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It is gonna be a landslide! (Original Post) hookaleft Nov 4 OP
I remember crying on Nov 8, 2016, so ... 20895DEM Nov 4 #1
I remember saying it in 1992, 1996 and 2008 BannonsLiver Nov 4 #6
[Delete] serbbral Nov 4 #68
I was substitute teaching a 3rd day class after it was hard for me to keep it together kimbutgar Nov 4 #7
I was despondent in 2016. Had court the next day in MaryMagdaline Nov 4 #28
I have Kamala by 6 points, 52-46. ouija Nov 4 #24
AT the least! n/t ReRe Nov 4 #66
Then this time we can all cry tears of JOY! louslobbs Nov 4 #35
I 100% will cry. barbtries Nov 4 #50
You are most definitely not the only one. 3catwoman3 Nov 4 #72
I'd be happy wryter2000 Nov 5 #83
No you're not the only one, barbtries! calimary Nov 4 #82
There's a huge difference between 2016 and 2024. Frank D. Lincoln Nov 4 #40
and ... Trump outsourced the ground game to Elon. speak easy Nov 4 #41
Don't forget Taylor Swift, her Swifties, Gen Z, and 10% of the GOP are totally done with Donny. Botany Nov 4 #44
This would be 'mandate' level in terms of landslide wins. Let's hope so - I am thinking +10 million for Harris, PatrickforB Nov 4 #69
Some House Seats are just about impossible to pick up because they have been draw up precisely.... Botany Nov 4 #76
I hear you. My Rep is likely to be Lauren Boebert. No kidding...sigh. PatrickforB Nov 4 #78
To change the districts we need: Botany Nov 4 #81
James Comey is the biggest thing--by far--that makes 2016 different from other elections, including this one. (eom) StevieM Nov 4 #46
Without his letter to Congress, Trump would never have won. Ligyron Nov 4 #59
Me too! "Nausa-ly Optimistic" is how it was phrased maspaha Nov 4 #43
Not just election night, barbtries Nov 4 #51
I am feeling you 100% serbbral Nov 4 #70
I went to bed when Rachel looked panicked. ecstatic Nov 4 #73
Already happening! I feel it in my old bones!! onetexan Nov 4 #2
Yes. It is. ._. Nov 4 #3
early vote indications are another tight race. The age of the landslide is gone. tman Nov 4 #4
Agree DeepWinter Nov 4 #22
Yeah Cosmocat Nov 4 #47
Right you are - the "L" word is misleading, and it could lead to disappointment from some FakeNoose Nov 4 #52
before midnight, PT WarGamer Nov 4 #5
So, you're saying Kamala is going to win 350+ electoral votes? That's great news! PeaceWave Nov 4 #8
I've never seen him look like such a pathetic loser. He's defeated and he knows it. Duncan Grant Nov 4 #9
Hmmmm...THAT is an interesting thought. He was more "swaggery" earlier on. electric_blue68 Nov 4 #56
I think so too. Torchlight Nov 4 #10
From your keyboard to God's eyes, friend Clash City Rocker Nov 4 #11
Kamala's Blue Tsunami 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 oasis Nov 4 #12
I hope so debm55 Nov 4 #13
Karma: You get what you give. usonian Nov 4 #14
That I agree with you, I'm still nervous and anxious that it gets past feelings... NNadir Nov 4 #15
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 4 #16
Don't be surprised if Ohio or Florida or Texas goes blue too. Botany Nov 4 #45
I wonder if she gets BonnieJW Nov 4 #48
I'm in NC, barbtries Nov 4 #54
I agree!!! A guaranteed landslide!!! It is written!!! n/t asuhornets Nov 4 #17
What do you mean by a landslide? iemanja Nov 4 #18
Blood pressure still remains Mme. Defarge Nov 4 #19
Agree! Hopefully it's gonna be an early night! PortTack Nov 4 #20
And she will! Bumbles Nov 4 #21
I wish. progressoid Nov 4 #23
People with a brain are sick of that felon. Emile Nov 4 #25
Lot of Americans don't have much in that department. Botany Nov 4 #49
Tomorrow is Roevember 5th! dchill Nov 4 #26
I'm seeing a huge Blue Wave from the multigraincracker Nov 4 #27
She may well do it. BUT quitnesset Nov 4 #29
If she wins it's unlikely we won't take back the House. Sky Jewels Nov 4 #32
I often serbbral Nov 4 #74
Totally agree! ramedy Nov 4 #30
I hope it is. Bird Lady Nov 4 #31
I'm not worried. Sky Jewels Nov 4 #34
The World Wrestling Entertainment Presidency,... magicarpet Nov 4 #33
Me too, but my family doesn't agree. They're very frightened Joinfortmill Nov 4 #36
i'm feeling it too. I might even watch the results live. something I planned to avoid for my blood pressure issues. msfiddlestix Nov 4 #37
Yes she will! pandr32 Nov 4 #38
I want to go to sleep either tomorrow night Island Blue Nov 4 #39
300+ Electoral Votes Ferrets are Cool Nov 4 #42
A landslide, the likes of which this country has never seen. Just like her impeccably incredible campaign has been! SheltieLover Nov 4 #53
Indiana polls close first. viva la Nov 4 #55
Yes, but what about Congress? Glaisne Nov 4 #57
For feels Corgigal Nov 4 #58
My focus is short Metaphorical Nov 4 #60
Independent and undecided voters are breaking for Harris. Jeebo Nov 4 #61
If you have kept up with the news today, many states are LilElf70 Nov 4 #62
Anyone else do the 270 to win maps? AllyCat Nov 4 #63
Hold the finish! And STOP cheering long lines. pat_k Nov 4 #64
Hmmmm Abstractartist Nov 4 #65
I know. I have never felt this way about an election HarryM Nov 4 #67
I am with you 100%. Landslide, indisputable results. pnwest Nov 4 #71
Trump never was too bright. lpbk2713 Nov 4 #75
landslide or squeaker, I don't care. ecstatic Nov 4 #77
I trust Selzer Iowa will go for Harris Tribetime Nov 4 #79
I don't know about a landslide. I want the orange shit stain to go to jail. FlyingPiggy Nov 4 #80

BannonsLiver

(18,335 posts)
6. I remember saying it in 1992, 1996 and 2008
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 01:11 PM
Nov 4

As long as we’re going to bring up history the good times are fair game too.

kimbutgar

(23,788 posts)
7. I was substitute teaching a 3rd day class after it was hard for me to keep it together
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 01:11 PM
Nov 4

But I ended up having to comfort the children who were really upset.

MaryMagdaline

(7,926 posts)
28. I was despondent in 2016. Had court the next day in
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 02:47 PM
Nov 4

Brevard County. Court deputies and court reporter were ecstatic. Saw a very young African American attorney (male) in the elevator when I was leaving the courthouse. We both looked down. I said “yea.” He said “yea.” No other words spoken.
Decided then to kick myself in the a** and quit crying. HE was the one at risk from these fascists. Was hoping he (and all minorities) were ok. They weren’t.

barbtries

(30,037 posts)
50. I 100% will cry.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:28 PM
Nov 4

it will be grief and horror or jubilation and joy, but fuck! I already do cry at the drop of a hat. These last 9 years have left me a bit of a wreck. I don't think I'm the only one.

3catwoman3

(25,839 posts)
72. You are most definitely not the only one.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:23 PM
Nov 4

This miserable excuse for a human being has been a daily exhausting presence in our lives for nearly a decade, and i just want him to (pardon the language and the shouting) GO THE FUCK AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My preferred scenario for his long overdue dirt nap, which I have expressed in a few other threads, would be for him to be struck by lightning while he is out cheating at one of his golf courses. If he has a stroke or heart attack, whether in a public or private setting, you just know the MAGAts will accuse us of offing him.

calimary

(84,805 posts)
82. No you're not the only one, barbtries!
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:55 PM
Nov 4

I’m amazed that I still have all 10 fingernails intact! But I actually DO!

Frank D. Lincoln

(699 posts)
40. There's a huge difference between 2016 and 2024.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:02 PM
Nov 4

Female voters in particular are going to make that clear on ROEvember 5, 2024.

Also, that final Iowa Selzer poll was a severe warning sign to Trump.

The Trump campaign has never recovered from Biden stepping aside and Harris moving to the top of the ticket.

Harris destroyed Trump during their debate.

I think Harris has received the widest range of endorsements in U.S. history.

Harris has earned unprecedented support across the entire political spectrum.

The Harris-Walz campaign was drastically better funded than the Trump campaign.

Harris has run a pitch-perfect campaign while Trump has run the worst one in U.S. history.

Even Trump's rallies have been thinning out.

And, Trump alienated Puerto Rican voters at the last minute.

There are scores of other reasons why 2016 and 2024 are much different.

Botany

(72,789 posts)
44. Don't forget Taylor Swift, her Swifties, Gen Z, and 10% of the GOP are totally done with Donny.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:14 PM
Nov 4

It is going to be crushing. I predict the popular vote by @ least 12 to 15 million and
@ least 2 million of his 2016 voters are now dead from C-19, age, and other diseases.
And with Joe Biden in charge Russia will not be able to screw with the election as much.

PatrickforB

(15,131 posts)
69. This would be 'mandate' level in terms of landslide wins. Let's hope so - I am thinking +10 million for Harris,
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:07 PM
Nov 4

but I like your projection better. Because her coattails will turn the Senate blue and we will handily win the house.

Botany

(72,789 posts)
76. Some House Seats are just about impossible to pick up because they have been draw up precisely....
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:34 PM
Nov 4

…. to gerrymander the district so as it will go red every time. The American Legislative Exchange
Council …. ALEC ….. is behind that work. Just like the courts have been packed by the judicial crisis
network. Big money is behind this minority gets to control the majority shit. And they have the electoral
college too.

PatrickforB

(15,131 posts)
78. I hear you. My Rep is likely to be Lauren Boebert. No kidding...sigh.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:42 PM
Nov 4

But if Dems get the trifecta, it may be possible for them to change some of this. Let's hope so!

Botany

(72,789 posts)
81. To change the districts we need:
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:54 PM
Nov 4

Some to die off or no longer be able to vote …. Their brain circuits are the stuff inside of a fig newton.

Education

Having people see that Democrats get shit done and that shit helps people.

Enforcement of the Constitutional Laws as per representation.

The K-Bomb and the Coach

StevieM

(10,554 posts)
46. James Comey is the biggest thing--by far--that makes 2016 different from other elections, including this one. (eom)
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:22 PM
Nov 4

Ligyron

(7,917 posts)
59. Without his letter to Congress, Trump would never have won.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:41 PM
Nov 4

Joe average American citizen went, "Oh, no, no, not more of her damn e-mails. I can't take it anymore. ahhhh!" and they voted for Trump.

maspaha

(414 posts)
43. Me too! "Nausa-ly Optimistic" is how it was phrased
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:12 PM
Nov 4

…on the Stephanie Miller show this morning. I’m personally still in the 2016 PTSD club.

barbtries

(30,037 posts)
51. Not just election night,
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:32 PM
Nov 4

but the nightmare that followed. I mean I knew he'd be a disaster but he far exceeded my worst fears. I feel like we're a country with about 50-75% of us suffering from PTSD, and 25-35% suffering from mass sociopathy (racism, misogyny and all other sundry bigotries; brainwashed foxbots and TCFSF cultists).

serbbral

(269 posts)
70. I am feeling you 100%
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:19 PM
Nov 4

To tell you the truth, I don't even think I am going to watch the election this time. This will be the first time since adulthood that I am not going to watch. I'll just find out the next day or whenever. I am nervous as hell!

ecstatic

(34,569 posts)
73. I went to bed when Rachel looked panicked.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:27 PM
Nov 4

My tears fell the next day / next weeks after.

onetexan

(13,913 posts)
2. Already happening! I feel it in my old bones!!
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 01:06 PM
Nov 4

Tomorrow we will have Madame President Harris & VP Tim Walz!!

._.

(1,166 posts)
3. Yes. It is.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 01:07 PM
Nov 4

The better half of this nation would like their rights back, thanks.
And the men who support them are with them shoulder to shoulder.
The GOP is going down. Hard.

DeepWinter

(661 posts)
22. Agree
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 02:21 PM
Nov 4

I don't think Harris will break 300 at this point. We'll all be happy with 280-290 though.

FakeNoose

(36,184 posts)
52. Right you are - the "L" word is misleading, and it could lead to disappointment from some
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:32 PM
Nov 4

All we need is a WIN, and we are going to get it.

I've closed my eyes and ears to all the poll predictions since I don't know when.
What means everything is getting out the vote.

Tomorrow (or Wednesday) we will celebrate!

Duncan Grant

(8,563 posts)
9. I've never seen him look like such a pathetic loser. He's defeated and he knows it.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 01:18 PM
Nov 4

If trump were winning, he’d be a swaggering, bloated, Macy’s thanksgiving day parade float. All he can think about today is his sentencing hearing.

Torchlight

(4,252 posts)
10. I think so too.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 01:19 PM
Nov 4

I've got the sense a vast, under-reported wave of voters have decided the best method of affecting positive change is to quietly, and without drama or pronouncement, cast a vote for Pres. Harris.








(For the Statler's and Waldorf's out there: it's just a sense, only a gut feeling, at best a guess; not a researched and sourced analysis which leads us from A to B)

Clash City Rocker

(3,543 posts)
11. From your keyboard to God's eyes, friend
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 01:21 PM
Nov 4

I just want to be done worrying that the fat idiot might get back in power.

NNadir

(34,930 posts)
15. That I agree with you, I'm still nervous and anxious that it gets past feelings...
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 01:50 PM
Nov 4

...to get past soothsaying and "confidence" to a reality.

This is a very bad horror movie where you hope the protagonist beats off the monster.

Response to hookaleft (Original post)

Botany

(72,789 posts)
45. Don't be surprised if Ohio or Florida or Texas goes blue too.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:20 PM
Nov 4

He had pissed off big chunks and even small chunks (Arnold Palmer fans, friends, and family)
of the population are done with him.

And women are going to make up @ least 53% of the vote.

barbtries

(30,037 posts)
54. I'm in NC,
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:37 PM
Nov 4

and I think she wins here, just as Obama did in 2008. Although there has been a lot of republican fuckery with the vote in this state.

If it wasn't possible for Kamala to win here the campaigns would not be spending so much time here. She has a great chance. Not just the disintegration of TCFSF right in front of our eyes, but the fall of Roe, Project 2025, JD Vance, etc.

I will be very disappointed if I'm wrong, but I do think NC will go for Kamala.

iemanja

(55,033 posts)
18. What do you mean by a landslide?
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 02:13 PM
Nov 4

What percentage of the votes? What electoral college count?

I think Harris may win by 4 points, not a landslide. There is no evidence to suggest it will be a landslide, and as another poster said upthread, landslides are a thing of the past. We live in a deeply divided country.

Botany

(72,789 posts)
49. Lot of Americans don't have much in that department.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:27 PM
Nov 4

Example Fox TV’s, Rescue High Surf. God its brutally bad. I saw 3 minutes of it.

quitnesset

(66 posts)
29. She may well do it. BUT
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 02:48 PM
Nov 4

If we lose the senate or don’t take the house, or both, she will have a difficult time delivering on her promises which will allow the rethuglicans to point and say they knew she would be inept
Throughout the campaign I have been wary of this possibility. I know Kamala has always boosted the local senator or congressperson at campaign stops, but I also think people have not been sufficiently warned about how imperative it is to give Kamala people who will work with her, not maga people who will try to thwart her at every step.
VOTE PARTY LINE tomorrow!

Sky Jewels

(8,842 posts)
32. If she wins it's unlikely we won't take back the House.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 02:51 PM
Nov 4

Keeping the Senate is somewhat iffy, but my gut is saying we will prevail.

Bird Lady

(1,945 posts)
31. I hope it is.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 02:49 PM
Nov 4

My big concern is what happens when he loses.
I hope all the people who claim there will be riots in the streets, are wrong.
If Kamala wins there will be dancing in the streets at least on my street.

Sky Jewels

(8,842 posts)
34. I'm not worried.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 02:52 PM
Nov 4

The Maga masses were MIA when he got convicted of a buttload of felonies. They are not going to put their necks on line and risk prison time again while the big poohbahs face no consequences for attempting a coup.

magicarpet

(17,221 posts)
33. The World Wrestling Entertainment Presidency,...
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 02:52 PM
Nov 4

.... is about to fold tent and slither away.

One more match remains,...

Jack Smith

VS

Donnie The Dump

Tickets almost sold out.

msfiddlestix

(7,899 posts)
37. i'm feeling it too. I might even watch the results live. something I planned to avoid for my blood pressure issues.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 02:59 PM
Nov 4

But I'm smelling the taste of victory, feeling it in my bones down to my toes.

Island Blue

(6,287 posts)
39. I want to go to sleep either tomorrow night
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:00 PM
Nov 4

or in the wee hours of Wednesday morning listening to Stevie Nicks singing “Landslide”.

SheltieLover

(60,718 posts)
53. A landslide, the likes of which this country has never seen. Just like her impeccably incredible campaign has been!
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:34 PM
Nov 4


Metaphorical

(2,357 posts)
60. My focus is short
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:41 PM
Nov 4

Between the flu and mainlining DU every 30s, I'lve been pretty much mentally not here for work..

Jeebo

(2,338 posts)
61. Independent and undecided voters are breaking for Harris.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:42 PM
Nov 4

Thom Hartmann reported the results of a state poll a few weeks ago. I think it was a North Carolina poll, as I recall. The poll had moved in two or three weeks from the orange con man ahead 47.2 to 38 percent, to tied at 47.2. I wanted to call in because I noticed something about those numbers that nobody else apparently noticed, because nobody mentioned it. I didn't call in because that show is a hard one to get through, but what I noticed was that those numbers showed that ALL of the undecided and independent voters were breaking for Harris. Her numbers were only moving up, while his were not moving at all. If ALL of the undecided and independent voters break for Harris, she's going to win, and it isn't going to be close. I'm feeling really good. We're about to drive a stake through the evil heart of Trumpism and make it go away for good. Problem is, 55-46 will be a SOLID win for Harris, but it ought to be 80-20. And even then, I would wonder, what the hell is wrong with that 20 percent?

— Ron

LilElf70

(611 posts)
62. If you have kept up with the news today, many states are
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:49 PM
Nov 4

indicating Kamala will win. Yes, it will be a landslide. I feel it. Have been feeling it for months.

It's showtime folks.

Buckle up cowboy.

AllyCat

(17,318 posts)
63. Anyone else do the 270 to win maps?
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:51 PM
Nov 4

I am not as optimistic about FL and TX as some are. So I had those red.

Still came up with well over 270 for Harris.

pat_k

(10,883 posts)
64. Hold the finish! And STOP cheering long lines.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 03:52 PM
Nov 4

Enormous barriers are going to be erected. Long lines created by under-allocation of resources in populous, Democratic leaning areas are an old and proven tactic to suppress votes. And it works. Particularly when coupled with overconfidence. Many simply cannot afford to wait. Others think "she's winning anyway" and give up. In phone banking or canvasing anyone who hasn't voted yet needs to be prepared, and encouraged to be persistent and overcome hurdles that are going to be erected -- and be ready with a plan for waiting -- child care, time off work, whatever a person can possibly do.

We MUST stop cheering long lines. We should be angry and demand action and better future planning. Any federal voting rights legislation should include deep fines for counties who fail their residents and subject them to long lines.

HarryM

(166 posts)
67. I know. I have never felt this way about an election
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:00 PM
Nov 4

I believe from all the factors that I have been following, that there will be a huge outpouring of women voting to get their reproductive rights back.
This spells doom for Don the Con and his MAGAt Party.
Even his behavior tells me that he knows that he is losing.
I know that this will be a blow out, and he will not be able to say that the election was fixed in any way.

pnwest

(3,297 posts)
71. I am with you 100%. Landslide, indisputable results.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:22 PM
Nov 4

I was just having this very conversation with my boss an hour ago. She is not so confident, she thinks it can go either way and we won't know results for days. She asked me what makes me feel so confident, I told her I think everyone, EVERYONE is sick to fookin death of the chaos, lies, crimes being perpetrated in plain sight...even the independents will step out to vote blue, in a bid for stability and a final "BETHEFUCKGONE WITH YOU!" to the mangled orange hellbeast.

ecstatic

(34,569 posts)
77. landslide or squeaker, I don't care.
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:35 PM
Nov 4

We just need 270. The blue wall needs to hold!

I'd love a landslide though!

Tribetime

(6,418 posts)
79. I trust Selzer Iowa will go for Harris
Mon Nov 4, 2024, 04:43 PM
Nov 4

And Ohio will be a nail biter with Harris approaching 400 EV

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