US Presidential Election 2020

[Trader Pat]

Amazing to think with all thats gone on in the last few days the market has barely moved

[sionascaig]

Interesting tweet from Trump -

"Don't be afraid of COVID. Don't let it dominate your life"

I agree with this, depends whether the American people will, perhaps they will if none of his staff get very ill too.

I really don't mean to be contentious but.... does this apply to the hospital & care home workers as well?

(I'll assume not)

[Derek27]

Interesting tweet from Trump -

"Don't be afraid of COVID. Don't let it dominate your life"

I agree with this, depends whether the American people will, perhaps they will if none of his staff get very ill too.

Especially when you've got a top team of doctors and are first in the queue to the very best treatments available.

Covid-19 dominates all our lives, whether we like it or not; whether we let it or not. I can't imagine how somebody who lost their job/business together with partner or other loved ones would feel when they're told not to let it dominate their lives!

The only person it hasn't even affected nevermind dominated is Donald Trump..... until now.

[jamesedwards]

Trump currently 2.64/2.66 on BF and 2.78/2.86 on BD.

Anyone not on PC fill your boots!!!

[Derek27]

Trump currently 2.64/2.66 on BF and 2.78/2.86 on BD.

Anyone not on PC fill your boots!!!

I wouldn't fancy chucking a large bet on one exchange, going over to the other and finding the market suspended for 24 hours until they get an update about how DT's feeling. Worse still, getting in a successful trade and finding one exchange is voiding all bets because a key candidate in the market died, whilst the other has no such rules.

[jamesedwards]

Trump currently 2.64/2.66 on BF and 2.78/2.86 on BD.

Anyone not on PC fill your boots!!!

I wouldn't fancy chucking a large bet on one exchange, going over to the other and finding the market suspended for 24 hours until they get an update about how DT's feeling. Worse still, getting in a successful trade and finding one exchange is voiding all bets because a key candidate in the market died, whilst the other has no such rules.

Good point. On Betdaq for example if any candidate gets assassinated then the whole market is void whereas if they die naturally then they are deemed a runner!

[Derek27]

Trump currently 2.64/2.66 on BF and 2.78/2.86 on BD.

Anyone not on PC fill your boots!!!

I wouldn't fancy chucking a large bet on one exchange, going over to the other and finding the market suspended for 24 hours until they get an update about how DT's feeling. Worse still, getting in a successful trade and finding one exchange is voiding all bets because a key candidate in the market died, whilst the other has no such rules.

Good point. On Betdaq for example if any candidate gets assassinated then the whole market is void whereas if they die naturally then they are deemed a runner!

A classic case in the book 'Betfair for Dummies', an arber was backing golfers to win a tournament and laying them on the exchange. He was a grand up, tournament was abandoned due to rain, bookies and the exchange had different rules as to how many holes must be played for bets to be voided. End result was that mostly losing bets with bookies counted, mostly winning lays with the exchange were voided.

[Naffman]

Bolsonaro's popularity surged after he beat the coronavirus, pretty much the same character as Trump

https://www.theatlantic.com/internation ... us/616602/

[Naffman]

Just an fyi the VP debate is on wed night US time but people will only pay attention if someone has a foot in mouth moment

[Jukebox]

I have become used to the Whitehouse shorthand for the US President as POTUS but now that the president and first lady became infected with Covid we're seeing more references to her in the same shorthand. Everytime now that I see references to Potus and Flotus I can't help thinking first that they might be ruling twins of the Roman Empire I'd previously not heard of.

[aines88]

I have become used to the Whitehouse shorthand for the US President as POTUS but now that the president and first lady became infected with Covid we're seeing more references to her in the same shorthand. Everytime now that I see references to Potus and Flotus I can't help thinking first that they might be ruling twins of the Roman Empire I'd previously not heard of.

'FLOTUS' seemed pretty funny to me the first time I saw it

[sionascaig]

I have become used to the Whitehouse shorthand for the US President as POTUS but now that the president and first lady became infected with Covid we're seeing more references to her in the same shorthand. Everytime now that I see references to Potus and Flotus I can't help thinking first that they might be ruling twins of the Roman Empire I'd previously not heard of.

'FLOTUS' seemed pretty funny to me the first time I saw it

And the fact that FLOTUS & POTUS live in a house with a name that rhymes with toilet.

[Emmson]

I am now strongly of the view Trump is finished, no amount of voter suppression can save him now.

[Derek27]

I am now strongly of the view Trump is finished, no amount of voter suppression can save him now.

The friends and relatives of the 200,000 who died of C19 must amount to millions. You would think they'd be put off by his callous attitude.

[Big Bad Barney]

I am now strongly of the view Trump is finished, no amount of voter suppression can save him now.

I reckon you'd be gambling to think that...too much information out there imo...

The friends and relatives of the 200,000 who died of C19 must amount to millions. You would think they'd be put off by his callous attitude.

If you're at a funeral nobody wants to hear that dead larry was a jerk....and I somewhat doubt Trump would have two qualms about telling everyone larry WAS a jerk at said funeral....

I dunno if you want empathy in a leader tho do you? How could they think straight and take millions of peoples emotional foibles in at the same time?

Tact is probably pretty important tho