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Iowa Poll: Kamala Harris leapfrogs Donald Trump to take lead near Election Day. Here's how
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This is a factor that very few polls ever look for. There are so many reasons to oppose Trump which transcend partisan politics. We've had so many Republicans endorse Harris, but you don't see many polls looking for the voters that are making the same jump.
The implications are huge. Every voter that switches from Trump to Harris is a net gain of 2 votes. And if they are still registered Republicans, any early voting data will likely be interpreted with them in the Trump column until they are actually counted. And of course, any voter turnout efforts paid for by the Trump campaign will likely be turning these people out as well, which is just delightful.
We'll see how accurate this is on Tuesday. But if Iowa really does go blue, it seems likely that it won't be the only surprise that night.
If Iowa goes blue, then the election overall is very likely going to be a landslide for Harris.
Vote anyway if anyone hasn't yet. Because no matter if it's close, a few points, or a sweep Trump is already planning on calling it rigged (he already has) and rallying his supporters to do who knows what. It's going to be a long few months, maybe more.
Also, don't forget that voting just gets a preferred candidate into office, you still have to remind and pressure them on topics you feel important, regularly. I think this is really where America fails as a representative democracy, most people don't follow up on what they were all hyped up about during an election.
Yeah the goal here is a landslide. We need maga shit dead electorally.
I know the next few months will be rough if he loses, but with a functioning government in office for another four years, they don't stand a chance of doing anything other than make noise and perhaps mild domestic terrorism. But they can't get nearly so close to a coup without being in power.
On the other hand, if he wins, we're all fucked.
The larger Harris' margin is, the harder it will be for the GOP to steal. If Trump loses a state by 5 votes, it'd be easy to "find" five "irregular" votes and discard them. If Trump loses a state by 500,000 votes... they're not gonna find an excuse to toss that many. Nobody outside the 30% deplorable contingent would believe that for a second.