The 2020 Presidential election is one of the most open fields with more swing states than we’ve seen in any recent election. Chris Cillizza explains why this is and how Trump and Biden are fighting to claim those states.
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Hey, Chris here — do you live in a 2020 swing state?
Trump thinks American soldiers are disgusting. The veterans that gave their lives for the country, calling them losers and suckers is disgusting. And yet Trump calls Putin strong. Trump didn’t want any veterans that were wounded or amputees in his parade. But Trump wanted tanks and choppers North Korea’s Style parade. This is coming from a sitting president, a commander in chief. Trump has changed America in so many ways, but not for the better. Americans are losing their Democracy bit by bit. A large portion of America has their eyes wide shut. Trump is taking America in the direction of a dictatorship little by little. It’s what is happening from the start. Americans can’t allow Trump to remain in power, must vote Trump out.
People who are actually innocent don’t protest so much, because they know that the facts are on their side, and will exonerate them. Only guilty people try to obstruct investigations, get out of testifying, claim the whole thing should be shut down, refuse to cooperate with investigators, and try to convince others that they can’t trust the truth, or what they see, and hear. Only guilty crooks, conmen, and mobsters act against investigators. Trump is a liar and so his administration. They are currently destroying America’s democracy. Americans can’t allow Trump to remain in power, must vote Trump out.
Arizona!
i live in mississippi but i plan to vote in person just to make sure trump gets the message the world is done with him
Yes, Pennsylvania and i will be voting Biden/Harris
Trump single handedly stopped the second wave of corona virus, by ensuring the first wave 🌊 never ended…
LMAOOO
You hate trump more than you love America.
The wave ends November 3rd with a massive red wave.
David Gainey as much as i feel like trump does have a chance to win, there is no denying a red wave is ever going to happen. if he wins it’ll be on a narrow margin i mean he 98% won’t even win the popular vote and that’s because he’s one of the most unpopular presidents in modern history. just be realistic lol
I’m in California so my vote is worth only like one third of the value of a voter in Wyoming because of our messed up system.
Or more accurately is just as worthless as a vote in Wyoming. Ain’t no way either is flipping…
Is this democraps starting to cry already? Lol
You hate Trump more than you love America.
@Reinier van Ramshorst because states/countries with less population should be able to have as big of a voice as states with a larger population. This only works in concept obviously.
The truth is, the system is so messed up that your vote and a vote from Wyoming will be equally worthless…
Electoral college, winner takes all at an arbitrary state level
We need to take money out of politics.
Millions of dollars for a campaign when people are being evicted from their homes due to losing their jobs from a pandemic.
@brian woodward ain’t that a shame
I’ve read every single comment here. Most of the Trumptys can’t even spell correctly.
Democracy Dollars
Agree.
Yeah we should just do whatever sounds good, right? Not.
Biden better run like he’s 10 points behind and actually actively go to the rust belt. Hillary ignored some of the rust belt if I remember right
https://youtu.be/JRmlcEBAiIs
@Captain Quint Bolshevik Biden 😂 you guys are really getting desperate huh. Biden said he isn’t a radical and will actually stand up to Trump’s KGB commanding officer, Putin. He will also actually do something’s about China. Dumb dumb trump always does something stupid that helps china less than the US
@Micah Tshibangu wow you’re totally brainwashed huh? Keep drinking the kommunist Kool aid skippy.
@Captain Quint you think im a commie? No i’m not but I acknowledged that america under 4 more years with this tyrant spells doom.
@Micah Tshibangu you really are a completely brainwashed communist. And you’re too stupid to realize that an American president doesn’t really hold much authority and they can only do so much. Most things have to go through Congress first. You leftist lunatics act like America is some sort of monarchy or dictatorship. Totally brainwashed. I can’t imagine how miserable life must be obsessing over someone you hate so much and living in fear and paranoia.
I’m in Alabama and I get SO MANY Trump ads. It is astounding how scared he is of losing longtime republican states.
@Tadas Blindavicius I know Trump should not remain in power to let china regain it’s lost power. By the way The same Biden who is supporting blm had called black people predators.
@White Noise I am concerned about putting a Biden sticker on my car or a Biden yard sign as it’s been the deplorables in the trump supporters who have been violent against others. I had my car deeply scratched by one, and I was yelled at while driving and cursed. I wouldn’t do that, but it’s an issue.
@Víctor F. Amaya OMG Sir, you wrote a very true accounting of the issue. trumpsters throw all kind of mud at democrats and calling them communist or socialist is there go to claim. Meanwhile, trump has catered to Putin and congratulated China’s premier and N. Korea’s dictator. Republicans used to accuse Dems of that and now with trumps failing to condemn authoritarian leaders, they say nothing. And trump is leaning to fascism , which everyone should be concerned about, not the word “socialism” that Bernie and others spoke on.
@White Noise not true
Are those directly Alabama oriented ads? Those are probably internet ones which are universal, what Chris is referring to is state by state ads.
In North Carolina we can’t stand this lying man and we know for a fact that we can’t trust anything he says! !
@Big Dog
Your english has a russian accent kinda. Trump thinks American soldiers are disgusting. The veterans that gave their lives for the country, calling them losers and suckers is disgusting. And yet Trump calls Putin strong. Trump didn’t want any veterans that were wounded or amputees in his parade. But Trump wanted tanks and choppers North Korea’s Style parade. This is coming from a sitting president, a commander in chief. Trump has changed America in so many ways, but not for the better. Americans are losing their Democracy bit by bit. A large portion of America has their eyes wide shut. Trump is taking America in the direction of a dictatorship little by little. It’s what is happening from the start. Americans can’t allow Trump to remain in power, must vote Trump out.
Money in Politics is what produced Trump the demogouge.
@Chen Guo I guess thats why Nancy Pelosi is worth more ten 100 million. President Truman said the only politicians that get rich in politics are crooks
@Big Dog only rich crooks become politicians.
@Chen Guo really your that naive, low IQ Waters and her dim witted husband, 2008 hand out received 4 million dollars, Biden’s Brother, Sister, daughter and Son got rich from 2008-2016, and the list goes on but I am proud to see their brain washing works great enjoy the heard
Reporter: “Do you believe it’s illegal to vote twice?”
White House Propaganda Secretary “Costly” McHeinous: “I plead the Fifth!”
@SCOTT THOMAS should I get my news from cnn ?
In the article, there is a source in which they are reporting from . Go to the source if you are that concerned
@deborah lariscy Our President is doing nothing wrong. He improved our economy against all the odds, created mass amounts of jobs and brokered peace in the Korean region.
If you love your country, stop supporting those who are LITERALLY burning it to the ground. What you people are doing in Kenosha and Portland is despicable. Democrats are acting like terrorists these days and it’s UNACCEPTABLE.
@Sparky Sparky It was Democrat Stacey Abrams, she said vote 3 times!!!
@Jerry Hester democrates?
@Linda Guthrie Democrats will Cheat through the Fraudulent Mail In Ballots
80 MILLION..THEY better be ALL Verified and Have proper ID..If They Don’t Rig it..Then Trump Wins Huge.
We don’t want Pets and Dead people Voting This Year..
Nobody with a Brain Cares for Biden
They know he hasn’t achieved anything in Decades
Trump By a Landslide..Take a Picture of this Comment..
“It will take time to restore chaos”
― George W. Bush
@ThE DuCk you all claimed bush was the antichrist now dems quote him… you all have mental problems. Literally. Im a psychologist lol
@Taylor .Cline
Whatever KAREN
Ahhh Cheney’s Sockpuppet.
Hey Bish….so what you’re saying is. Trump put the Molotov Cocktails in the “Mostly Peaceful” protestors hands and FORCED them to throw it? OK……If we are going to use Byzantine Logic Then I’ll counter with it’s the Batshit Crazy way you Democrats have been acting that caused Trump to be elected in the first place. Agree?
NateTheGnat Trump is the holdup. First president to have not involved us in an armed conflict in over 40 years. He’s telling everyone about our secret weapons so Warmonger Biden can’t use them in anger. Biden voted for a war. So he could be against it. 🤔 Marinate on that a bit.
And also consider that He and Barry had the House and the Senate for 2 YEARS and they STILL didn’t pass Universal Healthcare. So they were either INEPT. Or, they lied in their campaign promises and never wanted it to begin with. So now Leftists want to give the Corporatist Career Politician and his new “friend” the Prosecuting Attorney a chance to screw us all over again.
Harris/Biden 2020…..Because you STILL don’t deserve FREE healthcare AND not enough of us are in prison.👍
@Robert Osborn No. You have your logic the other way around, just like your “genius” leader smooching Kim Jong-Un’s cheeks anytime he can afford it. And the only time those protests didn’t became peaceful was when your lot instigated riots because that’s how insidious you people are. Your Satan-in-chief even had the gall to use the military for a photo op. Utterly demonic.
“I don’t believe anyone that is caught is a hero” “I like people that are not captured” Trump on national TV. PROOF enough said.
Amazing how much the stuff the left claims ends up being about “feels” instead of actual actions. No new wars, peace in portions of the middle east, ISIS pretty much gone, troops coming home, our stock markets either above where they were prior to the virus or nearing it, virus death rates that are nearing 0, and unemployment lower now than in 2009 while in a pandemic that apparently doesnt spread by rampaging democrat mobs, but instead according to CNN, by a bunch of bikers enjoying SD.
POW are war heroes not draft Dodgers!
@Renato Fabbro Neither of those families were very nice people. Where’s the real evidence.
@Debra Johnson Wow, that’s the dumbest defense of his actions that I’ve ever seen…and where the hell do you get that the Khans aren’t nice people. What have they done that wasn’t nice? Did you just not like how they defended themselves against Trump’s attack of their dead son?? You’re a horrible, unethical person. Even if it they weren’t “very nice,” as you say, that wouldn’t justify Trump attacking those who have served our country while he got a doctor to claim he had bone spurs so that he could be a draft dodger. You sound very uneducated.
wahhhh wahhhh i want to be pwesedent because if i’m not then the SDNY will indict me and my family cowuption 🙁
Biden ccp puppet.
https://youtu.be/JRmlcEBAiIs
Remember: Vote early, vote as soon as possible.
So many unhinged comments here. Do folks really believe someone who disguises his/her identity and then talks nonsense? Do you folks ever question anything,? If someone has a flag in one hand and the bible in the other then they must be good people, right? How do you know QAnon isn’t a bunch of Russian agents trying to get you to commit acts of terrorism? Bet Putin just lives QAnon. Imagine being able to bring down your biggest enemy without ever firing a shot. You’re working for Putin. What a bunch if suckers.
Voting twice is a federal crime. If trump told you to jump off a cliff, you’d probably do that too.
Amy Walker 👈 Point #1. She broke her own law. Businesses were closed and people were hurting for money. Business closings were mandatory. Also she was not wearing a mask. She slapped them and everyone across the face by doing this. Businesses are shutting down because of these rules. It’s ok for the Democrats but not the republicans?. So tell me Amy. If you are driving 75 mph in a 35 mph zone but there is no one else on the road, are you still breaking the law? And you’re wrong it wasn’t just the 2 of them. Security cameras were rolling and the whole world was there.
Point# 2. Pelosi is a multi millionaire with 2 mansions. She could have had her hair dresser come to her mansion cut her hair. I’m sure she could have got him through her border wall surrounding her mansion and had her hair done there. Then afterward she could have fed
him imported chocolate ice cream from her $25,000 refrigerator that she has flaunted in the news that her San Francisco peasants saw while living in cardboard houses.
Point# 3. If you told your kids not to do something and they blatantly did it anyway would you be ok with it? If this were Trump you and all the left would be totally outraged and you cannot say you wouldn’t have been. The left lost votes and supporters because of her selfish act. But don’t let facts cloud your thinking.
xplicits 👈. Trump is gaining big time in the polls don’t know where you have been. He is going to win. The left are helping him. Go on, keep burning cities businesses and people’s properties. You’re helping trump win.
@Leroy 100 Voting twice is a pretty bad idea.. you could end up going to jail.. for whoever you chose to vote.. do it once!
To quote a great statesman: “Don’t boo – VOTE!”
@chris softer sorry, should have clarified “y’all”: people who have no other skills to earn a living any other way – bc they wouldn’t be employed like you are if you had ANY other choice
So where does that leave me as a progressive? Green party?
@chris softer whether you hate him or not Obama was your president for eight years. Go read presidential histories of your nation he was not only your president but he was one of the best presidents of all time. Hate him as much as you like you will never be able to rewrite history.
Ry Levin
BREAKING NEWS! Trump supporters rioting in Nevada. Police deploying tear gas. Must see
https://youtu.be/–39HS7e9TM
@Ruddagah Wallace jackass
Here’s my thought…..why are we spending billions of dollars for political commercials?? WE have a pandemic going on, we have people starving, and being evicted, and both campaigns are now begging us for donations! HOW CLUELESS can this government be??? WHY are we re-electing senators that do nothing…..we’re sitting here starving, and being evicted, and this GOP, can’t even get off their rear ends, or come back from vacations, and help out the people that are paying their salaries!!
@Bruh Lo Um I support the Democrats over armed revolution bruh
I bet you can’t even aim a firearm
Simple. The US is not a democracy, it’s a business run by plutocrats.
To be fair its not like its tax money being spent. Its ignorant to act like “oh instead of spending any money on TV ads send all that money to american people for food and rent” because this money was sent SPECIFICALLY to the candidates to spend on the campaign
There is nothing wrong with either side taking my $20 (i dont contribute to anybody but for the sake of the story) and spending it on ads, thats theoretically what im sending them money for. And as sad as it may be, it does have a huge impact on who wins an election. Try having Biden or Trump spending $0 on tv ads, see how well they do in an election.
Why do you run for office and make a change? I’m sure people would vote for you. Go ahead
the republican party is OUT to destroy democracy. They are planning to bankrupt the country, and individuals. If Trump is re-selected, and they can hold the senate, you can expect to see them cut healthcare, medicaid, and steep cuts to social security all because they will tell you they have to balance the deficit that the country is in. What really needs to happen and the only thing to avert a prolonged recession/depression, is for the wealthiest individuals and families to be made to pay 70-80% of their income in taxes. The country needs a massive infusion of revenue, and that can only come from the wealthiest individuals. The reps are planning on Trump being re-selected, and are actually working to subvert the democratic process.
Screw the electoral college and screw gerrymandering.
So you are saying screw America, you must be on the blue team.
The founding fathers crafted it in the days of Washington and Adams, its a fine system, however the winner takes all should be converted to a state by state congressional method.
For the good of the Federation ❤ and the Republic 💙
Vote J. Jorgensen this November, she’s the best choice.
America is a country that need a electoral college
gerrymandering is treasonous imho. It’s trying to take a right to vote away and effecting the outcome.
Had to ruin the 69, but I agree
*Remember when “The Chosen One” lied saying “Only 6% of the people actually died from COVID, The others died from other reasons”?*
So you don’t like math?…
@Rioters Aren’t Protesters Firstly, statistics isn’t math idiot. It’s an entirely separate field, often associated with math, but not the same. That’s why there is something specifically called mathematical statistics, but I guess you’re probably not bright enough to keep up with that. Putin probably didn’t fund you enough for a degree.
Anyways, am I mistaken? You think that 3/1000 total seniors being dead is cool?
Austin Parker he did admit that it’s 5 times more dangerous than the flu
@Rioters Aren’t Protesters lmfao you got absolutely obliterated.
@Chris Alvarez Nah
Johnny, you are wrong. The founding fathers did not want region(s) (states)to have disproportionate influence in elections. Let’s avoid the revisionism.
“Unique means one of a kind. Something can’t be ‘very unique.’ Nor can it be ‘extremely historic.'” -President Bartlet, West Wing
Ohio is a lost cause for the Dems. As is Georgia and Iowa.
Spend money in MI WI PA FL AZ NC
Never give up!!!
The Dems have a much larger war chest than Trump, so they are draining his resources by widening the field, diluting it. Politically tactical smart. In reality bitterly cynical with a pandemic and economic recession going on.
You cannot say “very unique” – either it’s Unique or it isn’t.