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In reply to the discussion: Prediction: Biden wins by a lot more than people are expecting [View all]Withywindle
(9,989 posts)The part about the Republican-leaning polls overestimating Trump's support reminded me very much of 2012, when the RW had their own little reality-bubble with their own polls that showed Romney likely to beat Obama.
My boss at the time was a conservative - not a hateful racist/homophobic one, but of the libertarian type common among straight white Gen X dudes from fairly privileged backgrounds, so while we sparred about politics it wasn't usually very aggressive. He said to me, "Well, I just want you to be prepared, you might be upset tomorrow. I understand, but please don't bring it into the office." He really thought Obama was going to lose.
I just nodded and said, "I think I'll be fine." Sure enough, I was!
This time around, I think you have to be pretty far gone into the cult to even think Trump's chances are good at all. Minimizing it by, "well, yeah, he'll probably lose - but it won't be a humiliating landslide!" is already admitting more than I would expect mainstream RW pundits to do.