Who will win the 2020 US Presidential Election?

[Jimbuna]

Apparently so, I've just come across this:

Biden leading in six critical states needed for victory. States include those lost by Hillary Clinton in 2016
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...eground-states

(Give the video time to stream)

[Mr Quatro]

Wow! I'm glad they caught this in time, but it's still a threat for the next three weeks. I think I will just watch TV for my election results.

Microsoft takes down massive hacking operation that could have affected the election

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/techn...on/ar-BB19WpAM

The company said Monday it took down the servers behind Trickbot, an enormous malware network that criminals were using to launch other cyberattacks, including a strain of highly potent ransomware.

Trickbot allowed hackers to sell what Microsoft said was a service to other hackers — offering them the capability to inject vulnerable computers, routers and other devices with other malware.

That includes ransomware, which Microsoft and US officials have warned could pose a risk to websites that display election information or to third-party software vendors that provide services to election officials.

[August]

What if a candidate gave a rally and nobody showed up?

[Jimbuna]

President Donald Trump has returned to the campaign trail less than two weeks after testing positive for coronavirus.

He told thousands of supporters, many not wearing masks, that he could give them "a big fat kiss", at a rally in the battleground state of Florida.

His rival, Joe Biden, speaking in Ohio, accused the president of "reckless behaviour" since his diagnosis.

The two presidential candidates are scrambling to secure votes with three weeks until the 3 November election.

Opinion polls suggests Mr Biden has a 10-point lead over Mr Trump nationally. However his lead in some key states is narrower - as is the case in Florida, where the Democrat is 3.7 points ahead, according to an average of polls collated by Real Clear Politics.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54516324

[Gerald]

https://graphics.reuters.com/USA-ELE...kpa/index.html

UPDATED OCT. 14 2020

[Gerald]

https://polling.reuters.com/

[skidman]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...e=articleShare

Mr. Trump stands without any real rivals as the worst American president in modern history. In 2016, his bitter account of the nation’s ailments struck a chord with many voters. But the lesson of the last four years is that he cannot solve the nation’s pressing problems because he is the nation’s most pressing problem.

[August]

Originally Posted by skidman

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...e=articleShare

Says you and the NYT, which are hardly unbiased sources. Personally as an American with an actual vote in the American presidential election I think he's doing a great job with many significant accomplishments and he is doing it in the face of a lot of political headwinds from the establishment and their media pit bulls.

[Sean C]

Yes, lately it seems there is no shortage of people telling us all what the "American voter" is thinking and feeling ... especially the Republican voter.


What I find funny is that few to none of these people are Republican voters. And many are not even American.


I suppose they are relying on the infallible polls. Just as well. I hear Hillary is going to win in a landslide.

[Jimbuna]

Microphones to be muted in final US debate.

It is now just 14 days to the US election and today, in between the news and views from the campaign trail, we are focusing on "What the world wants from America"

We will have special global coverage, looking at how things have changed under Trump, and how people see the future.

President Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden will have their microphones muted for part of their final pre-election debate on Thursday.

The new measures have been brought in following a heated first debate marked by ill-tempered exchanges and frequent interruptions, predominantly by Trump.

The Republican president's campaign has accused organisers of helping the Democrat by leaving out foreign policy as a topic.

The Supreme Court has said the state of Pennsylvania can extend its postal vote deadline, allowing officials to count postal ballots received three days after polling day on 3 November.

On Monday, Trump inflamed a row with Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, calling him a "disaster"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/elec...-2020-54588859

I appreciate I'm obviously not an American citizen but the whole election process does strike me as being as bizarre as what we have here in the UK so hopefully it will be over soon (not if Trump loses and cries 'foul' though) and the world can move on.

[mapuc]

^It's up to the ordinary American and their elected politician to make changes in their voting system..as long they find it useable when their politicians get elected then it's fine by me.

Markus

[Sean C]

My wife and I just voted a couple hours ago. I'm done. Qué será, será.

[Torvald Von Mansee]

Looks like my original prediction of: "The Democrats will win, but the Republicans will steal it" is going to happen:


https://apnews.com/article/virus-out...f23c1e98a4be9c


For those keeping track, the Supreme Court will have five justices who were nominated by Presidents not elected democratically (small "d" intentional) by the American people, in a Senate where the "majority" of Senators represent a population of like 11 million LESS than the "minority"


legal != moral, Constitutional != moral


Out before a middle-aged man-child says: "Still your President," like we're in middle-school.

[u crank]

“Elections have consequences, and at the end of the day, I won.” – President Obama to House Republican Whip Eric Cantor, January 23, 2009.

[Jimbuna]

This whole business just keeps getting more mirky with each passing day

FBI says Iran and Russia have US voter information.

US national security officials say Iran was responsible for sending threatening emails to Democratic voters ahead of next month's presidential election.

The emails appeared to come from a far-right pro-Trump group and were meant to "incite unrest", National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe said.

Mr Ratcliffe also said US officials found Iran and Russia had obtained "some voter registration information".

Both Iran and Russia denied the accusations of election interference.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54640405