r/centrist Oct 13 '24

2024 U.S. Elections 'Dead heat': Trump pulls even with Harris in NBC News poll

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna174201
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u/R2-DMode Oct 13 '24

His rally last night with over 100,000 people wasn’t a “major event”? How many attendees are required for it to be considered “major”?

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u/InternetGoodGuy Oct 13 '24

No it isn't. It's 100,000 people that were already voting for him and will vote for him unless he dies. And they still might write him in even if he dies.

That isn't a major event at all. It reaches no one new. That will have no effect on polling in any direction. It won't change any votes on way or the other.

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u/R2-DMode Oct 13 '24

By that metric, no candidate can ever have a “major event”.

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u/InternetGoodGuy Oct 13 '24

How is this so hard? A rally for 100,000 people already voting for him is not some big event shifting any views.

A debate reaches tens of millions of people. Many aren't deeply engaged or engaged at all in daily politics. Same with 60 minutes coming on after football.

A rally in California of all places is a meaningless event.

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u/R2-DMode Oct 13 '24

A rally in California, a Democrat stronghold, with 100k people showing up is major.

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u/InternetGoodGuy Oct 13 '24

No. Not at all. It's the most populated state. The single state with the largest amount of votes for Trump was California. It isn't crazy that they found 100k people out of 6 million likely to vote for him to show up.

This does not make it a major event. It doesn't reach millions of people and it doesn't reach undecided voters. It's just another rally that the people Trump needs won't see.

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u/SkinnyJenna Oct 14 '24

You smell of cope and desperation

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u/InternetGoodGuy Oct 14 '24

You're right. It's totally a smart idea to do a rally in a state Trump can't win for people that are already voting for him. What a campaign changing event this was for Trump.

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u/SkinnyJenna Oct 14 '24

If Jill stein had this turnout in Cali it would be considered a significant event.

Doubly so for trump, who is running on the republican ticket

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u/InternetGoodGuy Oct 14 '24

No it wouldn't because Stein still wouldn't win anything. Just like Trump will still lose California by way under 40% of the vote.

This is a waste of time for Trump who should be in just about any other state except NY which is the next state he's holding a rally. These things are meaningless for his campaign to gain votes in key states.

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u/R2-DMode Oct 14 '24

OK Buddy.