Velo Vol
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I agree with much of this, but you aren't accounting for another significant reason Trump lost the election: His lack of decorum and abrasive personality. While this didn't cost him support among Republicans, it clearly did hurt him with independents. The Trump shtick doesn't play well with everybody. Democrats didn't win down ballot contests, because unfortunately, not every Republican behaves like an attention-starved, spoiled child.He lost bc many people who could not in good faith vote for Hillary decided they could not in good faith vote for Trump to be re-elected. He also lost bc of the Corona virus. I believe he would have won had that not happened. I find it hard to believe any incumbent survives a pandemic which kills hundreds of thousands, the other side will always blame the POTUS for it fairly or unfairly, and the massive economic hardship it created. The electorate misplaced their blame for the pandemic on Trump and not their own governors. They also believe some how government will save them from a virus. It's stupid but I believe it's accurate. This is why turnout was so high on the Biden side. It's also why the didn't win the down ballot votes. Turns out people don't like defund the police either.
when the jobs dry up and their taxes go up, they will realize how shallow they were. Yay China!I agree with much of this, but you aren't accounting for another significant reason Trump lost the election: His lack of decorum and abrasive personality. While this didn't cost him support among Republicans, it clearly did hurt him with independents. The Trump shtick doesn't play well with everybody. Democrats didn't win down ballot contests, because unfortunately, not every Republican behaves like an attention-starved, spoiled child.
Has nothing to do with counting votes or recounts, but if true and if monetary incentives are now fair game, we’re in a really bad place as a country.
Pro-Biden effort offered Native Americans $25-$500 Visa gift cards and jewelry to vote
Cool. I have owned somewhere around 100 muscle cars. My Pontiacs were a 68 GTO convt, a 70 Trans Am RA III, a 73 SD455 T/A, a 73 SD455 Formula Firebird, and a new 79 10th Anniversary T/A 6.6. All were 4 speeds, except the GTO.
I absolutely agree on the corona virus issue. That was simply a killer for whoever was in the WH - a no win situation. I don't think Trump handled it particularly well, and I certainly don't think the cast of bureaucracies whose job is preparedness even came close to a passing grade, but those problems have been around for decades and multiple "leaders" who inhabited the WH did nothing to fix the problems - doubt that they ever even looked to see how poorly official DC is run.