Views & Opinions: How you know the Democrats think Trump is going to win

View Online  Views & Opinions Views & Opinions One Key Op-ed  Losing rhetoric Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney can offer several reasons why he thinks Donald Trump will win the presidential election. But the main reason is that many Democrats are talking as if they're going to lose. Illustration / Courtney Jones; Greg Nash; Alex Brandon, Associated Press; and Adobe Stock More and more Democrats are complaining that the Electoral College is biased against their candidates.   And "nothing screams 'we are going to lose' more than saying the game was rigged in the first place," writes Mulvaney.   Democrats would prefer that the popular vote decide who wins. That's understandable given that in 2000 and 2016, the Democratic candidate for president won the popular vote but lost the election due to the Electoral College rules.   But Mulvaney argues that there are good reasons why the Electoral College was adopted and should be maintained.   Even so, Democrats and various progressive groups are clamoring for a change to the system. You might say that "the effort to promote the so-called bias … has been a whole-of-the-left effort."   But to Mulvaney, "it just sounds like Democrats see a Trump win coming, and they are greasing the skids for blaming an 'inequitable' system."   Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Friday, Oct. 11. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. Did someone forward you this newsletter? Subscribe here. Other Points of View  Op-eds exploring key issues affecting the U.S. and world: Democracy -- and reality -- are on the ballot By Will Marshall, president of the Progressive Policy Institute It's not the cost of living, immigration, abortion or foreign wars, though all are critically important. Overshadowing them is this election's meta-issue — the insistent question that just won't go away: Can Americans entrust their democratic institutions and traditions to a vengeful Trump and a Republican Party he has remade in his image?   Read Here 2024 is the first podcast election By Matt Lewis, author and podcaster The transition toward YouTube and podcasts doesn't have to look like "Idiocracy." The question is what we the people are willing to accept from our leaders.  Read Here How the next president can be a 'cheap hawk' By Michael O'Hanlon, Phil Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy at the Brookings Institution To break the logjam and obtain the kind of increases in defense spending that the global environment now requires, we need to be specific. Sweeping calls for the U.S. defense budget — now at about $850 billion — to return to Cold War levels when measured against GDP are unrealistic and unneeded.  Read Here Getting old is inevitable. Getting sick is not.  By Richard Carmona, former US surgeon general The choices you make today, tomorrow and throughout your life can help determine whether your future is marked by health and joy or sickness and suffering.  Read Here Quick Takes  Opinions related to pivotal issues and figures in the news: The elite code of silence around Biden has hamstrung Harris Trump's 'revival' in Butler could be what seals his victory The candidates' response to Hurricane Helene tells voters everything they need to know  Harris cynically rediscovers ObamaCare a month before the election   You're all caught up. See you next time!  Views expressed by contributors are theirs and not the opinion of The Hill. Interested in submitting an op-ed? Click here.  Check out The Hill's Opinion section online for the latest and take a moment to view our other topical products 📩 Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  400 N Capitol Street NW Suite 650, Washington, DC 20001 Copyright © 1998 - 2024 Nexstar Media Inc. | All Rights Reserved.

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