Donald Trump
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If I had to bet money on it, I would put my money on a Trump win. I really do think he's going to take it. Here's why I think it:
1. More people watch Fox News than any other news channel. You can not simply deny the media influence on bias. Fox is relentless with messaging like "Trump does amazing things for us but the main stream media has been tougher on him than any other president" and "if the liberals have their way we'll all be socialist cop-hating transgender apologists" etc. Not to mention their prediction of the economic influence of a president, which is absurd. But again, even if people KNOW that they are watching a biased network, they themselves can't escape.
IT IS he MOST viewed news channel. More people choose to believe Fox than anyone else. And viewers are loyal. You can not argue against this fact. I'm saying that this popularity is simply an indicator of the thoughts and opinions of the voters.
2. Intense influence across social media from organizations and countries who want to disrupt America's progress. This is clearly war, we just aren't sure where it's coming from and how deep it goes. But we're finding out that Russia and Iran are using social media tactics to influence our elections. It's the cheapest war anyone has ever fought. We've all seen the insane nonsense on Facebook. Try telling your dumb uncle that his conspiracy theory is ridiculous and he will just dig his heels in and sink further into the absurd.
These two influences are so ridiculously powerful that everything
else – like Biden's age, the Supreme Court stuff, the covid response – are minor influences.The major influenece is media, and media leans to Trump.
- I actually decided to put a little money on Trump winning. I really hope I lose, but I agree that the polls can be very misleading.BaskerviIle
- The majority of moderates voting for Trump this time around will keep very quiet about it.BaskerviIle
- What are the odds on a trump win at the moment?Ianbolton
- https://www.statista…
Seems like a ~tie. But there is prob overlap between msnbc/cnn viewers.inv - pretty crappy 7/4, 13/8BaskerviIle
- Biden is 1/2, 2/5BaskerviIle
- Fox is not actually the #1 news channel, it's the #1 cable news. On a good night they get a few million people watching in a country of over 300 million.yuekit
- The "regular" news channels like ABC, CBS have a much bigger audience than Fox.yuekit
- And the irony is that what you're saying, media leans to Trump...pretty sure every Trump supporter would say exactly the opposite.yuekit
- i bet all my money that biden wins by a massive landslide..neverscared
- Non Cable News: ABC’s “World News Tonight”-8.2 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” - 7.3 million viewers.“CBS Evening News” - 5.3 millionjonny_quest_lives
- Fox News- 4.42 million viewers. MSNBC - 2.75 million viewers.
CNN- 2.59 million viewers. Numbers via Nielsen October 13, 2020jonny_quest_lives - Damn... 300 million plus not watching the news at all?********
- I think a lot of people get their news from facebook, and youtube now. And facebook really leans right from what I've heard.monNom
- must be the 'suburban women' demographic people keep talking aboutmonNom