballots cast before election day. GOP turnout is at 14.8%.
@AllisonRFloyd
I remember going to get my wife pads a few years ago and while I was waiting in line, some guy said "haha, I can't imagine buying those and not being embarrassed" and I just said "well, my wife kind of needs them so she doesn't bleed everywhere, so..."
A lot of the online political rhetoric is divorced from real life but particularly when it comes to Tim Walz. He's the most popular person on either ticket!
I don't think this is as nearly as clear as many of you do. The 2020 exit poll was D+1; the 2022 midterm exit poll was R+3; the Pew NPORS study was R+2 among RVs; national partisan voter registration has steadily shifted GOP
Yes, but this isn't 2016, and Kamala isn't Hillary. People really forget how Republicans had been smearing Hillary for 25 years straight, and it finally paid off. 2016 was more about being anti-Clinton than anti-trump.
Everyone: THROW IT IN THE AVERAGES!
**throws it in the average**
Everyone: OH FUCK THE OUTLIER IS THE REAL RESULT WE'RE DOOMED!!1!
If you like averages of polls, this is **literally** how it works and how to go about understanding MoE.
Like, I can't even begin to explain how fucking furious I am at trump providing putin covid tests while my Dad had to wait for tests before being admitted to the hospital.
My Dad died due to having to wait for oxygen treatment because of a lack of tests.
Fuck trump
Biden saying Netanyahu is a bad guy, Trump giving COVID tests to Putin before they were widely available to Americans…equally big stories!
(If you’re a fucking moron)
@DailyTrix
@keatingssixth
The fact that they can't even understand what they're saying. They're accepted at our rallies and are allowed to be heard, unlike the other guy and absolutely nothing clicks in their heads. Nothing.
A source says Zients will emphasize “importance of keep doing the work and executing on our mission”
But it comes amid outrage from some staff over transparency about Biden and his ability to do the job
HAVING LOTS OF MONEY TO BURN IN THE FINAL WEEKS OF A MAJOR CAMPAIGN IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING AND I'M NOT CERTAIN WHEN WE DECIDED THAT IT WASN'T.
Good GOTV costs money. A great GOTV costs even more.
Look, it's a special election, so caveats galore, but where is this giant Black Dem voter exodus the polls are assuring is happening in November? It has not shown up one time, but it's going to *JUST* for trump in November?
I'll just get it out of the way now.
No, this story isn't going to help trump. We've been down this road. Nobody cares. No one thinks he's a victim.
Okay? Cool.
In case anyone still cares, here's a short thread on how an online rumor takes off:
Amid rumors that Taylor Swift or Beyonce would perform at the DNC, this blue check account with 600,000 followers tweeted at 12:28 PM CT that a "big surprise" was on the way. The tweet took off.
This is what I mean when I say this feels like 2008. People had Bush/Republican fatigue and it didn't really show up in the data until around this point in the election.
Talked w/an Independent voter in her 40s today: "I don't like some of her policies, but I align with a LOT less with him than her. Can we just get back to being reasonable? Big tax breaks for billionaires on the backs of people like me ISN'T reasonable. I'm all in for Kamala."
And something I'm thinking about hard is that I think the Harris campaign is thinking about bigger margins now. They don't want this election to get to a point where courts can step in with close margins. SCOTUS is unhinged and better to win by 3+ than ~1.
I think there are more upsides to Harris going on Rogan than downsides. She's looking to appeal to a wider range of voters than Trump, who has no desire to broaden his coalition.
If trump was up by 4%+ nationally and was leading in enough states to get 270+ I can't imagine there'd be whining and crying. Can you all stop acting like a) you know what you're doing and b) that we're losing this election?
Hung Cao makes a disgusting claim that the military doesn't "want" LGBTQ+-friendly people.
#VASen
"That's not the people we want. Like, what, what we need is alpha males and alpha females who are gonna rip out their own guts, eat them..."