A gentle reminder lads: Please don't feed the Herpdy Derp
Current Affairs 2024 POTUS race
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dylsexicbleu
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The conviction helps Trump in terms of further motivating his base. I think it will also help him with independents. Younger blacks also appear to be flocking to him. So, it's not 'simple as' that the conviction has hurt him. The conviction has also been the best fundraiser Trump's campaign could have wished for. He raised record amounts as a consequence of the verdict against him.
Saying Trump is leading in the polls is not contradictory with saying I take polling with a pinch of salt. A batch of polls over 3 to 6 months has more value than a single poll, or indeed a week's worth of polls.
I loved Leighton Baines but feel he lacked a bit snide to his game. Should have been more assertive.
The specific question asked in the poll is contradictory to your opinion about independents. Citing polling to make a point and then quickly dismissing the value of polling is... something.
OK. I'll stop.
It is a common right-wing trope to say that the George Floyd protests resulted in deaths/injuries "stoked by Dems" but of course there isn't any evidence to back this up. A total of 25 people died in direct relation to the protests, and many of these deaths were police shooting protesters who possessed guns, or protesters being shot by business owners or other private citizens (including the baby-faced darling of the right, Kyle Rittenhouse). The other issue was the well-documented infiltration of peaceful protests by right-wing groups, and that most arrested are not antifa or leftist radicals.
But all this false smokescreen overlooks the fact that any protest can possibly result in violence, even death. But only one protest in the last 100 years or so was a coordinated effort to dismantle the very system--Democracy--that gives citizens the right to protest injustices like George Floyd experienced. And that was the right-wing supported January 6th insurrection.
More generally, I love how DERP STATE tries to pretend he is engaging in some sort of equal-minded dialogue here with others, but of course his claims are all easily-dismissed nonsense...and then every so often his mask slips a little further and he makes an extremely racist or misogynist post, revealing the unvarnished xenophobic misogynistic mindset underneath.
But all this false smokescreen overlooks the fact that any protest can possibly result in violence, even death. But only one protest in the last 100 years or so was a coordinated effort to dismantle the very system--Democracy--that gives citizens the right to protest injustices like George Floyd experienced. And that was the right-wing supported January 6th insurrection.
More generally, I love how DERP STATE tries to pretend he is engaging in some sort of equal-minded dialogue here with others, but of course his claims are all easily-dismissed nonsense...and then every so often his mask slips a little further and he makes an extremely racist or misogynist post, revealing the unvarnished xenophobic misogynistic mindset underneath.
Bishop Thumpety-Thump
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That’s a fascinating post, but personally I’d like to hear your opinion on a more important issue; did Jesus exist at the same time as triceratops?
I have a new candidate.
dylsexicbleu
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Firstly, it's a single poll. Single polls are virtually useless as a measure of opinion. Secondly, not all independents are truly independent. Many independents invariably lean towards one party or the other for most of their voting career. It's my contention that these 'independents' saying they are less likely to vote for Trump due to his conviction are, in fact, Independents who usually lean Dem.
Polls are only as good as those conducting them. Some are accurate, many are far from accurate. The polling industry themselves admit they have issues over accuracy. I am not saying anything outlandish here.
TN Toffee
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I’d argue the exact opposite. I’d say the independents who lean blue have long since seen enough of Trump, but it’s the independents who lean red that may be pushed in the other direction now that they’d be voting for a felon.
tantavisiteler
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Pumped up for Thursday debate should be a lot of fun. And the next day Iran elects its president. Two important dates.
davek
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I know Biden is ahead in some of the recently conducted national polls, but those battle-ground states (the only one's that matter) are stubbornly handing Trump a 3%-5% lead, conviction of no conviction.
The Democrats have a couple of months to place pressure on Biden to stand down before the national convention.
The Democrats have a couple of months to place pressure on Biden to stand down before the national convention.
What are you having for tea Dave?
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