Election Prediction

[Rockaway]

I predicted 281 electoral votes for Trump and am a bit surprised he won by so much more.

 

[dehere23]

I agree. I think Harris ultimately takes it. As awful as she is as a candidate, I think the majority of people just want to move on from Trump even if they don't believe Harris stands for anything or is equipped to do the job. Every election since 2016 keeps getting stranger. Perhaps once we get past Trump things will normalize, but I don't see that happening unfortunately.

Well, I was dead wrong.

The most fascinating aspect of this is going to be how the Democrats react. Not in accepting the election results, but in how they act going forward.

They threw everything at this guy. Called him every name. And yet somehow he pulls off the most miraculous comeback in political history, after pulling off the most stunning win in political history 8 years ago.

And not in a nail biter. An absolute, freaking landslide. Electorally. And the popular vote.

If you are a professional Democrat or operative, how do you square away what happened? Armed with a billion dollars and every mainstream media outlet not named Fox acting as surrogates for your candidate against what seemed like the most vulnerable opposition candidate in history.

If it were me, I would take a long, hard look at what happened here. And I certainly wouldn't double-down on all the stuff that last night showed doesn't work in the most spectacular fashion in history.