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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI don't think the polls are going to tighten. I think Biden's lead will grow
That said, GOTV is still the key, so we need mail in voting for everyone.
mucifer
(23,545 posts)have a ground game.
This could be a factor we are not considering.
Because we are being responsible we aren't going door to door.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)I actually get offended when someone I don't know knocks on my door these days. A guy came by about a week ago, and I didn't open the door, but opened my office window and told him I wasn't interested. I was polite, but what I really wanted to do was shout, "Don't you know we're in a pandemic???? Get off my porch." But of course I realize that he was just trying to get by.
We just need to find other ways to get through to everyone. Maybe we should run ads saying we're respecting everyone's well-being by NOT going door-to-door.
JI7
(89,250 posts)WE have the votes and we just need to make sure people actually go vote which so far they have been doing in a primary which tends to be lower . So it looks good for the GE.
So the most important thing is making sure they get to actually vote and it be counted.
WE need to keep a watch on Barr and Republicans around the country and what they are doing.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)if we have the record high turnout much harder to suppress the vote, I only see its a matter to how huge the blue tidal wave will be
stopbush
(24,396 posts)yet we seemed to be surprised at the last moment by the tactics used in GA and KY within the last couple of weeks. Why is that? Were we not aware that KY was going to close thousands of polling places for this weeks primaries? Is this what we have to expect in Nov?
Cicada
(4,533 posts)What if the virus fades away so very few are dying by Labor Day? Tens of millions will probably return to work. Trump will say he is the biggest job creator in history, and that will be true, in a sense. He can run on beating covid and beating unemployment. Or maybe when the booster $600 per week unemployment ends tens of millions will be evicted, have their cars repossessed, have credit cards cancelled. So Trump loses by 20. I see the future as unpredictable.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)Something could come out of the blue (or red I should perhaps say). A major terrorist attack in the U.S. or a few high profile horrific crimes, a few weeks before the election, by undocumented migrants who allegedly were "sheltered" from ICE, or whatever. That is the nature of the unknown, uncertainty. None of us saw coming the FBI reopening an investigation into Hillary a few weeks before the election.
Of course late breaking events can just as easily further damage Trump. He is in serious trouble and in general I think the OP is correct. The only thing we can do in the face of uncertainties is organize and GOTV, particularly the early vote, to lock in opposition to Trump.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)That is what he does. Anyone who could stop that is long gone.
stopbush
(24,396 posts)That doesnt mean that trumpCo and the Rs wont say its happening.
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)wishful thinking. And even if so, the economy is not going to be "back." A lot of the job losses are permanent.
Cicada
(4,533 posts)Because it fell so much in quarter 2. The economy will still suck Oct 1 but it will not suck as much as July 1. Trump will have economic statistics showing quarter 3 having the biggest gdp grow in history and the biggest job gain in history. Now thats only because when you dive from the high board you first go 15 feet deep and then you rise to only 5 feet deep. You are still underwater but you have made progress. Now will those record gains in quarter 3 make Trump a hero? If you know you are smarter than I am.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)It will tighten at times, but there is a chance that it could be like a dam breaking, people really hate Trump and that can snowball.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)When they see that Joe Biden is winning, they'll jump on board too. I think that reasoning is stupid, but I'll take it anyway. Getting OrangeAss out is too important.
SKKY
(11,810 posts)...we can't take anything, and I mean anything for granted. This needs to be a blow-out of Reagan - Mondale like proportions. So, no, his lead will not grow. It's going to get tighter. Much tighter. That's the attitude we must approach this with.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)stopbush
(24,396 posts)Worrying that one tempts karma by feeling very positive about our chances does nothing but give you agita.
Worrying that the race will tighten does nothing but upset the person doing the worrying UNLESS that worry gets translated into positive action that 1. Starts with the worrier making sure they cast their vote come hell or high water, AND 2. said worrier does all they can to PROACTIVELY get out the vote OF PEOPLE WHO DONT NORMALLY VOTE, and to do their best to get them to vote for Biden.
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)will lose. Or if they are too optismistic about their team's chances it will lose. Nope.
Steelrolled
(2,022 posts)That one works every time!
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)Campaign as if Biden is down by 10 points instead of up. Trump will pull out all the stops to cheat, even if it means murdering Democratic voters.