The horse-race coverage of the 2024 campaign for the U.S. presidency carries many adjectives, none of which that come to mind are positive.
It is confusing, maddening, contradictory, chaotic.
I see headlines on the news services I read each day that tell me “Harris surges with new poll,” and then I see where “Trump is looking at a blowout win.” I am careful, of course, to check the source of these “news” items. Leftie organizations generally will tout Harris successes, while rightie outlets sing the praises of Trump’s efforts.
Even the mainstream outlets send confusing messages hither and yon, confusing the daylights out of folks like me.
All of this, I suppose, is to confirm that the contest is a dead heat. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump well might cross the finish line on Nov. 5 shoulder to shoulder.
Or … there’s a hidden vote out there that is waiting to awaken and put one of these candidates into the Oval Office. One theory believes that the hidden mass of voters comprises suburban women who want to protect their reproductive rights but who have been reluctant to tell pollsters of their desire. Another theory suggests another wave of Americans who aren’t yet ready to elect a woman as POTUS.
I’ll go with the former theory. That’s my hope … but you knew that.
The sad part is, we won’t know the outcome the night of the election. We may not know for days. Three battleground states have already come out and said they doubt they’ll have the results same day. In this day and age, that’s bullshit! If you want to have a clean and fair election, you’d better be able to count ballots the day of the election. If you want people to think it’s rigged, don’t count them the same day of the election. It won’t matter who wins if we don’t get results the same day. The other side will claim it’s rigged.
I feel that is something we can both agree on.
Yes. I do agree. I just believe, though, that the threat of election fraud has been overstated, overcooked and exaggerated beyond all reason.
I hope you are right in that we’ll have results the same night. I also hope we don’t have cases of ballots showing up at 3:00am. We shall see.
Changed my mind after Trump’s recent event at Madison Square Garden.
I’m voting for Kamala/Walz.
The comments at the so-called rally were beyond the pale.
I don’t want to live in a country where that type of vile behavior is the norm.
First time I’ve ever voted for a Democrat for POTUS.
Unbelievable.
DM,
Which comments did Trump make that were vile?