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(6,849 posts) Wed May 20, 2020, 08:20 PM May 2020

Trump will lose in a landslide because of the economy, new election model predicts [View all]

Source: CNN

The economy has gone from President Donald Trump's greatest political asset to perhaps his biggest weakness.

Unemployment is spiking at an unprecedented rate. Consumer spending is vanishing. And GDP is collapsing. History shows that dreadful economic trends like these spell doom for sitting presidents seeking reelection.
The coronavirus recession will cause Trump to suffer a "historic defeat" in November, a national election model released Wednesday by Oxford Economics predicted.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/20/business/economy-election-trump-biden-jobs/index.html

Obviously there's so much work to do, but this headline is nice to see.

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Trump will lose in a landslide because of the economy, new election model predicts [View all] budkin May 2020 OP

GOTV, my friends. muntrv May 2020 #1

Yeah, but if any outsiders like the last election get in Doreen May 2020 #2

Thats how he needs to lose; BIG. oldsoftie May 2020 #3

large voting turnouts are always good for democracy ArizonaLib May 2020 #7

Trump incompetence on COVID caused the economy collapse bucolic_frolic May 2020 #4

Get ready for the nastiest smear campaign (against Joe Biden) in American history. Doodley May 2020 #5

Yep, and the Dems will get just as nasty. paleotn May 2020 #8

And Obama MFM008 May 2020 #16

Yep. And they know just how to push his buttons.... paleotn May 2020 #18

Sorry, but NO ONE can be as nasty as Trump... regnaD kciN May 2020 #35

Vote by mail.... paleotn May 2020 #6

My prediction: Biden will win Pennsylvania and Ohio FakeNoose May 2020 #37

The recent Wisconsin Supreme Court election result gives me hope Zambero May 2020 #38

Love this! FakeNoose May 2020 #39

Take it for what it's worth FormerWIRepub May 2020 #41

This sure as hell isn't the time to get overconfident. (nt) Paladin May 2020 #9

Once you apply the 'russian interference factor. olddad65 May 2020 #10

I would tend to agree with you. I remember predictions plastered all over DU four years ago totodeinhere May 2020 #13

Hillary had it in the bag too sellitman May 2020 #11

Exactly. 80k non-voters gave it to trump. Dont let him get CLOSE. nt oldsoftie May 2020 #12

The Russians gave it to Trump. olddad65 May 2020 #21

The russians didnt cast any votes. And neither did a lot of democrats. oldsoftie May 2020 #26

Yes they did. sellitman May 2020 #36

+100,000 this. paleotn May 2020 #19

We shouldn't get complacent. sakabatou May 2020 #14

The economy was great. Then coronavirus took a colossal dump on it. Initech May 2020 #15

Hope So colsohlibgal May 2020 #17

Trump isn't a president, he is a fascist dictator. olddad65 May 2020 #24

The 2020 election will be a bloody(hope not physical) disaster. maddiemom May 2020 #30

Republicans haven't actually won a presidential election since Bush Sr. Nothing new. live love laugh May 2020 #20

I read the source story, and it says: Foolacious May 2020 #22

Yeah, your vote no longer matters, but get out in vote. olddad65 May 2020 #25

Concern noted N/T Foolacious May 2020 #42

I don't trust trump from meddling liberal N proud May 2020 #23

I will not believe it until Fox cable news announces it. kimbutgar May 2020 #27

He needs to have the biggest, greatest, hugest loss in American electoral history. SeattleVet May 2020 #28

Post removed Post removed May 2020 #29

Trump doesn't have a clue as to what is coming in November.. Stuart G May 2020 #31

he will lose because of his "response" to coroavirus Skittles May 2020 #32

I will not believe (or even read) stories like this. Steelrolled May 2020 #33

The same model was predicting that he would WIN in a landslide pre-COVID-19... regnaD kciN May 2020 #34

Hopefully. area51 May 2020 #40