Regarding margins of victory:
I'll grant that Wisconsin (~0.5% for Biden) and Pennsylvania (~1.5% for Biden) were close, Michigan and Minnesota were not "razor thin", at +3% for Biden in Michigan and +7% for Biden in Minnesota.
Low information voters are dumb fucks, more news at 11.It is certainly reasonable to expect pushback from demographics that feel like 2nd class citizens to the party they vote for. Look at what happened in 2016, it wasn't so much people flipping, but just staying home. That gave us Trump.
The Democrats had a chance to have a primary and find a more dynamic candidate, but they pussied out. Now we have to back Biden and convince others that they must do it. Too many people think 'well duh, but Biden is so much better than the GQP' - yes that is if you think of things only intellectually and fully informed.
It's like some intellectuals forget that people also operate on emotion.
Apparently it's news to a bunch of people here. Anytime you say Biden is vulnerable they say well why would anyone not vote for him because obviously intellectually he makes more sense.Low information voters are dumb fucks, more news at 11.
Arabs not happy with Biden? Wait til they get a load of Trump and Republicans. What a stupid thread.
Trump Republican's don't have a monopoly on stupid!
They may not vote at all, which is all you need to lose. I mean lots of people stayed home when hillary ran, and we saw the outcome.Lol who do they plan to vote for then? 3rd party candidate is just a vote for the orange monkey.
Always has been (about turnout). As a corollary, national polls are absolutely meaningless. If it isn't an individual state poll, you might as well be telling me what you see in the entrails.They may not vote at all, which is all you need to lose. I mean lots of people stayed home when hillary ran, and we saw the outcome.
I don't know if this story has legs but seriously speaking winning these days is all about turnout.
People keep saying this and sorry, it's not true.They may not vote at all, which is all you need to lose. I mean lots of people stayed home when hillary ran, and we saw the outcome.
I don't know if this story has legs but seriously speaking winning these days is all about turnout.
People keep saying this and sorry, it's not true.
Trump's campaign focused 100% on turning out his base - he took your idea to heart and completely ran with it. The problem is that things which encourage your base to turn out are often hot button issues that encourage the OTHER base to turn out as well, negating your advantage.
Even though the pool of persuadable voters is relatively small that's how you win.
The Russian election interference campaign worked. It disenfranchised enough blacks that voted prior 2 elections to not vote in 2016People keep saying this and sorry, it's not true.
Trump's campaign focused 100% on turning out his base - he took your idea to heart and completely ran with it. The problem is that things which encourage your base to turn out are often hot button issues that encourage the OTHER base to turn out as well, negating your advantage.
Even though the pool of persuadable voters is relatively small that's how you win.
And lots of two time Obama voters in crucial states flipped to Trump, each one of those counting twice as much.The Russian election interference campaign worked. It disenfranchised enough blacks that voted prior 2 elections to not vote in 2016
And lots of two time Obama voters in crucial states flipped to Trump, each one of those counting twice as much.
I feel like people who say that turnout is all that matters need to be able to explain why Trump’s hyper turnout focused campaign led to the largest margin of defeat for an incumbent since Jimmy Carter. That doesn’t seem like a very good strategy to me.
The issue with the “cost of living” is how productivity improvements have flowed almost exclusively to the investor class since the 1980s. Thinking any GOP administration is going to change that is delusional.
It’s funny how republicans say the economy is shit when democrats are in charge and great when republicans are in charge but democrats just say it’s shit regardless.Republicans aren't going to change anything.
Savings rate among most Americans is in the toilet. Credit card debt breached $1T. Our economy is buiilt on spedning and that is what Americans do. They spend money. The stock holders are the real winners, because when you spend money on say Apple products Apple stock goes up. It goes up, and makes the stock holders wealthy. That is our system and many people in the middle class are being left behind. IMO, its a system issue. You play the game or get left in the dust. Democrats, and Republicans aren'tt going to change that.
Republicans aren't going to change anything.
Savings rate among most Americans is in the toilet. Credit card debt breached $1T. An all time high. Our economy is buiilt on spending and that is what Americans do. They spend money. The stock holders are the real winners, because when you spend money on say Apple products, Apple stock goes up. It goes up, and makes the stock holders wealthy. That is our system and many Americans in the middle class are being left behind. IMO, its a system issue. You play the game or get left in the dust. Democrats, and Republicans aren't going to change that.
Agreed. Not saying the Dems will make it perfect by any means, but if they had more control of the government, we would definitely see these things change for the better.Well that’s just some of the dumbest shit I’ve read in a while here.
There is a direct line from changes in tax policies under Reagan and the shifting of productivity games from being split between workers and investors to just investors. You are correct it is a systemic issue but the system can clearly be changed by policy. Since it is policy changes they got us to this point.
Hot take: employee wages aren't labor costs. They are investments in a company's human infrastructure.Well that’s just some of the dumbest shit I’ve read in a while here.
There is a direct line from changes in tax policies under Reagan and the shifting of productivity games from being split between workers and investors to just investors. You are correct it is a systemic issue but the system can clearly be changed by policy. Since it is policy changes they got us to this point.
The interest rate on savings was in the utter toilet for a few years, while inflation was up.Republicans aren't going to change anything.
Savings rate among most Americans is in the toilet. Credit card debt breached $1T. An all time high. Our economy is buiilt on spending and that is what Americans do. They spend money. The stock holders are the real winners, because when you spend money on say Apple products, Apple stock goes up. It goes up, and makes the stock holders wealthy. That is our system and many Americans in the middle class are being left behind. IMO, its a system issue. You play the game or get left in the dust. Democrats, and Republicans aren't going to change that.