Official Biden vs. Trump 2020 General Election Thread (Biden WINS 306 Electoral College Votes)

[jj23]

Trump being extremely irresponsible and campaigning like he would in a normal year (while Biden did not) was massively beneficial to him. I think I mentioned earlier that Coronavirus didn't influence swing voters as much as people thought.

He basically got every vote from last time, plus some new ones

People were happy with their tax cuts and white supremacy and they didn't blame trump for Covid.

 

[mastermind]

Anyone else listening to Thom Hartmann? Hes beyond correct about liberals needing to step up their media game. Conservatives run political radio in this country

This been said for 20+ years. Remember Air America? That lead to Al Franken becoming a senator.

 

[Foxmulder]

“russ did you guys lose this game or did the jazz win ?”

These dudes are miserable as fukk. If my team is favored in the Super Bowl by 30 and we win by a FG in OT I’m still happy as fukk.

 

[Cave Savage]

"People are out of their minds if they think a Black man with a muslim sounding middle name has a chance at winning a general election"

Obama was a once in a lifetime candidate. Nasally voiced AOC isn't getting white men in the rust belt to the polls like Obama did

 

[No1]

AOC does not have the juice like that. We have to stop using Obama as the example. He was a once in a generation anomaly.

AOC is not winning a 2024 general election. Kamala doesn’t have a chance in hell either

I think any Dem can win given demographics but some make it razor thin. Like Pete would probably lose closely in these Midwest states.

 

[yseJ]

the biggest concern is that even amidst covid, it was an extremely tight election that was decided by like 10k-20k votes in four states.

not only that, even bigger concern that trumps popular vote % went UP compared to 2016 (at least, so far)

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

I think any Dem can win given demographics but some make it razor thin. Like Pete would probably lose closely in these Midwest states.

You think America is electing a gay man?
Edit: reread it. gotcha

 

[TheDarceKnight]

I don't think they moved to the right that much in actuality. They just want to avoid the socialist tag.

I don't know many people that young.

From what I see on the internet, Gen Z has a major identity crisis. That makes them prone to radicalization. There's also some resentment towards the mainstream media and their agendas.

Absolutely.

I feel bad for my Millennial brehs. We got sent to 2 major wars and various other smaller conflicts around there globe. We got hit with the '08 recession right when many of us were just getting out into the job market, and now that a lot of us were getting back on our feet we got hit with Covid and the Covid recession during our peak earning years.

 

[UserNameless]

I’ve got few takeaways

1) Dems focused on Hispanics and peeling off moderates, and it didn’t work. Turning out the black vote and winning the suburbs worked in 2018 and they probably saved the day this year. It’s hard to fight when the redneck enclaves are increasing their vote totals by 10-15% and you can’t get a highly targeted group to show up or vote for you.

2) Tom Perez has to go. I’m not saying Keith Ellison was the answer, but Keith Ellison was the answer. Getting Howard Dean out the paint before the 2010 midterms has been crippling to the DNC as a whole. Losing seats in the House and not completely taking the Senate speaks to not having a coordinated message regardless of location. Instead it speaks to the party supporting moderates who can’t close the deal while allowing them to come up with wildly different messaging that feeds right into the “no matter what they say, socialism/Soros/far left run them” to America’s uninformed electorate looking for a reason to not vote for Dems.

3) Mail-in and early voting was a referendum on Coronavirus and the economy. But by the time Election Day rolled around, media focus shifted to “pick your team” and Dems were roundly rejected. And that’s because the Dems made the focus their efforts to get Trump out instead to show how the House, Senate, and downballot races would help even if Trump won.

4) I’ve really enjoyed this thread. I’ve really enjoyed getting to banter, exchange ideas and ignore Nap with y’all. Yeah, cacs gonna cac. I think it’s great that no matter where we are from, what we do, and how much we disagree about this or that, we can teach, learn and expose agents together. Thank y’all.

306 isn’t a disaster but it breeds complacency in a party that always takes away the wrong lessons from every election, win or lose.

306 is a solid victory, but Trump more than overperformed last night. He improved his support in every demographic besides shyte men. That is concerning. It’s not just about 2020.

This was a nail biter of a race and it should not have been. Trump clearly picked up a ton of votes when he shouldn’t have. I’m not satisfied with 306 when it creates a smug DNC to feel like they ran a good campaign against the GOP because we will have won the presidency in spite of ourselves.

Trump lost this election. Biden didn’t win it. That sounds trite but it’s not wrong. This was suppose to be a resounding statement election and it wasn’t. Trump got more votes than in 2016 and he made inroads with more minorities.

Dems can’t get complacent about 2024.

Faaaaacts !

 

[FAH1223]

Jon is right. If Biden actually says fukk it and governs effectively through the perch of popular executive actions, Dems won't be doomed.

 

[Uno]

Obama was a once in a lifetime candidate. Nasally voiced AOC isn't getting white men in the rust belt to the polls like Obama did

She doesn't have a nasally voice. Once she wins Iowa in 2024 we will see.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Millennials dealt with 9/11 and W firsthand

the 08 recession, occupy, and facing the college degree fallacy also were big things for us. it may also go back to us being the "everyone gets a gold star/you can be anything you want" generation as kids - might have helped to make us care more about sharing and the greater good vs being the sole winner.

 

[THE MACHINE]

MAGAs are about to see how much 45 loves them once he's outta office Them harsh realities are about to set in when he doesnt come back to those trailers to visit

 

[DJ Paul's Arm]

CNN reporters know it's over. Everytime King breaks it down, they all have a little smirk on their face.

 

[Pressure]

Trump being extremely irresponsible and campaigning like he would in a normal year (while Biden did not) was massively beneficial to him. I think I mentioned earlier that Coronavirus didn't influence swing voters as much as people thought.

He basically got every vote from last time, plus some new ones

Him getting it and getting back out there only helped his message that its not a big deal.