538's General Election Projections Have Begun

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  1. barfo

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    Well, I guess that'll make a good excuse come November. Americans just weren't "brave" enough to vote for Trump.

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    I imagine that will fit you.
     
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    Oh, I am definitely not "brave" enough to vote for Trump, and I won't be doing so.

    And I'm not just saying that because I'm not "brave" enough to declare my support for Trump.

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    Too bad, I was hoping you were a brave Pirate. Ha! That never happens.
     
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    Looks like 328-210, potentially.

    Or 374-210, potentially.

    Or something in between.

    Neither is way in front or behind.
     
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    Right, and polls can be skewed, and people can change their minds. There's really no point in discussing the election until the election, because nobody knows anything about what might happen. Maybe Beyonce will win on write-in votes. Maybe the election will be called off. Maybe an asteroid will destroy earth. There are billions of possibilities, and we cannot assign probabilities to any of them. It's best to just assume they are all equally likely.

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    Funny! Health insurance shock just before election! I doesn't get better than that. Health insurance is now joke, it is not insurance. The product would not stand alone in the market place, it can't as burdened by government requirements. It simply is now a tax on health people to pay for the sick, a product developed in a hole by the deceitful. Ha! Hillary will have to face the people whom are finally going to realize the truth.

    Dammit, I wish I had the skill to communicate real deal when I can see it coming. Well, maybe it isn't lack of skill, perhaps people don't want to hear except what they want to hear. What a painful process.
     
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    I looked at coveredca, California obamacare site. The offers were really expensive and a big step down from the generic kind of insurance my employers provided over the years. Medicare is cheaper, but you have to buy supplemental insurance if you want more than just hospitalization coverage. Plus you have to be old to qualify unless you lie/cheat. Costs for your significant other, too.

    Al Gore was getting his ass handed to him until a last minute story about a W DUI 15 years prior. Gore made it close, but didn't win.
     
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    You are correct. It was late, and I fucked up. I do that.
     

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