Originally posted by quanchi112
You live pretty far away. Battlezone.
I have to use up 190 hours of PTO before the end of the year. I live frugally never spending. It's alright. I forgot which locale you are in.
Even if you're out of the country, I can make it. And I'll bring my sweetheart and we'll make it a vacation.
We are debating how we will do a debate that is extremely likely not to happen. lol
Originally posted by Robtard
You're the one that mentioned comparing the numbers then and now as of today, that's what I did.
No, you did. See, here:
Originally posted by Robtard
Trump still has every advantage as the incumbent, but his numbers should be a lot higher right now and he's far more vulnerable than an incumbent should be right now. So yeah, if Biden plays his cards right, he can definitely win.Even Rasmussen which tends to favor Republicans has Trump's approval at 44% today, when POTUS generally soars during a national crisis. eg George Bush peaked in the low 90% after 9/11.
Gallup is another, Trump's not doing well right now, when he should be. 43% Approve and 54% Disapprove.
So I did just that: compared them to Obama at the same point in his presidency, the incumbant, from 2012, to see if you were right. Turns out their numbers were almost exactly the same including the disapproval rating.s
On top of that, Obama was coming off of economic recovery wins. Trump is still in the recovery phase of the COVID-19 mess.
Originally posted by quanchi112
Obama had a 5% lead over Trump during the same time-frame/today.
Look at the numbers a few days prior and a few days after to ensure you're not getting a single day sample bias.
April 23rd, Obama was at 45% approval and 54% disapproval. If you look at all the days for April, they are very close almost every day. Obama has a slight edge but he should have: election year during economic recovery.
We'll see what happens in June as the COVID-19 fiasco comes to a close.
Originally posted by quanchi112
Trump should be higher right now during a pandemic, the reason he isn't is because he's fumbled it from the start.
He should not. He should be much lower. 25 million unemployment figures flying around? And his numbers are still about the same as Obama's when Obama was flourishing during economic recovery? This situation is not normal. And it is likely due to the daily briefings where he turned it all into a reality show.
Originally posted by quanchi112
If you want to compare the numbers again whenever "after" is, Sure, we can can that too. When will this be?
When all 50 states and all cities end the disastrous lockdown measures. And that's coming, soon. Already started happening.
South Dakota's Governor got a parade from her people for no locking down the state and the little to no impact on them for it. It's been a while since I saw people parading in the streets to celebrate their leader.