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Trump will be defeated by the widest margin ever in 2020. (Original Post) pwb Jul 2019 OP
I'm not worried about him losing the election DFW Jul 2019 #1
+1 dalton99a Jul 2019 #12
It will be close. tman Jul 2019 #2
Or lose the popular vote by the widest margin ever and win the electoral college 4139 Jul 2019 #3
Pretty much the way the way I see it. marble falls Jul 2019 #4
I hope so, but the only numbers we should focus on are the electoral college numbers. Vinca Jul 2019 #5
I'm not taking anything for granted. demmiblue Jul 2019 #6
OH, rest assured, Mitch is doing something about it... Bettie Jul 2019 #9
This will only happen if we nominate an electable candidate Gothmog Jul 2019 #7
Compared to him, they all seem babylonsister Jul 2019 #8
It's a shame In It to Win It Jul 2019 #10
We Can Hope colsohlibgal Jul 2019 #11
Extremely unlikely Polybius Jul 2019 #13
...and yet somehow librechik Jul 2019 #14
Why do you believe 2020 will be more free and fair than 2016 or 2018 senate races? uponit7771 Jul 2019 #15
Is this from California Psychics? FiveGoodMen Jul 2019 #16
Don't get complacent, he IS the incumbent Calculating Jul 2019 #17
I'm still worried about Russia throwing the election to trump Poiuyt Jul 2019 #18

DFW

(54,387 posts)
1. I'm not worried about him losing the election
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 07:20 AM
Jul 2019

I‘m worried about him retaining the presidency. Since the election of 2000, three times out of five, the two have not meant the same thing.

Vinca

(50,273 posts)
5. I hope so, but the only numbers we should focus on are the electoral college numbers.
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 07:40 AM
Jul 2019

That's why I hate the polls putting our candidates ahead of the Orange Fuhrer. Hillary was ahead, too. By 3 million votes. And look at the fucking mess we're in. We also have to be 100% alert all the time for election meddling. It will happen again. I'm scared to death voting machines will be hacked.

demmiblue

(36,855 posts)
6. I'm not taking anything for granted.
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 07:46 AM
Jul 2019

Foreign involvement in our elections (in which McConnell is seemingly doing jack shit about), voter suppression/election fraud, a huge social media game by the Trump campaign, etc...

Bettie

(16,110 posts)
9. OH, rest assured, Mitch is doing something about it...
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 08:52 AM
Jul 2019

he's encouraging and benefiting from it! Of that I am absolutely certain.

The rest...yeah, it's all out there and it scares me to death.

Gothmog

(145,282 posts)
7. This will only happen if we nominate an electable candidate
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 08:20 AM
Jul 2019

Most POTUS are re-elected unless the economy tanks A trump defeat will take a great deal of work

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
11. We Can Hope
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 09:43 AM
Jul 2019

He almost certainly will lose the popular vote, but then he might win enough sparsely populated States to put him over the top in the idiotic Electoral College.....the dumb system where the winner can lose.

Polybius

(15,421 posts)
13. Extremely unlikely
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 10:03 AM
Jul 2019

I think he'll lose, but no way will it be 1972 or 1984 margins. The country is far too divided now for anyone to lose 49 states.

librechik

(30,674 posts)
14. ...and yet somehow
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 11:20 AM
Jul 2019

technically remains president while lawyers argue over the details and the race war escalates.

whoops--didn't mean to interrupt this thread with my raging paranoia. Hope you are right!

Calculating

(2,955 posts)
17. Don't get complacent, he IS the incumbent
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 05:43 PM
Jul 2019

Incumbents almost always win, and without some kind of massive stock market crash or war it's gonna be pretty hard to take him down. If things are going well people tend to vote for the known guy rather than an unknown, even if the known guy isn't perfect. People only seek radical change during bad times (economically speaking).

Poiuyt

(18,124 posts)
18. I'm still worried about Russia throwing the election to trump
Tue Jul 16, 2019, 05:53 PM
Jul 2019

I think trump will lose, but I'm not confident.

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