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thesquanderer

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15. More time wouldn't necessarily have helped, but...

Reply to Shrek (Reply #9)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 12:25 PM

11 hrs ago

...things weren't so rosy earlier. Check the state polls between the convention and election day... Harris was pretty consistently behind in Georgia and Arizona, and Pennsylvania was consistently a toss-up. Electorally, if she didn't win on Nov 4, I don't think there was any earlier day she'd have been likely to win either. I don't know that more time would have made a difference, but it was one thing that might have helped.

https://www.270towin.com/2024-presidential-election-polls/

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More time wouldn't necessarily have helped, but... thesquanderer 11 hrs ago #15

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