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Showing Original Post only (View all)Will Trump be easier or harder to beat this time? [View all]
*** Reasons it could be harder to defeat Trump this time:... Much of Trump's own party establishment was speaking out against him last time, weakening support, but now they are all for him.
... Trump's fundraising is much stronger this time than last time
... People who were uneasy at the prospect of a Trump presidency last time may feel it wasn't as bad as they feared
... There is always the advantage of being an incumbent, including lots of free coverage
... People generally see the economy as strong
*** Reasons it could be easier to defeat Trump this time:
... There are Trump voters who are not happy with him (or were reluctant Trump voters in the first place) who may be inclined to vote differently this time.
... We probably won't have a candidate as unpopular (outside the base) as Hillary was
... We won't have a Comey surprise
... Seeing how close the election was (when so many expected Trump to lose), people may be less inclined to "waste" their anti-Trump votes on a third party
What do you think?
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I think it will be easier to defeat Trump this time | |
6 (40%) |
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I think it will be harder to defeat Trump this time | |
9 (60%) |
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If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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the blue wave is still ongoing , combined with never trumpers who are not going to vote.
Kurt V.
Feb 2020
#3
No, the swing state numbers have to be outside of MOE to beat Trump. Biden only does that
uponit7771
Feb 2020
#6
Yes we did, save MI Sanders is within MOE in swing states where as Biden has more states.
uponit7771
Feb 2020
#11
That's not the 3 month avg, Sanders Fl avg now in RCP is .3 that's losing to an incumbent.
uponit7771
Feb 2020
#20
Right, and the margins were bad enough in the wrong places that Trump was hard to beat then, too.
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2020
#19
We had Russian interference last time, and we'll probably have Russian interference this time.
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#10
It's going to be a lot worse and a lot more blatant this time. There is nothing stopping them.
Squinch
Feb 2020
#12
If Bernie is the candidate, there are other pros and cons specific to him...
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#21