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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,922 posts)
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 07:34 PM Jul 2020

Biden could win by just flipping a single state. Suddenly it's in play

Ever since Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, Democrats have studied maps and data, strategizing on the most efficient way to defeat him in 2020.

As that election showed, Democrats could win the majority of votes in the country, but still lose the election in the Electoral College.

There are some complicated paths for victory for Democrats, some of which involve flipping as many as four states that went for Trump in 2016.

A simpler one is for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden to win all the states that Hillary Clinton won and then flip Florida and Arizona, which would get him 272 electoral votes and victory.

But there is one scenario that only involves flipping one state — and then Biden is the next President of the United States. That state would be Texas. If Biden wins all of the states Clinton won and just flipped Texas, he would have exactly 270 electoral votes.

The Texas scenario is rarely talked about for a reason. Democrats haven’t won the state in a presidential election since 1976. And Clinton’s 9-point loss was the closest margin in 20 years. Nine points is a lot!

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-could-win-by-just-flipping-a-single-state-suddenly-its-in-play/ar-BB16JF9b?li=BBnb7Kz

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Biden could win by just flipping a single state. Suddenly it's in play (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2020 OP
remember when a recent dems candidate chased arizona? nt msongs Jul 2020 #1
Yeah, I remember.. AZ8theist Jul 2020 #2
I'm not worried about the election. I'm worried about the ratfucking. Anybody have a strategy for abqtommy Jul 2020 #3
Stocked up on supplies. Not much else one can do. Kaleva Jul 2020 #4
It's just not reasonable for Texas to be a tipping point state unblock Jul 2020 #5
If Texas flips, Trump's gettin' slaughtered. backscatter712 Jul 2020 #6
I'm dreaming of a 50 state washout demtenjeep Jul 2020 #7

unblock

(52,196 posts)
5. It's just not reasonable for Texas to be a tipping point state
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 08:43 PM
Jul 2020

We may well win Texas, but it's just not plausible that in any scenario where we win Texas, Donnie still wins every other state he won in 2016.

How does Biden win Texas *and* lose Michigan, for instance?

If we're winning Texas, we're getting way more than 270 electoral votes.

backscatter712

(26,355 posts)
6. If Texas flips, Trump's gettin' slaughtered.
Tue Jul 14, 2020, 08:47 PM
Jul 2020

At that point, he's gonna lose multiple red states. Hell, in that scenario, he'll be struggling to not lose half of the Bible Belt.

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