• elgordino@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    On a national poll the dems need to be about 5 points ahead to be in with a shot of taking the electoral college.

    This is a step in the right direction, lots of work to do though. I’m hopeful the more folks see of Harris, rather than their pre-existing largely meme originated opinions, the more they’ll like her.

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      3 months ago

      No, they just need to be about 1% ahead in each of the the seven or eight swing states.

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            3 months ago

            Typically that’s how it works out. It’s not like it’s a hard and fast rule… but it’s generally pretty close.

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            3 months ago

            They do when you take into account that democrats traditionally vastly over perform in their stronghold states like NY and CA in a way that’s inefficient for the electoral college. It’s why democrats usually win the popular vote even if they lose the election.

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      3 months ago

      I think this number is a little high, but I really want to see a blowout so this is a great goal. The number I heard was about 3%.

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      3 months ago

      Maybe Harris will spank him so hard in the debate that a bunch of republicans will stay home instead of voting at all