"Donald Trump is going to lose because he's lost his grip on swing voters - and won't get them back"

[writes3000]

Today’s opinion piece from the Cleveland Plain Dealer is 🔥. I’m glad to see this coming out of Ohio.

Some choice sections....

“Donald Trump is going to lose because he’s lost his grip on swing voters - and won’t get them back

Swing voters overlooked a lot before turning on President Donald Trump. For more than five years, they left pollsters with the unmistakable impression there was no such thing as a Trump tipping point.

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Biden will beat Trump because Biden is a genuine human being. Trump can’t demonize Biden the way he did Hillary Clinton, though he’ll probably resort to even more outright fabrications in an effort to do just that.

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But most importantly, they know Trump made little more than a halfhearted effort to prevent Americans from dying of a virus that has already killed more of them than the Korean and Vietnam wars combined.

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The whole piece is worth reading:

https://www.cleveland.com/opinion/2020/07/donald-trump-is-going-to-lose-because-hes-lost-his-grip-on-swing-voters-and-wont-get-them-back.html

[ZZenith]

1. Holy Shit, that's some plain dealing right there.

[Funtatlaguy]

7. I see what you did there. Clever.

[ZZenith]

8. The name of that outfit has always cracked me up.

Who couldn’t trust such an outlet for news when they tell you right up front they ain’t lyin’.

[Funtatlaguy]

9. Fair and Balanced sure fooled a lot of people.

[ZZenith]

12. To our eternal chagrin.

[smirkymonkey]

2. K&R

Excellent article!

[Skittles]

3. I can't even say "better late than never" without feeling sick

is THAT all it took? 140,00 unnecessary deaths?

[Aussie105]

4. Swing voters be like . . .

'Oh, no, that is just one step too far!'

Normal voters be like . . .

'Just more proof he is totally nuts.'

Rusted on Repug voters be like . . .

'He is my leader. I will follow him to the gates of Hell!'

Democratic party voters be like . . .

'Oh the agony! How could our President be so obtuse?'

Me, far away in Australia be like . . .

'Come on America! Sort this mess. Sort it NOW! Your very existence is at stake here!'

[writes3000]

5. We're motivated. Trust us. It looks like it's going to get worse as the wheels come off.

[SergeStorms]

18. Very well explained.

And we're trying to sort this mess out, believe me. G'day, mate.

[Xipe Totec]

6. The "What have you done for me lately" brigade has come to the rescue. Yay! nt

[Firestorm49]

10. As long as we don't have outright civil war by Election Day.

[paleotn]

17. We're not.

[Firestorm49]

11. He and Barr have a different plan.

For them, it’s now or never.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. He's going to lose because by election day the US will look like Dickensian England

Evictions, defaults, pandemic, food banks overwhelmed and understaffed, homelessness .... it's coming.

[BigmanPigman]

14. He lost his GRIP ON REALITY!

That is another reason people are turning on him...they can SEE things are getting worse and his pressers/rallies and Fux interviews are showing he is crazy as a bed bug!

[brush]

15. Yes, he's insane. Wants to have huge rallies in the midst of a pandemic...

and is flabbergasted that Dem governors won't allow it.

In-fucking-sane.

[paleotn]

16. And he's doing everything within his power...

to increase his loss of swing voters, over 65's, suburban women...fill in the blank. Other than Rethuglican base racists. He's got them down pat.

[dchill]

19. Plainly Dealt!

[ChoppinBroccoli]

20. I Heard From A Very Knowledgable Source.........

.............that Trump's strategy this time around is to try to "beat the bushes" and squeeze MORE votes out of an ever-shrinking segment of the population. He knows he's lost most of the swing voters, so he's going to try to get more racists to vote for him. That's why what you'll see in the coming months (and you're already starting to see it a little bit) is he'll double down on the racism, trying to get MORE of the racist vote. It's literally his ONLY path to victory, and even that might not be enough.

For example, one of the more reliable voting blocs is the older white folks. They generally eat up the racist the stuff, and they generally break hard for Republicans. From what I've heard, the older white voting bloc has softened due to the Coronavirus (the person didn't say whether it was because they disapproved of Trump's handling of the virus, or if it was because they were DYING). However, he said that that voting bloc could possibly harden over the next few months if Trump goes back to the whole "take back our country from the people trying to steal it from us" racist rhetoric. So that's why I think you'll see Trump go even more racist over the next few months. He's trying to squeeze more votes out of an ever-shrinking base.

According to this person, the odds are "heavily against him" being able to find enough votes to overcome the swing voters he's already lost.