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beachbumbob

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5. This is 2018 on steroids, zero relationship to 2016 and for the first time

Reply to CrispyQ (Reply #2)

Tue Oct 20, 2020, 03:11 PM

Oct 2020

In my 50 years of being politically involved, democratic voters and supporters are fuel by anger and we out number the opposition. The grave mistakes by the pundit class is looking at 2020 without factoring the anger. 2018 was fueled by anger.

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The real story : House-district polling is telling a grim story for Trump. [View all] sunonmars Oct 2020 OP

After all the threads today with the neck and neck garbage, good to hear. LizBeth Oct 2020 #1

we forget this,the house districts are a microcasm of the overall picture.You can get good info here sunonmars Oct 2020 #3

Absolutely. The real battles are district by district. Just a handful can tip an election. Midnight Writer Oct 2020 #7

The media wants a horse race, but this isn't 2016. CrispyQ Oct 2020 #2

And the media complicity for five years. LakeArenal Oct 2020 #4

This is 2018 on steroids, zero relationship to 2016 and for the first time beachbumbob Oct 2020 #5

tRUMP, Republicans, & Putin tricked people in 2016 into thinking HRC & Dems were the failed problem. WyattKansas Oct 2020 #6

Russia can't fool any more voters; the fools are already fooled and we ain't buying it. lagomorph777 Oct 2020 #8