Changing the system we have with a violent revolution won't wipe the slate clean, all the flaws embedded in American culture will be still there. Racism and sexism don't get erased by simply replacing a political or economic system. But say this happens, there is no scenario where a left comes on top when the right in American have such a large cultural pull within its institutions like the military, police and government - who won't support a coup from the left. This is exactly what would destroy the country, and something even worse might take its place. The current political system is terrible but it can be reformed, getting rid of it just puts every marginalised group at risk before and afterward. It's not leftist governments or movements haven't had terrible histories with protecting marginalised groups, they're just over shadowed by the right wing on those issues.
At this point, unless there's a complete misreading of the data, Biden should have an early lead as it were.
With this massive amount of early voting, the margin of error in the polling might not be statistically significant.
However, one must not discount the surge of GOP voters too. That might make things much closer when its all said and done.
Last edited by WestPhillyPunisher; 10-21-2020 at 02:17 AM.
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For those who say 2016 was different. They're completely correct, in both positive and negative ways. While Trump has lost some of the people who voted for him in 2016, he's gained others (especially in the minorities) he's devalued the media so much that even his moderate supporters who vote for policy and not personality might not hear about any scandals because they don't watch as much media.
Of course Biden has gained in other ways. Like getting more white voters; the fact he seems less elitist, and possible increases in turnout. And if voting turnout for early votes continues to grow, any major mistakes Biden makes are going to matter less than they would have last time.
Point is 2020 is worse than 2016 in some ways and better in others.
As for Trump voters, it generally takes a few years to come to terms with being fooled, a related video to the one shown earlier even notes that it took some of Trump's victims from Trump U. a few years to come to terms with him having tricked them. (5 to 7 years were the examples given.) So make no mistake, Trump will bleed some of his suppporters as his broken promises leave people feeling betrayed, hence why he'll try to appeal to others. It just might take more time than election gives us.
Edit: This is just an observation intended to prevent people from underestimating Trump. It doesn't predict anything.
Last edited by ChangingStation; 10-21-2020 at 04:31 AM.
Nobody is counting out Trump. We have seen over the last 4 years that a large percentage of the American public is stupid, racist or both.
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Trump’s number one promise, his border wall has been a colossal fiasco which, ironically enough, he never mentions these days. I wonder why? We all know the story: Mexico was going to pay for the wall, then it wound up coming out of OUR pockets, and only a scant few miles have been built to boot. I’d say that was a broken promise. Another broken promise: killing Roe v. Wade, the reason holy rollers got in bed with Trump, last time I checked, it still exists. And, let’s not forget another golden oldie, whacking Obamacare, not much success with that either. But, the rubes continue supporting him, at this point, I’m of the opinion it’s because of a common bond....HATE. As long as Trump continues fomenting hatred of the same things his lemmings hate (minorities, gays, uppity women and non-Christians), his supporters won’t waiver, no matter how many times Trump breaks promises.
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Trump wins Pennsylvania and the election. Enthusiasm in PA is off the charts for him. Republicans may even pick up a couple congressional seats as well. New voter registration here favors Republicans plus Trump always outperforms the polling.
Prepare yourselves now.
Here's a link regarding the Voter registration numbers from a source most people on this board might trust - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/19/u...nsylvania.html
https://mobile.twitter.com/davidpale...69248735928320
David Paleologos
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Suffolk University/USA TODAY network poll of Pennsylvania likely voters:
(10/15-10/19) – President
Joe Biden 49%
Donald Trump 42%
Jo Jorgensen 1%
Others 1%
Undecided 4%
Refused 3%
Biden +7 in PA.
Last edited by Kirby101; 10-21-2020 at 05:00 AM.
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!