# Donald Trump and the runup to the 2024 election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 3, 2024, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196 "2024-08-03T16:49:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/361 "2024-09-23T00:42:43Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > observers are welcome. So observers are in no way voter suppression, as was implied upthread. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/362 "2024-09-23T00:53:48Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I’m an actual poll worker. Assuming that the policies and procedures in my county are universal: observers are welcome. They check in with the site manager (they don’t have to state any particular affiliation) and then they sit in chairs inside the polling location, at a distance from the voting machines, and watch. That’s it. They’re not allowed to speak to any voters. Are they allowed to carry an assault weapon openly? > [@Railer13](#): > > So observers are in no way voter suppression, as was implied upthread. Usually not. But heavily armed ones can be, and heavily armed dudes with MAGA hats just outside the 100’ line certainly can be. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/363 "2024-09-23T01:08:19Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > But heavily armed ones can be, and heavily armed dudes with MAGA hats just outside the 100’ line certainly can be. Those are not election observers. Those are asshats outside the 100’ line. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/364 "2024-09-23T01:12:23Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Those are not election observers. Those are asshats outside the 100’ line. [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/us/poll-watching-intimidation.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/30/us/poll-watching-intimidation.html) Apparently some are… ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/365 "2024-09-23T01:20:10Z")
In NC, I’ve been one of the electioneering fools with voters guides (I do the teacher union ones). One time, we had a truck full of camo-wearing gun-toting idiots pull up and glower at people voting. A cop went over and talked to them, and decided they were in the clear. I think they were trying to scare all the libruls away from the polls, but I don’t think it worked. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/366 "2024-09-23T04:21:36Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > I’m an actual poll worker. Assuming that the policies and procedures in my county are universal: observers are welcome. They check in with the site manager (they don’t have to state any particular affiliation) and then they sit in chairs inside the polling location, at a distance from the voting machines, and watch. That’s it. They’re not allowed to speak to any voters. I assume any poll watchers are not allowed to wear or deploy any political slogans or other partisan signifiers? That’s how it would be in my state. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/367 "2024-09-23T04:38:56Z")
Correct. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/368 "2024-09-23T10:06:19Z")
_New polls from The New York Times and Siena College showed Donald J. Trump ahead in Arizona [by 5%] and leading in tight races in Georgia [by 4%] and North Carolina [by 2%]_ “In one striking finding, nearly four years after Mr. Trump was impeached by the House for “incitement of insurrection” for his role in the rioting of Jan. 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol, respondents were evenly divided over the question over whether Mr. Trump or Ms. Harris would do a better job handling democracy.” “Notably, 12 percent of these voters who said they could still change their mind said their biggest concern about Ms. Harris was around her handling of the economy.” “Concerns about Mr. Trump’s character loomed largest in North Carolina, where 44 percent of voters who were undecided or said they could still change their mind specifically cited his behavior, including erratic behavior and outlandish comments.” Sorry, I’m out of gift links this month. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/369 "2024-09-23T10:18:40Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > If the poll workers see it happening, they’d call the cops. Depends on if you trust your cops. ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/370 "2024-09-23T13:19:14Z")
Just a quick question about Trump’s tweet in post #353: He typed :“it was great seeing my friends His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of Qatar, and His Excellency Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister of Qatar” Who spell checked that for Trump? Who made sure that he got the titles correct? (“His Highness”, and “His Excellency”). Does Trump have an expert on protocol ? This tweet use correct grammar, correct diplomatic protocol, had no ALL-CAPS, and had only one exclamation point. The content is sane, with no ranting, no lies. Does Trump now have somebody helping him compose tweets? That would mean somebody who is physically next to him watching his fat thumbs as he types. Seems very un-Trump like. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/371 "2024-09-23T13:39:55Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Does Trump now have somebody helping him compose tweets? That would mean somebody who is physically next to him watching his fat thumbs as he types. Seems very un-Trump like. Nope. It’s been common since the beginning. > **[He wrote Trump’s tweets. This Hudson Valley man has been with his campaign...](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/06/18/donald-trump-twitter-president-white-house-dan-scavino-golf-course-covfefe/1495205001/)** > > He met Trump as a teenager working at his golf course. Now he works side-by-side with the President in the White House. Meet Dan Scavino. > **[Dan Scavino](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Scavino)** > > Daniel Scavino Jr. is an American political adviser who served in the Trump administration as White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications from 2020 to 2021, and Director of Social Media from 2017 to 2021. Scavino previously was the general manager of Trump National Golf Club Westchester, and the director of social media for the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign. > Scavino was born in New York and is of Italian descent. He was raised in the New York City area. In 1992, Scavino was ... ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/372 "2024-09-23T15:47:11Z")
Who else would love to hear Trump attempt to pronounce those names? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/373 "2024-09-23T19:51:11Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I hope that this article is accurate and the Trump campaign is such a bunch of stumblebums that they destroy their own campaign without any outside help. Though a carefully-aimed lighting bolt wouldn’t go amiss either. > > [Republicans in swing states say they see scant signs of groups door-knocking for Trump](https://apnews.com/article/trump-political-action-committees-voter-canvassing-musk-0c1c095a6516b7bcbc80bf94fe0fe45a) This article hasn’t gotten enough attention. Trump’s got zilch for a ground game. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/374 "2024-09-23T20:16:21Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > “Notably, 12 percent of these voters who said they could still change their mind said their biggest concern about Ms. Harris was around her handling of the economy.” The president has little sway over the economy, and the Veep essentially zero. Not to mention the current economy is leaps and bounds better than during trumps 4 years. > [@bordelond](#): > > Trump’s got zilch for a ground game. My little community is 50/50, and in 2020 I say MAGA and trump signs everywhere. Not this year. My wife says that at her grocery store she does see the hats, however. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/375 "2024-09-23T21:04:30Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The president has little sway over the economy, and the Veep essentially zero. People do not seem to understand this. 🤦🏽‍♀️ ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/376 "2024-09-23T22:17:30Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > > > I hope that this article is accurate and the Trump campaign is such a bunch of stumblebums that they destroy their own campaign without any outside help. Though a carefully-aimed lighting bolt wouldn’t go amiss either. > > > > [Republicans in swing states say they see scant signs of groups door-knocking for Trump](https://apnews.com/article/trump-political-action-committees-voter-canvassing-musk-0c1c095a6516b7bcbc80bf94fe0fe45a) > > This article hasn’t gotten enough attention. Trump’s got zilch for a ground game. Given how important turnout will be, I fervently hope this applies in all of the swing states right up to the election, especially since I’m sure the Democrats will be pouring tremendous efforts into getting voters to the polls, or voting early if they can. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/377 "2024-09-24T07:34:15Z")
It’s a small and older item, but interesting. Really scrambling for money. Who do you think got the money, Trump or her? Or do they split it? > **[Melania Trump was paid for a rare appearance at a political event. It’s not...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/23/politics/melania-trump-speaking-engagements/index.html)** > > Melania Trump has barely been seen on the campaign trail this year. One of the few times she has appeared at a political event, she’s received a six-figure paycheck – a highly unusual move for the spouse of a candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/378 "2024-09-24T11:22:02Z")
From Heather Cox Richardson’s newsletter: _Today, Trump had an event stop at a grocery store in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, where he chatted with supporters. He handed a $100 bill to a customer and promised that “we’ll do that for you from the White House, all right?”_ In Illinois, I’m pretty sure tht would be a felony… ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/379 "2024-09-24T11:25:25Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > _Today, Trump had an event stop at a grocery store in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, where he chatted with supporters. He handed a $100 bill to a customer and promised that “we’ll do that for you from the White House, all right?”_ > > In Illinois, I’m pretty sure tht would be a felony… Nah i’m certain he snatched it back as soon as the cameras stopped rolling. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2024, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196/380 "2024-09-24T13:57:55Z")
i’'m reckoning on it having his picture on it, rather than mr franklin’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196.md?page=18) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-and-the-runup-to-the-2024-election/1005196.md?page=20)