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In response to "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 " by crash davis

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...

Posted by David (aka David) Feb 11 '20, 21:02

but not the popular vote. At 2.1% down against Hilary, he brushed against the outer limits of it. He's at -8.4% in popularity polls, which is better than usual for him thanks to a Gallup poll hiccup. And he's -8 on average against any major Democratic candidate.

Data let a lot of people down in 2016, so I understand why people don't trust it right now. But if the current POTUS were a Democrat with the same numbers, people would be *certain* that the right was about to take the White House.

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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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