“The US Presidential Election is Tractable, Very Important, and Urgent” by kuhanj

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Disclaimer: To avoid harmful polarization of important topics, this post is written in a non-partisan manner (in accordance with forum guidelines), and I’d encourage comments to be written similarly. I tried to write this quickly to share it before EAG, but will edit it and add more sources over time. US Presidential Elections are surprisingly tractable US presidential elections are often extremely close.  Biden won the last election by 42,918 combined votes in three swing states. Trump won the election before that by 77,744 votes in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. 537 votes in Florida decided the 2000 election.  There's a good chance the 2024 election will be very close too. Trump leads national polling by around 1% nationally, and polls are tighter than they were the last two elections. If polls were perfectly accurate (which of course, they aren’t), the tipping point state would be Pennsylvania or [...] ---Outline:(00:26) US Presidential Elections are surprisingly tractable(03:10) Much more important than other elections(04:18) Urgency(05:17) Questions worth considering(06:05) Getting Involved--- First published: May 29th, 2024 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/akSo3uF3FPQa2nth6/the-us-presidential-election-is-tractable-very-important-and --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.