Friday, October 11, 2024

TRUMP'S POLLING LOOKING UP

By Bob Walsh


Kamala Harris and Donald Trump


We are now within one month until the election.  Poll numbers may start to be meaningful now and the direction the polls are moving in is probably meaningful.

RealClearPolitics poll averages show Trump very slightly ahead in Michigan.  Hillary lost Michigan in 2016 but Biden snagged it in 2020.  Quinipiac shows Trump being ahead for the first time in both Michigan and Wisconsin.  ALL of the battleground states show things being very, very tight.  Of course the popular vote and the electoral college vote are not the same thing.  That is probably why both Tampon Tim and Cackling Kamala are now babbling very loudly that it is clearly mandatory that our country switch to popular vote elections, which means that CA and NY will decide all national races.  That appeals very strongly to the Democrat-Socialist party and not so much to anybody that doesn't have their head up their ass.

A New York Times / Siena poll shows the senate leaning strongly towards a Republican takeover, by the most slim margin possible, 51-49.

Trump is holding a huge (hopefully) rally at Madison Square Garden.  He claims that maybe New York is in play.  I think that is wishful thinking, but a nice huge rally with nice huge numbers sure looks good, especially if it is in enemy territory.  

Polling is far from an exact science.  Remember the Scottish Referendum ten years ago?  People lie to pollsters.  People engage in wishful thinking but when it comes time to pull the lever they maybe go in a different direction.  

Right at the moment my guesstimate (for what that might be worth to you) is that the election will be won or lost in Pennsylvania.  If Kamala loses there, it is probably over.  There is almost no path to victory for her in that case.  If Trump loses Pennsylvania he could still win if he sweeps everything else, which is not impossible (but maybe not real likely either).  

It seems likely that November 5 late night television news will be a nail-biter.   

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