DOT wrote:I think the 46-47% national number for Trump is pretty accurate. That's where he was the last 2 cycles, I'd be surprised if he was over 47% or under 46%. Just seems like his floor and ceiling are set
With that being said, I do think the polls are doing everything they can to not underestimate him this time. No Republican has gotten over 47.2% since Bush Jr. in '04 (last time a Republican won a majority of total votes as well), so that tracks. Plus, Kamala has a pretty good favorability vs unfavorability rating (she's still net negative, but just barely so, unlike Trump and Biden who are both net negative 10+)
It's all about the margins. PA early voting looks really good, MI early voting looks solid, WI less so (one of the states with a plurality of votes from neither party), plus NC has the wildcard of Mark Robinson potentially dragging Trump down/driving more Dem turnout
I think it's rare for a candidate to win every state two cycles in a row and just add, personally speaking I expect a couple of flips. IMO, most likely outcome is blue wall of WI, MI, and PA, with GA and AZ flipping Trump and NC flipping blue. And at that point, NV doesn't matter. It just comes down to who can drive turnout more. Dems win when they get people excited, and I think despite some regression, people are still generally excited for Kamala. I hate horseshoe theory because it's always used incorrectly, but I do think both the "Kamala is gonna lose because Palestine" and "Trump is gonna win the popular vote because everybody loves him" camps are just terminally online and only listening to their echo chambers
Trump can still win of course, I do have my odds at 60/40, but he needs a lot to break his way, and the further out we get from 2016, the more that looks like an outlier, and traditional methods will be more effective
Also big factor imo is the fact he was already pretty broke and then it turns out the people he was paying to do his job for him with canvassing just ripped him off, because it's all grifters all the way down.
Doesn’t the early voting always favor democrats?
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