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He’s had yet another horrible week. The old tricks aren’t working. Kamala Harris does not fear him. And it’s showing in the numbers.

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[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Just to remind everyone in 2016 people had pretty much already planned their Clinton victory parties and everyone "knew" that Trump was going to lose, the polling was so clear and Trump was such a joke. Perhaps some even took care of "more important" stuff than voting because it was so sure.

So keep your excitement to take you to the voting booths rather than letting it make you complacent.

[–] Osito@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yea while Kamala is ahead in the polls , a frighteningly large amount of people still support 45

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Even then, the error % on polls is high enough that Trump could be ahead instead.

Polls post their calculated error %. If they could be off by like 5% in either direction, then that’s what they say. And if the poll shows Trump losing by 2%, with a 5% error, that means Trump could win by 3%.

Every single reputable poll that has been published shows a Trump victory within the margin of error.

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Unfortunately I don't see Kamala winning just yet, nothing is certain, there's a lot of Trump supporters in the wood work, and the establishment liberal media play a game of "maybe if we pretend they're losing, they'll lose".

...which is wishful thinking that destroys people's grip on reality, and causes a lot of voters to not bother to show up.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 0 points 8 months ago

The establishment media wants Trump to win, don't fool yourself.

[–] jhymesba@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for saying this. It's Mid-August. There are two whole months in which things can go wildly off the rails. Rather than celebrating polls in mid-August, let's take this happy energy and make plans to go to the only poll that matters -- the actual election -- and make these mid-August hopes turn into January certainty. Plan the celebrations after we win in November, to coincide with Harris taking the Oath in January.

[–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There are two whole months in which things can go wildly off the rails.

It’s astonishing how long the US election cycle is. There’s longer until the next US election than the entire campaign here in the UK, yet it’s all I’ve heard about for the past three years.

Can you guys not just chill the fuck out?

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

Can you guys not just chill the fuck out?

I used to go years between worrying about politics before Trump was president. I'm hoping those days can return somehow.