It’s looking like a potential landslide victory for Joe Biden

Sorry i dont believe Biden doing more visits to swing states is a sign he’s worried. What’s he supposed to do, not turn up? He’s in the last few weeks of an election, most politicians would ramp up their efforts in this period
 
Sorry i dont believe Biden doing more visits to swing states is a sign he’s worried. What’s he supposed to do, not turn up? He’s in the last few weeks of an election, most politicians would ramp up their efforts in this period
Of course it isn't, is basic common sense to commit more efforts to the states that could tip either way.
 
The polls were reliable within a 2% margin of error. There is no way with the current polls and a 2% margin of error that trump can win.

You think he has played a blinder with COVID? I wonder if you have any good friends stateside, I imagine not or you wouldn't be posting such nonsense?!
We will see come November.
Everything recently has seemed “nonsense“. That is, until it actually happened.
 
People who want PR should take Italy and Belgium as examples. Belgium had its election in May 2019 it decided on its government in October 2020. The two parties with the largest vote are not in government.
 
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Obviously, can't rely on the polls after the last election, but I think the pollsters have learnt from the mistakes and adjusted their polling models so hopefully they are more accurate this time and the Kunt in the Whitehouse does get voted out
 
The two parties with the largest vote are not in government.
Explain why that is a bad thing.

My view is that when a coalition is formed the more "extreme" policies of any single party are thrown out as compromises are made. We saw exactly this in the Tory/Con coalition. Instead, we get a single party with a large majority that can pursue any policy it likes with no checks. We then get the other team in, who reverse those changes.
 
Explain why that is a bad thing.

My view is that when a coalition is formed the more "extreme" policies of any single party are thrown out as compromises are made. We saw exactly this in the Tory/Con coalition. Instead, we get a single party with a large majority that can pursue any policy it likes with no checks. We then get the other team in, who reverse those changes.
That's not what happened one language basically dropped the other.
 
We will see come November.
Everything recently has seemed “nonsense“. That is, until it actually happened.
How does Trump win any of these three states, he must win at least one to stop Biden.

Michigan : polls average a 7% Biden lead. He has failed the motor industry

Pennsylvania : 6.7% lead for Biden. He failed the miners and agriculture out west and the eastern Phili metro area will turn out in force

Wisconsin : 6% Biden lead, the cheeseheads are ***ed that he went to war with Harley-Davidson

Even if the 2% error is correct and in his favour he's still at least 4% behind and doing nothing to attract floating voters. He can only win by cheating voters of their vote.
 
I can’t see the polls being reliable - just as they were not before he beat Hilary.

They were reliable, the polls were within the stated margin of error.

Clinton had a 2 point national lead on Election Day, Joe Biden currently has an average lead of 10 points. You’re equating a margin of error with what would be the greatest polling error in election history.

To your other point, Biden was not good in that debate but he was far from as bad as Trump. Republican pollsters have blamed that car crash performance from Trump in pushing what few undecided voters are left into Biden’s outstretched arms. People just don’t want to see Trump in their living rooms anymore.
 
Hoof.

People were too easily swayed by pollsters. Brexit and Trump the first time showed that these things cannot be relied upon.
 
With Biden now projected to get 306 Electoral College votes, it's perhaps worth pointing out that, according to Donald Trump's repeated statements in 2016 when he got that number, this does indeed constitute a landslide.

As mentioned elsewhere, Biden's percentage share of the popular vote is also the largest since 1932 so again, at least in terms of how close US presidential elections usually are, it is perhaps a bit of a landslide.

Although It's still not as big as some of the earlier predictions were saying, of course.

See clip below starting at 5m 9s in, where they talk about the margin of victory and then show Trump's remarks about how 306 electoral college votes were "a landslide."

 
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