2024 Presidential Election -- new thread for the final week

What will be the outcome of the 2024 Presidential Election

  • 269-269 Tie - I am someone who likes maximum chaos

    Votes: 3 3.5%

  • Harris wins 270-285 EVs - She basically wins by one or two states

    Votes: 14 16.3%

  • Harris wins 285-305 EVs - a close race, but she largely sweeps the swing states

    Votes: 36 41.9%

  • Harris wins 306+ EVs - Ann Selzer was right!! It ain't actually that close

    Votes: 21 24.4%

  • Trump wins 270-285 EVs - The race where it doesn't get called until next week

    Votes: 3 3.5%

  • Trump wins 285-305 EVs - The 2016 sequel

    Votes: 6 7.0%

  • Trump wins 306+ EVs - The MAGA Mandate, Harris concedes by midnight

    Votes: 3 3.5%
  • Total voters
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BLPOG said:
It only really occurred to me today, but if any of you voters live in Virginia, it's possible you voted for me today. I'm an elector for my party's ticket, so I had the unusual experience of voting for myself for the first time.
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your just faking us out right😊
 
AGDukesky said:
If it makes you feel better, there is plenty to be pessimistic about this country even if/when Harris wins
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You mean, like, the $35 TRILLION dollars of debt (and not including unfunded liabilities for social security, medicare, medicaid, etc) that the federal government is responsible for paying back ??
 
Furniture said:
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Something is going on at Trump Media. Trading halted twice.
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That’s normal if a stock drops or goes up by too much too quick. It’s happened to that stock several times since it went public. Whether there’s some non public information about the election or people reading leaves or a coordinated effort to depress the stock is sometime we don’t know.
 
Furniture said:
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Something is going on at Trump Media. Trading halted twice.
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So quite literally, if Trump loses the election, Trump could and will probably lose $BILLIONS as this meme stock will quite literally go to pennies or zero. He won't be able to get out or sell fast enough. There have been no disclosures, so he hasn't sold off yet. Talk about high stakes election, he has billions and possibly jail on the line.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this.
 
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duke79 said:
You mean, like, the $35 TRILLION dollars of debt (and not including unfunded liabilities for social security, medicare, medicaid, etc) that the federal government is responsible for paying back ??
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I know a lot of fiscal conservatives who are voting for Harris this cycle just because Trump is projected to add twice as much to our debt over the next 4 years.

Just kidding...nobody seems to care anymore. Including the Wall Street Journal.
 
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Kdogg said:
That’s normal if a stock drops or goes up by too much too quick. It’s happened to that stock several times since it went public. Whether there’s some non public information about the election or people reading leaves or a coordinated effort to depress the stock is sometime we don’t know.
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If he loses (or looks like he's heading for defeat), I bet the bottom falls out on it tomorrow.
 
I have deleted several of the posts concerning who makes up the GOP. While I think they were well-intentioned and not inflammatory in themselves, it is easy to see how that could spin out of control. I'm sure y'all understand.

Let's focus on the race and candidates. The quickest way for this thread to get into trouble is talking about groups of opposing supporters in generalized terms.

Thanks. Great job by everybody so far!
 
SkyBrickey said:
I know a lot of fiscal conservatives this cycle who are voting for Harris this cycle just because Trump is projected to add twice as much to our debt over the next 4 years.

Just kidding...nobody seems to care anymore. Including the Wall Street Journal.
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The GOP hates Democratic deficits. GOP deficits are a different thing entirely.

edit: wrote this before I saw OldPhiKap’s post. Not sure if it falls in the forbidden post pile but it’s about politics, not personal traits.
 
BandAlum83 said:
So quite literally, if Trump loses the election, Trump could and will probably lose $BILLIONS as this meme stock will quite quite literally go to pennies or zero. He won't be able to get out or sell fast enough. There have been no disclosures, so he hasn't sold off yet. Talk about high stakes election, he has billions and possibly jail on the line.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong on this.
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You are correct. I don't know if the stock will go to $0 if he loses today. But it could drop 90% and still be overvalued by 100x based on fundamentals.

I guess you could still have a contingent of investors betting that a 78 year old man who has lost 2 out of 3 elections will continue to lead the MAGA movement, will avoid prison, and will return again to run in 4 years.
 
SkyBrickey said:
I know a lot of fiscal conservatives this cycle who are voting for Harris this cycle just because Trump is projected to add twice as much to our debt over the next 4 years.

Just kidding...nobody seems to care anymore. Including the Wall Street Journal.
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Yea, as I've said for years, the main problem with Donald Trump is that he is WAY too liberal. He has no qualms about spending huge amounts of (borrowed) money (and not his own, of course) to pay for his various spending whims. Hell, he makes the Dems seem downright parsimonious.
 
AGDukesky said:
If it makes you feel better, there is plenty to be pessimistic about this country even if/when Harris wins
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Rachel Maddow pointed out last night on her show that if Harris wins, she has a serious national security threat to deal with: Elon Musk, who is cozying up with dictators and taking our adversaries side against friends/allies with Skylink and denying to Taiwan and Ukraine. He also holds Billions in US defense and NASA contracts. Yes, it is a serious issue.

 
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duke79 said:
Yea, as I've said for years, the main problem with Donald Trump is that he is WAY too liberal. He has no qualms about spending huge amounts of (borrowed) money (and not his own, of course) to pay for his various spending whims. Hell, he makes the Dems seem downright parsimonious.
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He didn't add a record $8.5T to our debt in 4 years with new spending. He did it by giving massive tax cuts to billionaires and corporations.
 
BandAlum83 said:
Rachel Maddow last night pointed out last night on her show, that if Harris wins, she has a serious national security threat to deal with: Elon Musk, who is cozying up with dictators and taking our adversaries side against friends/allies with skylink and denying to Taiwan and Ukraine. He also holds Billions in US defense and NASA contracts. Yes, it is a serious issue.

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He also worked in the US illegally on a student visa when he opted not to go to college. So perhaps the answer is to seize all his assets and deport him via one of those Trump style detainment camps?
 
Freedom of the Press. It's only free if you say what we want.

Journalists from multiple news organizations have been denied credentials to former President Donald Trump’s election night watch event in West Palm Beach, Florida, in retaliation for their coverage of Trump’s campaign.

Reporters at Politico, Axios, Puck, Voice of America and Mother Jones were among those denied credentials. Some, like Politico, had been previously granted access to the Tuesday night event only to have the decision reversed.
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