For fun, I did an interactive electoral college map. Here's the rest of my thoughts on why I think Trump wins rather handedly:
1. Polling - Trump is polling better in every single swing state. He outperformed polls in 2016 and 2020 and I expect him to do so again. Pollsters even noted that Dems are more likely to respond than Reps (by ~15% margin), which suggests they may, once again, be underestimating Trump.
2. Early voting - This is prob the biggest tell for me. 2020 nationwide EV was 44-34 Dems, it is currently 36-34 Dems. The shift is clearly seen in pivotal swing states as well. Many points have been made that this is because of a shift in Trump pushing people to vote early, which is likely to true to a degree, but I don't think it is that dramatic of a shift. GOP will still outperform Dems on election day as well.
3. Voter registration - changes in party registration have clearly trended towards GOP over last couple years, this was evident in October registrations as well.
@WinWithJMC has good data regarding this.
4. In 2020, I expected Biden to win pretty easily, he barely won. Given the state of the country with issues like immigration, geopolitics, inflation, as well as Harris not being as popular as Biden imo, I have a v hard time seeing Harris outperform what Biden did in 2020.
Regarding my map, I think Trump has v real chance at carrying NH and ME. Trump narrowly (by .3%) lost NH in 2016 to Clinton. The Maine student mock election has Trump by an 11% margin, this is almost an exact flip from 2020.
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I think GA NC NV are pretty safely Trump. PA Trump by like 3%. WI narrowly Trump, MI pretty close to toss up. MN surprises but stays Harris by 2-3%, same w VA but could see a Trump win. I think states like DE CT IL NJ move a lot to the right but don't quite get there, DE would be my longshot flier if I had to choose (Biden's hometown state and they booted him) and why I put it light blue.
Here's some stocks to think about, also v important to consider how Senate/House play out imo, a clean sweep in either direction and you may get some massive moves.
$CPRI $SAVE are good Trump plays here imo w call options not too pricey, as a Trump win forces a re-think of regulatory environment.
$GEO $CXW are also off quite a bit over last few days and have decent upside from here, plenty of downside too tho.
$FSLR $SEDG $ENPH lots of upside here if Harris wins.
$UNH either way (especially on a sweep).
$KRE $LYV $FXI (China)
$DJT (prob sell the news either way) are others to watch/play. Not sure how to play the weed names, objectively Harris would be better.