There are currently stories here at Daily Kos, in print and online versions of newspapers and news magazines galore, about the polling and the odds on the outcome of the United States presidential election set to take place on November 3, 2016.
Stories like:
Published July 9, 2020 on Daily Kos by a community member with the lede: "Verging on a landslide..." from 538!
From CNBC published June 24, 2020 with the lede: U.S. presidential election odds now firmly in Biden’s favor, EIU claims
From Fortune.com published on June 26, 2020 with the lede: Vegas odds turn sharply to predict a Biden victory in the fall
and a lot of other stories which you can peruse at your leisure here [Google search].
But NOTHING is certain in these troubled times.
So even if the news you’re reading is encouraging, about the outcome of November 3rd, please, I beg you — IGNORE IT.
Pretend instead that all of the News media are showing Trump has overwhelming odds to win re-election on November 3rd.
Use the fear that engenders in you (unless you don’t care if the entire world goes to hell in a hand-basket over the next four plus years) to get you riled up and ready to Register Voters and work GOTV for a local candidate (most likely using Zoom and auto dialing software you log into with a password to call LIKELY Democratic Voters) and/or a Federal candidate.
Because the future of the Republic is actually at stake here, folks.
Those people at The Lincoln Project didn’t start that organization because they want to become members of the Democratic Party, they did it and are doing it with a new social media video ad almost every single day now, because they want TRUMP OUT. They’ve said they see Trump as a danger to the nation.
When the people who spent the last 30 years working to elect Republicans have turned so far as to form a group designed specifically to defeat the incumbent Republican President? That tells you THEY KNOW how serious this political moment is in the life of the Republic.
One of the three well-know founding members of The Lincoln Project is Steve Schmidt.
From the MSNBC Show “Deadline: Whitehouse” with Nicolle D Wallace on June 10, 2020
The clip shows Peter Baker (NYTimes Chief WH correspondent), Heather McGee (Co-chair of Color of Change) and Steve Schmidt (Political strategist & former GOP campaign advisor):
Again, it’s WONDERFUL to see encouraging news about the odds that Joe Biden will defeat Donald Trump at the ballot box (& via the mail-in ballots across the nation) on November 3rd.
But considering THIS incumbent president and his penchant for corrupt and evil-weasel (think Dreamcatcher) behavior?
IGNORE every good thing you read about Joe Biden and how high his electoral college win will be on November 3rd.
Focus your efforts on getting people you know, who don’t vote (we all know someone), registered and casting a ballot this November 3rd.
If we do that?
Come November 4, 2020 the entire world can breath a sigh of relief and THEN you can celebrate.
Vote.org can help anyone get registered and for most people with a State-issued photo ID they can help them get registered to vote in under five minutes.
DemCastUSA.com& Indivisible.org can help you find a Local or Federal candidate to help now until election day — from the safety of your own home!