Forest Bueller_bf said:
Oldbear83 said:
Forest Bueller_bf said:
Oldbear83 said:
Please take a look at the polls in July 2020 versus now.
Hysteria is not a game plan, son.
Emerson poll July 2020 had Biden up 4%
Pretty accurate actually.
Rueters has Harris up 2% right now.
It's gonna be close.
Not when you get into the weeds. the variance in the polls comes from the weighting, especially the old RDI mix and CLM (Conservative/Liberal/Moderate) mix,
Also, Reuters/Ipsos undervalued Trump in its final poll by 1.86 points in 2020 and 7.09 points in 2016.
Emerson did not have a final poll for 2016 but undervalued Trump by 1.86 points in 2020.
Man I hope you are right. The way the states break down, Trump can lose the pop vote by 2% and win the electoral college. If it is dead even, say 46% to 46% Trump easily wins.
Let's start with that. Trump won 2016 with 46.09% of the Popular Vote, because he targeted key battleground states, and in July 2016 he was averaging 39.2% support in the polls (41.4% in July 2020 and finished with 46.86%). Trump
consistently was undervalued in polls, start to finish.
Trump currently is pulling an average of 47.0% support in the RCP average against Harris, and if the last two elections are any guide he's really closer to 50%.
Also, some experts have already noted that given Trump/Biden's high unfavorable numbers that Harris would enjoy a bounce from Independents
at first, but that will fade once she has to defend her positions .., something Harris has not done in recent memory.
It takes more than the headline to understand a poll. Look at voter enthusiasm, breakdown by party and ideology, and of course if it's there always look for who the voters think will win (
a hidden tell that has been right the last five Presidential elections).
Harris' problem is that she has never had to run a national campaign. She has 105 days to figure out now how to win a dozen states that don't know her beyond a name. That's the race.
That which does not kill me, will try again and get nastier