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BlueWavePsych

(2,635 posts)
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 08:10 PM Sep 2020

Biden landslide? Biden highly competitive in red states.

Polls show Biden highly competitive in red states. A landslide and a close race are both easy to imagine.

Landslide? Georgia and Iowa might be competitive, but for Mr. Biden victories there would probably merely be icing on the cake: If he has won them, he’s almost certainly already won other battleground states like Florida and Pennsylvania, on track to a total nearing 400 electoral votes.

That’s a genuine possibility. We’re all understandably focused on the states likeliest to decide the election, like Pennsylvania and Florida. Those states remain close enough that Mr. Trump remains competitive. But states like Texas, Georgia, Ohio and Iowa also remain very competitive. In fact, they’re even closer than Florida or Pennsylvania — so close that a Biden landslide is just as real a possibility as a Trump victory.

Here’s a different way to think about it: If Mr. Biden outperformed today’s polls by just two points, he would be declared the winner early on election night. Florida would be called by around 8 p.m., and Texas could be the state that makes Mr. Biden the president-elect. (Yes, Texas). He’d have a good shot at the largest electoral vote landslide since 1988.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/presidential-polls-trump-biden/polls-show-biden-highly-competitive-in-red-states

Yes! Let's get is done. GOTV!

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Biden landslide? Biden highly competitive in red states. (Original Post) BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 OP
But... but.... where's the doom? Where's the gloom? LakeArenal Sep 2020 #1
Hey LakeArenal...Oh and there's been so much of it today! Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #2
I've been gone all day. But I don't doubt it! LakeArenal Sep 2020 #3
👍👍😊😊😊😊 Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #6
My Gloom Is Over The Supreme Court sfstaxprep Sep 2020 #5
just A feeling or based on something else? Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #7
Thx for the great positive post!! We can certainly hope and GOTV!! Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #4
Can someone post the content? Sugarcoated Sep 2020 #8
Try Firefox or any Browser that can disable javascript via add-on. BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 #9
So download Firefox and I'll be able to see the content? Sugarcoated Sep 2020 #10
Works for me. BlueWavePsych Sep 2020 #12
Just googled it Sugarcoated Sep 2020 #13
Winning by one point would be sufficient, but I really would like a landslide Poiuyt Sep 2020 #11
A Southern State May Go for Joe AnnieBW Sep 2020 #14
It seems Republicans know. C_U_L8R Sep 2020 #15
This seems premature rockfordfile Sep 2020 #16
Double K&R Blue Owl Sep 2020 #17

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
5. My Gloom Is Over The Supreme Court
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 08:28 PM
Sep 2020

I fear it's going to take the rest of my life before there is balance to the court.

And though I'd like to believe it will happen, I don't see us adding more Justices.

Thekaspervote

(32,754 posts)
7. just A feeling or based on something else?
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 08:34 PM
Sep 2020

MHO ..we have no choice. The pukes will run to the courts with every law we pass no matter how fair or air tight. What good will it do to work to pass laws when they will be immediately undone? To say nothing of the court system weighted heavily against any balance of power. After all, this whole election is about undoing the unfair balance of power in this country.

Poiuyt

(18,122 posts)
11. Winning by one point would be sufficient, but I really would like a landslide
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 08:49 PM
Sep 2020

The republican party needs to be crushed into oblivion!

AnnieBW

(10,422 posts)
14. A Southern State May Go for Joe
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:16 PM
Sep 2020

I have a feeling that a Deep Southern state - possible Georgia or even Alabama - will be a blue surprise when this is all over with. The reason will be COVID - both states have horrible outbreaks and their governors don't give a shit. There's a lot of people out there that will say they're voting for 45 in front of their family and friends, but will vote for Biden once they get into the voting booth.

C_U_L8R

(44,997 posts)
15. It seems Republicans know.
Tue Sep 22, 2020, 09:30 PM
Sep 2020

They're hunkering down to grab as much as they can, while they still can. I don't think any of them have a plan past January. Back to obstructing.

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