He is, kinda. Biden isn’t doing well because because of young people and minorities (though he does lead with them); Biden is doing well because of seniors and college-educated whites. Those people vote.
In 2016, Trump carried seniors 56 percent to 41 percent, according to the CCES data. But Biden, who carried seniors overwhelmingly in the Democratic primaries, leads Trump 50 percent to 45 percent among the oldest voters in the average of current polls.
Timex
5687
Oh, I agree with that. However, I also agree that a big problem the left has is that a bunch of these folks who are real active in resisting Trump, don’t actually fucking vote.
And I’m kind of reading Mitt’s message as him saying, “Prove me wrong, kids!”
My Bernie Sanders t shirt reminds me of this every time I see it.
rowe33
5689
Mitt’s clearly not been paying attention the past 5 or 6 years. He thinks Trump has it in him to tack towards the middle? Trump’s just going to get more and more batshit crazy over the next few months. This cognitive test thing is simply unreal. I hope he takes it again on live TV as some sort of campaign strategy to show how super smart he is.
“There are enormous advantages to being the incumbent, number one,” Romney told HuffPost on Thursday. “Number two, I think [Trump] will tack more towards the middle in his communication than he has so far.”
“And number three, I think the voters that are most animated in opposition to the president tend not to come out to vote ― and that’s young people and the minorities. They’re active in polls, but not necessarily active at actually getting out to the polls,” the senator said.
Timex
5690
But you don’t get it! The test GETS REALLY HARD AT THE END!
KevinC
5691
You know, when he tells the story of how the doctors were like “Wow, how did you do that?!”, I’m torn on whether he’s telling the truth or not. This sounds exactly like the kind of “sir” bullshit stories he’s infamous for, but that also sounds like something a doctor might say to a 5-year old to encourage them along in taking the tests. I could totally see a doctor treating Trump that way, knowing that he needs to complete the test and wants to make sure Trump keeps taking them. A little 5-year old ego stroking would do the trick with him, I’d think.
Please allow me to educate you on DJT’s new tone.
rowe33
5693
It’s also possible the doctors were seriously baffled by his ability to pass the test - can’t discount that. Assuming they’re legitimate doctors, of course.
I’m not going to lie, if I watched DJT, in a sealed space with no possibility of external help, fill out a sheet of the 0-10 times tables, my estimation of him would rise perceptibly. I genuinely don’t think he could.
I just realized something. He didn’t pass the test, or if he did - he just barely passed it. I can’t believe I didn’t see it before. It’s his projection all over again.
I’m pretty confident that DJT was given a few mulligans on that test…if he passed it at all.
Timex
5697
The real story here should be, “Doctors give dementia test to sitting US President.”
KevinC
5698
Bingo. He keeps bringing up these tests and and it sounds like he’s been given more than one of them? That’s, uh… yeah. My wife had similar tests after she had a stroke. Because, you know, needed to find what parts of brain were no longer worky good.
That feel when W is the second-most mentally capable president your party’s produced in. . . huh. . . 43 years. SPOOPY COINCIDENCE.
KevinC
5700
He’s a registered Democrat, you can’t call Republicans his party anymore. :)
I’m like the Republicans’ revered Elephant in exactly one way: I’ll never forget which of you fuckers voted for a Republican in the past.
Except when I do. But ignore those times.
edit: or maybe it was a general “you” as is typical of the “that feel when” memes. But that’s silly ;-)
In his Fox interview, Trump said it was Ronny Jackson that administered the test, so…
As any parent knows, you just don’t worry about your kids.
