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In response to "Don't get too much heartburn. It doesn't matter as Trump will win anyways." by crash davis

It's genuinely strange to me that people see the most disliked POTUS in the history of polling as likely to win re-election.

Posted by David (aka David) Feb 11 '20, 20:53

As a sports fan, I like this thought process, though. It means that my Atlanta Hawks are gonna win the NBA Championship this year despite their 15-40 record!

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Well.. McConnell is refusing to vote on protecting the voting process for one. -- nm - . Feb 11, 21:18
I would be curious to know what the largest amount is you could win the popular vote and still lose the electoral college. 6-7 million? -- nm - jnine Feb 11, 21:10 3
- Heh. -- (link) - David Feb 11, 21:14 [Backboard] 1
  - Reagen's suggestion would amount to about 4 million. -- nm - David Feb 11, 21:16
- The mathematical possible is much much larger than that. You may be right about the practical possible. -- nm - crash davis Feb 11, 21:14
The math of it should be fascinating to you. If 30 million Californians hate him, its not as key as long as 10 million people spread across other - crash davis Feb 11, 20:59 6
- We were just referencing this yesterday (or the day before...I don't know what day it is). There's a practical limit on winning the electoral vote... - David Feb 11, 21:02 5
  - Here’s the thing though (and I say his as a generally optimistic person): if we’ve learned anything about this guy, it’s that the rules don’t seem to. -- (edited) - pmb Feb 11, 21:15 2
    - That's totally valid. It's hard distinguishing realism from paranoia with this garbage human being. -- nm - David Feb 11, 21:22 1
      - The other thing is that while last time his haphazard campaign basically stumbled into victory by a series of improbable events, this time, from all - pmb Feb 11, 21:37
  - I try to actively avoid politics at work. But on Sunday, I got trapped and drawn into the most astonishing conversation that I should type up someday - crash davis Feb 11, 21:07 1
    - It generally does. -- nm - pmb Feb 11, 21:16

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It's genuinely strange to me that people see the most disliked POTUS in the history of polling as likely to win re-election.

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