Cautiously optimistic here, the Harris/Walz lead grows a little bit every day, if it keep this up they will be well ahead by the election, but always remember back to the 2016, no-one expected Trump to win then, those US'ians need to get out and vote, and with luck the numbers will be so high no amount of elector suppression will be able to get the Trump anywhere near winning. Harris is now more popular, and less unpopular, than Trump.pipbarber wrote: ↑Tue Aug 13, 2024 7:39 am I'm definitely starting to feel confident Harris will win. My nervous trepidation levels have pleasantly diminished over the last two weeks. However, this article brings me back to the other concern, Trump losing.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/art ... ction-vote
The article concludes that safeguards have been established and they give electoral procedures added strength, but it also points out that Maga is planning better this time around. Trump is also more powerful than four years ago, imo. He has moved into the realm of cult leader now. I imagine a loss will produce from him more than a rambling 'march on the capitol' speech. He'll call for civil war, or something equally unhinged. Crackpot America.
As for civil unrest, remember the adults are in charge now, if they were in charge back on Jan 6th that would never have happened, they would have faced a solid wall of National Guard and wouldn't have got near the Capitol building! His power has grown among the cult, that's true, but the cult is actually smaller than we think, and older, and less fit, and less reliable. Only the maddest of the mad will actually take to arms, I don't think it will be to bad. As for civil war, I don't expect it will come to that, the Repub "leaders" pushing the civil war part are really the dregs of the party, they simply won't get the backing. Civil unrest in some areas, maybe, civil war no.
