US Presidential Election 2024

[Jattdogg]

16 minutes ago, spacemunky said:

I have a very good friend that lives in the US. Talked to him today and him and his family are very worried about tomorrow.

 

It will all be forgotten in 4 years. Positive? Lol

[leicsmac]

And so we come to it at last.

 

Fivethirtyeight actually shows the slightest tilt towards Harris in its final prediction. But it is still functionally 50/50.

 

Let it begin.

[The Horse's Mouth]

I’m quite excited for the shitshow, I’d be very shocked if Harris pulls this out the bag.

[leicsmac]

15 minutes ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

I’m quite excited for the shitshow, I’d be very shocked if Harris pulls this out the bag.

...just like Biden four years ago?

 

But, in all seriousness, this one is a lot, lot closer.

[The Horse's Mouth]

7 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

...just like Biden four years ago?

 

But, in all seriousness, this one is a lot, lot closer.

Not quite, i did think Trump was going to win with that as well though, but I think the Covid hysteria played a part in that. Biden was always a good fit with the middle voter, Biden also ran a good campaign too, didn’t go too much into Trump derangement, only question marks were around his mental fortitude.just can’t see it with Harris even with the polls suggestions. I could be wrong mind but I would be genuinely shocked 

Edited 5 November 2024 by The Horse's Mouth

[leicsmac]

3 minutes ago, The Horse's Mouth said:

Not quite, i did think Trump was going to win with that as well though, but I think the Covid hysteria played a part in that. Biden was always a good fit with the middle voter, Biden also ran a good campaign too, didn’t go too much into Trump derangement, only question marks were around his mental fortitude.just can’t see it with Harris even with the polls suggestions. I could be wrong mind but I would be genuinely shocked 

I guess we'll find out soon enough.

 

NB. I wonder what Heather Heyer in 2017 and the Capitol police on January 6th 2021 thought of downplaying what Trump and his followers get up to.

[Innovindil]

Don't really give a monkey who wins just hope that it's peaceful after. An American civil war would soon show @leicsmac that nature is a lil bitch in comparison 

[leicsmac]

8 hours ago, MPH said:

 

 So a medium of 80% see the economy as the most important.  More important than anything else. Take out the Trump  voters and that’s still about 70% of dems.  That’s a little bit depressing.

It is indeed.

 

People don't seem to get that the economy doesn't matter much when there are little or no resources to buy with the value it generates.

 

Then the "economy" rapidly becomes the person with the biggest gun taking what they want.

[Nalis]

It's so 50/50 you'd think a guy from Fame Academy was going to drop an early 00s banger

[Zear0]

Just now, Nalis said:

It's so 50/50 you'd think a guy from Fame Academy was going to drop an early 00s banger

Sneddon running? 

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, Innovindil said:

Don't really give a monkey who wins just hope that it's peaceful after. An American civil war would soon show @leicsmac that nature is a lil bitch in comparison 

 

Get back to me when ranged weaponry (that isn't nuclear) becomes as efficient at destruction as even a garden variety Hurricane or tornado. To say nothing of a simple novel virus racking up a seven figure death count inside a couple of years in the US without breaking a sweat, or that we're living in one of the most temperate times in Earth's history.

 

Nature can, does, and will, fvck us up.

[leicsmac]

2 minutes ago, Nalis said:

It's so 50/50 you'd think a guy from Fame Academy was going to drop an early 00s banger

And there was me thinking I was the only one thinking this.

[Sampson]

I can’t get my head round the appeal of Elon Musk. Whenever I hear him speak I just think he sounds extremely awkward and a dreadful public speaker, almost Truss-esque. Yet a scary number of people seem to hang on his every word and consider him a genius.

[ramboacdc]

9 hours ago, grobyfox1990 said:

On twitch? Interesting, got a link? 

It got pulled down overnight, but I bet it will be back up later. Got some ad ridden links that get me CNN ready either way. 

 

At one point last night I ended up with an IPTV setup that gave me 11,000 channels, none of what I needed haha. 

 

Anyway, stating on topic. The first results are a tie. Last time they were all Biden.

 

Harris and Trump tie in Dixville Notch midnight vote to kick off Election Day

https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/05/politics/dixville-notch-new-hampshire-2024-results

[st albans fox]

32 minutes ago, Sampson said:

I can’t get my head round the appeal of Elon Musk. Whenever I hear him speak I just think he sounds extremely awkward and a dreadful public speaker, almost Truss-esque. Yet a scary number of people seem to hang on his every word and consider him a genius.

Does he have an opinion on imported cheese ? 

[Zear0]

4 minutes ago, st albans fox said:

Does he have an opinion on imported cheese ? 

Needs a tariff applying. 

[st albans fox]

6 minutes ago, Zear0 said:

Needs a tariff applying. 

but he’s not said ‘it’s a disgrace’

 

that would be reserved for a Harris win  (which is 6/4 with betvictor) 

Edited 5 November 2024 by st albans fox

[grobyfox1990]

10 hours ago, MPH said:

 

 So a medium of 80% see the economy as the most important.  More important than anything else. Take out the Trump  voters and that’s still about 70% of dems.  That’s a little bit depressing.

Yeh, and that's why many of my offshore colleagues cannot understand why the UK voted labour. If you cannot afford anything and are slowly dying, you don't care about anything else.

[HighPeakFox]

"...the US election polls have been gamed by hundreds of partisan ‘red wave’ polls which, along with the betting markets, have tried to shift the whole perception of the election in the US. It’s a classic information operation."

 

Not my words, but highly revealing.

[grobyfox1990]

17 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

"...the US election polls have been gamed by hundreds of partisan ‘red wave’ polls which, along with the betting markets, have tried to shift the whole perception of the election in the US. It’s a classic information operation."

 

Not my words, but highly revealing.

Christ, so Kamala is now going full Trump tactic.

If Trump supporters came out stating the polls are fake, they'd be rightly be laughed out of town. Which this quote should also be

[reporterpenguin]

1 minute ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Christ, so Kamala is now going full Trump tactic.

If Trump supporters came out stating the polls are fake, they'd be rightly be laughed out of town. Which this quote should also be

Trump himself said as much on Joe Rogan. 

[HighPeakFox]

4 minutes ago, grobyfox1990 said:

Christ, so Kamala is now going full Trump tactic.

If Trump supporters came out stating the polls are fake, they'd be rightly be laughed out of town. Which this quote should also be

Or........she didn't say it and this is actually the case. You know, just maybe.

[grobyfox1990]

9 minutes ago, HighPeakFox said:

Or........she didn't say it and this is actually the case. You know, just maybe.

Unsubstantiated and largely hard to believe conspiracy theories designed to misinform and divide belong on X or Truth social. You know, just maybe, definitely. 

[grobyfox1990]

13 minutes ago, reporterpenguin said:

Trump himself said as much on Joe Rogan. 

Yeh exactly, so now you've got ardent Trump haters spreading exact Trump like nonsense conspiracy theories. Honestly I really love the world

[HighPeakFox]

Just now, grobyfox1990 said:

Unsubstantiated and largely hard to believe conspiracy theories designed to misinform and divide belong on X or Truth social. You know, just maybe, definitely. 

I'm not interested in falling out with you over this. You are absolutely entitled to your opinion.