US Election 2020 - Pt 3

Who do you think WILL win the 2020 US presidential election

  • Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D)

    Votes: 166 44.4%
  • Donald J. Trump (R)

    Votes: 208 55.6%

  • Total voters
    374
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Republicans have turned alleged liberal bias in Silicon Valley into a major closing theme of the election cycle, hauling tech CEOs in for virtual grillings on Capitol Hill while President Donald Trump threatens legal punishment for companies that censor his supporters.

But a POLITICO analysis of millions of social media posts shows that conservatives still rule online.

Right-wing social media influencers, conservative media outlets and other GOP supporters dominate online discussions around two of the election’s hottest issues, the Black Lives Matter movement and voter fraud, according to the review of Facebook posts, Instagram feeds, Twitter messages and conversations on two popular message boards. And their lead isn’t close.

As racial protests engulfed the nation after George Floyd’s death, users shared the most-viral right-wing social media content more than 10 times as often as the most popular liberal posts, frequently associating the Black Lives Matter movement with violence and accusing Democrats like Joe Biden of supporting riots.

People also shared conservatives’ most-read claims of rampant voter fraud roughly twice as often as they did liberals’ or traditional media outlets’ discussions of the issue, the analysis found. The conservatives’ tactics included spinning mainstream media coverage on voting irregularities into elaborate conspiracy theories, sometimes echoed by Trump, that Democratic lawmakers are trying to steal November’s election.

Well done :thumbsup:. IMPRESSIVE!
 

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Yeah funny how they still use "alleged" when it has already been proven, but kudus to the Conservatives for still dominating despite the handicap.

Politico should really look up the meaning of "In Spite Of"

Yeah conservatives just know how to use social media better. It also doesn't help that many mainstream liberal publications such as NYT or WaPo play down or simply ignore rioting when groups they favour perform such actions.

Look at the NYT frontpage now -nothing about the riots in Philadelphia last night. Odd, no? Is it because late voters in PA might just be pushed towards Trump if the rioting is publicised?

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So you do care.
Only in so far as that he was overpaid, due to his connection to his dad, but otherwise not really.
Par for the course in corrupt politics unfortunately.

Funny how you try to defend him though.

Edit : Oh yeah and the media censorship regarding the Hunter news (Same as any other rational person)
 

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Only in so far as that he was overpaid, due to his connection to his dad, but otherwise not really.
Par for the course in corrupt politics unfortunately.

Funny how you try to defend him though.

Edit : Oh yeah and the media censorship regarding the Hunter news (Same as any other rational person)

Not defending Hunter at all, rather running with your, 'So she waits 25 years with DNA evidence' timing thing, 'cos, well, timing.
 

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Not defending Hunter at all, rather running with your, 'So she waits 25 years with DNA evidence' timing thing, 'cos, well, timing.
Big difference between a few months and a few decades, but you do you.

For the record I am skeptical of any decade old claims especially those that come out at the just the right time. Even more so when there is a book profiting off of it.
 

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President Donald Trump’s campaign has all but pulled its advertising out of Florida, as it stakes its relatively small bank account on the industrial northern states that carried him to victory in 2016.

Since the beginning of the fall campaign on Labor Day, Trump has cut $24 million from his national ad budget, while former Vice President Joe Biden has added $197 million. Biden has outspent Trump three-to-one over that time.

Trump is now placing his final bet on just four battleground states: Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Polls show he’s down in all those states but Ohio, where it’s effectively even.

The president still has $350,275 budgeted to spend on ads in Florida through Election Day, but has canceled $5.5 million in the final two weeks of the campaign, according to data compiled from ad-tracking firm Advertising Analytics.
 

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I could swear that I was told very recently that the left has censored right wing conservatives.

So how is it that they dominated social media.

So this must be fake news.
You're correct it was mentioned .I guess you should also look up the word "In Spite Of" as was mentioned
 

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Big difference between a few months and a few decades, but you do you.

For the record I am skeptical of any decade old claims especially those that come out at the just the right time. Even more so when there is a book profiting off of it.

Of course you are... and June last year was certainly the right time, amirite?
 
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I could swear that I was told very recently that the left has censored right wing conservatives.

So how is it that they dominated social media.

So this must be fake news.

Can these two things not co-exist? Perhaps more accurately conservatives could describe instances of censorship (rather that the broader 'conservatives are being censored' statement), while still being popular?
 
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You're correct it was mentioned .I guess you should also look up the word "In Spite Of" as was mentioned
You are so close to getting it.

Understanding the concept of a victim mentality may set you upon the right path.
 
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