US election 2020 thread

[JTG]

They're (Nevada) not making any more annoucements until mid to late afternoon (UK time) tomorrow I'm afraid...


Or is that Arizona? dunno, sorry

Yeah Nevada. Out for a lie down, back tomorrow

 

[8ball]

A lie down is definitely in order.

 

[andysays]

Couldn't sleep so instead please enjoy this tweet



Cote d'Ivoire giving Washington what my mum would have described as an Old Fashioned Look

Who says Americans don't do irony...

 

[Flavour]

Cote d'Ivoire giving Washington what my mum would have described as an Old Fashioned Look

That is so good, hard to believe it's not a piss take.

 

[killer b]

They are living in a completely separate reality where any real conversations are impossible.

I was thinking this yesterday as I abandoned a totally fruitless argument with someone who thought the lockdown was the act of an authoritarianism by a government eager to introduce such measures, rather than a public health measure forced upon them (late) by circumstances and scientific consensus. There was no real way of making these two totally different realities line up.

 

[eoin_k]

So Biden needs another 32 electoral colleges to win and Nevada, Michigan and Wisconsin, where he currently seems to be in the lead, would get him there just... This really is going down to the wire.

 

[JTG]

Biden campaign say:

• they are confident they have won Wisconsin and are pushing networks to call it
• they will be able to start claiming an insurmountable lead in Michigan soon
• Confident about Pennsylvania and expect the Philly mail vote to drop tonight or tomorrow
• Fulton County outstanding vote in Georgia will enable them to build a lead midday or early afternoon

 

[Teaboy]

They've tried that before in the 19th century when they had the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, didn't work out too well in the end

Actually it worked out reasonably well in the end. It was the getting there bit which wasn't so great.

 

[JimW]

Biden campaign say:

• they are confident they have won Wisconsin and are pushing networks to call it
• they will be able to start claiming an insurmountable lead in Michigan soon
• Confident about Pennsylvania and expect the Philly mail vote to drop tonight or tomorrow
• Fulton County outstanding vote in Georgia will enable them to build a lead midday or early afternoon

Thought AP's state by state account of their decisions on what they've called and not and why was nice and clear:

EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: How AP called the race for Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden captured the presidency on Saturday when The Associated Press declared him the victor in his native Pennsylvania at 11:25 a.m. EST.

apnews.com

 

[cupid_stunt]

Oh, he's started tweeting, and he's not a happy bunny.

 

[Wilf]

Yeah Nevada. Out for a lie down, back tomorrow

So what are the 67% already counted - in person or postal?

 

[killer b]

It's more that he's pursuing a strategy - the same one he's been pursuing for months - of delegitimising the results, rather than not being a happy bunny.

 

[Pickman's model]

They do have a barm as president.

from edgar allen poe's 'the raven'

 

[littlebabyjesus]

It's more that he's pursuing a strategy - the same one he's been pursuing for months - of delegitimising the results, rather than not being a happy bunny.

Indeed. This is what he does when things have gone just about well for him as he could have hoped.

 

[Flavour]

SURPRISE BALLOT DUMPS lol

 

[killer b]

on that topic...

 

[JTG]

Thought AP's state by state account of their decisions on what they've called and not and why was nice and clear:

EXPLAINING RACE CALLS: How AP called the race for Biden

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Joe Biden captured the presidency on Saturday when The Associated Press declared him the victor in his native Pennsylvania at 11:25 a.m. EST.

apnews.com

Disappointed they didn't just put stuff like "come on man, don't be silly lol" when explaining why they called DC for Biden for example

 

[JimW]

from edgar allen poe's 'the raven'
View attachment 237312

He's just quoting Jeremiah

 

[frogwoman]

I thought the virus would be significant, but it looks not - I was talking to a trump-leaning guy in the office just now and he was saying 'before the virus' trumps economic results had been great, and he reckoned he would have voted for him on his record. For him covid was brushed aside, and I guess that's the same for most republican supporters.

I think there's probably a feeling that most countries have fucked it with Covid and whoever was in charge they'd probably have been a similar position. Or - like every tory I've seen saying 'yeah it might be bad, but imagine how bad it would have been with Corbyn??', the assumption is that he's done better than the other guys would have anyway.

Yeah on that point there was interview last night on France 24 news channel with a trump voting woman kitted out in a mask and surgical gloves who kept praising the economy etc. I've seen other trump supporters say stuff like 'Don't say trump supporters don't wear masks, I support the president and I always wear a mask and wash my hands!' so maybe it hasn't been so politicized among some people.

 

[JTG]

So what are the 67% already counted - in person or postal?

Both
They have the ballots that arrived yesterday and the provisional ballots to count

 

[Wilf]

SURPRISE BALLOT DUMPS lol

Don't you just hate it when people start, erm, what is it, erm… oh, VOTING, that's it, voting.

 

[JTG]

Oh, he's started tweeting, and he's not a happy bunny.

Pretending Detroit doesn't exist is an interesting strategy and one that seems to gain traction with his base

 

[JimW]

Disappointed they didn't just put stuff like "come on man, don't be silly lol" when explaining why they called DC for Biden for example

"We called this when the polls closed because we're not fucking morons"

 

[Wilf]

Both
They have the ballots that arrived yesterday and the provisional ballots to count

Cheers. So, all to play for in Nevada.

 

[Pickman's model]

He's just quoting Jeremiah

or shakespeare. all quotes are from one or the other.

 

[frogwoman]

It's not him being stupid, he's been doing this for a while

 

[Flavour]

Nevada is the one I'm worried about. But there is still a sliver of hope that Biden can overturn Trump's lead in Pennsylvania, in which case it won't matter. One or the other HAS to go for Biden though, otherwise it's game over.

 

[BlanketAddict]

Cheers. So, all to play for in Nevada.

If you like a gamble Nevada is the place to do it!

 

[JTG]

No more doubt about Arizona, 99% of votes counted and Biden leads by 93,000

 

[Lord Camomile]

Oh, he's started tweeting, and he's not a happy bunny.

It's more that he's pursuing a strategy - the same one he's been pursuing for months - of delegitimising the results, rather than not being a happy bunny.

Yup....