# Swing state polling and the electoral college map

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [June 3, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994 "2020-06-03T17:47:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 112

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994/112 "2020-08-05T16:48:18Z")

</div>

Didn’t anyone in the campaign think through the implications of door-to-door outreach during a pandemic? Your supporters are likely to talk to you longer, thus increasing the risk of exposure to the virus, so you might actually be killing off the people most likely to vote your way.

This should go in the [Stupid Republican Ideas Pit thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/911140/492).

---

_[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994)._