‘All bets are off’: Here’s how Trump can win in 2020 and why Biden’s polling lead doesn’t matter

It's election season!

CTVNews.ca's Michael Stittle and Nanos Research’s Nik Nanos get you up to speed with a U.S. election primer.

Nik breaks down the what the polls got wrong in 2016 and explains what you need to watch for on the lead up to election night.

Michael and Nik also explain the critical different between national and state polling and how it could be a hidden advantage for Donald Trump.

Also, in Canadian news, Nik and Michael discuss what the outcomes of two federal byelections and several provincial campaigns means for Justin Trudeau. Could it spark a federal election call?

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46 comments

    1. Love him or hate him, Trump is a true fighter. He works real hard to whip his supporters into a voting frenzy, and it could very much work. I doubt that Biden voters have the same level of enthusiam.

    2. @Mark Green I would trust record low unemployment, tough on China outsourcing, immigration control and reintroduction of manufacturing

      Over Biden doom and gloom and more of the same capitulation and outsourcing… from an outsiders perspective.

      Decent jobs, immigration security and optimism wins.

    3. @sumerian11 I think you’re right. I think Trump is a whack job, but he definitely has a stronger group who really want him to win.

    1. @Raytardo Dawise
      Nope, it’s the 229000 that’s unstoppable as long as you have fools and delusionals running the public health system.

      Trump is lying to himself and he’s lying to America about the Covid situation.

    2. @Trxly.MurdererYT
      Biden is sane, decent, intelligent and knowledgeable about how government works.
      His aims are moral, chiefly the continuation of America’s slow progress toward racial equity, technological competence, and responsibility in the face of the environmental crisis.
      I don’t know how you could tell whether Tump is sane or not: he’s an actor without a director and thus necessarily erratic and unreliable.
      He is dishonest, immoral, ignorant, vain and not very bright.
      Ho-hum. I think, Trxly, you ought to think more carefully before you post. All of this is really pretty obvious.
      It’s amazing what you can see just by looking.

  1. Did I misunderstand this? They are saying the Democrats are more likely to mail in their votes, but also saying that a low voter turn out will benefit Donald Trump.

    1. Some confusion for me in this discussion.
      (7:37) @niknanos appears to say that higher turnout on Election Day favors Trump.
      (18:30) @niknanos appears to say that higher turnout favors Biden.
      What did I miss??

    2. A lot of these mail in ballots will be considered invalid or fraudulent, therefore those who vote in person will determine the outcome of the election. ..especially since the election result will end up being decided in court.

  2. Trump will win…and it’s not even close. You’ll see. We’re trying to tell you. Suggest you listen this time.

  3. Someone ran over my Trump sign this morning, hit the tree next to it and lost part of his bumper. LOL, just had to share the story.😁

  4. Some confusion for me in this discussion.
    (7:37) @niknanos appears to say that higher turnout on Election Day favors Trump.
    (18:30) @niknanos appears to say that higher turnout on Election Day favors Biden.
    What did I miss??

  5. Individuals with ASDs also have deficits in theory of mind. That is, they often have difficulty interpreting a situation from another person’s point of view. Thus, they see only their way of doing things as the correct way and often get angry when others have opposing views and ideas.

    1. @David Lloyd-Jones the earth with die in less than a hundred years because no one is doing anything. Biden won’t. Trump wont. Putin won’t. The queen won’t. No one is doing anything except for far northern and far southern countries, who are actually affected by climate change.

  6. Let’s do it ALL OVER AGAIN!!! 4 more days 4 MORE YEARS!!! AND NO, TEXAS is definitely NOT in play!! TRUMP2020!!

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