The US presidential election is a dead heat
theloop.ecpr.eu
Ahead of the first debate between presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Richard Johnson explores whether the outcome will have any real impact on voting behaviour in the US on 5 November.
  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
    182·
    2 months ago

    Polling shows a dead heat, but polling that is no longer considered reliable or accurate. It’s a dead research format.

    Considering the numbers from the last elections cycles since Roe was overturned which also showed a statistical tie, this should be a fucking landslide against the GOP and their bullshit.

    • tacosanonymous
      6·
      2 months ago

      You’d hope. But the fact that so many people are willing to vote for a rapist, criminal, bloviated conman and the fact that right wingers are sabotaging the electoral process at state levels make even a landslide seem more even.

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
    101·
    2 months ago

    Ahead of the first debate between presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Richard Johnson explores whether the outcome will have any real impact

    Well that’s impossible to say until AFTER the debate.

    Seems to me that the 2nd debate between Romney and Obama tilted the election in Obama’s favor. Because Romney fucked up, and Obama clearly won the debate for anyone to see.
    So these debates can have an impact, but rarely as much as that.

    In 2016 Trump was an even worse loser to Hillary than Romney was to Obama. Despite that Trump prevailed, simply by using childish behavior to deflect, calling a Hillary argument “Just words” when he had no response, and then accusing her of being nasty!!! Somehow that was enough for his supporters to consider that a “job well done”!!

    So even a brain dead loser like Trump can survive against superior arguments, simply by using childish “No You” arguments.
    It shall be interesting to see if Harris has a working strategy in a debate Trump almost for sure will drag down to kindergarten level.

    • aStonedSanta
      3·
      2 months ago

      Only if the morons embolden that stupid logic. It’s time we start calling out this fucking bullshit fully and take off the kiddy gloves. Anyone using logical fallacies or strong man arguments should be removed from office and public television.

  • YeetPics@mander.xyz
    4·
    2 months ago

    Trust the 2 day old account posting agitprop, guys.

    No use in checking sources or validating the claims. Just trust this dipshit 110% and it’ll all be great!