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Obama had his YouTube popularity in 08', and Trump arguably won (with assistance) the internet strategy in 2016 vs Clinton. What technological "channel" might propel the next US president to the finish line?
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>WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans’ enthusiasm about voting in this year’s election has surged in recent months, with 69% of U.S. adults now saying they are “more enthusiastic than usual” about voting. This is up from 54% in March. >Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are largely driving the surge in enthusiasm nationally. In March, 55% of Democrats and Democratic leaners said they were more enthusiastic than usual about voting; now, 78% are. Republicans and Republican leaners, who held a slight edge in enthusiasm in March, now trail Democrats by a significant margin, with their current 64% enthusiasm score up slightly from 59% in the spring.
No real changes here, next date to watch is Thursday, September 26th: If you're trying to keep track of where we're at in the Trump prosecutions: **Updated 09/06/2024** **Washington, D.C.** **4 federal felonies** **January 6th Election Interference** Investigation Indictment Arrest **<- You Are Here** Trial - The trial, originally scheduled for March 4th, had been placed on hold pending the Supreme Court ruling on Presidential Immunity. The Supreme Court ruled that the President does enjoy limited immunity for "official acts", it now returns to lower court to determine what, if any, of his acts leading up to 1/6 were "official". https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/01/politics/supreme-court-donald-trump-immunity/index.html On 8/27, a new federal grand jury re-indicted Trump on all four counts in a hearing this time excluding evidence barred by the Supreme Court. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-indicted-federal-election-interference-case-supreme-court-immuni-rcna168503 "Judge Chutkan set a date of Sept. 26 for prosecutors in the office of the special counsel, Jack Smith, to submit an opening brief to her on the question of immunity." "Judge Chutkan told Mr. Trump’s lawyers to respond to the government’s submission about immunity by Oct. 17. She also told them to finish making their arguments for why they need more discovery information from the government by Sept. 19." "In her order, Judge Chutkan, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, set a deadline of Oct. 24 for Mr. Lauro to make a formal request to file the motion about Mr. Smith’s appointment." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/us/politics/trump-election-case-jan-6.html Conviction Sentencing **New York** **34 state felonies** **Stormy Daniels Payoff** Investigation Indictment Arrest Trial Conviction **<- You Are Here** [Guilty, all 34 counts.](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/donald-trump-verdict-hush-money-trial-rcna152492) Sentencing - Originally scheduled for July 11, 2024, then September 18th following the Supreme Court's ruling on Presidential immunity, sentencing is now delayed until 11/26, after the election. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/06/nyregion/trump-sentencing-delay-ruling.html **Georgia** **10 state felonies** **Election Interference** As of 3/13/24 - Judge McAfee cleared 6 charges, 3 against Trump, saying [they were too generic to be enforced.](https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/13/judge-dismisses-six-counts-against-trump-in-georgia-election-criminal-case-others-still-remain.html) As of 3/15/24 - The case may proceed, but either Fulton County DA, Fani Willis and her office or Special Prosecutor Nathan Wade [must remove themselves due to the appearance of impropriety.](https://apnews.com/article/georgia-election-indictment-fani-willis-trump-60b7dd9642fc9ef7c03d75980692334c) Investigation Indictment Arrest **<- You Are Here** All 19 defendants [have surrendered.](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/mugshot-rudy-giuliani-jenna-ellis-trump-georgia-surrender-rcna101670) Trial - [October 4th, 2024](https://www.ajc.com/politics/ga-court-sets-oct-4-as-tentative-hearing-date-in-fani-willis-appeal/OKVU4Y4GWZFIVJ77K5JCOZWEQM/) hearing has been set to determine if Fani Willis can remain on the case. Three defendants, Kenneth Chesebro, Sidney Powell, and bail bondsman Scott Hall, have all pled guilty and have [agreed to testify in other cases.](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-chesebro-plea-deal-georgia-trial-rcna121387) Conviction Sentencing **Florida** **40 federal felonies** **Top Secret Documents charges** Investigation Indictment Original indictment was for 37 felonies. 3 new felonies were added on [July 27, 2023.](https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/06/politics/annotated-trump-indictment-dg/) Arrest **<- You Are Here** Trial - The trial had been set to begin **[May 20, 2024](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/federal-judge-sets-may-2024-start-trump-classified-docs-trial-rcna95222)**, but was subsequently delayed indefinitely by the judge, and has now been dismissed outright under the claims that the prosecutor was not Constitutionally appointed. https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-tosses-trump-documents-case-ruling-prosecutor-unlawfully-appointed-2024-07-15/ Jack Smith appealed Judge Cannon's ruling on Monday, 8/26 to the 11th circuit. https://www.npr.org/2024/08/26/g-s1-19642/special-counsel-jack-smith-judge-cannon-appeal-trump-classified-documents Conviction Sentencing Other grand juries, such as for the documents at Bedminster, or the Arizona fake electors, have not been announced. The E. Jean Carroll trial for sexual assault and defamation where Trump was found liable and ordered to pay $5 million before immediately defaming her again resulting in a demand for $10 million is not listed as it's a civil case and not a crimimal one. [He was found liable in that case for $83.3 million.](https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-ordered-to-pay-83-3-million-in-e-jean-carroll-defamation-case-203039813549) There had been multiple cases in multiple states to remove Trump from the ballot, citing ineligibility under the 14th amendment. The Supreme Court ruled on March 4th that states do not have the ability to determine eligibility in Federal elections. https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/video/united-states-supreme-court-overturns-colorado-supreme-court-donald-trump-ballot-ruling/
I run this analysis in Politics whenever there's a post about "New national poll says..." but we don't allow self posts over there so it's always buried in a comment. National polls are useless because we don't have national elections. Red states are gonna red state and blue states are gonna blue state. So knowing that, here are the current results for states that are in play: Let's see the state breakdown now: Arizona: Toss Up. Harris +1, Trump +3 https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/arizona/ Nevada: Toss Up. Harris +2, Tie https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/nevada/ New Mexico: Harris +8/+11 https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/new-mexico/ Texas: Trump +3/+5 https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/texas/ Georgia: Harris +1/+2 https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/georgia/ Florida: Trump +3/+4 https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/florida/ North Carolina: Trump +1/+2/+4 https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/florida/ Virginia: Harris +3 https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/virginia/ Pennsylvania: Toss Up, 2 tied polls, Trump +1/+4/+5 Michigan: Harris +2, tie https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/michigan/ Wisconsin: Harris +4/+5, Trump +1 https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/wisconsin/ Minnesota: Harris +5/+7/+10 https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/minnesota/ So... changes from last time... Nevada moves from Harris to toss up. Georgia has moved more to Harris. Michigan is still Harris but getting closer. Plotted on the map, Harris only needs 1 of the three toss up states to win. Trump needs ALL THREE to hit 271. 
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Obviously i don't think it would be feasible to send everyone into space, but just as a thought experiment.
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I think most people would agree allocating land for the public good is a positive thing for nearly every citizen.
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...seems like a big issue
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-general/2024/national/