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marmar

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Wed Feb 14, 2024, 10:55 AM Feb 14

Republicans amass a record of loss under Trump: "Democrats have been winning at an impressive clip"


Republicans amass a record of loss under Trump: "Democrats have been winning at an impressive clip"
What a pile of GOP losses means for Trump's chances this fall

By CHAUNCEY DEVEGA
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 14, 2024 5:45AM (EST)


(Salon) President Biden and Donald Trump are tied in the early 2024 Election polls, and what many observers have described as “the longest election” in modern American history.

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In an attempt to gain some clarity about this bewildering “longest election ever”, what the early public opinion polls mean or not, and how many professional political observers and operatives are deeply concerned that the 2024 election is increasingly feeling like a repeat of the disastrous 2016 Election, I recently asked a range of experts for their thoughts and suggestions.

Norm Ornstein is an emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and contributing editor for The Atlantic.

.....It’s true in every election: lots feel dissatisfied with their choices. Our press overlooks this. Come November, though, any lack of enthusiasm will cede to the reality of the volatility of a second Trump presidency. It’s a future conversation, but a reckoning of our national media is imminent. Not that polls this far out, no matter how good, are very meaningful. But polls are a huge asset for media organizations that want to do horserace all the time. Instead, they should focus like a laser on the stakes of the election.

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D. Earl Stephens is the author of “Toxic Tales: A Caustic Collection of Donald J. Trump’s Very Important Letters."

.....If I never see another poll again, it will be too soon. I recently wrote about this. Polls are completely worthless, and nearly always wrong. As I say in my piece, even so-called experts like the New York Time’s Nate Cohn (or a wary editor) have taken to inserting this line into their stories on polling: “The limitations of polling are well known, especially almost a year before an election.” .................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2024/02/14/amass-a-record-of-loss-under-trump-democrats-have-been-winning-at-an-impressive-clip/




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Republicans amass a record of loss under Trump: "Democrats have been winning at an impressive clip" (Original Post) marmar Feb 14 OP
But how is Democrats winning elections bad news for Biden? Joe Cool Feb 14 #1
But.................................... Lovie777 Feb 14 #2

Lovie777

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Wed Feb 14, 2024, 11:04 AM
Feb 14

Pres Biden is OLD with memory problems.

The unwarranted impeachment of Mayorkas is already backfiring.

"What has the GQP done for me lately? Absolutely nothing".

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