Not enough. He won the States he needed with swing voters, not his rabid fan base. They are mostly concentrated in Deep Red States. There was also a big enough junk of third party voters that would have given Hillary the win in WI and MI.
It is close in WI, MI, PA and FL, but Trump needs them all to win.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
He could lose one or two.
If he loses Florida, he's at 277 electoral votes.
If he loses Michigan and Pennsylvania, he's at 270 electoral votes.
If he loses both states and Maine's second congressional district, it's an electoral college tie, which is decided by the House of Representatives in a way that favors Republicans (each state gets on vote; Republicans have a slight majority of congressional delegations.)
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Thomas Mets
A quick jaunt onto a NY state tax calculator would put someone with a $6000 property tax bill over the SALT cap with only $85K of annual income, presuming a married couple with no children. While the people I know who live (or lived - the best friend moved to South Carolina a month before COVID-19 started really ramping up) in New York are just under the cap, it's not by very much and could easily slip by it in a couple of years behind the increasing of both the property tax percentage, and the backdoor increase of the county valuing your home well above market value - while you can contest, currently in those jurisdictions it's about as likely as getting your stuff back from civil forfeiture since the localities need the money. And to be honest, how long will they be ahead from Trump's so called middle class tax cuts considering that for all but the wealthiest they will fade away in a few years for most people (This isn't news as it was called out by most news articles when the tax bill was passed). My federal tax bill will be higher than it would have been when I file next year due to the income hit from COVID-19 (I'm still working but at much reduced hours) and the tax increases are hitting the lowest brackets first.
Dark does not mean deep.
Meanwhile, there’s a racist backlash against Africans in China.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/10/c...ntl/index.html
It’s so bad that African countries that are traditionally very careful about this stuff have come out publicly to attack the Chinese government for this nonsense.
While the private organizations are one thing, the Chinese government allowing this to happen is another. This is the same government that lashed out at the “racism” it’s people were facing outside because of the virus outbreak.
Honestly, between corruptly re-opening the wet markets that have in the past led to fatal visual outbreaks, covering up the outbreak of covid-19, silencing those that knew about it and now this, the Chinese government deserves a whole lot of criticism.
Based on RealClearPolitics, as of today, Trump is behind Biden in Wisconsin, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Arizona, Minnesota, and Ohio. The only swing state that Trump would take would be Iowa. With a victory in those other states, Biden would win the electoral college, assuming nothing else changes (Colorado, California, and New York are pretty safe blue bets, just like Georgia and Texas are safe red bets), 351-186.
Obviously, things can change a lot between now and November. But there are good reasons to believe Trump’s position could deteriorate. For one thing, we haven’t begun to litigate how terrible a job that Trump has done handling this crisis. We also aren’t on the other side of this crisis yet, which will show us an economy weaker than it was before the shutdown. And, through no fault of Trump’s own (on this front only—the causes are still on him), things are unlikely to improve a whole lot until after a vaccine has been developed. Trump’s best argument in his favor was the strength of the economy and now it has been ravaged by a public health crisis that he wasn’t prepared for.
Things can go south for Biden too. However, Joe Biden doesn’t have an email server issue that can result in new investigations into the problem. Indeed, the Tara Reade thing seems pretty weak and nothing that people haven’t already set aside for worse when it comes to Trump. There can be surprises, to be sure, but it seems like Biden’s issues have long been litigated.
With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Over 20,000 Americans have died because of how badly Trump has handled this.
Trump is the worst President America has ever had.
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Yeah I reserved calling Trump the worst, because he hadn't started a war or anything, but after this disaster he's comfortably leap frogged W as the worst in my lifetime.
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Worst is a judgement call, but no doubt the worst human to sit in the Oval Office.
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
Trump did say he was a Wartime President. He may not have started it, but he is definitely making it worse.
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