Eh? We are 7.5 months out. Getting wound up about polls now is pointless.
So many things are going to happen between now and then. Both will say a lot of stupid things. Biden will still be old. Trump will be almost as old. The GOP will still talk about abortion. The stock market may keep going up or it may go down (something you told me would be decisive on 2/13/2024 and is up 5.67% since). People will still think the rent is too damn high. SDG's sammiches will be expensive because he goes places that overcharge. RFK Jr will look worse and do worse before we are done (Gary Johnson polled at almost 10% in July of 2016 before getting 3.3% in November) because people will not decide to sit this one out. Trump might go to jail (which could be good or bad for him depending on how it happens) etc. etc. etc..
Windy's OP is not exactly groundbreaking. The perception of the economy, crime, and immigration will all play a role, everyone knows that. Democrats have had a hard time communicating for as long as I have followed elections. They seem to think if they just keep saying the same things people will finally pick up what they are putting down. Meanwhile Republicans seem to understand that if your message gets more than 5 words long you are losing the audience.
I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.
So many things are going to happen between now and then. Both will say a lot of stupid things. Biden will still be old. Trump will be almost as old. The GOP will still talk about abortion. The stock market may keep going up or it may go down (something you told me would be decisive on 2/13/2024 and is up 5.67% since). People will still think the rent is too damn high. SDG's sammiches will be expensive because he goes places that overcharge. RFK Jr will look worse and do worse before we are done (Gary Johnson polled at almost 10% in July of 2016 before getting 3.3% in November) because people will not decide to sit this one out. Trump might go to jail (which could be good or bad for him depending on how it happens) etc. etc. etc..
Windy's OP is not exactly groundbreaking. The perception of the economy, crime, and immigration will all play a role, everyone knows that. Democrats have had a hard time communicating for as long as I have followed elections. They seem to think if they just keep saying the same things people will finally pick up what they are putting down. Meanwhile Republicans seem to understand that if your message gets more than 5 words long you are losing the audience.
I'm beginning to think that we are much more fucked than I thought.