I honestly think Trump's minions told him the fix was in, just like '16

[Baltimike]

and now I think he is waiting for that magic fix to show up, like it did in '16, but we overwhelmed them

[JCMach1]

1. Precisely, I don't think the polls were that far off

[Baltimike]

2. I don't either.

[SheltieLover]

7. Me either!

They miscalculated!

Talk about the ultimate display of toxic masculinity & privelege!

[lapucelle]

8. I had heard that the polls were "wronger" for the same day results (i.e. machine cast votes)

than they were for the mail in (paper) tallies. Does anyone know if that's true?

[kurtcagle]

17. Yes

Consistent bias towards Trump in every state that had touchscreens of about 3%. Once you account for that, polls seem about spot on. I don't think you can go much higher that that because the results are too far outside of the margin of error.my suspicion is that without that, we would control the Senate and added to the house. McConnell would still have won, but Collins, Graham and Nunnes would be history.

I think we should decommission the touch screens in favor of vote by mail.There is just too much mischief that such systems are open too.

[ananda]

18. Now you're talking.

Paper ballots aand mailins are the
only way to go.

[unblock]

3. Yup, he's behaving exactly like someone who cheated and lost anyway.

[Baltimike]

6. That is spot on perfect. nt

[smirkymonkey]

19. Yup. Joke's on him.

Now he knows exactly how much people really hate him. We aren't the ones who cheated. They are. And they STILL lost!

That is why he is in such shock. He thought he had it in the bag, but he underestimated the power of the people and their vote. He honestly can't believe how fucked he is.

[Kaleva]

4. I think Trump expected to lose in '16 and then intended to claim the election was stolen from him

he may have intended to win this time but by claiming the election was stolen, he's creating a future cash cow that will keep him and his family living the good life as his deluded supporters pay to attend his rallies and buy his books, t-shirts, coffee mugs and what not.

[JI7]

10. I think it might have been more profitable in 2016

because we wouldn't have had the failure of presidency.

But it's different now.

He still has the cult but after 2016 he could have gotten offers from mainstream sources.

[Kaleva]

13. Yes. I think that was his plan back in 2016.

Lose the election, claim fraud and then milk the cash cow for all it's worth.

[Phoenix61]

5. If the evil weasel heading the USPS

gotten away with what he started out to do it would have gone differently. Twitler told everyone not to use the mail counting on the mail system being broken by then. Judge Sullivan saved our bacon.

[renate]

16. And the reporter who originally broke the USPS story

Heather Walker. And the postal workers who talked to her.
https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2020/8/19/1970646/-Reporter-finds-graveyard-of-mail-sorting-pieces-at-USPS-location-day-after-sabotage-suspension

Absolute heroes.

[blogslut]

9. He was taught to think magically as a child

It's in Mary's book. His father and he were big followers of Norman (fucking) Vincent Peale.

[Dave Starsky]

22. There is nothing wrong with Peale's philosophy.

I've seen that guy quoted or misrepresented a thousand times on this board. Almost always by people who've never read his work. It would be like me criticizing the Koran when I've never read a single page of it.

Peale always said that positive thinking had to be coupled with effective action. You don't just "magically" wish things true. You have to learn, better yourself, and bust your ass. Trump is absolutely incapable of doing any of those things.

[brettdale]

11. yep trump is acting like a poker player

Who cheated, but still lost, and is wondering, Hey I must of won because I cheated.

[LeftInTX]

12. He thought his rallies and caravans were proof!

[oswaldactedalone]

14. Don't forget the boat parades

The boat parades were going to put him over the top!

[LeftInTX]

15. Hyper-aggression

My next door neighbor had 11 Trump signs. I found this in numerous Trump supporting households. There was like an over-abundance of support.

I did not see a single Trump sign in 2016! Not one! Then, they exploded this year. I figured if they were that way here, they were this way everywhere.

In the end, my county went for Biden at 58%, it went for Hillary at 53%. In both elections, 40% voted for Trump.

[scarytomcat]

20. yes they did not steal enough

paper ballot now
we need proof of election count and real recounts by hand not machine

[Cha]

21. trump is Super Shocked! They told him

he'd "win".. Maybe that's why he said before the votes were counted that he "Won"!

& why he's saying he "Won Michigan".. & PA, & AZ & GA! & Wisconsin!