U.S. Presidential Election

[steviewevie]

8 hours ago, Neil said:

trump is soo over, hes lost again! 

I really wouldn't be that confident of that.

[steviewevie]

 

[FloopFiller]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

 

Such a f**king ghoul this guy.

 

Also, it’s so so nice to see Trump land all freaking the f**k out saying the debate was rigged or trying to jump to the defence of the cats and dog stories etc - that’s how you know Trump truly sh*t the bed. I knew Kamala would technically come out on top, but really wasn’t expecting Trump to be that flustered, fall in to all her traps and basically give the media no choice other than to say ‘yeah he f**ked it’. He was rattled from the moment she walked up and shook his hand. 

[MilkyJoe]

43 minutes ago, FloopFiller said:

Such a f**king ghoul this guy.

 

Also, it’s so so nice to see Trump land all freaking the f**k out saying the debate was rigged or trying to jump to the defence of the cats and dog stories etc - that’s how you know Trump truly sh*t the bed. I knew Kamala would technically come out on top, but really wasn’t expecting Trump to be that flustered, fall in to all her traps and basically give the media no choice other than to say ‘yeah he f**ked it’. He was rattled from the moment she walked up and shook his hand. 

Going up to him and shaking his hand was just the start. It was actually pretty even until she mentioned his crowds then he seemed to change as she probably knew he would. He wasted far too much time defending himself and ranting when he should have been attacking Harris' weaknesses. He just can't help himself when it comes to being criticised.

 

I did see he made the effort to approach Kamala and shake her hand at the 9/11 memorial though. Seemed very out of character for him.

[Neil]

Americans are nuts, i keep seeing them saying the choice is trump or Communism.

[MilkyJoe]

43 minutes ago, Neil said:

Americans are nuts, i keep seeing them saying the choice is trump or Communism.

Shouldn't that say trump & communism?😁

[FloopFiller]

1 hour ago, MilkyJoe said:

I did see he made the effort to approach Kamala and shake her hand at the 9/11 memorial though. Seemed very out of character for him.

He tried to do the power move thing he did when he was president with other world leaders where he yanks them in towards him mid-shake but it didn’t work and Kamala didn’t budge. Funny that he was forced to be somewhat cordial with her the day after her trouncing him at the debate. I’m sure he wasn’t too happy about that. 

Edited September 12, 2024 by FloopFiller

[clarkete]

4 hours ago, Neil said:

Americans are nuts, i keep seeing them saying the choice is trump or Communism.

 

That's been posted a few times by his pal with 197m followers, including a crap AI of her in a uniform, so they're all parroting it. 

[clarkete]

Has been very up and down recently between them, you can see only a couple of the polls since debate

 

https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2024-election-forecast/

 

 

Edited September 12, 2024 by clarkete

[clarkete]

Nate thinks it will take a week or two to see how much benefit there may be from the debate... 

[steviewevie]

just saw that yougov did a MRP which was before debate...

 

[MilkyJoe]

17 minutes ago, clarkete said:

Nate thinks it will take a week or two to see how much benefit there may be from the debate... 

Yeah everything I read on the day suggested the same in that it would be a good few days before there was any visible change in polling.

[FloopFiller]

We reckon this years gonna break the record for the most people to vote? Hard to tell outside of my Twitter bubble but does seem like an incredibly consequential election that’s got people riled up. Proper final showdown type stuff where the winner could guide politics for the next decade or so. 

[LJS]

[charlierc]

8 hours ago, Neil said:

Americans are nuts, i keep seeing them saying the choice is trump or Communism.

Some on the American right have been calling the Democrats that for years.

[charlierc]

2 hours ago, FloopFiller said:

We reckon this years gonna break the record for the most people to vote? Hard to tell outside of my Twitter bubble but does seem like an incredibly consequential election that’s got people riled up. Proper final showdown type stuff where the winner could guide politics for the next decade or so. 

Over 155 million people voted in the last election, which isn't a surprise that it's a record given each of Biden and Trump's 2020 campaigns individually got more votes than other in US history, while a 67% turnout made it the highest turnout in decades. So clearly last time, it proved to be quite the huge deal indeed, which is even more something given it happened during the height of that pandemic.

 

It depends how much momentum both sides can bring along tbf.

[steviewevie]

 

[clarkete]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

 

 

They seem to be saying 337,000-400,000 depending where you look...but I think that's the total (including r their previous base level)

 

 https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/taylor-swift-voter-registration-harris-endorsement-b2612021.html

Edited September 13, 2024 by clarkete

[steviewevie]

 

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[FloopFiller]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

 

So far I’ve seen:

 

Kamala had the questions

She had an ear piece disguised as earrings 

Kamala got a bunch of soft ball questions whereas Trump’s were all tough

The moderators teamed up on Trump so it was three on one

Trump had a bright light shining in his eyes to distract him and/or raise his heart rate

…but, despite all that, Trump actually won

Edited September 14, 2024 by FloopFiller

[MilkyJoe]

1 hour ago, FloopFiller said:

So far I’ve seen:

 

Kamala had the questions

She had an ear piece disguised as earrings 

Kamala got a bunch of soft ball questions whereas Trump’s were all tough

The moderators teamed up on Trump so it was three on one

Trump had a bright light shining in his eyes to distract him and/or raise his heart rate

…but, despite all that, Trump actually won

They sure are kicking up a lot of fuss and excuses for a side that won...

[steviewevie]

Pope sitting on the fence...lesser of two evils... horrible to migrants vs abortion.

[MilkyJoe]

🤦🏼‍♂️😂