Occam's razor 2020 election

On one hand, Trump's popular vote % was slightly better than his approval rating for his entire presidency, and agrees with pre-election polls. I've been around for more than a few presidential elections, and this is the only time I remember members of one party endorsing a candidate from another. The 2016 Trump states that "flipped" for Biden in 2020 are all states that have been leaning more towards the center for the past two decades. There have been very few proven incidents of voting crimes in the USA. For such a crime to happen without smoking gun evidence requires many, many people to be in on it, and to keep their mouths shut. This isn't the X files, its real life. The basic fact is: Trump was very popular with 40% of the country, and very unpopular with the remaining 60% . Basic logic tells you that Trump does not win.

On the other hand, the pre-election polls and approval ratings polls could have all been biased and rigged. Stats that show voting trends could all be biased or intentionally misleading. endorsements are irrelevant. Many folks on various levels could have conspired together nationally to change the vote in a few states. The volunteer poll workers could all have received special training on how to cheat so that election observers did not catch them. The post election audits and recounts could have all been paid off by democrat donors with deep pockets.

One scenario is simple, and doesn't require anything extraordinary. The other one does. Sorry, Liz Cheney is 100% correct here.

Northwest · M

@summersmiles

[quote]Her loss didn't scare me, it inspired me.[/quote]

I am going to guess you don't live in the Wild West part of the country. Those of us who get there, every once in a while, ARE scared.

These people are scary. They are racist, and wedded to the idea that this we are a white, Christian country and it is their sacred duty, to defend what's left of that, to the death.

Education will change that, but that's slow coming to that part of the country. What I noticed, was that one of the red parts of our state, recently turned blue. The catalyst? Educated people and tech industry growing roots. I saw that happen statewide, as the tech industry attracted more educated people, and we flipped from red to blue, to deep blue.

Will we have a civil war? Not likely, but we may have localized, mini versions of a civil war. Trump is not to subtle, with his dog whistles, and dogs be dogs.