Saturday, August 22, 2020

What Will the 'Whether' Be on Election Day?


What Will the 'Whether' Be on Election Day?


by Bill Russo



Polls of voters are just like thermometers.  They go up and down with the ‘whether’ – whether the candidate looks good, does not make too many mis-statements in a speech, etc.
Pondering that, let’s look back to 2016.  With just 24 hours left before voters would choose between the favorite Hillary Clinton and the New York/Florida challenger Donald Trump, the polls gave Clinton a four point edge (45 percent to 41 percent).
Keeping in mind there’s always at least a four point margin of error in the polling, it was no surprise that Hillary Clinton won the election by just a handful of votes.  However, Trump had more electoral votes and as such, became the 45th President of the United States.
Now in 2016, Joe Biden has a lead of between ten and 12 points over Trump who is attempting to retain occupancy of the Casa Blanca, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in a District called Columbia. 
So, if history repeats itself and the polls are four percent wrong in Trump’s favor, he will lose the 2020 election to Joe Biden by Six to eight points.
BUT – and this is a big but – the polls are like thermometers, they go up and down just like the red stuff in an old fashioned thermometer, nailed up near the front door of a general store in olden New Hampshire. 
So what will the ‘Whether’ be on election day 2020?   

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Bill Russo, best known for his appearance on Monsters and Mysteries in America on Destination America, and in the Bridgewater Triangle Documentary; is the author of more than four dozen books and shorts stories, available on all major bookselling sites such as Amazon, Apple, Barnes and Noble and more.  Much of his work is FREE on Smashwords.  
Bill is also the producer, writer, and director of the FREE podcast, Short Story Theater.  Season Two is now underway on ALL podcast sites from Apple to the fabled Zinc-tales.   The complete Season One, with dramatizations of 39 of his short tales, is also still available on all Audio/Video sites.  


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