The 2024 US Presidential Election Discussion thread

[david44]

For higher risk punters a range of odds via PP

e.g.Kamala Harris to Win 54% or More of Popular Vote now 7-1


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[baldrick]

Queensland election is on the 26th , and I kid you not , the conservatives are keen to win so that they can criminalise abortion again , right before they rescind the royalty tax on miners and sell what is left of the public assets to their mates

And the are 1.05 to win

It is not just seppoland

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For higher risk punters a range of odds via PP

e.g.Kamala Harris to Win 54% or More of Popular Vote now 7-1


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I expect Harris to win the popular vote. Sadly that won’t make her President, unless she wins the electoral college vote. Anything to get rid of the orange felon.

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Queensland election is on the 26th , and I kid you not , the conservatives are keen to win so that they can criminalise abortion again , right before they rescind the royalty tax on miners and sell what is left of the public assets to their mates

And the are 1.05 to win

It is not just seppoland

Llife will go on in Oz. Politics is cyclic, except if the Orange wrecking ball gets in and becomes President, it poses serious risks at home and abroad for everyone.

[harrybarracuda]

The Nobel prize winner for Economics:

Acemoglu told reporters in Athens that data gathered by pro-democracy groups showed that public institutions and rule of law in many parts of the world were currently being weakened.
"Authoritarian growth is often more unstable and doesn't generally lead to very rapid and original innovation," he said, referring to China as "a bit of a challenge".
Johnson told Reuters by telephone that established institutions in the United States were under stress, notably due to Donald Trump's refusal to acknowledge he lost the 2020 election.
"I think that's the biggest concern that I see in the industrialised world," he said, adding the Nov 5 presidential election was "a serious stress test" for US democracy.

[David48atTD]

I really like watching Ari Melber ... just the unfiltered facts, no hype, no BS

Watch the clip below, for the time poor, from the 3.35 min mark

[David48atTD]

... and this one made me cry.

[David48atTD]

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https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/latest_polls/national_president/index.html

[David48atTD]

^ Yes, national polls ... which Hillary C won ... and lost the election. It's the swing states which count.

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Georgia was one of the most watched and nail-biting states in the 2020 election, with Joe Biden defeating Donald Trump by a margin of just 0.23 per cent. Trump and his allies tried everything to “find 11,780 votes”, eventually resorting to claiming the election was stolen.
Republicans in the state have overhauled election laws, against the strong opposition of Democrats.
And people who maintain the last election was stolen are now in positions responsible for supervising and certifying the next one.
Will Georgia again be an epicentre of election court challenges in this year's election between Trump and Kamala Harris?
Is it actually possible to steal an election?
And is it enough to run a free and fair election, if people don’t believe it was?

The ABC's US elections analyst Casey Briggs visits Atlanta, Georgia, to find out.

CAN YOU STEAL AN ELECTION?

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[david44]

Why education level has become the best predictor for how someone will vote | CNN Politics

[Norton]

It's the swing states which count.

Absolutely and Harris will do well. Betting 300+ when all is said and done.

[beachbound]

Unbelievable that this race is as close as it is.
At a town hall, today, the Orange Imbecile “danced” for 30 minutes.

[MarilynMonroe]

^Entertainer, not president material. Trump has inspired a tik tok challenge. Go figure.

[MarilynMonroe]

Trump inspires Tik Tok Challenge. Unfreakinbelievable! lmao. Trump has got to be the biggest joke around.

[harrybarracuda]

So Kamala went on Fox News.

Which means now they can bait baldy orange cunto into going on MSNBC.

Fuck wouldn't it be funny if Rachel Maddow had a crack at him.

[beachbound]

So Kamala went on Fox News.

Which means now they can bait baldy orange cunto into going on MSNBC.

Fuck wouldn't it be funny if Rachel Maddow had a crack at him.

Would love see that, but if he backed out of 60 Minutes, there’s no way in hell a Rachel Maddow interview would happen. He’ll continue to stay in his lane, doing his 40-minute double jack off dance, and soft ball interviews, for the last 20 days.

[Looper]

Trump seems to have mellowed in his interviewing style in the past 2 months.



In this Bloomberg interview he comes across as quite measured.

[beachbound]

Trump seems to have mellowed in his interviewing style in the past 2 months.
In this Bloomberg interview he comes across as quite measured.

quite measured? Compared to what, a raving lunatic?Just more of his lies and bullshit ideas.

[misskit]

So Kamala went on Fox News.

Which means now they can bait baldy orange cunto into going on MSNBC.

Fuck wouldn't it be funny if Rachel Maddow had a crack at him.

Ha! Trump seems to be worse for the wear. Will he even do more interviews?


"Not able to run for two weeks": Trump cancels NRA rally appearance amid decline concerns

Former President Donald Trump abruptly cancelled an appearance at an NRA event in Savannah, Georgia, fueling public concerns about his mental state.


Trump was slated to headline the “Defend the 2nd” rally on Oct. 22. The Trump campaign cited a scheduling conflict in pulling out of that event, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The gun advocacy group later scrapped the entire event.


The cancellation follows an appearance at the Economic Club of Chicago on Tuesday, in which interviewer John Micklethwait repeatedly pressed Trump on his rambling non-answers and topic changes. A day before that appearance, Trump similarly confused an audience at a Pennsylvania town hall when he paused questions for over half an hour to sway along to his playlist on stage.


Trump has been on a cancellation tear, pulling out of several planned interviews in recent days.


Per CNN’s Brian Stelter, Trump reportedly “suddenly scrapped” a planned interview with NBC News senior business correspondent Christine Romans penciled in for Monday morning in Philadelphia. He had previously cancelled a stop by CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” citing another purported scheduling conflict.


The cancellations follow a “60 Minutes” interview which Trump unexpectedly pulled out of two weeks ago. That move followed another appearance where Trump seemed somewhat lost.


The diminished campaigning schedule is sure to raise eyebrows as critics question whether the 78-year-old former president is fit to continue campaigning at a competitive pace.





Trump has canceled:


- 60 Minutes
- CNBC
- 2nd Debate w Kamala
- NBC interview
- Hasn't confirmed CNN Town Hall


and now canceled a NRA rally.


He's weak and weird. Not able to run for two weeks and won't make it for 4 years. pic.twitter.com/e7FbWVtrrD


— Keith Edwards (@keithedwards) October 17, 2024




“[He is] not able to run for two weeks and won't make it for 4 years,” Keith Edwards, a Democratic strategist, wrote on X.


In contrast, Vice President Kamala Harris is ramping up media appearances. Harris is reportedly in talks to appear on Joe Rogan’s podcast after a tense sit-down with Fox News’s Bret Baier.

"Not able to run for two weeks": Trump cancels NRA rally appearance amid decline concerns

[nidhogg]

Trump seems to have mellowed in his interviewing style in the past 2 months

In this Bloomberg interview he comes across as quite measured.

[Stumpy]

quite measured? Compared to what, a raving lunatic?Just more of his lies and bullshit ideas.

Looper says Measured? .

Trump is clearly running out lies and now is starting to forget what he lied about so he has to think more on how to cover them up.

My dad and I couldn't stop laughing when he said the insurgence on the capital building was a Day of Love. WTF. People died.

[harrybarracuda]

Thankfully his mic broke in Detroit so he spent 16 minutes looking like more of a c u n t than usual.

[Looper]

quite measured? Compared to what...

Compared to what he sounded like in most previous interviews over the past few years

...a raving lunatic?

Exactly

[Molle]

My dad and I couldn't stop laughing when he said the insurgence on the capital building was a Day of Love. WTF. People died.

What kind of country is US that might vote for that person once again as if nothing has happened?
What kind of excuses do his followers invent for themselves to be able to do that?

[david44]

What kind of country is US

When I studied there in the last century the main difference to Europe seemed to be scale, more churches, guns, consumption, bigger cars , portions ,since that time the cars have got smaller but the people got bigger.

Junk Food , Supersize me Sugar and hidden sugars plus GMO have replaced the tobacco dopamine fix for the oldies while the new generation are hooked on screens like everywhere else.

The heady mix of religion plus ready access to assault weapons is a heady cocktail.