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democrattotheend's JournalA little bit of good news: Trump's Gallup rating is down to 44%
Just one poll but it's the one the press pays the most attention to, although I haven't heard them mention it yet today on the news. Down from 47% last time and 49% after impeachment, his highest ever.
Here's hoping it keeps falling. If it's under 40% I'll feel better going into the election.
Before tonight, I was lamenting the "weak" options we had left
After watching this debate, I'm liking both of our remaining candidates better. I still would have preferred Warren and am a little bummed that we ended up with two old white men, but I would be happy to vote for either of these candidates in November. It will probably be Biden and I'm at peace with that, but I am glad Bernie is there fighting for the poor and most vulnerable constantly calling attention to how they are affected by this crisis.
Both of them would be such a huge improvement over Donald Trump, and I think that's on full display tonight.
CNN just said the electorates in most states voting tonight are a little whiter than 2016
Doesn't necessarily mean black turnout is down - it could just mean that white turnout is up more, which may be because in 2016 there was also a competitive Republican primary.
But they also said the electorate was a little more moderate - not sure if that was in comparison to 2016 or to the states that voted last week.
Per MSNBC: Black share of vote in Michigan down slightly from 2016
According to Steve Kornacki, black voters made up 21% of the electorate in Michigan in 2016, and 18% this year. Doesn't mean black turnout is down, just down relative to other groups. No word yet on overall turnout.
Also, the exit poll showed only 57% of Michigan primary voters work full time for pay. Either that means a lot of the voters are retirees or unemployment is that bad in Michigan. But take that with a grain of salt, because I would expect people who work full time to vote later in the day.
Gallup: Republicans hold election enthusiasm edge
I wasn't sure if this belonged here or in General Discussion, but this isn't good at all. Voter enthusiasm overall is higher than in 2016 and on par with 2008, which sounded pretty good. But when you look at the party breakdown, it's not good for us at all. Democratic enthusiasm is on par with 2004 (58% now, 59% then), but Republican enthusiasm is at 64%, higher than ours and higher than in any other year at this time for Republicans.
In 2008 our enthusiasm level was 79% around this time and Republicans' was 44%.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/287456/americans-remain-enthusiastic-2020-election.aspx
It's really a shame that we ended up with, IMO, two relatively weak candidates as the last two men left standing when we had so many promising candidates early on.
CNN: Bloomberg wins American Samoa
Interesting. I'm guessing nobody campaigned there and he was the only one to run ads. Apparently he also had 7 full time staffers there.
BREAKING: Pete Buttigieg is also planning to endorse Biden
Edit: Found a source! Not much to report yet.
https://whtc.com/news/articles/2020/mar/02/pete-buttigieg-plans-to-endorse-joe-biden-in-democratic-primary/990323/
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