Trinh Profile picture
8 Nov, 4 tweets, 1 min read
2020 elections have something for everyone ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿฅ‚:
*Voter turnout highest since 1990s, even w/ Covid-19; Americans felt strongly enough to turn in ballots
*Democrats won the presidential & Republicans held on to the Senate majority & flipped seats in House
*Americans voted centists
Americans are more in the middle than in the extreme, as in more human rights & less state intervention, even in CA:

*California voted against racial discrimination/preference for public decisions & rent control
*Voted for criminals to get right to vote after serving term.
Despite out spending money, Democrats still struggle to regain the Senate & lost some House seats. Interesting trends emerging & the demographic shift in the US to tilt more Hispanics who are more in the center.

Obvs depressing news as well given how poorly run US elections are.
Bottom line: The American people believe/celebrate democracy & itโ€™s a shame that they donโ€™t have leaders/a voting system that reflect that enthusiasm.

The fact that today is 8 Nov & weโ€™re still counting is shockingly sad for the average American.

โ€ข โ€ข โ€ข

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
ใ€€

Keep Current with Trinh

Trinh Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @Trinhnomics

5 Nov
No matter who wins, a conclusion or what seems to be a conclusion soon today = risk-on for EM Asia.
The second reason is the fact that it is likely a divided Congress, which is considered good because a balance of power = less chance of extreme change of policy, is considered good by markets.
People say that I have changed my views. Actually no, wrote a note on this before the election on the impact on Asia & that is what I have told clients.

๐Ÿค—
Read 4 tweets
3 Nov
Indonesia exports (peaked in 2011 & declined since) by categories & item (yr 2019):

#1 Commodities 54% of total
#1 Coal (13% of total)
#2 Palm oil (12% of total)
#1 Coal is going out of fashion fast as countries phase out this cheap but polluting source of energy.

#2 Palm oil got pretty bad press due to deforestation & environmental issues.

So both #1 & #2 export items by Indonesia got issues in terms of growth & sustainability.

So?
Indonesia needs to CHANGE. As a country of 273 million people that'll grow to 331 by 2050 or 21% growth rate, it can't have its #1 & #2 export items to be COAL & PALM OIL.

That's natural resource competitiveness that's going out of style & not to mention unsustainable.

People
Read 13 tweets
3 Nov
Guess which country is doing best??? Indonesia!!! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป Told you, this Omnibus Law is a good thing despite all the negative op eds.
IDR not doing badly either!!!
Equities also amongst the best in a month!
Read 12 tweets
3 Nov
A lot of people use 538 for their research reports etc & the assumption of a Biden complete takeover or "Blue Wave", meaning taking Congress. Anyway, we'll find out if Nate Silver redeems himself or wrong once more.

Here are some of the stats for tomorrow.
Trump MUST TAKE FLORIDA to be in the race or it will be an early call. Florida closes the poll at 7pm or 8am HKT. As 9 million votes casted & counted, the counting will be fast & likely within a couple hours.

So I expect to know Florida by 10am HKT.
Used 538 to brief traders/etc in 2016 & won't be using it again but as most people on the street uses it & good to know where they stand as people care about what Nate says even if he was wrong.

Texas, another Trump has to take. Assume he takes Florida, Texas poll closes 9amHKT
Read 6 tweets
2 Nov
This kid says to a mother who carried him to term, gave birth to him & raise him because she is voting Trump. Says a lot about the brain washing that kid must feel morally justified to mistreat his own mom.

Anyone who tells me this, I say good riddance

reut.rs/3eintYS
These are the same kind of people that for likes from strangers they would disown their own family over identity politics.

Pew Research Center found that nearly 80% of Trump and Biden supporters said they had few or no friends who supported the other candidate.

Isnโ€™t that nuts?
Makes me wonder if the people are increasingly fragile or their real life relationships are. I cannot for the life of me think of anyone in my life where theyโ€™d behaved this way.

Disowning ur family over a view over politicians who basically lie all the time to gain power? Nuts
Read 5 tweets
2 Nov
It's Monday & we have votes, or precisely 95.5 millions already voted or 44-34% Dem/Rep. The spread in Florida is tightening 8.62M TOTAL (39.1-38% Dem/Rep)
4.64M Mail (45-31% Dem/Rep)
4.28M In Person (45-32% Rep/Dem)

Trump has to take Florida to win & chances aren't negligible.
The gap b/n Biden & Trump is the same as Hillary & say Trump takes Florida & Texas, then he got 192 electoral votes & the race is not that far apart as polls make it seem like, esp if he takes GA, NC & Ohio, which'd be 241 vs 258 Biden.
And if Trump takes Arizona + Pennsylvania then he wins. That's 272.

Meaning, just like 2016, this is not a shoe-in for Biden even if it seems so as Biden lead in polls is pretty high but polls DON'T VOTE. People do.

Not an easy path but there's one.
Read 4 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!