Current Affairs 2024 POTUS race

[Huyton Layne]

Trump fans either listen to Ted Nugent or Christian rock. Nary a worry for Taylor Swift.

Round here they're listening to "Chunt Jenkins" and every other generic country artist. Swift is a little too away from bog standard to be appealing to them

 

[Huyton Layne]

Political violence just leads to more political violence - ballots not bullets

Lol it's a one sentence Google that confirmed for me that, no, encouraging violence is not protected under the first amendment. I saw many sources.

 

[hirons11]

Well they are obviously stealing babies as well. Let’s hope they are not fattening them up on dogs and cats to then eat babies.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Some weasel earlier suggested that Trump is now more sinned against than sinning after the latest "assassination" event.
That is one wacky country all right.

 

[efcste97]

The dynamic between Trump and Loomer is reminiscent of the Homelander and Stormfront storyline.

 

[davek]

How is the latest attempt on Trumps life going to affect the outcome of this election?

Could well be that voters are put off by the threat of more political violence with Trump in office.

 

[Tim's tourettes]

Will this latest 'assassination attempt' have any effect on the race?

 

[neil999]

How is the latest attempt on Trumps life going to affect the outcome of this election?

Could well be that voters are put off by the threat of more political violence with Trump in office.

Personally I think this election is all about turn out, surely no-one is changing their mind now...so I guess this might make his supporters more determined to vote? Who knows..

 

[davek]

Personally I think this election is all about turn out, surely no-one is changing their mind now...so I guess this might make his supporters more determined to vote? Who knows..

Yeah, maybe.

I'm in two minds about the outcome now. He's quite clearly unfit for office on a personal level, but voters tend to go with what's happening to their living standards, which places Harris as the candidate with her fingerprints on the economy in a poor position.

She probably just sneaks it, but not by much...then again he's twice ended campaigns strongly, so hmmmm...

Coin toss.

 

[tsubaki]

Yeah, maybe.

I'm in two minds about the outcome now. He's quite clearly unfit for office on a personal level, but voters tend to go with what's happening to their living standards, which places Harris as the candidate with her fingerprints on the economy in a poor position.

She probably just sneaks it, but not by much...then again he's twice ended campaigns strongly, so hmmmm...

Coin toss.

The big question over living standards is whether it’s possible to believe that Trump would ever do anything to improve them (at least for everyday folk), something that is much harder to believe now than it was in 2016 and 2020.

Having Musk, the techbros and most of the uber-rich on his side isn’t very helpful in this respect.

 

[verreauxi]

The big question over living standards is whether it’s possible to believe that Trump would ever do anything to improve them (at least for everyday folk), something that is much harder to believe now than it was in 2016 and 2020.

Having Musk, the techbros and most of the uber-rich on his side isn’t very helpful in this respect.

Not sure what people mean by living standards, but the US economy is doing quite well relative to 2018 or even 2021 (since global inflation was up and employment was down during the peak of Covid). Other metrics, such as health care and crime rate, are also quite strong.

 

[Damo_1878]

The relentless attacks on Taylor Swift from the misogynist Trump and his cult are a disgrace

It's the classic behavior of a cult

A horrendous one

Trump says he hates Taylor Swift after she endorses Kamala Harris

Before announcing his feelings, ex-president had posted AI images suggesting Swift had endorsed him for president

www.theguardian.com

 

[LinekersLegs]

Yeah, maybe.

I'm in two minds about the outcome now. He's quite clearly unfit for office on a personal level, but voters tend to go with what's happening to their living standards, which places Harris as the candidate with her fingerprints on the economy in a poor position.

She probably just sneaks it, but not by much...then again he's twice ended campaigns strongly, so hmmmm...

Coin toss.

Fwiw the debate really seems to have helped her on that front.


Wonder how many are thinking about him being a 78 year old with an unhealthy lifestyle in one of the most stressful jobs and now repeated assassination attempts - what are the odds he serves the 4 years? How they view Vance will be more than usually important.

 

[ds3000]

Possibly the best thing I’ve ever seen in my life

 

[davek]

The big question over living standards is whether it’s possible to believe that Trump would ever do anything to improve them (at least for everyday folk), something that is much harder to believe now than it was in 2016 and 2020.

Having Musk, the techbros and most of the uber-rich on his side isn’t very helpful in this respect.

Yes, it'a all about perception though.