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WSHazel

(159 posts)
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:24 AM Oct 2020

Don't let the media or Republicans dictate the story

There are a flood of bad polls being released showing a tightening race. This is blatant manipulation to try to change the story and set the news cycle.

Clear out the riff raff and focus on polls by respected organizations like the national news organizations (yes, including Fox), and respected polling services like Monmouth, Marist, Quinnipiac, Suffolk, PPP, SurveyUSA, and even Ipsos and IBD. There are maybe 15 polling services that matter. The rest of them, like Rasmussen, are trolling us.

Biden has about a 10 point national lead. He has leads of almost 10 points in NE-2, Wisconsin and Michigan, and about 6-7 points in Pennsylvania. He is up about 4-5 in Arizona, Florida and ME-2, and up 1-2 points in Georgia and North Carolina. Texas, Ohio and Iowa are tied.

Biden needs to win 38 EVs out of that pile. Trump needs to win 145. And even calling Wisconsin, Michigan and NE-2 "swing" states is a misnomer. South Carolina, Montana, Kansas and Alaska will be narrower victories for Trump than NE-2, Wisconsin and Michigan will be for Biden.

Most of the votes have already been cast in every one of those states but Pennsylvania. The race isn't tightening, it is almost over.

If you are still freaking out, volunteer to call and or text swing state voters to GOTV. Volunteer to help with local races. There has to be a close State Rep or State Senate race near you. Whatever you do, don't listen to hacks like Steve Kornacki spin a story that the race is "tightening".

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Don't let the media or Republicans dictate the story (Original Post) WSHazel Oct 2020 OP
Ironically Proud liberal 80 Oct 2020 #1
K&R n/t Bradshaw3 Oct 2020 #2
Good advice. If you haven't voted already, VOTE. Then just take a deep breath crickets Oct 2020 #3
I voted in September Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #4

Proud liberal 80

(4,167 posts)
1. Ironically
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 09:35 AM
Oct 2020

Everything you said was my plan...I was actually trying to avoid polling news, your OP had the opposite affect on its intention on me.

crickets

(25,962 posts)
3. Good advice. If you haven't voted already, VOTE. Then just take a deep breath
Fri Oct 30, 2020, 11:22 AM
Oct 2020

and try not to stress out too much. Stay strong, stay calm. It's a waiting game now, and there are people out there trying to skew perceptions of what is really going on: Joe and Kamala are winning.

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