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Axelrod: If Election Were Today, It May Well Be President Trump
Breitbart ^ | 08/19/2024 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 08/19/2024 8:15:31 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Sunday, during CNN’s coverage of the Democratic National Convention, former Obama political adviser David Axelrod said if the election were today, it could go for Republican former President Donald Trump, despite Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris’ lead in some national polls.

“David Axelrod, how encouraged should Democrats be?” host Anderson Cooper asked. “Is there a danger of them actually being kind of too euphoric?”

“Yeah, I’ve been talking about this for some time,” Axelrod replied. “Look she has made extraordinary progress. We were all in Milwaukee a month ago, and there was euphoria there and a sense that this race was over, that they were going to win by a landslide, perhaps sweeping big majorities in the house and Senate and things have changed dramatically. But this is still a very competitive race if the election were today, I’m not sure who would win, and I think it may well be President Trump because it’s an Electoral College fight. And in those battleground states, we were looking at national numbers, right at the top of this program. That’s I mean, it’s misleading.”

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KEYWORDS: alelrod; davidaxelrod; election; today; trump
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He is right. It is all about the Electoral college fight
1 posted on 08/19/2024 8:15:31 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Elections are never held weeks or months before the election, so that hypothetical should disappear from the political landscape.

However, if elections were held weeks or months after the election, when buyers’ remorse had set in, the winner of the election might be voted out. Unfortunately, that’s also a hypothetical and those with buyers’ remorse will have to settle in and take their punishment for the duration of the winner’s term.

Politics stinks.


2 posted on 08/19/2024 8:28:23 AM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He would win today, because they haven’t printed up enough ballots yet.


3 posted on 08/19/2024 8:29:11 AM PDT by Right Brother (From Biden to Harris. From pee pads to kneepads.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The debate will factor in, however I suspect it will be a “draw” and a nothing burger. She will make promises she can’t keep, and Trump will do what he always does.

Trump needs to market his campaign effectively in the swing states, that will win it.


4 posted on 08/19/2024 8:31:41 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I doubt Kamala is going to get any better.


5 posted on 08/19/2024 8:33:09 AM PDT by dforest
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To: Right Brother

Hah, that is probably what he really means.


6 posted on 08/19/2024 8:34:00 AM PDT by dforest
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To: ChicagoConservative27

That’s not what the polls are saying. The ones the MSM has been pushing on the politically blind or apathetic.


7 posted on 08/19/2024 8:34:03 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Presupposes a fair election.


8 posted on 08/19/2024 8:35:56 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: adorno

Politics stinks.

********

So what would you suggest as a replacement
in selecting a President, etc.?


9 posted on 08/19/2024 8:40:41 AM PDT by deport
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To: ChicagoConservative27

To his credit Axelrod understands messaging i.e. lying.

If you remember Barry was originally against gay marriage.

If you want to win a general election, you must run closer to the middle than the extreme.

I also suspect Axelrod would have never signed off on Walz as VP.


10 posted on 08/19/2024 8:42:55 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The key question about the polls is are they more accurate than the last two Presidential races, or do they still have the same bias toward the Democrat? If it’s the latter then Trump is ahead.


11 posted on 08/19/2024 8:46:20 AM PDT by lasereye
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Every election is a sad state of affairs.
Where somehow the worst America has to offer becomes it’s leaders.
Kamala / walz.
What a complete and utter embarrassment.
The idea that this is even a close race says something about how idiotic..selfish..freaks.. Americans have become.


12 posted on 08/19/2024 8:50:16 AM PDT by Leep (Re-elect deep state. 2024!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

because the democrats haven’t received their Harris/Walz ballots from China yet ,LOL


13 posted on 08/19/2024 8:56:24 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: All

Trump has changed politics.

It is fought differently now. One side hates Trump and that decides their vote. The other side, our side, also hates.

We hate what has been done to him.

Their are no votes to be found with issues. That is Never Trump Swamp thinking, who want to stop the move towards rejecting the Swamp and return talk to issues that have no solution ($36T debt).

Better a campaign point at the 30% of the electorate that doesn’t vote. You’re not going to get their votes with talk of bullshit tax and spend policy they have been hearing about their whole lives. Better you chase those votes with Lara Trump’s RNC finding them and carrying a ballot to them and talk about the way Trump has been abused — almost killed — and how they, the voter, is the only one that can provide justice.

So all the Never Trump talk of “stay on the issues” is losing strategy. First of all, the media won’t report it. It has to be outrageous verbage from Trump to get reported. And second, the voters you are pointing at . . . the non elite voters . . . don’t care about that.


14 posted on 08/19/2024 8:57:03 AM PDT by Owen
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To: dforest

She’s already fumbling on the campaign trail because now she realizes this is for real now. The pressure of a full presidential campaign will take a toll on her and Walz. She’s been in over her head as vice president and I can only imagine the stress she’s feeling now.


15 posted on 08/19/2024 9:02:37 AM PDT by dowcaet
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The narrative has started to shift during the DNC convention.

From “She will win” to “Trump will win because of the sexist EC” or “Trump will win, but not be a majority candidate”

Interesting cope. Harris was leading until she started talking.


16 posted on 08/19/2024 9:04:18 AM PDT by redgolum
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To: deport
So what would you suggest as a replacement in selecting a President, etc.?

That's all that you could gather from the entirety of my comments?

Politics does stink.

But, how 'bout just putting up a resume with your experience and education and accomplishments, and then let the voters decide if you are the best person for the job. It works in the business world, where people are selected depending on their experiences and education and other factors, and not dependent on lies and party lines and who can collect the most money.

If Kamala were to submit a resume that showed no business experience and no foreign policy experience and no real experience in dealing with people, do you think that people would want her to be president? As it stands, she is being propped up by a political party and a biased left-wing media that don't want to bring up her lack of qualifications for the job. Her failures, which are many, are not being mentioned to the extent that people need to hear.

Politics, as it is, STINKS.
17 posted on 08/19/2024 9:10:07 AM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Axelrod is a master of stating the everything.

Yesterday: If Biden quits and the dems get another candidate, Trump and the GOP are in a ton of trouble.

Today: If the election were held today, it MAY well be President Trump.

Tomorrow or after a week of the DNC convention: Get read for President Kamala.

Wow, what skills.


18 posted on 08/19/2024 9:22:11 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I don’t believe she could EVER LOSE!! FIRST BLACK WOMAN with a VOTE FRAUD MACHINE!!!


19 posted on 08/19/2024 9:23:55 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

He knows what’s coming and is trying to step back from it.


20 posted on 08/19/2024 9:25:35 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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