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sonatine
yeah frankly i dont see people factoring in the 'if you wanna be the king, you gotta beat the king' dynamic and it worries me.
defeating an incumbent president with heartland support is an INCREDIBLY big deal, and im honestly not sure even bernie could have pulled it off to tbh.
maybe biden can win tonight, maybe covid will be trumps iran hostage crisis, but when you get down to it, the people who are most important for that sort of tidal shift in voting numbers, they are trump voters still.
theres a lot of slippery math for a biden path to 270 out there and its valid but i think anyone predicating a thesis on florida voting blue hates money.
The only bet I had was on turnout, which is kind of like betting over and under when you want to bet the game and don’t think the team you like is going to win.
I don’t like the arguments I see being put forth. I don’t think the early run up is enough is most of these states. I keep seeing the argument about those votes are banked and the republicans are relying on big turnout today. I have never had a doubt they’ll get huge turnout. What I see is simply the most enthusiastic voters ever. That I hate these horn honking flag waving motherfuckers doesn’t make me ignore that they exist. They’re up and down the street. I can’t ignore them. That wasn’t the case last time.
I don’t see a single thing that tells me Biden will win outside polls. That’s it. I live in the worst place alive to try to be hopeful, and I keep thinking these people will never be able to be taken seriously again if they’re this wrong, so I hope they’re right, but it’s hard to see.
I was looking around at other models and PLO was right. 538 is the most conservative giving Trump 10%. The Economist was basically 20-1. Giving Biden 19 out of 20 simulations. Charlie Cook saying the polls are even underestimating Biden support.
You can talk about 10 is still 10% and 19/20 isn’t 20, but miss this bad twice in a row and you are absolutely done. People will never believe a poll again after two cycles of this.