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ITAL

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4. That changes though

Reply to All Mixed Up (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 27, 2024, 04:46 PM

Mar 27

I remember reading in a 2012 analysis that said Obama actually had a better chance of winning the Electoral College than he did of the popular vote (he was favored in and won both obviously). Sometimes the trend in swing states can be different than overall. The GOP won the congressional popular vote in 2022, but almost all the swing state races went to the Democrats.

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Biden Holds Small Lead Nationally [View all] applegrove Mar 27 OP

National polls are meaningless MichMan Mar 27 #1

It absolutely is not meaningless. All Mixed Up Mar 27 #3

That changes though ITAL Mar 27 #4

Yup. It changed when Ohio and Florida fell out of play. All Mixed Up Mar 27 #8

Youtune analysts are a dime a dozen ITAL Mar 27 #10

My thought to that: I think we're actually seeing the swing state margins more align with the popular vote average. All Mixed Up Mar 27 #11

I guess my only point ITAL Mar 27 #12

I understand your point. I just disagree with it. All Mixed Up Mar 27 #13

So you still think he needs to win by 3-4% nationally? ITAL Mar 27 #14

I think he needs to win the popular vote. All Mixed Up Mar 27 #15

At it again, I see. shrike3 Mar 27 #16

That is why Kennedy, Stein and West must be completely destroyed. Nt Fiendish Thingy Mar 27 #2

The goal needs to be to disqualify them from the ballot in every state, by any means necessary MichMan Mar 27 #5

Clobber them ads and bolster their name recognition? Encourage folks to potentially commit crimes by lying on forms? tritsofme Mar 27 #6

Name recognition as traitors, racists, Nazis, homophobes, agents of Putin and threats to democracy, yes MichMan Mar 27 #7

Too late for that Fiendish Thingy Mar 27 #9

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