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At the moment the short answer is No.
Looking just at the 2020 polls, an election observer could be forgiven for thinking that former Vice President Joe Biden has an easy path to unseating Trump. Yet few prognosticators are proclaiming an impending Biden victory. Perhaps this is because, despite a similar deficit in the summer of 2016, then-candidate Trump surprised everyone with an election night victory over his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
A big part of that 2016 story is late-deciding voters decisively breaking towards Trump, potentially handing him victory and several swing states. One post-election analysis (APPOR 2016 Post-Election Report) found that Trump gained an average of 1% nationally and 3% in four swing states due to outperforming Clinton among the roughly one-in-eight voters making their decision in the week before Election Day.
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This year, undecided voters are more likely to be female, less likely to have a college degree, more likely to be younger, and are more likely to be a person of color.
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Interesting analysis.
CaliforniaPeggy
(152,289 posts)In the meantime, GOTV!
mzmolly
(51,685 posts)Aristus
(68,515 posts)I tell you, if I ever meet one of those sick, vile, disgusting, brainless, warthog turds who voted for Trump to "shake things up", I will visit upon him a thrashing that will make the Battle of Stalingrad look like a schoolyard pushy-pushy...
mzmolly
(51,685 posts)hlthe2b
(106,558 posts)My gawd. Is Candy Crush really that captivating?
empedocles
(15,751 posts)SWBTATTReg
(24,245 posts)same thing turning for trump in 2020 (like I did in 2016)'. First of all, Moore is a publicity hound obviously (IMHO). Announcing that trump is on path to winning in 2020 too like he did ranks of gross incompetence as a news reporter, trying to make the news instead of simply reporting on it. And making the prediction despite a flood of corrected polls (in 2020 vs. the flawed ones in 2016) that show Biden up in almost every damn one of them, by solid numbers.
A publicity hound, don't pay attention to Moore, his flash in the pan is gone and done with.
mzmolly
(51,685 posts)doom and gloom. He should stick to film making vs. his crystal ball bullshit.
SWBTATTReg
(24,245 posts)his poor timing, etc. Too much exposure doesn't help either.
SergeStorms
(19,312 posts)"People listened to me and corrected their wrongs. Hooray for me!"
SergeStorms
(19,312 posts)for Trump's victory. 10 days before the election he announces another investigation into Hillary's emails after discovering some of them on Weiner's computer. He has no evidence that's anything's amiss, he just sees them on Weiner's computer and his big mouth starts flapping. Of course there's nothing new with those emails, they'd all been examined before and there was nothing illegal about them, but by opening his gaping maw he sows enough doubt in some voter's minds to swing the election.
And then there's Donny's buddy Vlad. His lies and distortions throughout the internet also put many people off about Hillary. I don't think any woman in history has had more lies and distortions directed at her than Hillary Clinton.
Added together, those two heinous acts cost Hillary more than enough votes to swing the election to The Orange Asshole.
mzmolly
(51,685 posts)I'm sure they'll pull some shit again, but hopefully the electorate will be focused on real news and issues.
yardwork
(64,602 posts)It was an absolutely disgraceful episode in American history. I blame the New York Times.
Doug.Goodall
(1,241 posts)Joe Biden is beating Trump, and that is not going to change before election day.
BlueWavePsych
(3,056 posts)... are likely no longer enamored.