Author Topic: The Joe Biden Thread  (Read 41913 times)

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Offline segnosaur

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Re: The Joe Biden Thread
« Reply #75 on: October 08, 2020, 02:02:01 pm »
The problem with the Republicans' attacks on Joe is that any negative they throw at Biden, the same can be said of Trump but 10x worse. And I have a hunch that there's precious few undecideds left, and that most voters have already decided, anyway.  Pushing a narrative like "Sleepy Joe is getting forgetful" isn't going to convince people to vote for the "Man Woman Person Camera TV" guy at this point.
This especially seems to be the case with senior voters.

Seniors used to be a very important demographic for the republicans... they tended to lean conservative, AND they were very reliable voters (i.e. more likely to vote than younger people.) But Biden seems to be taking a lot of those votes away from Trump. And when Trump attacks Biden with allegations of being senile, it seems a lot of seniors are taking it personally.

From: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/06/politics/trump-senior-vote/index.html
In the final average of registered-voter polls, Trump led Clinton by 5 points among seniors. His advantage was 6 points among likely voters. These polls are suggesting something along the lines of 25- to 30-point shifts in Biden's direction.