Harris Vs Trump 2024 US Presidential election - read the warning in the OP posted 18/09/24

Yeah, well that's American Electoral College system, and also democracy - you lose if you get less votes.

If she does lose I think a lot of questions do have to be asked of media coverage - Trump just seems to get a pass on the weird, outrageous things he says, just because he's Trump and its expected and the media loves the viewing it generates, but he never get s really called out on it, never has to explain it.

Harris on the other hand, has to have all the details on hand immediately, and be available for all interviews and still have to deal with the unbased insinuations Trump throws at her, or else she's hammered by the media

Harris is in the lead but week on week its slipping & getting closer & closer , so Trump is either doing something right or Harris is doing something wrong ,

I'd say regardless, questions should be asked of news outlets. The only places being bluntly honest with the comparison is the Daily Show or John Oliver. Eg if we're to truly discuss Trump's Ukraine policy, let's be honest that the end result is genocide. If we're gonna talk educational policies, they're ones that result in some states hampering education for religious reasons. There's just so much that lacks blatant honesty.

Yes, but John Oliver and the Daily Show are very comedic, and obviously completely biased - so can be ignored or dismissed as such by Trump supporters. It is the things like the debates and 60 minutes, where a candidate can be pinned down and told to answer a question, and that unsurprisingly Trump is now ignoring, that are really needed.

Instead Trump gets to set the agenda by doing staged gigs like McDonalds yesterday, free to make jibes at Harris about alleging she never worked there, but not to explaing why he is capable of being President for shouting 'They're eating cats and dogs!' because he read it in some newspaper, he thinks, but never bothered to check, because you know, being President and all doesn't involve geoing into detail

If the betting odds were aligned with the election probability, why would anyone empty their wallet into it. That makes no sense at all. I think you proving that you don't really get how betting works.

If a bet price is aligned to the probability then there is no value at all in it. Why would anyone lump the mortgage on in that case. Ironically, the opposite is true, if Trump is not relly as favoured as betting suggests, then Kamala is huge value and people should be lumping on.

It seems to amount to an early sign of engagement more than anything. I'd agree though. It's far less of a factor here if it was available cause you're only waiting two or three minutes waiting at worst. Meanwhile the US seems to enforce hours of waiting to simply disincentivise voting.

Early options are fewer locations and also the hours aren't as broad as election day. im going to try leaving work early today to get mine in.

Olbermann actually has a favourable Harris poll on his own X timeline, yet he’s implying corruption of reputable institutions without a shred of evidence? This is nothing more than a conspiracy theory. The data shows a dead heat between Trump and Harris, but if telling yourself this is true is an effective coping strategy, then by all means escape reality.