US Presidential Election 2024 - Trump vs Harris - Vote Hard with a Vengence

[dimsum]

So Country over Party, and over self (if that makes sense).

It does, and that’s the way people should ideally vote.

 

[dimsum]

That is certainly a tactic.

 

[Cloud Cover]

I think, under some analysis, that a lot of people won't talk about a very large elephant in the room. …

Much like 2017, this is a hold-your-nose election.

Except that in the US, one can vote for a President/VP team that deep down you might not actually support, and then reign the dirty buggers in with your Senate and HoR votes.

To wit: Polls on US House and Senate races paint a worrying picture for Democrats

 

[brihard]

First polls have closed in portions of Indiana and Kentucky.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Well, here's proof that the Democrats are in trouble.... they've turned the Amish into Trump supporters!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1853849588798722545

 

[brihard]

Second batch of polls just closed, including swing state Georgia.

The seven states to watch by polls closing time (all Eastern time) are:
Georgia: 7 pm
North Carolina: 7:30 pm
Pennsylvania: 8 pm
Arizona: 9 pm
Michigan 9 pm
Wisconsin: 9 pm
Nevada: 10 pm

Those seven are the states realistically considered in play. Most significant is Pennsylvania, which unfortunately will probably have somewhat slower results.

Iowa came up a couple days ago as possibly in contention based on the historically pretty solid polling by Ann Selzer. I’m still not putting stock in it, but for the sake of curiosity, closes at 9 pm. Iowa is six electoral votes; so a flip would change the tally by 12 in the Democrats’ favour. Again unlikely, but not outside of the realm of plausibility.

Any other state is not generally considered in play, and any upset results would be potentially very significant.