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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums538 Election Forecast Biden 78% Trump 21%
State polls have been excellent for Biden lately. I expect this to be 80-19 by next week.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2020-election-forecast/
TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,108 posts)"If I were a Republican running for office in this country, I would be furious with Trump right now."
Trump just cost Republican candidates across the country millions of votes combined. Millions of Republicans that were intending to vote for the GOP all up and down the ticket will stay home because of last night. Not cult members, but the moderates, the moderates are who most of these Senate hopefuls were counting on.
Trump destroyed Reps up and down the ticket last night.
Amishman
(5,559 posts)I check it far more often than is probably healthy
BlueWavePsych
(2,640 posts)Happy Hoosier
(7,376 posts)the very small possibility that neither candidate wins enough electoral votes.
Jose Garcia
(2,601 posts)Don't get overconfident and complacent.
Hela
(440 posts)Fiendish Thingy
(15,651 posts)BlueWavePsych
(2,640 posts)That said, 538 has tweaked their algo and is more conservative and likely more accurate.
The closer to Nov 3, the more accurate it gets too.
obamanut2012
(26,111 posts)And, turnout was much, much lower than expected.
This is not 2016.