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Donald Trump will win reelection. Do you agree ... ?

[quote]The United States
Donald Trump will win reelection (55 percent)
This is a close one, but I think the balance of evidence favors a Trump reelection. The basics are simple: Decades of political science work on election forecasting imply that presidents running for reelection enjoy an incumbency advantage, that a strong economy helps the incumbent’s party, and that high levels of US military fatalities hurt the incumbent’s party.

In short: Trump is the incumbent, the economy is growing while unemployment stays very low, and despite some close calls, Trump hasn’t started new wars or expanded existing ones in ways that kill a lot of US service members. Combine that with Trump’s geographic advantage over the Democratic nominee in the Electoral College, and I think he has a better than even chance of winning.

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[b]https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/1/13/21055740/trump-reelection-biden-nomination-brexit-2020-predictions[/b]
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luckranger71 · 51-55, M
No. It will be close, but I don’t think he’ll win Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania again.
Nimbus · M
@luckranger71 Why do you think that?
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@Nimbus Wishful thinking
Nimbus · M
luckranger71 · 51-55, M
@Nimbus Democratic governors were elected in Wisconsin and Michigan in 2018. Romney lost Wisconsin in ‘12 with more votes than Trump won it with in ‘16.

It’s all about turnout. Like I said, it will he close but I believe the Democratic base will come out in far greater numbers in these critical states than in 16. And frankly I don’t believe any other Hillary states will go to Trump this time or vice versa. The election will again he decided by these three states.
MartinII · 70-79, M
@luckranger71 Interesting. Even with either an incompetent, or a very left-wing, Democratic candidate do you think? (Clinton was neither, though of course she was hated.)
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@MartinII the hildabeeste was a right-winger!
MartinII · 70-79, M
@sunsporter1649 Up to a point, yes, and still blue collar workers didn’t turn out for her.
sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M
@MartinII Pass around whatever you are smoking