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lees1975

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2. I see some skewed numbers here that make zero sense.
Wed Aug 16, 2023, 04:48 PM
Aug 2023

54% support prosecuting the orange haired buffoon, including a significant 57% of Independents. So there's something a little bit skewed there, because if 95% of the Democrats and 57% of the independents, which in the political makeup of the United States would be over 65% of the total, the "prosecute" figure should be higher, especially if 15% of the Republicans polled also favor prosecuting the corrupt buffoon. Should be at least 57%, which is the median number of all three groups. So the poll has clearly "over-polled" Republicans and under-polled Democrats.

And you're telling me that 10% of the voters who think he should be prosecuted would still vote for him? Bunk.

I'm also not buying this theme that the more indictments pile on, the more support he gets. His fundraising is really drying up, at least, if what gets reported is accurate. Yes, he's got some hard core supporters who pitch in their $10 bucks every time he appeals to them, and that generates a couple of million, which is really nothing in politics these days. The President has amassed a war chest without making a lot of noise, and if the news media was interested in finding out, much of what he's raised has also been on the news of Trump indictments. So that works both ways.

My best guess, which does have some professional expertise, is that if orange head makes it as the GOP nominee, something I think is at under 50-50 odds right now, it will be Biden at over 55% of the vote, and with Biden picking up 343 electoral votes. If, somehow, a couple of convictions come down before the election, and the GOP wakes up and gets rid of this drag, it will be a huge landslide for Biden.

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