And can you point to ANYTHING which shows that Biden's gaffes have cost him a single vote? Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXXHow about half the Democrats in the country wanting a different nominee.
I do not "cherry-pick" numbers. I use FiveThirtyEight and RealClearPolitics which average together ALL polls done by ALL polling companies. The average by those 2 sources is -12.3% and -10.8% respectively, with both sources showing a significant drop in Trump's ratings over the past few weeks. If I was to cherry-pick, I would cite a poll by Morning Consult which has Trump at -23% approval rating.Can you show us a time when a candidate was opposed by every major network news show, the major newspapers, and nearly every polling outfit and still beat the smartest woman in the world?
No POTUS has won reelection with a negative approval rating. That is fact. Trump currently has a negative approval rating. That is fact. You have to go back almost a solid moth to find any poll in which Trump is positive in ANY poll on approval ratings.
At no time have I said Trump's approval rating will be negative on November 3rd. I believe it will be but we shall see. I have also stated several times that if any POTUS could win with a negative approval rating, it would be Trump. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX
Can you show us a time when a candidate was opposed by every major network news show, the major newspapers, and nearly every polling outfit and still beat the smartest woman in the world? Originally Posted by the_real_BarleycornObaminable beat her, but ....
How about half the Democrats in the country wanting a different nominee. Originally Posted by Jacuzzme
Again, you are playing basically with numbers at this point.Donald Trump has an approval rating of 41.7%. -12.2% according to 538. It was -3.9% on March 28th. He is at 43.1%, -10.8% according to RCP. He was -2.0% on March 29th. Joe Biden's favorability rating is at 44.3% according to RCP, fairly equal to Trump. But the unfavorable percent is 45.7%, -1.2% compared to Trump's -10.8%.
Both GW Bush and Obama had just squeaked on 50% approval ratings at their reelections. GW reasonably close to 50% during the entire year of his reelection, while Obama was closer to 45% for most of the year leading up to reelection and on only jumping to 50% right before.
Trump is sitting about 42% where Obama was at 46% at similar times. Well within the margin of error of the polling.
And if you are looking historically, Trump's favorability according to RCP was -21% at about a 37% favorability rating and he won the election. Originally Posted by eccielover
How about half the Democrats in the country wanting a different nominee. Originally Posted by JacuzzmeDemocrats who do not favor Biden over Sanders, Warren and other Democrats have a choice to make. Biden or Trump? There is little to support any supposition that those Democratic voters will support Trump. Some will. The overwhelming majority will support Biden.
Can you show us a time when a candidate was opposed by every major network news show, the major newspapers, and nearly every polling outfit and still beat the smartest woman in the world? Originally Posted by the_real_BarleycornSmartest woman in the world? Who possibly ran the dumbest campaign in the history of U.S. politics. Trump ran the superior campaign and deserved to win.
Or- Stay home in disgust to plot the next "non-violence". Originally Posted by oeb11Staying home is certainly an option. Many voters took that option in 2016. Turnout was about 56%. A 20 year low. Pathetic. The U.S. ranks 26th out of 32 similar countries in voter turnout. Belgium has 87% voter turnout. Sweden 82%. Denmark 80%. Mexico 66%.
Smartest woman in the world? Who possibly ran the dumbest campaign in the history of U.S. politics. Trump ran the superior campaign and deserved to win. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXXHindsight is a wonderful quality ...
10-20-2016, 08:03 AM #21They are:
SpeedRacerXXX
This election is OVER. Republicans should start focusing on 2020. Unless a bomb hits between now and November 8th there is no way Trump can overcome the lead that Clinton has in the polls. For those of you who are still not believing the polls . . . we'll see in a handful of days how accurate they are.
Republicans should start focusing on 2020.
Hindsight is a wonderful quality ...I was wrong in 2016. I was dead-on in 2018. You sat on the sidelines both times. To paraphrase an old saying "Better to have played and lost than never to have played at all."
They are: Originally Posted by LexusLover
Smartest woman in the world? Who possibly ran the dumbest campaign in the history of U.S. politics. Trump ran the superior campaign and deserved to win. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX
I was wrong in 2016. I was dead-on in 2018. You sat on the sidelines both times. To paraphrase an old saying "Better to have played and lost than never to have played at all."
I'm surprised to don't get on the case of all the Trump supporters who predicted Republicans would hold the House in 2018. Everyone but eccielover missed, just as I missed in 2016. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX
you predicted Michelle or Hilary would steal the nomination, a few months ago.. you're all over the place with wild notions.
Biden goes down - Bernie will return and claim the nomination.
it would be the best thing that could happen in America.
Unless Pence inherited the nomination for some reason. Originally Posted by oeb11
I was wrong in 2016. I was dead-on in 2018. You sat on the sidelines both times. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXXActually, I didn't sit "on the sidelines"!