The US Election.

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Re polls.

In 2016 all the polls and 'experts' had Hilary nailed on to win with a 97% confidence factor. Same with polling here that failed on the 2015 general election, the 2016 Brexit referendum and the 2017 and 2019 elections.

I take my hat off to the polling companies raking in the dosh despite consistent failure. A bit like data modelling at Imperial College (Neil Ferguson).

I had bets on both of those and won a nice little sum of money.
I have a bet on Trump for this election, not because I support him, just because you can see which way the wind is blowing.
Soooo many Americans are saying they had more dollars in their pockets with Trump in power.
The racist card is working against the Democrats. So many black people are angry that their vote is taken for granted, the same view from the Latino community.

I think Trump will win. The wheels are coming off the bus for Kamala.

Not under the US electoral system she didnt. Obviously if you want to live in an imaginary world where Clinton was the president go for it, it's the same as those who live in the imaginary world where Corbyn won the election against May.

Now the US is at war.

She did win, actually.

Re polls.

In 2016 all the polls and 'experts' had Hilary nailed on to win with a 97% confidence factor. Same with polling here that failed on the 2015 general election, the 2016 Brexit referendum and the 2017 and 2019 elections.

I take my hat off to the polling companies raking in the dosh despite consistent failure. A bit like data modelling at Imperial College (Neil Ferguson).

FriedGreenTomatoes2

I bet an awful lot of voters are closet Trump supporters. 😁

You would, wouldn't you?

FriedGreenTomatoes2

Three weeks to go and it’s too close to call.
Now who’d have even thought those words were possible at the time Biden was persuaded to step down? Media frenzy greeted Kamala those first few weeks. Now?

Now she’s maintaining a narrow lead in the polls? Summary of latest results here.
www.forbes.com/sites/saradorn/2024/10/16/trump-vs-harris-2024-polls-harris-leads-by-2-points-in-latest-survey/

I bet an awful lot of voters are closet Trump supporters. 😁

So Trump is the father of IVF!!! How can anyone vote for him?
I have a nephew in the US. At the last election, he was vociferous in his support for Trump on Facebook. Not so this time. That gives me a little hope.

Three weeks to go and it’s too close to call.
Now who’d have even thought those words were possible at the time Biden was persuaded to step down? Media frenzy greeted Kamala those first few weeks. Now?

Rocketship mine came from CNN but I forgot to credit it.

Cavery

Rig the election?
I guess maybe you haven't heard of Biden-Harris suing Virginia, it's own citizens by the way, for not allowing non U.S. citizens to vote, which they cannot but present administration doesn't care about that. Guess you also heard about Governor Newsom in California issuing a state law for counties not to ask for I.D. This was the whole plan with the open border here, which I might add is also against the law but present administration refuses to enforce the law. All for votes they allowed a takeover.

This is FALSE information!!

I wonder where you actually read/heard this~~~

Yup, *Cavery but it's not quite as you are presenting it.

The Biden administration sued Virginia election officials Friday, alleging that they were violating federal law by purging voters flagged as potential noncitizens during the so-called quiet period before an election, when electoral officials are forbidden from undertaking systematic removals of voters from registration rolls.

"The lawsuit comes on the heels of a similar Justice Department challenge to a move by Alabama officials to initiate removals of voters from the rolls. Republicans have made the alleged threat of noncitizen voting a central focus of the 2024 campaign, though instances of noncitizens casting ballots are extremely rare.

Rig the election?
I guess maybe you haven't heard of Biden-Harris suing Virginia, it's own citizens by the way, for not allowing non U.S. citizens to vote, which they cannot but present administration doesn't care about that. Guess you also heard about Governor Newsom in California issuing a state law for counties not to ask for I.D. This was the whole plan with the open border here, which I might add is also against the law but present administration refuses to enforce the law. All for votes they allowed a takeover.

I think I read that presidents are allowed to run the country from their prison cell.

Hopefully US citizens can cross a border in Nov

It astonishes me that any country apparently never has visualised a candidate be it for president or prime minister who clearly exhibits tendencies of what can only be called insanity, and has no way of debarring such a person from running.

Surely, these threats of Trump's are illegal?

I can only hope they make some of those who are doubtful who to vote for, decide against voting for Trump.

I feel really sorry for the election officials, the pressure Trump and co are already putting them under. I think they are already trying to rig the election.

Just read this:

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/18/trump-election-georgia

Sharing a common border with the USA has we Canadians very aware of USA politics. The joke here is: When the USA sneezes, we get a cold!! It's like living next door to your crazy uncle~~ Sighhh.....
It's a mess there and amazing that unhinged man may actually get into power again!! Who was it that said, "There's a sucker born every minute."

When the economy is tanking, in all countries the voters will toss the government in power whether deservedly so or not, and put another party in hoping for better and not worrying about that party's other agenda.

The political party system is the ruination of democracy and the will of the people. Now it's party first and you come next... right after your representative's wants of course.....
The voter is in third place.......Grrrr~~

I will be keeping my radio on all night in November 5th as I did for the last two US elections. I can still remember how awful it felt when trump got in in 2016 then I made myself think “ well let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and wait and see before deciding he’s as bad as we think”. Very very quickly realising my original fears were justified. Then in November 2020 the pure relief and mistaken belief that America was free of this monster and would move on. I still can’t get my head around the fact ( as far as I can judge) that 2024 will be a close result. How can do many ordinary people support the baffoon?
I hope with all my heart that Harris wins and with as a majority that lets us know trump is finished.

I watch Meidas Touch on u- tube
It’s unbelievable the spite and lies that Trump issues
He talks not of Policies, but of himself.
Strange to have a relationship with Putin - what’s that all about? Won’t have a debate with the opposition as he lost the last one “ They’re eating the pets” Won’t release his medical records- all a bit odd

I think this is an example of Trumps grandiose, self deluded and manipulative thinking, as you are right, the military itself cannot be deployed in this way. Is he hoping for insurrection in the military? Very possibly. But will military leaders entertain such action?

A snippet from the Guardian:

"While Trump, being out of power, will be in no position to deploy troops on election day, his call for military power to quell political opposition is familiar, recalling his demand that soldiers be deployed in the streets of Washington DC in 2020 to disperse thousands of demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd.

Gen Mark Milley, the then chairperson of the joint chiefs of staff, reportedly came close to resigning over the demand

“Donald Trump has provoked an angry backlash from Democrats after calling for the US armed forces to be turned against his political adversaries when voters go to the polls at next month’s presidential election.
In comments that added further fuel to fears of an authoritarian crackdown if he recaptures the White House, the Republican nominee said the military or national guard should be deployed against opponents that he called “the enemy within” when the election takes place on 5 November.

There's something that doesn't add up here. I don't know about the national guard' but surely the military can only be deployed on the order of the President.

As Trump won't be President on the day of the polls how could he possibly deploy the military then? And Biden certainly isn't going to do it.

Or is he calling for insurrection in the military?

Yes, the media have more power and control in the US than they even do here! It's very concerning, but people still believe this stuff.