Current Affairs The 2020 United States Presidential Election

[JLW]

do u consider these people perhaps virtue signallers and snowflakes buddies??

No mate I consider them people with their own views and that’s how it should be no biggy here it’s a forum.

 

[the sniderman]

By the sounds of it poor Joe would be a lame duck president anyway should he win

hello buddy yes i am sure the alternative will work out just fine.

 

[the sniderman]

No mate I consider them people with their own views and that’s how it should be no biggy here it’s a forum.

yes buddy i agree.

 

[ChesterBlue]

Both systems are massively antiquated, like choosing between being kicked in the shins or punched in the face

The Electoral College’s Racist Origins

More than two centuries after it was designed to empower southern white voters, the system continues to do just that.

www.theatlantic.com

Agreed, neither are even close to fit-for-purpose or fair, but since 2010 (when I turned 18) we’ve literally had permanent Tory rule, which is guaranteed to last at least 15 years during which they have systematically ruined the country for all other than the über wealthy.

 

[Death]

Well baby, I thought we had already settled any doubts between us

We did. Once you agreed with me about Tory Democrats you were rock solid in my book.

 

[JLW]

yes buddy i agree.

It’s a shame some don’t they can’t handle different views from their own or what BBC have frazzled their brain with

 

[carolinablue232]

I hear this argument regularly and it's not unreasonable but it's not persuasive. So the GOP campaigns heavily in CA and moves the needle and the Dems campaign heavily in the Deep South or wherever and someone assumes the outcome will be different. There's no real evidence for this. In fact, it's just as plausible the Dem Candidate, say, would campaign in CA or NY (where they don't do so now) to bank even more votes and the GOP candidate would spend time in TX (where they don't go now) to bank more vote here.

We hold elections every 2 years and the GOP loses pretty darn consistently in the odd years (mid-term) and the even years (Presidential elections). It's a structural problem, not a campaign strategy issue.

There’s no real evidence because it’s not the reality of the situation. You can’t know what would or wouldn’t happen under different rules. It’s all conjecture. So learn to play the game as it stands better until if/when the rules do change.

It’s also unreasonable in my opinion to say it would have the exact same outcome if the rules were different.

 

[Noisy noise annoys]

Take off the tinted specs and youll see .

Thats not an answer. I am asking you for an answer and GUARANTEE you don;'t give one worth hearing

 

[davek]

Is it really though? I’ve seen this clip a lot today, but in all honesty, I could have sat down and given essentially that same interview a couple weeks ago. Most people who were paying attention knew exactly what would happen if Biden remove all doubt within the first few hours of election night. Once Trump took Florida, this was almost inevitable.

Yes, but the orthodoxy at that point was that it was a landslide based on the polling. He presented a scenario that was a danger to the outcome in the event it was close. If you said those things at the time you were prescient too!

 

[the sniderman]

It’s a shame some don’t they can’t handle different views from their own or what BBC have frazzled their brain with

i both subscribe to ur sensible adult view here buddy and also the wry bbc dig at buddies. it is very subtle.

 

[Woolverhampton_Blue]

I think this is called prescient....

Along with this...

 

[SerenityNigh]

Official SN day after the election prediction, Biden wins with 300+ EVs

*bookmarks to delete soon

 

[Tin-Tin]

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[TN Toffee]

Yes, but the orthodoxy at that point was that it was a landslide based on the polling. He presented a scenario that was a danger to the outcome in the event it was close. If you said those things at the time you were prescient too!

I never thought it would be a runaway. Was hopeful it might not be this much of a nail biter, but I always though this talk of Biden approaching 400 electoral votes was wildly optimistic.