The reason Biden and Harris didn't call Trump a proto-authoritarian in acknowledging his win wasn't because they don't actually think he is one. It's that, because he is and because of 2020, they had to focus on bolstering confidence in the election itself.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/12/democratic-warnings-about-trump-were-not-simply-campaign-rhetoric/?itid=ap_philipbump
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The reason Biden and Harris didn't call Trump a proto-authoritarian in acknowledging his win wasn't because they don't actually think he is one. -
For all of the assessments of Trump's coalition based on exit polls, here's what they also say: his voting base was older, wealthier and about equally White to what it was in 2020.For all of the assessments of Trump's coalition based on exit polls, here's what they also say: his voting base was older, wealthier and about equally White to what it was in 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/08/trump-coalition-looks-familiar/
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Once polls close, no leads change hands and no candidate surges.Once polls close, no leads change hands and no candidate surges. We saw how these invented narratives of jockeying for position were weaponized in 2020; we'd be well advised to avoid them in 2024.
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So that Julia Roberts ad that triggered Watters and Kirk?So that Julia Roberts ad that triggered Watters and Kirk? YouGov has polling that shows 1 in 8 women have secretly cast voters that differ from their partner.
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Please read this Washington Post story about how a billionaire is spending an astonishing amount of money trying to elect a billionaire. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/25/trump-is-unusually-dependent-outside-money-meaning-elon-musk/Please read this Washington Post story about how a billionaire is spending an astonishing amount of money trying to elect a billionaire. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/25/trump-is-unusually-dependent-outside-money-meaning-elon-musk/
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Politico reports Trump has skipped interviews due to exhaustion.Politico reports Trump has skipped interviews due to exhaustion. His campaign schedule is lighter than in years past. And Americans think his age would limit his ability to do the job. So to turn his assertion around on him, who would run the government? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/18/trumps-age-finally-catches-up-with-him/
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Vance knows Trump lost in 2020.Vance knows Trump lost in 2020. What's important is why and how he claims that Trump didn't. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/17/course-jd-vance-knows-donald-trump-lost-2020/
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The issue with a Democrat going on Fox News isn't simply that the interviewer will be unfriendly. It's that, whatever you say, the network's personalities will then coalesce to frame the discussion as negatively as possible, over and over and over agai...The issue with a Democrat going on Fox News isn't simply that the interviewer will be unfriendly. It's that, whatever you say, the network's personalities will then coalesce to frame the discussion as negatively as possible, over and over and over again.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/17/how-fox-news-loads-dice-so-trump-always-wins/