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It has finally happened ! The wait is over. The counts are in. In 2021 we have a real president !
Today from the Associated Press;
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In response to:
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER an hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.
His victory came after more than three days of uncertainty as election officials sorted through a surge of mail-in votes that delayed the processing of some ballots. Biden crossed 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania.
Trump refused to concede, threatening further legal action on ballot counting.
Biden, 77, staked his candidacy less on any distinctive political ideology than on galvanizing a broad coalition of voters around the notion that Trump posed an existential threat to American democracy. The strategy proved effective, resulting in pivotal victories in Michigan and Wisconsin as well as Pennsylvania, onetime Democratic bastions that had flipped to Trump in 2016.
Biden, in a statement, said he was humbled by the victory and it was time for the battered nation to set aside its differences.
“It’s time for America to unite. And to heal,” he said.
“With the campaign over, it’s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation,” Biden said. “There’s nothing we can’t do if we do it together.”
Biden was on track to win the national popular vote by more than 4 million, a margin that could grow as ballots continue to be counted.
Trump was not giving up.
Departing from longstanding democratic tradition and signaling a potentially turbulent transfer of power, he issued a combative statement while he was on his Virginia golf course. It said his campaign would take unspecified legal actions and he would “not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands.”
Trump has pointed to delays in processing the vote in some states to allege with no evidence that there was voter fraud and to argue that his rival was trying to seize power — an extraordinary charge by a sitting president trying to sow doubt about a bedrock democratic process.
Kamala Harris also made history as the first Black woman to become vice president, an achievement that comes as the U.S. faces a reckoning on racial justice. The California senator, who is also the first person of South Asian descent elected to the vice presidency, will become the highest-ranking woman ever to serve in government, four years after Trump defeated Hillary Clinton.
Trump is the first incumbent president to lose reelection since Republican George H.W. Bush in 1992.
Early Saturday he left the White House for his Virginia golf club dressed in golf shoes, a windbreaker and a white hat as the results gradually expanded Biden’s lead in Pennsylvania.
Trump repeated his unsupported allegations of election fraud and illegal voting on Twitter. One of his tweets, quickly flagged as potentially misleading by Twitter, claimed: “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!”
In Wilmington, Delaware, near a stage that has stood empty since it was erected to celebrate a potential victory on Election Night, people cheered and pumped their fists as the news that the presidential race had been called for the state’s former senator arrived on their cell phones. ...
Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided US
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER an hour ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump to become the 46th president of the United States on Saturday, positioning himself to lead a nation gripped by a historic pandemic and a confluence of economic and social turmoil.
His victory came after more than three days of uncertainty as election officials sorted through a surge of mail-in votes that delayed the processing of some ballots. Biden crossed 270 Electoral College votes with a win in Pennsylvania.
Trump refused to concede, threatening further legal action on ballot counting.
Biden, 77, staked his candidacy less on any distinctive political ideology than on galvanizing a broad coalition of voters around the notion that Trump posed an existential threat to American democracy. The strategy proved effective, resulting in pivotal victories in Michigan and Wisconsin as well as Pennsylvania, onetime Democratic bastions that had flipped to Trump in 2016.
Biden, in a statement, said he was humbled by the victory and it was time for the battered nation to set aside its differences.
“It’s time for America to unite. And to heal,” he said.
“With the campaign over, it’s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together as a nation,” Biden said. “There’s nothing we can’t do if we do it together.”
Biden was on track to win the national popular vote by more than 4 million, a margin that could grow as ballots continue to be counted.
Trump was not giving up.
Departing from longstanding democratic tradition and signaling a potentially turbulent transfer of power, he issued a combative statement while he was on his Virginia golf course. It said his campaign would take unspecified legal actions and he would “not rest until the American People have the honest vote count they deserve and that Democracy demands.”
Trump has pointed to delays in processing the vote in some states to allege with no evidence that there was voter fraud and to argue that his rival was trying to seize power — an extraordinary charge by a sitting president trying to sow doubt about a bedrock democratic process.
Kamala Harris also made history as the first Black woman to become vice president, an achievement that comes as the U.S. faces a reckoning on racial justice. The California senator, who is also the first person of South Asian descent elected to the vice presidency, will become the highest-ranking woman ever to serve in government, four years after Trump defeated Hillary Clinton.
Trump is the first incumbent president to lose reelection since Republican George H.W. Bush in 1992.
Early Saturday he left the White House for his Virginia golf club dressed in golf shoes, a windbreaker and a white hat as the results gradually expanded Biden’s lead in Pennsylvania.
Trump repeated his unsupported allegations of election fraud and illegal voting on Twitter. One of his tweets, quickly flagged as potentially misleading by Twitter, claimed: “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT!”
In Wilmington, Delaware, near a stage that has stood empty since it was erected to celebrate a potential victory on Election Night, people cheered and pumped their fists as the news that the presidential race had been called for the state’s former senator arrived on their cell phones. ...
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Stormy Monday...
South Florida is on a storm watch as Tropical Depression ETA will be here Monday.
Coming through the gulf with current winds at 35mph it's certain to dump lots of rain across the state.
Covered by many artists and groups it's STORMY MONDAY by Bobby Bland from 1962
Coming through the gulf with current winds at 35mph it's certain to dump lots of rain across the state.
Covered by many artists and groups it's STORMY MONDAY by Bobby Bland from 1962
PA AG indicates that Trump would benefit from not listening to Giuliani. Wouldn't we all ?
Today from Yahoo;
In response to:
Amid Trump lawsuit, Pennsylvania AG says 'they need to stop listening to Rudy Giuliani'
Stephen Proctor
Thu, November 5, 2020, 3:52 AM EST
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show Wednesday night to address the latest lawsuit brought by President Trump against the state. The Trump campaign filed the legal complaint against the state, this time in an attempt to block the counting of mail-in ballots. This came as Trump’s sizable lead over Joe Biden continued to deteriorate throughout the day. But Shapiro says the votes will be counted. Trump had previously filed suits prior to the election aimed at limiting how and when ballots could be collected.
“It is really a new suit in the line of many that have been dismissed outright and found to have absolutely no merit. And I just want to assure you, Rachel, these ballots here in Pennsylvania are going to continue to be counted,” Shapiro said, adding, “They’ve brought a lot of suits here in Pennsylvania to try and limit the vote, and now seemingly to try and stop the counting. Every time they’ve brought a lawsuit, we’ve won. And if they want to bring another one, we’ll win again to protect the good people of Pennsylvania.”
Earlier in the day, Trump dispatched his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and son Eric to Pennsylvania, where they held a press conference deriding the continuing counting of votes, and Shapiro had thoughts on Giuliani.
“Maybe they need to stop listening to Rudy Giuliani so much,” Shapiro said. “I think that may be one of their problems.”
Amid Trump lawsuit, Pennsylvania AG says 'they need to stop listening to Rudy Giuliani'
Stephen Proctor
Thu, November 5, 2020, 3:52 AM EST
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show Wednesday night to address the latest lawsuit brought by President Trump against the state. The Trump campaign filed the legal complaint against the state, this time in an attempt to block the counting of mail-in ballots. This came as Trump’s sizable lead over Joe Biden continued to deteriorate throughout the day. But Shapiro says the votes will be counted. Trump had previously filed suits prior to the election aimed at limiting how and when ballots could be collected.
“It is really a new suit in the line of many that have been dismissed outright and found to have absolutely no merit. And I just want to assure you, Rachel, these ballots here in Pennsylvania are going to continue to be counted,” Shapiro said, adding, “They’ve brought a lot of suits here in Pennsylvania to try and limit the vote, and now seemingly to try and stop the counting. Every time they’ve brought a lawsuit, we’ve won. And if they want to bring another one, we’ll win again to protect the good people of Pennsylvania.”
Earlier in the day, Trump dispatched his personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, and son Eric to Pennsylvania, where they held a press conference deriding the continuing counting of votes, and Shapiro had thoughts on Giuliani.
“Maybe they need to stop listening to Rudy Giuliani so much,” Shapiro said. “I think that may be one of their problems.”
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Oh, no!
Well on the way to the magic number of 270, before all sorts of Democrat vote stealing chicanery, is still our Brilliant and Dazzling, Ivy League grad, President Trump.
These abuses are so out there, that Mr.Trump's competent, VERY competent, legal cavalry are mounted, well armed and beginning the charge.
The same legal team that cut to pieces the many witch hunt parties. As evidenced by---Hilary financed fake Steele (Trump Russia-Moscow project) Dossier, the criminal use of the latter to spy on Mr. Trump's campaign, similar tactics for the Ukraine based attempt to stage an ersatz coup, ---all leading to the final failure to convict, in the grand jury indictment- like Impeachment. Sharp lawyers, all.
An old saying in the US Law, concerning the ease and validity of indictments from grand juries, is, " Grand Juries can even indict a HAM SANDWICH".
And so things are going to State level courts, for the half dozen of states, where Mr. Trump was clearly winning, until the criminal tricks began. Where these talented attorneys will prevail.
But in a rare case, SCOTUS may have the matter turfed to it, for constitutional scrutiny. .
Oh no! SCOTUS. Where hottie Judge Amy Barnett's presence now makes things six to three. In favor of Law and Constitution.
What could possibly go wrong for the Dem's shenanigans at that point?
Sharp lawyers, all. Jay Sekulow, and America's Mayor, Mr. Giuliani. Legal swords aloft.
These abuses are so out there, that Mr.Trump's competent, VERY competent, legal cavalry are mounted, well armed and beginning the charge.
The same legal team that cut to pieces the many witch hunt parties. As evidenced by---Hilary financed fake Steele (Trump Russia-Moscow project) Dossier, the criminal use of the latter to spy on Mr. Trump's campaign, similar tactics for the Ukraine based attempt to stage an ersatz coup, ---all leading to the final failure to convict, in the grand jury indictment- like Impeachment. Sharp lawyers, all.
An old saying in the US Law, concerning the ease and validity of indictments from grand juries, is, " Grand Juries can even indict a HAM SANDWICH".
And so things are going to State level courts, for the half dozen of states, where Mr. Trump was clearly winning, until the criminal tricks began. Where these talented attorneys will prevail.
But in a rare case, SCOTUS may have the matter turfed to it, for constitutional scrutiny. .
Oh no! SCOTUS. Where hottie Judge Amy Barnett's presence now makes things six to three. In favor of Law and Constitution.
What could possibly go wrong for the Dem's shenanigans at that point?
Sharp lawyers, all. Jay Sekulow, and America's Mayor, Mr. Giuliani. Legal swords aloft.
Just prior to planting the flag at the summit.....tomorrow ?
Just 6 electoral votes short of the 270 needed to become the 46th US president
and leading in Nevada, a state that Hillary Clinton won in 2016, a state that has 6 electoral votes, the path to victory seems just a day away. While not taking it for granted,
Joe Biden has a consistent message to all Americans;
Today from the New York Times;
In response to:
Speaking in Delaware, Biden says it’s ‘clear’ he will reach 270 electoral votes.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday said it was “clear” that he would reach 270 electoral votes and win the presidency, though he stopped short of claiming victory.
“I’m not here to declare that we’ve won, but I am here to report that when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners,” Mr. Biden said in a speech at an event center in Wilmington.
After President Trump said in the early morning hours that vote counting should be halted, Mr. Biden offered a strikingly different message, paying tribute to democracy.
“Here, the people rule,” he said. “Power can’t be taken or asserted. It flows from the people. And it’s their will that determines who will be the president of the United States, and their will alone.”
Mr. Biden added that “every vote must be counted.”
“No one’s going to take our democracy away from us,” he said. “Not now, not ever.”
And in a continuation of one of the broad themes of his campaign, Mr. Biden offered a unifying message for the American people.
He said that the presidency “is not a partisan institution” and promised, “I will work as hard for those who didn’t vote for me as I will for those who did vote for me.”
“My friends, I’m confident we’ll emerge victorious,” Mr. Biden said. “But this will not be my victory alone or our victory alone. It will be a victory for the American people, for our democracy, for America. And there will be no blue states and red states when we win — just the United States of America.”
by Thomas Kaplan
Speaking in Delaware, Biden says it’s ‘clear’ he will reach 270 electoral votes.
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday said it was “clear” that he would reach 270 electoral votes and win the presidency, though he stopped short of claiming victory.
“I’m not here to declare that we’ve won, but I am here to report that when the count is finished, we believe we will be the winners,” Mr. Biden said in a speech at an event center in Wilmington.
After President Trump said in the early morning hours that vote counting should be halted, Mr. Biden offered a strikingly different message, paying tribute to democracy.
“Here, the people rule,” he said. “Power can’t be taken or asserted. It flows from the people. And it’s their will that determines who will be the president of the United States, and their will alone.”
Mr. Biden added that “every vote must be counted.”
“No one’s going to take our democracy away from us,” he said. “Not now, not ever.”
And in a continuation of one of the broad themes of his campaign, Mr. Biden offered a unifying message for the American people.
He said that the presidency “is not a partisan institution” and promised, “I will work as hard for those who didn’t vote for me as I will for those who did vote for me.”
“My friends, I’m confident we’ll emerge victorious,” Mr. Biden said. “But this will not be my victory alone or our victory alone. It will be a victory for the American people, for our democracy, for America. And there will be no blue states and red states when we win — just the United States of America.”
by Thomas Kaplan
Well said Joe. It seems your cognitive skills and respect for democracy and people in general are far superior to your rival's.
Lock Trump up !
Trump admits to his aides, that he is worried about all the state and federal prosecutions that are impending after he loses the election. Hey, if you can't do the time, don't commit the crimes ! 
Today from Salon;
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Today from Salon;
In response to:
President Trump tells advisers that he fears prosecution if he loses the election: report
Trump fears not only the state and local investigations already underway but also possible new federal probes
Roger Sollenberger
November 3, 2020 2:02AM (UTC)
With Election Day approaching and his poll numbers still flagging, President Donald Trump has allegedly begun to express concerns to aides about the potential criminal liabilities which may await him in a post-White House life.
The threats are broad: Trump's businesses are currently under investigation by the New York State attorney general and the Manhattan District Attorney's office for possible tax and financial crimes. He is also worried about the potential for new federal investigations, according to a new report from The New York Times.
Trump has reportedly expressed these concerns to advisers "for weeks." Aside from the known state and local probes, The Times did not specify which specific liabilities might have unnerved the president at the federal level.
The difference is significant, because presidential pardons only apply to federal crimes; they do not extend to state and local levels. The constitutional question of whether Trump would pardon himself before leaving office — which no president has tried — has simmered throughout his term. It even came up during Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings last month.
While former special counsel Robert Mueller's final report did not directly accuse Trump of any crimes, "it also does not exonerate him." Though Mueller laid out what many legal experts called textbook examples of obstruction of justice, he did not make a decision "either way" about whether to prosecute Trump. The lack of conclusion maddened the president's supporters and detractors alike.
That decision largely — but not solely, according to testimony from Attorney General William Barr — hinged on existing Department of Justice guidance which bars a sitting president from be criminally prosecuted. That same guidance deterred federal prosecutors from listing Trump as a co-conspirator by name in the indictment which ultimately sent his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to federal prison.
Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York claimed in that case that Cohen had an accomplice in his hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels, an unindicted co-conspirator whom the charging document against Cohen referred to as "Individual-1" — someone who had run "an ultimately successful campaign for president of the United States."
Because communications about those payments extended into 2017, it may be argued that the five-year statute of limitations would not apply to Trump's involvement in that crime as a co-conspirator if he were to be prosecuted in 2021.
Ken Starr, the independent prosecutor who investigated former President Bill Clinton, said before Mueller submitted his report in 2018 that he believed the former special counsel would either refer Trump to Congress for impeachment or he would face indictment once he is no longer president.
"Those are the two avenues that I see," Starr said at the time.
Further, there has been no reporting about what happened to the counterintelligence investigation that the FBI opened into Trump in 2017, and Mueller was prevented from digging into Trump's finances as a result of a decision from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in the investigation's early stages. ....
President Trump tells advisers that he fears prosecution if he loses the election: report
Trump fears not only the state and local investigations already underway but also possible new federal probes
Roger Sollenberger
November 3, 2020 2:02AM (UTC)
With Election Day approaching and his poll numbers still flagging, President Donald Trump has allegedly begun to express concerns to aides about the potential criminal liabilities which may await him in a post-White House life.
The threats are broad: Trump's businesses are currently under investigation by the New York State attorney general and the Manhattan District Attorney's office for possible tax and financial crimes. He is also worried about the potential for new federal investigations, according to a new report from The New York Times.
Trump has reportedly expressed these concerns to advisers "for weeks." Aside from the known state and local probes, The Times did not specify which specific liabilities might have unnerved the president at the federal level.
The difference is significant, because presidential pardons only apply to federal crimes; they do not extend to state and local levels. The constitutional question of whether Trump would pardon himself before leaving office — which no president has tried — has simmered throughout his term. It even came up during Justice Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings last month.
While former special counsel Robert Mueller's final report did not directly accuse Trump of any crimes, "it also does not exonerate him." Though Mueller laid out what many legal experts called textbook examples of obstruction of justice, he did not make a decision "either way" about whether to prosecute Trump. The lack of conclusion maddened the president's supporters and detractors alike.
That decision largely — but not solely, according to testimony from Attorney General William Barr — hinged on existing Department of Justice guidance which bars a sitting president from be criminally prosecuted. That same guidance deterred federal prosecutors from listing Trump as a co-conspirator by name in the indictment which ultimately sent his former personal attorney Michael Cohen to federal prison.
Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York claimed in that case that Cohen had an accomplice in his hush-money payment to Stormy Daniels, an unindicted co-conspirator whom the charging document against Cohen referred to as "Individual-1" — someone who had run "an ultimately successful campaign for president of the United States."
Because communications about those payments extended into 2017, it may be argued that the five-year statute of limitations would not apply to Trump's involvement in that crime as a co-conspirator if he were to be prosecuted in 2021.
Ken Starr, the independent prosecutor who investigated former President Bill Clinton, said before Mueller submitted his report in 2018 that he believed the former special counsel would either refer Trump to Congress for impeachment or he would face indictment once he is no longer president.
"Those are the two avenues that I see," Starr said at the time.
Further, there has been no reporting about what happened to the counterintelligence investigation that the FBI opened into Trump in 2017, and Mueller was prevented from digging into Trump's finances as a result of a decision from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in the investigation's early stages. ....
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The Pittsburg Post-Gazette....
...first edition, 1786; circulation, 200 to 300+K. So, going long and strong. Last editorial endorsement for a Republican---1972. That would be half a century ago, for the stinky lower classes from Oz. And....................................,.........
In a very even tempered explanatory piece, does so for Mr. Trump's 2020 big re-erection bid. VERY big.
Others here have listed his many warts, and his many kept campaign promises, the latter done even with incredible ueber leftie Syndromic wind on his bow. Thanks to all. So I won't bore by repeating such. Hell, I'm boring enough as it is.
Basically, the article separates the annoying warts, from the real accomplishments. In doing so, mounts truth to power. Truncated list of accomplishments, to my eye. But valid. And nice even handed treatment of the warts. For example, that he's divisive. Oh yeah! And the racist, affirmative action, negro ex POTUS wasn't so? Pols are almost all divisive. Puleeze!
Read it. Don't easily be led by the Vierk's dirty little lies. Not at all for wrapping fish, as are most print media, at least this edition.
And isn't PA one of the most crucial States? Four more years.
In a very even tempered explanatory piece, does so for Mr. Trump's 2020 big re-erection bid. VERY big.
Others here have listed his many warts, and his many kept campaign promises, the latter done even with incredible ueber leftie Syndromic wind on his bow. Thanks to all. So I won't bore by repeating such. Hell, I'm boring enough as it is.
Basically, the article separates the annoying warts, from the real accomplishments. In doing so, mounts truth to power. Truncated list of accomplishments, to my eye. But valid. And nice even handed treatment of the warts. For example, that he's divisive. Oh yeah! And the racist, affirmative action, negro ex POTUS wasn't so? Pols are almost all divisive. Puleeze!
Read it. Don't easily be led by the Vierk's dirty little lies. Not at all for wrapping fish, as are most print media, at least this edition.
And isn't PA one of the most crucial States? Four more years.
Stocks have their worst week since March
From the NY Times;
Perhaps now Trump will finally actually do something to prevent the spread of the virus, rather than deny
it's existence and importance, since to him, stocks are much more important than human lives.
In response to:
BREAKING NEWS
Stocks suffered their biggest weekly drop since March, as the jump in coronavirus cases and new restrictions in Europe added to investors’ worries.
Friday, October 30, 2020 4:17 PM EST
Stocks fell on Friday, dropping for the fourth time in the past five days, a retreat that has added up to Wall Street’s worst week since financial markets were gripped by panic over the pandemic and the economic damage that shutdowns and stay-at-home orders would cause.
BREAKING NEWS
Stocks suffered their biggest weekly drop since March, as the jump in coronavirus cases and new restrictions in Europe added to investors’ worries.
Friday, October 30, 2020 4:17 PM EST
Stocks fell on Friday, dropping for the fourth time in the past five days, a retreat that has added up to Wall Street’s worst week since financial markets were gripped by panic over the pandemic and the economic damage that shutdowns and stay-at-home orders would cause.
Perhaps now Trump will finally actually do something to prevent the spread of the virus, rather than deny
it's existence and importance, since to him, stocks are much more important than human lives.
Biden up 8.8 percent in latest poll
According to a poll conducted by The Guardian, nationwide Biden (+8.8%, 51.4% for Biden and 48.6% for Trump ) is up about twice as much as Hillary (+6%) was at this time in 2016.
However, once again the so-called 'battleground states' may decide the election outcome.
Some of them are extremely close at this time, especially; Iowa (0.3% for Biden), Florida (+1 % for Biden), Ohio (+1.8% for Trump), North Carolina (+2.2% for Biden), and (Arizona +3.6% for Biden).
Regardless, it seems that Biden has a lot more paths to victory than Hillary did.
Nonetheless, it is possible that Covid-19 will be gone like a miracle before the election.
From the Guardian;
For a presentation of the latest polls see;
However, once again the so-called 'battleground states' may decide the election outcome.
Some of them are extremely close at this time, especially; Iowa (0.3% for Biden), Florida (+1 % for Biden), Ohio (+1.8% for Trump), North Carolina (+2.2% for Biden), and (Arizona +3.6% for Biden).
Regardless, it seems that Biden has a lot more paths to victory than Hillary did.
Nonetheless, it is possible that Covid-19 will be gone like a miracle before the election.
From the Guardian;
In response to:
US election polls tracker: who is leading in swing states, Trump or Biden?
As the presidential campaign heats up, the Guardian is tracking the latest polling in eight battleground states that could decide the election.
Ashley Kirk, Pablo Gutiérrez, Frank Hulley-Jones and Juweek Adolphe
Wed 28 Oct 2020 18.57 EDT
Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump in the national polls for the presidential election.
But that doesn’t guarantee the Democratic candidate victory. Hillary Clinton also had a clear lead over Trump in the polls for almost the entire 2016 campaign. She ended up losing in the electoral college.
Because the presidential voting system assigns each state a number of electoral college votes, which go to the state’s victor regardless of the margin of victory (with the exception of Nebraska and Maine), a handful of swing states will probably decide the election and be targeted heavily by campaigners.
Each day, the Guardian’s poll tracker takes a rolling 14-day average of the polls in eight swing states.
In order to track how the race is developing in the areas that could decide the election, six of the eight states we focused on were those that flipped to Trump in 2016 after backing Barack Obama in 2012. Arizona and North Carolina were also added due to what they might tell us about a shifting electoral landscape – they could emerge as vital new swing states this year.
We must caution that the polls – particularly some swing state polls – severely undercounted Trump supporters in 2016. We are not certain, despite assurances, that they they have corrected this. Additionally, they may be over-counting Democratic support (more people may say they will vote for Biden than actually turn out).
US election polls tracker: who is leading in swing states, Trump or Biden?
As the presidential campaign heats up, the Guardian is tracking the latest polling in eight battleground states that could decide the election.
Ashley Kirk, Pablo Gutiérrez, Frank Hulley-Jones and Juweek Adolphe
Wed 28 Oct 2020 18.57 EDT
Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump in the national polls for the presidential election.
But that doesn’t guarantee the Democratic candidate victory. Hillary Clinton also had a clear lead over Trump in the polls for almost the entire 2016 campaign. She ended up losing in the electoral college.
Because the presidential voting system assigns each state a number of electoral college votes, which go to the state’s victor regardless of the margin of victory (with the exception of Nebraska and Maine), a handful of swing states will probably decide the election and be targeted heavily by campaigners.
Each day, the Guardian’s poll tracker takes a rolling 14-day average of the polls in eight swing states.
In order to track how the race is developing in the areas that could decide the election, six of the eight states we focused on were those that flipped to Trump in 2016 after backing Barack Obama in 2012. Arizona and North Carolina were also added due to what they might tell us about a shifting electoral landscape – they could emerge as vital new swing states this year.
We must caution that the polls – particularly some swing state polls – severely undercounted Trump supporters in 2016. We are not certain, despite assurances, that they they have corrected this. Additionally, they may be over-counting Democratic support (more people may say they will vote for Biden than actually turn out).
For a presentation of the latest polls see;
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