Jusr as my thread is titled, who do think will win on November 5th? My take is that it could go either way. Rob
Jusr as my thread is titled, who do think will win on November 5th? My take is that it could go either way. Rob
It’s an effing dead heat.
The looming possible east coast/gulf dockworkers’ strike Tuesday could definitely influence things. The union president is very belligerent. They want a 77% wage increase. The east coast union hasn’t gone out since 1977 (unlike the west coast). He told Biden that he (Biden) would regret it if the feds intervened. Effing selfish greedy bastards willing to screw tbings up for a lot of people. This is much different than a strike against a big company ot even the Big Three.
Duh, the one with the most electoral votes. The other will contest/ask for a recount.
Well, we got our ballots in the mail. In Vermont all voters get early ballots. I asked DH, "Do you want the ballots or should we just throw them away because we're going to cancel out each other anyway?"
I am sure about who I want to vote for, but I think I'll wait for November 5 because I enjoy the ritual of going to Town Hall and standing in line with all the other civic-minded people.
As far as who will win--it's definitely a crap shoot at this point. It's all up to those swing states.
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I was visiting a small town on the other side of our state recently. There were many men driving big pickups with American flags and Trump signs going back and forth honking their horns through town. I had never seen anything like that. One can't underestimate the lock-step support Trump gets from so many especially in rural places like that. I am not going to early vote as I sense a surprise of some sort that may upend things.
A recent Forbes article claimed the bookmakers taking bets are going 51.8% Harris and 47.4% Trump.
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You make a good point. Most of the real action in government occurs down ballot. Does it really matter, for instance, that Jill Biden is doing so much of the talking in cabinet meetings? We tend to attribute mystical significance to the presidency, but much of the power of the office derives from Congressional lassitude and the gradual mission creep of administrative agencies. Dubious executive orders aside, what power can a president really exercise over the economy beyond deciding which bill to sign?
Since there seems so little by way of competence and integrity at the top of the two major parties, I think our best hope resides down ballot.
OK, so here is my ballot and this is how I'm voting
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President: The Democratic candidate (you will note how many qualified people are on the ballot on VT). Senator: You know it's Bernie. Congresswoman: Becca. Governor: Phil Scott (A very, very well-respected Republican governor. No one wants to run against him he's so good.
I'm sure you guys don't care about the others down-ballot in my state, and I haven't completely made up my mind about most of them. DH was asked to run for Justice of the Peace in our district which made me laugh, but I wish he had, because then he could have married people on his boat. (He has actually already hosted a couple who asked him to marry them but he couldn't so they got a minister instead.)
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