As the lead-up to the 2024 election heats up, author Stephen King has predicted the results—and if he's right, Donald Trump supporters won't be happy.
The upcoming election is considered by political analysts to be the most significant in modern history. The presumed Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, are set to face off in a rematch of 2020. The two have disagreed on a number of topics, including democracy, economics, and abortion rights.
King has previously said that he joined the Democratic Party in 1970, and he has been an outspoken critic of the former president since before Trump was elected in 2016. Newsweek emailed spokespeople for Trump and King for comment on Wednesday.
Trump is going to lose.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 25, 2024
Prepare for it.
The author—known for novels such as The Shining and Pet Sematary—frequently criticizes the Republican politician on social media. On Tuesday, he shared his election prediction on X, formerly Twitter, writing: "Trump is going to lose. Prepare for it."
At the time of writing, King's post had been viewed more than 2.5 million times. As with most of his posts on the social-media platform, this one proved to be divisive.
Various Trump supporters took to the comments to disagree with the horror author, with conservative activist Scott Presler writing: "Wanna bet?"
Presler credits himself with helping to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election and rose to prominence with his cleanup events, starting in Baltimore after Trump called the city a "disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess."
Both Biden's and Trump's ages and cognitive abilities have been major talking points in the lead-up to the election, with a different X user posting: "Joe Biden has dementia. Accept it."
"Stephen King is going to lose his mind when Trump wins. Prepare for it," someone else commented.
A fourth person added: "Trump is going to win in a landslide and return America to normalcy."
Not everyone used the opportunity to defend Trump, as others agreed with King's sentiment, with one person writing: "He sure will [lose]! There's no chance he will win! We are so ready!"
"Lose in every sense of the word. Like Alex Jones lose. ( remember, the FBI has 2 years of Jones phone data) 'twill be glorious," commented another, referring to the prominent conspiracy theorist.
A third person added: "A lose for Trump is a win for the USA and the whole world!"
"Oh yeah. He going down," someone else posted alongside a GIF of a burning blimp.
Oh yeah. He going down. pic.twitter.com/tlsjyHZSIN
— Lawyers, Guns and Money (@LawyersAnd) June 25, 2024
Polls have so far shown that the results of the 2020 White House rematch will be tight, with Biden and Trump statistically tied or holding only marginal leads in a number of surveys.
However, according to polling aggregator FiveThirtyEight, Biden is now edging ahead of Trump very slightly. As per their daily average of presidential polls, he is now ahead of the Republican by 0.2 percent of the vote share with 40.9 percent of the projected vote to Trump's 40.7 percent, as of June 25.
Mopping up the remaining 9.4 percent of the vote is the independent third candidate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Steven Cheung, Trump's spokesperson, previously told Newsweek: "RealClearPolitics says you're wrong. Their 5-way shows President Trump leading."
Newsweek previously contacted representatives for Biden by email to comment on this story and will update it with any response.
While national polls are indicative of the nation's mood, they are not instructive in determining the result of the election. Instead, the election will likely be determined by a handful of key swing states, as the Electoral College system awards each state a certain number of votes based on population.
A presidential candidate must secure 270 electoral votes for victory, and winning the national popular vote does not guarantee success.
Meanwhile, with less than five months to go until polling day, it is still too early to call the results of the election, and other polls suggest that Trump is beating Biden.
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