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    Default USA Today makes its first ever presidential endorsement : Joe Biden for President

    Four years ago, the Editorial Board — an ideologically and demographically diverse group of journalists that is separate from the news staff and operates by consensus — broke with tradition and took sides in the presidential race for the first time since USA TODAY was founded in 1982. We urged readers not to vote for Donald Trump, calling the Republican nominee unfit for office because he lacked the “temperament, knowledge, steadiness and honesty that America needs from its presidents.” We stopped short, however, of an outright endorsement of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee. This year, the Editorial Board unanimously supports the election of Joe Biden, who offers a shaken nation a harbor of calm and competence.

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    I can remember reading USA today back in 2016, and I can remember how this paper published a story about how Trump had stiffed building contractors, and me having worked in construction most of my life; this was the deciding factor why I voted for Hillary.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trumpet View Post
    I can remember reading USA today back in 2016, and I can remember how this paper published a story about how Trump had stiffed building contractors, and me having worked in construction most of my life; this was the deciding factor why I voted for Hillary.
    Right. USA did not endorse Hillary overtly but said to not vote for Trump.

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    Post-ABC poll: Trump and Biden are in a dead heat in North Carolina

    The poll finds Biden at 49 percent and Trump at 48 percent among likely voters, with two third-party candidates — Libertarian nominee Jo Jorgensen and Green Party nominee Howie Hawkins — accounting for just 1 percent of the vote. Among registered voters, Biden is at 48 percent, Trump at 46 percent and the third-party candidates a combined 3 percent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by votebiden View Post
    Four years ago, the Editorial Board — an ideologically and demographically diverse group of journalists that is separate from the news staff and operates by consensus — broke with tradition and took sides in the presidential race for the first time since USA TODAY was founded in 1982. We urged readers not to vote for Donald Trump, calling the Republican nominee unfit for office because he lacked the “temperament, knowledge, steadiness and honesty that America needs from its presidents.” We stopped short, however, of an outright endorsement of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee. This year, the Editorial Board unanimously supports the election of Joe Biden, who offers a shaken nation a harbor of calm and competence.

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    USA? As f they have not been endorsing BIDEN with every fake news article released. They get their 4am marching orders from the CIA every morning. How honorable of them to finally admit they are in the tank......FORMALY. Priceless. Now the news is a news outlet presenting news about SELF. Really you can't make this shit up. Tell us one more time just where the headquarters of USA today is located. Mclean Va. Can we spell FAIRFAX county.......or Clowns in America?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ralph View Post
    USA? As f they have not been endorsing BIDEN with every fake news article released. They get their 4am marching orders from the CIA every morning. How honorable of them to finally admit they are in the tank......FORMALY. Priceless. Now the news is a news outlet presenting news about SELF. Really you can't make this shit up. Tell us one more time just where the headquarters of USA today is located. Mclean Va. Can we spell FAIRFAX county.......or Clowns in America?
    The CIA tells USA Today what to publish?! That's a new one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by votebiden View Post
    The CIA tells USA Today what to publish?! That's a new one.
    Who do you assume founded this rag and why? The majority of the Main Stream Media gets their daily marching orders at a 4AM DROP each day....where have you been?

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    USA Today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trumpet View Post
    I can remember reading USA today back in 2016, and I can remember how this paper published a story about how Trump had stiffed building contractors, and me having worked in construction most of my life; this was the deciding factor why I voted for Hillary.
    Out of curiosity, who have you voted for previously for President? My initial reaction is to find it hard to believe you were ever on the fence regarding who you would vote for in '16 but everyone is different so I'm open to hearing your story.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    Out of curiosity, who have you voted for previously for President? My initial reaction is to find it hard to believe you were ever on the fence regarding who you would vote for in '16 but everyone is different so I'm open to hearing your story.
    He is just full of shit about everything. If he "worked construction" it was as a sweeping bitch somewhere. One of those work today get paid today outfits. And that one day of work does not count.

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    Just look who's talking, Poop-Pi, you're the most useless and worthless piece of crap that there is on this planet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    Out of curiosity, who have you voted for previously for President? My initial reaction is to find it hard to believe you were ever on the fence regarding who you would vote for in '16 but everyone is different so I'm open to hearing your story.
    Is it that hard to understand that someone who has stiffed the very people that he promised to help, is probably a conman and a phony??????????????
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    Quote Originally Posted by votebiden View Post
    Four years ago, the Editorial Board — an ideologically and demographically diverse group of journalists that is separate from the news staff and operates by consensus — broke with tradition and took sides in the presidential race for the first time since USA TODAY was founded in 1982. We urged readers not to vote for Donald Trump, calling the Republican nominee unfit for office because he lacked the “temperament, knowledge, steadiness and honesty that America needs from its presidents.” We stopped short, however, of an outright endorsement of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee. This year, the Editorial Board unanimously supports the election of Joe Biden, who offers a shaken nation a harbor of calm and competence.

    https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/op...es/5919435002/
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    Trump 45.8% rose since 10/12

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    Trump Vs. Biden Race Tightens, Suddenly Looks Like 2016 In Latest IBD/TIPP Presidential Poll
    IBD/TIPP 2020 Election Poll Biden vs Trump
    Today's Trump vs Biden poll from IBD/TIPP shows a much tighter race. The former vice president has lost support from Democrats and independents in the 2020 presidential poll update.

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    Today's Trump vs. Biden poll finds that the race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden has suddenly gotten much tighter. IBD/TIPP's latest 2020 presidential poll update shows that Republicans are rallying around Trump, Biden is leaking Democratic support, and the gap among independents has narrowed.

    The latest IBD/TIPP Trump vs. Biden poll update shows the Democratic challenger leading the Republican incumbent by 2.3 points, 48.1%-45.8%, in a four-way presidential poll of likely voters. Libertarian candidate Jo Jorgensen has the support of 3%, and Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins 0.9%.

    2020 Presidential Poll Trend: Four-Way Race
    Since the IBD/TIPP 2020 Presidential Election Tracking Poll launched on Monday, Oct. 12, Biden's support has slipped 3.8 points, from 51.9% to a new low-water mark of 48.1%. Trump poll numbers have gone the other way, rising 2.4 points to his new high-water mark of 45.8%. Biden's lead peaked at 8.6 points in the Oct. 13 presidential poll.

    Biden's narrower support reflects Trump's gain, more third-party support and more voters who are undecided or decline to say whom they support.

    For more details, check out the IBD/TIPP 2020 Election Poll page.

    Head-To-Head Trump Vs Biden Poll
    In a head-to-head Trump vs. Biden poll, the Democratic nominee leads by 2.8 points, 49%-46.2%.

    Biden's support has slipped 3.7 points since Oct. 12 in the one-on-one matchup, while Trump's support is up 3.9 points.

    2020 Presidential Poll: Party Breakdown
    Joe Biden's lead among likely independent voters narrowed to a 45%-41% margin in IBD/TIPP's latest 2020 presidential poll update. Biden's lead had ranged from 6 points into the double digits.

    Meanwhile, Donald Trump is now having a much easier time corralling Republicans than Biden is having in nailing down Democratic votes. Biden leads 90%-7% among Democrats. Trump leads 94%-4% among Republicans.

    2016 Voters In 2020 Election
    Still, the latest Trump vs. Biden poll continues to highlight what could be a big problem for the president: wayward 2016 Trump voters. Among people who voted for Trump in 2016, 7% say they now support Biden while 89% say they'll back him again. Biden does better among Hillary Clinton voters: Just 3% say they support Trump, while 95% back the former vice president.

    In addition to faring better among 2016 Trump and Clinton voters, Biden gets more support than Trump among 2016 third-party voters (39%-30%) and nonvoters (57%-31%).

    2020 Election Poll: Shades Of 2016?
    In 2016, almost all presidential polls pointed to a Hillary Clinton victory over Donald Trump. The IBD/TIPP Poll was one of only two election polls credited with predicting President Trump's 2016 surprise showing. TIPP, IBD's polling partner, succeeded in picking up on the greater enthusiasm among Republicans for their candidate.

    The latest IBD/TIPP Trump vs. Biden poll has some similarities with the Trump vs. Clinton race. Republicans again seem more excited about their candidate. However, Biden's 4-point lead among independents in the IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll is one important contrast from 2016. Trump carried independents 43%-42% in 2016, according to a postelection Pew Research survey of verified voters.

    Seniors and suburban voters helped lift Trump to victory in 2016. Yet the latest IBD/TIPP Trump vs. Biden poll shows the Democrat winning both groups, though his lead among seniors has slipped.

    Unless Trump reverses his weakness among those groups, he'll need a somewhat different formula for winning in 2020. Yet events could still reshape the race. The Oct. 22 debate, a coronavirus resurgence as well as progress toward a medical breakthrough, the Supreme Court nomination fight and the fate of fiscal stimulus negotiations could all change minds during the last two weeks of the Trump vs. Biden race. The unprecedented level of mail-in voting, which brings the potential for disqualified ballots, is a wild card.

    Trump's Electoral College victory in 2016 came despite losing the popular vote by 2.1% — a hair smaller than his current 2.3-point deficit in the new IBD/TIPP presidential poll. However, no candidate has won the presidency with a bigger popular vote deficit since 1874, when Rutherford B. Hayes lost by 3%.

    The IBD/TIPP poll is even more of an outlier than in 2016. The RealClearPolitics average of 2020 presidential polls shows that Biden's lead has grown from 6.6 points before the first debate and Trump's coronavirus case to 8.9 points currently.

    Trump Vs Biden Poll: Suburbs Back Challenger
    Urban voters prefer Biden by nearly a 28-point margin, the IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll update finds. Rural voters back Trump by almost a 30-point margin. That's similar to 2016's divide.

    Yet the suburbs may be the big difference this year. The IBD/TIPP presidential poll shows suburban voters back Biden vs. Trump, 50.5% to 42%. By comparison, exit polls from 2016 show Trump won the suburbs, 50%-45%.

    That explains why Trump made a blunt appeal to suburban voters — particularly suburban women — while campaigning in Pennsylvania last week. "Suburban women, will you please like me? Please. Please. I saved your damn neighborhood, OK?"

    Trump was referring to a fair-housing regulation adopted by President Obama's administration and later rolled back by Trump. The rule altered criteria for awarding federal funds to overcome historic patterns of segregation.

    Seniors Are Key Swing Group In 2020 Presidential Poll
    Senior citizens are another key group Trump carried in 2016 that have swung toward Biden, but the gap has narrowed. Seniors back the former vice president, 48%-46%, in IBD/TIPP's latest Trump vs. Biden poll, but his lead had been in double digits. Trump won among senior citizens in 2016, 53%-44%, Pew says.

    Meanwhile, Biden is leading Trump among voters age 18-44, 56%-35%, in the IBD/TIPP presidential poll update. Trump leads 56%-40% among voters 45-64.

    President Trump is trying to shore up support among seniors, who are far more susceptible to the coronavirus and who have been critical of his handling of the pandemic. After his release from the hospital, Trump pledged that he would provide free access to the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) antibody drug that he credits with restoring him to full health. The Trump administration also is getting ready to send out drug cards worth $200 to tens of millions of seniors.

    More 2020 Election Poll Demographics
    The IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll shows Trump winning among men, 51%-42%, a bit more narrowly than his 11-point advantage in 2016.

    Women favor the Democrat by 54%-41% in the latest Trump vs. Biden poll update, a bit less than Trump's 15-point deficit among women in 2016.

    White voters favor Trump by just under 13 points, but they backed him by a 15-point margin in 2016, the IBD/TIPP 2020 presidential poll update finds.

    Black voters back Biden, 88%-9%, in today's presidential poll update. That's slightly narrower than Clinton's 85-point advantage in 2016. Meanwhile, Trump trails Biden among Hispanics, 29%-65% in the latest IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll. In 2016, Trump lost among Hispanic voters, 28%-66%.

    More data on the income, religion and education of voters in the Biden vs. Trump poll can be found at the main IBD/TIPP tracking poll page.

    Biden Vs Trump Poll: Investors Break With Trump
    Self-described investors, with at least $10,000 in household-owned stocks or mutual funds, favor Biden, 52%-42%. The final 2016 IBD/TIPP presidential poll showed Trump winning the group, 48%-42%.

    Yet the latest Trump vs. Biden poll update shows the president now leads among noninvestors, 51%-44%. Earlier IBD/TIPP presidential poll updates showed Biden dominating that group. Relatedly, IBD/TIPP now shows Trump with a 19-point advantage among voters with incomes of $30,000-$50,000, a group Biden had led by a double-digit margin.

    Regardless of their own voting preferences, investors seem to be warming to a Biden presidency and potential Democratic sweep. That would likely mean higher corporate taxes and higher taxes on investment gains. Yet this month's stock market rally has come as a Biden victory had looked more likely. Wall Street may be more hopeful that an extended court fight over the election's outcome may be avoided. The 2000 recount coincided with a stock market pullback of nearly 10%, though that was during the 2000-2002 bear market. Investors also are assuming that a Democratic boost in federal spending will offset any near-term downside from tax hikes and more regulation.

    So far, Wall Street seems to be ignoring Trump's warning that stocks would face a reckoning under Biden. Trump tweeted on Monday, "Remember, Stock Market at an All Time High, and going up. 401k's at RECORD. With Sleepy Joe comes Tax Increases, jobs losses and DEPRESSION like never seen before!!! VOTE!!!"

    Biden Vs Trump Poll: Whose Voters Are More Committed?
    How secure is Joe Biden's advantage over Donald Trump? A number of questions in the IBD/TIPP Trump vs. Biden poll try to tease that out.

    President Trump has a clear advantage when it comes to voters' intensity of support. Among those who intend to vote for Trump, 76% back him strongly, vs. 68% among intended Biden voters.

    The IBD/TIPP presidential poll finds that 10% of likely voters say they're at least somewhat likely to change their mind before Election Day. Among Trump backers, 11% say they may change their mind, while 9% of Biden voters are still up for grabs.

    Despite Biden's 2020 election poll lead, just 37% of voters expect him to win, while 38% think Trump will prevail. Meanwhile, 50% think most of their neighbors will vote for Trump, and just 34% think their neighbors will mostly back Biden. The big difference comes from rural areas, where 74% say their neighbors back Trump.

    So far, 40% of Biden voters say they've already voted, vs. 14% of Trump voters. Only 33% of Biden supporters plan to vote on Election Day, but 66% of Trump backers plan to do so.

    IBD/TIPP 2020 Election Poll Details
    The daily update of the IBD/TIPP 2020 election poll reflects a survey of 1,197 registered and 1,046 likely voters, from Oct. 15 through Oct. 19. The weighted party split of likely voters includes 385 Democrats, 339 Republicans and 308 independents.

    The Biden vs. Trump poll likely voter sample has a credibility interval of +/- 3.2 percentage points. IBD's polling partner TechnoMetrica applies a multimodal approach using "traditional" telephone methodology, with live interviewers supplemented by online surveys. Each day approximately 200 interviews with registered voters are conducted, of which 125 are from telephone and 75 from online. In the telephone sample, roughly 65% of interviews come from a cellphone sample and 35% from a landline sample.

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    Quote Originally Posted by votebiden View Post
    Four years ago, the Editorial Board — an ideologically and demographically diverse group of journalists that is separate from the news staff and operates by consensus — broke with tradition and took sides in the presidential race for the first time since USA TODAY was founded in 1982. We urged readers not to vote for Donald Trump, calling the Republican nominee unfit for office because he lacked the “temperament, knowledge, steadiness and honesty that America needs from its presidents.” We stopped short, however, of an outright endorsement of Hillary Clinton, the Democratic nominee. This year, the Editorial Board unanimously supports the election of Joe Biden, who offers a shaken nation a harbor of calm and competence.

    https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/op...es/5919435002/
    GASP !!!!! THE FAKE NEWS ENDORSES THE CHINESE PUPPET!!


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    Quote Originally Posted by Trumpet View Post
    Is it that hard to understand that someone who has stiffed the very people that he promised to help, is probably a conman and a phony??????????????
    You said it was the deciding factor as to why you voted for Hillary which to me implies you were actually considering voting for Trump. I find that surprising thus the question.

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