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LiberalLovinLug

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5. I honestly don't know how it will go. Nothing will surprise me.

Sun Nov 3, 2019, 03:36 PM

Nov 2019

I can see Trump winning again. If Republican voters can be convinced that Trump is being unfairly attacked and investigated, plus election fraud by the GOP, plus if there were even one potential scandal by a Democrat. Or some dirt they scrounged up after months, years, of trying to bribe other countries intelligence services. Fox and the right are experts at inflating any small indiscretion into a years long major criminal scandal.

Or, I can also see, just as many Trump voters did not reply honestly to polls about voting for Trump, this time I can see many who may respond to their pro-Trump neighbours, or a poll, as voting for him again, just staying home and not voting. And any Democrat running, no matter who it is, will win in a landslide.

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It feels like the 2020 election will be a rerun of the 2008 election. [View all] DetlefK Nov 2019 OP

I think it will be alot closer. tman Nov 2019 #1

Democrats always give repuke President's good economies and then repukes mess it up kimbutgar Nov 2019 #2

A bit less than THREE years actually, but it hasn't shown just yet. maddiemom Nov 2019 #25

Mmmmm...I don't share your optimism. roamer65 Nov 2019 #3

Let me guess 1972 or 1984? maryellen99 Nov 2019 #21

The last election as a unified republic. roamer65 Nov 2019 #23

Yep nt maryellen99 Nov 2019 #24

Disagree - it'll be a mix of 2012 and 2004. Drunken Irishman Nov 2019 #4

One other point Cosmocat Nov 2019 #7

I honestly don't know how it will go. Nothing will surprise me. LiberalLovinLug Nov 2019 #5

I hate this reality dustyscamp Nov 2019 #6

This is truly the darkest timeline. DetlefK Nov 2019 #8

We still outnumber them. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #9

Without fraud, nobody with Trump's numbers can win, even with the electoral college in place. Garrett78 Nov 2019 #12

I absolutely believe that. smirkymonkey Nov 2019 #13

Interesting thing about the soaring deficit ooky Nov 2019 #10

McCain was not a "very close friend of President George W. Bush" Polybius Nov 2019 #11

Yes. They weren't close at all. Buckeyeblue Nov 2019 #19

I'm hoping for 1932. DavidDvorkin Nov 2019 #14

Ditto NewJeffCT Nov 2019 #16

Right DavidDvorkin Nov 2019 #18

Most people don't care about the deficit NewJeffCT Nov 2019 #15

It will all be in the "rigging"... not_the_one Nov 2019 #17

yeah...but EricaGriswoldAuthor Nov 2019 #20

The difference is Trump has a base that will believe it Mr.Bill Nov 2019 #22

But are Trump voters really issue voters? I have my doubts. Mike 03 Nov 2019 #26