sycasey said:dimitrig said:sycasey said:Turnout is high. This is what people wanted.dimitrig said:SBGold said:It does seem like he will win the popular vote as well.bear2034 said:BREAKING: The NYT dial has maxed out for President Trump with > 95% likelihood he will win the Presidency. It also predicts Donald Trump will win 306 electoral votes and the popular vote by 1.2%. pic.twitter.com/G7U2Kqit4i
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) November 6, 2024
Unbelievable. Did people just stay home or what? What has the turnout been?
We need to reckon with what is happening here: Trump is winning because he's improved his margins with various racial minorities (not winning them outright, but doing better). It's not enough to just complain about racism or whatever anymore.
Now I kind of do think a lot of this is Trump-specific. Not sure another Republican would be doing so well here. But he has as kind of weird charisma that just works.
How do you have a guy that lost the popular vote twice come back and win it after having done nothing but complain he was cheated for four years? And he is more popular than ever? Even people in his own party came out against him. Makes no sense.
Or is it just better to be a white male than a black woman in America? Because I think that plays a big part in why Latino men in particular turned away from her.
The polling suggested this turn was already happening under Biden. There are larger trends at play.
That was just the economy and Biden presided over horrible inflation while telling us all it was fine. It was a lie. It wasn't all his fault of course but the President takes the fall for that. In any other election cycle I would agree. Why does the cat litter that cost $14 in 2019 cost $28 now? Why is a soda at a pizza place $4? Totally get it. But I feel like we can deal with all of that regardless of who the executive is. Trump won't fix it. He helped cause it! This was our chance to put him away for good and go back to normalcy. Instead it is going to be chaos for four more years? That is what people want? Chaos?