US Presidential Election 2024

the economy maybe a issue for harris .a lot of people are feeling it in their pockets ,
the perception is that it was far better under trump and this could give him the win
 
slightly off topic ,only saw the highlights so a question given that was a live broadcast with a split screen showing a close up of trump, i was looking at his right ear i couldn't see any mark/hole /nick left by a bullet ,that ear looked perfect to me ,am i right ?
kind of thing i thought trump would be showing off if it had been hit ?
 
johnwilliams said:
slightly off topic ,only saw the highlights so a question given that was a live broadcast with a split screen showing a close up of trump, i was looking at his right ear i couldn't see any mark/hole /nick left by a bullet ,that ear looked perfect to me ,am i right ?
kind of thing i thought trump would be showing off if it had been hit ?
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There's been a few photos on Twitter, zooming in on that ... and yeah, no obvious signs of injury.

I thought it was always a bit dodgy that the info Trump released came from his former White House physician, who is now in some disgrace.
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"He also gets in a zinger about the potential convergence of Irish and American politics following the US presidential election. “We’ll both have a Harris in charge, republicans in opposition and Orangemen who say no” – the final line accompanied by a cut to Donald Trump in all his tangerine glory."

Good review of a good joke Patrick Kielty made on friday late late show
 
Clever intervention by the Pope of Rome. He urges his flock to vote for the lesser of two evils (without naming which he thinks passes that test). There was a time when voting for an ardent right to abortion defender would be a mortal sin. The Pope is blowing a dog whistle to let them know they would get absolution on this occasion.
 
GSheehy said:
Looking at it from afar, it's hard to undertand how close it is still.

I understand the near 50/50 support as much as I undertand that SF/DUP still get 50% of the vote in NI.

It's like it has nothing to do with Country at all but dislike of one over the other. Policies don't seem to matter to too many.

The race/gender voting pattern by party is just mad
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I made a nice sum out of backing Trump V Clinton, having been in some of the US back in 2016, it became very clear very quickly that the message we were getting from the East Coast media was not reflective of much of the broader US.

Firstly, 35%-40% of people will vote Republican or Democrat, regardless of the candidate. It's the same here (FF and FG have a constant support base), despite the madness, the Tories still got millions of votes in the UK. Inertia, habit, fear of change etc, pre-conceptions, for whatever reason, it happens. So it is that key 25% of undecided that is the main focus.

The US is actually a deeply conservative country so fear of change and a more liberal set of social policies is a major factor for a lot of voters. The fact that Trump is a serial adulterer is not relevant, it's what he represents, a more conservative agenda. Also the US is a very militaristic nation so the thoughts of not getting involved in overseas wars and not worrying if your son or daughter is going to get killed overseas will play in the minds of many voters.
 
thedaddyman said:
Firstly, 35%-40% of people will vote Republican or Democrat, regardless of the candidate. It's the same here (FF and FG have a constant support base), despite the madness, the Tories still got millions of votes in the UK. Inertia, habit, fear of change etc, pre-conceptions, for whatever reason, it happens. So it is that key 25% of undecided that is the main focus.
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Yes it's like here but to a far greater extent. The fringes of both parties are nuts and noisy.
 
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