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Blue_Tires

(57,596 posts)
20. Yes, we get it already...
Sat Nov 23, 2024, 02:07 PM
Nov 23

Despite the excitement and enthusiasm and donations and endorsements and voting registrations and early turnout and curb stomping Donnie during the debate and being universally superior to Donnie on every hot button issue except for MAYBE immigration and actually being able to speak and think coherently, at the end of the day there was no way in HELL a sufficient number of white Dems were going to ever vote for a black woman... I've been played like a fucking mark by the pundits, pollsters and voters, but lesson learned.

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My wife says True Dough Nov 23 #1
But the polls weren't correct... Think. Again. Nov 23 #2
No, Trump did not win by a large margin. yardwork Nov 23 #10
Hmmm, just enough to not trigger recounts but within a "reasonable" margin. Think. Again. Nov 23 #15
Yes. yardwork Nov 23 #17
I knew it would be razor thin either way. underpants Nov 23 #3
There was a lot of self-censorship on here as well dalton99a Nov 23 #4
Strategies? Septua Nov 23 #5
+1. Obama was elected twice. dalton99a Nov 23 #12
Harris is only 1.5 million votes behind Trump as of right now. Elessar Zappa Nov 23 #19
It's really difficult DeepWinter Nov 23 #6
I disagree that "as we expand out, we lose people." yardwork Nov 23 #8
I thought the polls were accurate, but I was over optimistic. yardwork Nov 23 #7
Before the election, I didn't believe Progressive dog Nov 23 #9
And they lie. They lie to friends and family, and they lie to pollsters dalton99a Nov 23 #11
In two "prediction" threads I had Trump winning with 292 EVs Prairie Gates Nov 23 #13
after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same Jersey Devil Nov 23 #14
The polling disregarded most was Joe's favorability hovering around and under 40% since Nov 2021 andym Nov 23 #16
Yup. Elessar Zappa Nov 23 #18
Yes, we get it already... Blue_Tires Nov 23 #20
Well, I've personally come to no conclusion about why MineralMan Nov 23 #21
I know why... Blue_Tires Nov 23 #22
Well, that's the difference between you and me, I guess. MineralMan Nov 23 #23
Since black voters got screwed the hardest Blue_Tires Nov 23 #24
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