While election almost certain to be decided by swing states, pollsters explain why growth in national polls is meaningful


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  • Tired and bored
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    7 hours ago

    As a non-american this scares me.

    What the fuck does Trump have to offer to the average citizen? He is basing his campaign on

    • tax cuts for the extra rich
    • iMmIgRaNtS (who Harris wants to stop anyways)
    • licking the ass of Putin and Nethanyau
    • nifty
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      44 hours ago

      Trumps pov is easy to understand, and so he’s easy to buy. You only need to stroke Trumps ego and speak his language and he’s on your side. That’s why Republican politicians think they can control him, except he’s too neurotic and unstable, likely because of narcissism made worse by dementia.

      No one really votes for Republicans, that’s why they have to gerrymander and keep the electoral college alive. There’s like maybe 35%-37% of the American pop. which really supports their pov. The swing states are only ever an issue because of voter disenfranchisement, not because people actually swing. Very few people actually swing vote.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 hours ago

        The electoral college favors Republicans but the narrative that “no one really votes for Republicans” is fucking bullshit

        Yes, they tend to lose the popular vote but even then % wise, it’s way closer than it should be.

        The way you phrase it, makes it seem like they are a fringe group that through cheating manages to win even if they only have half as many votes as the Democrats.

        They are popular even with, or perhaps actually because of, all of the racism, sexism and fascist tendencies. Do not downplay that.

    • @[email protected]
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      55 hours ago

      As an American, this scares me.

      I try to share this site when national pole articles come out, because these are the only numbers that matter in our election. It doesn’t matter how blue California is if they rat-fuck the elections in the swing states.

    • @[email protected]
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      76 hours ago

      Unfortunately, politics is teams sports in this country. Too many people are concerned with their side winning rather than what is best for the country or even for themselves. The propaganda machine has pushed people to support a small subset of issues as the biggest issues and these are often not the issues that actually have any impact on the day-to-day lives of most Americans. Critical thinking is not part of the discourse anymore for a large percentage, just rhetoric and slogans.

      • @[email protected]
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        45 hours ago

        You’re not mentioning racism and sexism, which is at least as important as what you’re describing.

    • @[email protected]
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      5 hours ago

      He is similar to popular non-Americans like Berlusconi, Meloni, Le Pen, and Kickl. Americans aren’t unique in that regard.