Because the material conditions of late stage capitalism that lead to fascism are inevitable.
the media reporting it are all scared of trump and his cronies
You can't forget that the voters are all americans.
Have you seen some of the wishy-washy mouth breathers in the "undecided" focus groups? I'm embarrassed to admit we're the same species. The Trump cultists might be insane, brain-poisoned, sociopathic, fundamentalist idiots but at least they have the capacity to make a bad decision. The independents can't seem to make any decision. It if they do, it's based on some random nonsense or impulse. I dunno if they've got learning disorders or are just sad windsocks, but the fact that they are the ones who get to decide if America dies next month is terrifying.
I don't think you have any idea who you're describing. Of course it's possible to find a couple dozen people who legitimately have no idea who to vote for, but you know it's a lot easier to find millions of people who are going to stay home. As always, the real challenge is getting people to go vote.
But you think this ultra-minority, that is barely in existence, is going to decide an election. By your reasoning, it doesn't matter what anyone else does. Everyone else in the United States is powerless between now and election day. That's your position, right? ... But I think it's just a cop out. You just want someone to blame if your candidate loses, and you certainly don't want to blame yourself or your candidate.
Because the people who own everything want him to win. It's that simple.
If you're posting this right now because of recent poll data, It's because Republican companies are creating their own polls just so that they can claim the race is closer than it is.
Of course we don't know who's going to win. The election hasn't happened yet. But any speculation about changes in the last few days should be taken with a grain of salt, because this is a playbook that was trotted out two years ago and it's back again.
I don't really understand it. I guess it's because a close race drives turnout and they think their supporters need more encouragement than ours do?
Because one side wants to own the libs and that's all they want to do. While one side is just as bad, they want to own the population to get away with crimes and the other side is never taken seriously as it's full of gas huffing paint-chip addicts.
Hmm, is this post from a Russian bot or someone who is both sideding to sound smart even if it is a bad take?
why is this race so close?
Two words: Electoral College.
Also because big business owns all the media and everyone can lie without consequences. Democracy can't survive in these conditions.
The electoral college takes it from a 45-55 to a 50-50. But what on God's green earth gets him that 45% of the votes?
People who only loosely follow politics but liked the Obama economy that trump inherited and only watch Fox News. "He can't possibly be worse than a demoncrat, he's the same party as Reagan! It's really sad how the media slanders him"
If you go by the polls, the two candidates are within margin of error of each other, or very close. We're looking at a possibility that Trump would not only win the EC, but the overall popular vote, as well.
The EC is not the only issue at play. Millions of Americans either like Trump or are willing to handwave his behavior away rather than vote for a Democrat.
Most people are poorer today in the day-to-day than they were 4 years ago.
That's why. It's that simple.
That, and they forgot that they were poorer 4 years ago than they were 8 years ago.
American voters do seem to have very short memories.
Even faced with actual data that indicates that the economy has consistently performed better under Democrats over the past 75 years, they still pretend that the party of the oligarchs is somehow going to solve the problems of the working class.
Donald Trump is very open about his own anti-labor policies as an employer, yet the very people who hate being screwed over by their bosses worship him.
I don't understand how anyone can function with this level of cognitive dissonance.
For the same reason I got temp banned from this community. People only need to be slightly against the circlejerk to be pushed away from a community, and this creates a "well, might as well let everything burn" counter-resentment. I can't vote in the US, but part of that reason is having prioritized society and consequences over ego and money. if I could I would vote against Trump, but it seems you guys are stuck doing it, and you reap what you sow. Stop being surprised pikachu-faced.
In addition to all the things said elsewhere in this thread, younger demographics are less likely to engage with polling, which is likely effecting the outcome of the polls. The emails/texts/phone calls/etc just get ignored, so that leaves the older generations as the only ones who actually answer.
I know the polls try to take that into account, but it's never going to be possible to do so perfectly.
So tldr: fuck the polls go vote, and make sure your friends/family votes
Also worth noting that younger people are less likely to vote
Republicans don’t want the country to be educated.
People with college degrees are overwhelmingly voting Harris. Republicans know that if we make the country smarter they’re screwed
What is with this elitist attitude about college? I've met plenty of idiots with degrees and many educated people without. I hate that we essentially say people are stupid if they didn't go to college or university
Pretty sure it's the economy. Despite the fact that the US economy has been reasonably well managed, by international standards, people are hurting -- which is the perfect recipe for changing the governing party. Telling people that things aren't as bad as they think they are makes you sound out of touch.
The electoral collage an years of disinformation and latent bigotry plus corporate greed screwing us all over...did I miss anything?
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