US election 2020 thread

[keybored]

Michigan continues to move, Trump was ahead by over 200k, now down to 64.5k

17% of votes still to count.

Now down to 12.5k / 10%

ETA I should have refreshed before posting.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Wisconsin, Biden's lead has increased again - 49.4% to 48.8%.

That's over 20k lead.

 

[gentlegreen]

One thing I've learned from this. I'm never going to vote by post.

 

[planetgeli]

erm, why? Surely Dems are behind in Michigan?

We're talking about Nevada though.

 

[Pickman's model]

It's still squeaky bum.

yes, trump is an arse with a curiously high pitched voice

 

[Wilf]

For anybody who hasn't noticed, I only just did, if you scroll down the guardian page you get the numerical gap and number of votes left to count for the key states.

 

[Pickman's model]

Michigan down to 12k gap, with 10% to count. Bum squeaks.

Makes a change from his tweeting

 

[tim]

Sorry if this has been discussed on the thread before, but is it true (as the BBC are pushing) that some hispanic/latino folks are more likely to vote for Trump because they fled from a so-called "socialist" regime and therefore don't want to vote for anything like that (this is just what commentators on the BBC keep saying, I have no illusions that either the Democrats or any locations from which folks may have come are remotely socialist - it seems ridiculous and almost like try to put the blame on the left when one right winger gets more votes than another right winger)

Miami Cubans are always seen in this category.

 

[strung out]

Biden and Trump now tied in Michigan, with remaining votes likely to break to Biden.

Trump's going to fucking lose.

 

[Epona]

Miami Cubans are always seen in this category.

Yeah I understand, but I was more worried about the emphasis the BBC coverage was placing on it - like if it all goes tits up, we know who to blame - seems inappropriate.

 

[Wilf]

Biden and Trump now tied in Michigan, with remaining votes likely to break to Biden.

Trump's going to fucking lose.

Where are you getting that? Guardian still has it at 12k trump. Anyway, I think the next thing will be Michigan recount rules.

 

[David Clapson]

If Covid hadn't happened, Trump would have won a crushing victory by now. Biden wouldn't have stood a chance. America is just a hellhole.

 

[strung out]

Where are you getting that? Guardian still has it at 12k trump. Anyway, I think the next thing will be Michigan recount rules.

 

[Flavour]

Put your hands up for Detroit!!

 

[littlebabyjesus]

If Covid hadn't happened, Trump would have won a crushing victory by now. Biden wouldn't have stood a chance. America is just a hellhole.

I'm not so sure about that tbh. I thought covid would be a big factor, but it doesn't really appear to have been. Florida has broken for Trump quite comfortably in the end (by Florida standards - it's always close), and it's been ravaged by covid in the last few months.

 

[David Clapson]

Miami Cubans are always seen in this category.

I spent a lot of time in Miami. I'd say it's accurate. Venezuelans also. There's a growing number of them.

 

[Raheem]

Think Covid for-and-against broke mainly on partisan lines.

 

[Flavour]

Trump won anti-lockdown votes for sure

 

[rutabowa]

clever old Sanders foretold it exactly, down to the exact states involved and what Trump would do.

 

[Wilf]

Put your hands up for Detroit!!

Right, I'm definitely using British idioms!

 

[Pickman's model]

Biden and Trump now tied in Michigan, with remaining votes likely to break to Biden.

Trump's going to fucking lose.

Let's hope eh

 

[Tankus]

Raheem

Think Covid for-and-against broke mainly on partisan lines.

quite .... but its the ones in the middle

 

[Wilf]

I'm a bit slow on, but I've just noticed you get more ahem, 'granularity', if you click on individual states. Gives you a county by county breakdown. So it really is 'Come on Wayne!'.

US election 2020 live results: Donald Trump takes on Joe Biden in tight presidential race

All eyes on the midwest as contest between Donald Trump and Joe Biden hinges on a handful of states

www.theguardian.com

 

[SpookyFrank]

Fucks sake.

 

[Flavour]

it's all good in michigan i think. i reckon biden's got it. less sure about Nevada. which has said it won't declare until thursday

 

[ManchesterBeth]

omar s was prescient, thought exactly like me.

 

[BassJunkie]

For what it's worth about an hour ago I put £50 on Trump to win (as a hedge against my profound disappointment that would cause). I got (decimal) odds of 3.2.

However, that's now looking like a rubbish bet as the odds are 4.6.

 

[cupid_stunt]

it's all good in michigan i think. i reckon biden's got it. less sure about Nevada. which has said it won't declare until thursday

Nevada looks good, Biden is in the lead, and the outstanding votes to be counted should mainly go to him.

 

[ManchesterBeth]

For what it's worth about an hour ago I put £50 on Trump to win (as a hedge against my profound disappointment that would cause). I got (decimal) odds of 3.2.

However, that's now looking like a rubbish bet as the odds are 4.6.

you're not a Spurs fan are you?

 

[David Clapson]

Looks like the Dems won't get control of the Senate. If Biden wins, does this mean 4 years of stalemate while he struggles to undo the damage done by Trump?