Nope, 37.77% is not Dump’s latest popularity rating or polling data. It is actually something much much, better. It is the amount of time remaining between the 2016 and 2020 elections.
In this dark time, coming off the latest news that Trump and Putin just spent an hour on the phone complimenting each other on their 2016 victory, and planning how to repeat the performance, keep in mind Trump only has 550 days left.
All Dark Nights Come to an End
Total days between elections |
1456 |
100% |
Days GONE |
906 |
62.23% |
days to go (ug.) |
550 |
37.77% |
Additionally, he gets to spend exactly 100.0% of that remaining time co-existing with a minimum of 235 Democrats seated in the House of Representatives, unlike many if the bygone days in the first two years. So lots and lots of days with investigations and other wonderful tidbits of Democratic activism being stuffed in his face 24/7. As it should be.
And as long as we’re talking about the House and Elections, let’s talk about the House votes in 2018:
2018 Election |
Votes |
% |
2016 pres votes |
% |
Difference |
% |
dem house |
60,319,623 |
54.45% |
65,853,514 |
51.11% |
-5,553,891 |
-8.40% |
gop house |
50,467,181 |
45.55% |
62,984,828 |
48.89% |
-12,517,647 |
-19.87% |
total
|
114,016,831 |
|
135,909,066 |
|
-18,051,538 |
|
Just looking at Dem vs. GOP these numbers tell us a lot of very, very interesting information. Obviously, mid-term years have less total turn out. However, usually the GOP’s “silent majority,” meaning crusty old white guys, have their way with mid-terms because of their venerable “we always vote” reputation (translation: voter ID’s and election rigging favors them). But having said that, here’s the thing, Dump’s House voter guys failed to show up over 2 to 1 to The Good Guys House voters. There isn’t any other way to spin this result: the GOP stayed home and got shellacked. Where did Dump’s base go??? If we get the same percentage voters in 2020 that we did in 2018, we will get 70-73M votes, and Dump will get 58-61M. Not that he’s used to getting more votes in the first place, but this time around there is no way to game the electoral college. There is no path to victory when you’re 9 points under water. I think we’ll get more, but that’s just my rosy and hopeful prediction. I think we get over 10 points. That’ll be over 370 electoral votes.
The future aside, despite all of the nefarious, disgusting, BULLSHIT that we have to endure under Dump’s America-Destroying reign of terror, this loser still has to face the actual voters, those of us who still retain the right to vote by November, 2020, that is. He still has to win the big popularity contest, and his base might be all rabid and foaming at the mouth, but every single day there’s less of them than there are of us.
Until that wonderful, blissful day arrives in America, think about it, YOU’VE ALREADY MADE IT 62.23% OF THEY WAY HOME. You’ve only got 37.77% left. In other words:
- If you work from 9 to 5, it’s almost 2 PM (time for that last pick-me up coffee!)
- If you’re counting through a deck of cards you’ve seen 32 of them (only 20 to go!)
- If you started on GO in Monopoly you’re on the B&O Railroad
- If you’re running a marathon, you’re at mile 16.3 (only 9.9 to go!)
- And finally, if you voted on 11/8/2016, you’re at 5/3/2019 now, and you’ve got your 2020 calendar out already, and 11/3/2020 is circled in 6 different colors.