Presidential Race 2024

[nonniey]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

If you could replace Trump with a the 1st repulican you would actually vote for, who would it be? I have a tough time getting a read on your overall views. This might make it a little easier. What repulican would you like to be president in January?

I liked Haley the best of those who ran but would have supported Desantis as well. I would not support Vance or any of the populists.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Originally Posted by nonniey

I liked Haley the best of those who ran but would have supported Desantis as well. I would not support Vance or any of the populists.

Thanks for responding. You're like the Dos Equis man or something. I don't see lot of similarities between Haley and DeSantis personally, so that's an interesting split. Doesn't mean they don't exist though.

Bonus question: How would you describe a populist?

Turnabout is fair play, I'll answer any 3 questions, if you want to ask, by Friday afternoon.

[sdskinsfan2001]

I'd much rather hear from small-business owners that actually own businesses.

https://sbiqpoll.jcnf.org/monthly-mo...eptember-2024/

New September polling from the Job Creators Network Foundation (JCNF) finds Donald Trump holds a 12-point lead ahead of Kamala Harris among small businesses nationwide. More specifically, 51 percent of respondents say Trump would do a better job helping small businesses while 39 percent say the same about Harris.

Thirty-five percent of small businesses surveyed self-describe themselves as Republicans, 30 percent as Democrats, and 33 percent as Independents.

Additionally, the Small Business Intelligence Quotient (SBIQ), an index tracking overall small business sentiment about the economy, dropped for the first time since last November. The indicator now stands at 56.4, with metrics measuring both current conditions and future expectations dipping in September.

Other key takeaways include:

- 84 percent of small businesses say crime has either increased or stayed the same, calling into question the media narrative that crime rates are falling.

- By a two-to-one margin, small businesses oppose government price controls.

- A majority of small businesses (58 percent) support extending the Tax Cuts and Job Act.

Note - The article does have some other polls included as well.

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

I'd much rather hear from small-business owners that actually own businesses.

https://sbiqpoll.jcnf.org/monthly-mo...eptember-2024/
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LOL you need to check out your link. None of it's true.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Also, I can do the same thing. Again, anyone can find articles that state what they already believe:

Harris’s Personnel Problem: Over 90 Percent of VP’s Staff Left in Last Three Years

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/...t-three-years/

Throughout her career as a senator and then vice president, Kamala Harris developed a reputation as a difficult boss who struggles to retain staff due to the atmosphere of suspicion and disorder that tends to develop among her subordinates.

Data from the government watchdog group Open the Books — released Monday, as Harris consolidates her position as President Biden's successor atop the Democratic ticket — makes clear just how extreme Harris's personnel problem really is: 91.5 percent of the staff Harris began her vice presidential term with three years ago have since left.

Her own staff hated her too, so I guess they should both drop-out of the race.

[nonniey]

So was talking to a couple of my MAGA friends (Yes I have friends who are MAGA and I have liberal friends too) and they were jumping all over three stories of election fraud." A Chinese student voting in Michigan, a video of ballots being destroyed in Pennsylvania and leaked voting machine passwords in Colorado as proof the election was being stolen. They actually believe all these were evidence the Dems were in the process of stealing the election. I pointed out the first was their best example as it clearly undermines Dem opposition to voter ID efforts, but the guy was Chinese and seemed to make an effort to get caught (Chinese interference maybe??) The 2d was an outright fake video created by Russia and the last was incompetence and a mole hill that was being made into a mountain. Of course, they didn't accept any of my analysis and continue to believe it was all true (their counter argument on the Russian fake- FBI as a source really????)

I see Trump's election fraud move as another of his attacks that undermine the United States. MAGA will accept no result as legitimate that doesn't end with Trump as the winner. This is destabilizing. We saw what happened in 2020-2021, I expect it to be worse this time.

In 2020 Trump showed he was willing to burn the United States to the ground if it benefited him, he is showing that again.

[88Commanders00]

The late momentum seems to have shifted to Harris.

[88Commanders00]

My election prediction. Kamala beats Donny to become the POTUS 47. She wins 308-230 in the electoral college. She wins NV, WI, MI,PA, GA and NC. She wins 6 of the 7 swing states. She gets 52% of popular vote. I predict the gop flips the Senate by winning a 1-3 seat majority but the Dems flip the House by winning a 5-15 seat majority.

[nonniey]

If Trump wins the difference will be her mistake in picking Walsh. Does anyone still not consider that to have been a mistake? If Harris wins it will be because of the GOP cross over/anti-Trump vote (after all Trump said he didn't need them and followed thru by sidelining Haley and DeSantis).

[88Commanders00]

Originally Posted by nonniey

If Trump wins the difference will be her mistake in picking Walsh. Does anyone still not consider that to have been a mistake? If Harris wins it will be because of the GOP cross over/anti-Trump vote (after all Trump said he didn't need them and followed thru by sidelining Haley and DeSantis).

I think the biggest factor if Harris wins, the female vote. She gets historic amounts including wives of those maga.

[nonniey]

So how long are the lines. I wouldn't know as I vote by mail (I have never voted any other way).

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by nonniey

So how long are the lines. I wouldn't know as I vote by mail (I have never voted any other way).

i went at 6:45, i was out of the building just before 8

there was some just getting started down time at 7 that contributed to the delay

[Chico23231]

Kamala said she raised 1.5 billion on a call with dnc fund raising. Her campaign ended in debt and is trying to still raise money after losing.

Trump raised 380-400 million.

[BaltimoreSkins]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Kamala said she raised 1.5 billion on a call with dnc fund raising. Her campaign ended in debt and is trying to still raise money after losing.

Trump raised 380-400 million.

Completely pathetic. TBH both amounts of money are absurdly disgusting and just validates that our country is for the rich and corporations and not us.

In regards to your last post I am not sure I get the hate on Walz I think the biggest flaw they did with him is really not focus on his progressive accomplishments that are incredibly popular regardless of voter registration.

Things like:

Increasing pre-k access, food for breakfast and lunch for students, increased funding for state police, red flag laws and back ground checks, paid leave and paid sick time for all workers and banning non compete agreements, decreased taxes on seniors and middle class and cut prescription drug prices.

All of those have bipartisan support and hugely popular but instead the Harris campaign muzzled him on these issues and he had to speak about Harris' pro corporate agenda which was an epic failure.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by BaltimoreSkins

Completely pathetic. TBH both amounts of money are absurdly disgusting and just validates that our country is for the rich and corporations and not us.

In regards to your last post I am not sure I get the hate on Walz I think the biggest flaw they did with him is really not focus on his progressive accomplishments that are incredibly popular regardless of voter registration.

Things like:

Increasing pre-k access, food for breakfast and lunch for students, increased funding for state police, red flag laws and back ground checks, paid leave and paid sick time for all workers and banning non compete agreements, decreased taxes on seniors and middle class and cut prescription drug prices.

All of those have bipartisan support and hugely popular but instead the Harris campaign muzzled him on these issues and he had to speak about Harris' pro corporate agenda which was an epic failure.

Baltimore I get that, but the insane positions will be the fodder highlighted to independents. Also the attempts to make him more masculine and to speak to men didn’t work and seemed unnatural/forced….his military service was a detriment. Plus his mannerisms made him appear gay.

The debate was a debacle vs Vance.

Also listen to James Carville here:

If I were running a 2028 campaign and I had some little snot-nosed 23-year-old saying, ‘I’m going to resign if you do this,’ not only would I fire that motherf---er on the spot, I would find out who hired them and fire that person on the spot!" he added. "I’m really not interested in your uninformed, stupid, jacka-- opinion as to whether to go on Joe Rogan or not."


I don’t get why the democrats put up with this nonsense? This happens on Capitol Hill as well with democrat staff.

Look, where I work, we don’t put up with this from 20 years olds. We don’t, you will not get hired or you will not advance period. The big thing we do is move them into spots if we can’t fire them outright