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  • OhWell [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    No, he has a point. Five Thirty Eight ran articles all through 2016 pointing out how the polls were really not a good reflection of reality for Clinton. She truly had a slim lead, but the mainstream media wasn't saying that.

    Biden's lead is bigger, whether we want to acknowledge that or not. He is still disliked by the common person, but he don't have the baggage that Hillary has. One thing that is really hurting Trump's chances has been his response to the pandemic. In a regular election season, the polls would be much tighter and he'd be looking at a win. But the pandemic has changed all of that for him and it's really the only reason Biden is looking to cruise to an easy victory.

    • Churnthrow123 [none/use name]
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      Biden is up more or less the same as Hillary was in mid-October. The idea that the Comey letter actually changed anyone's mind is laughable cope that the pollsters used to save face.

      The Dems playbook in the time of Trump is to passive-aggressively ignore anyone they don't like, and just hope that lack of attention means no one votes for them. They did it with Bernie the entire primary cycle, and they're doing it with Trump as well.

      • OhWell [he/him]
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        Biden is up more or less the same as Hillary was in mid-October. The idea that the Comey letter actually changed anyone’s mind is laughable cope that the pollsters used to save face.

        No, he's not. He's up even more so than Hillary was. Have you seen polls per state? Biden leads Trump in Georgia of all places. A state he hasn't stepped foot in. Clinton tied Trump in Georgia around the summer of 2016 and went on to lose by less than 5 points.

        Whether we want to acknowledge it or not, Biden is doing a lot better than Hillary was. The pandemic has changed everything. I have zero doubt that in a regular election season, Trump would've went around doing rallies everywhere while Biden was locked in the basement and only coming out every now and then to say some WTF off the wall racist stuff about black people and it would've sunk him. But the pandemic has changed everything and Trump's poor response of it, has played into Dems favor.

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          If you believe Biden has a chance in Georgia, there's just no communicating reality. Polls like that should trigger alarm bells in your mind that "these are all being manipulated", not "wow, Orange Man is finished!!"

          • EvilCorgi [they/them]
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            well you're right that there really is no communicating with you