US election 2020 thread

[beesonthewhatnow]

Man I'd love to be a fly on the wall in whatever room Trump is in right now. It would be insanely good entertainment.

 

[The39thStep]

Man I'd love to be a fly on the wall in whatever room Trump is in right now. It would be insanely good entertainment.

 

[Sprocket.]

I wonder if Trump is at the carpet biting stage yet!

 

[mauvais]

Running out of friends:

Is it wrong that I would quite like to see the version of this where he wins and then spends his four years trying to stumble-kick more of his bedfellows over this sort of slight?

 

[JTG]

btw two sheds, it's still not time to panic

 

[killer b]

Running out of friends:

this is why it's not going to drag on for weeks

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Running out of friends:

Yep, those who think they've a chance at running for president in 2024 know what they have to do

 

[spitfire]

Running out of friends:

 

[two sheds]

I'm running out of time to do a proper planned and risk assessed panic

 

[Flavour]

I still can't fucking believe this orange twat got 66 million fucking votes

 

[Idris2002]

But I specifically requested a leggy blonde folk singer from Saskatchewan, not a bearded poutine-guzzler. . .

 

[Raheem]

Yep, those who think they've a chance at running for president in 2024 know what they have to do

Marry one of Trump's kids?

 

[killer b]

Marry one of Trump's kids?

nah, they're done.

 

[JTG]

this is why it's not going to drag on for weeks

They have the Senate, cut yer losses, suck it up, Biden won't be able to do much and he's packing it in next time anyway - cut the dead weight loose and crack on

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Marry one of Trump's kids?

Nope. The de-Trumpification of the GOP "He was a democrat all along" will begin within days and will be led by those already tarnished beyond salvation allowing the traditional rightwing twats like Romney to jump in.

 

[SpookyFrank]

He doesn't appear to have anyone at all in his team prepared to pull him aside and say "Don, this is madness mate. You can't behave like this." Not a single person. Are they all afraid of him? Or all as mental as him? Or all as bordering on fascistic as him?

He's long since fired anyone willing to tell him no.

 

[Dogsauce]

I wonder at what point Twitter will just turn him off? Got to be a line in the sand somewhere, would have thought it would be encouraging people to try and stop vote counting by physical force.

 

[tim]

Going down with his ship in stormy weather.

 

[The39thStep]

Nope. The de-Trumpification of the GOP "He was a democrat all along" will begin within days and will be led by those already tarnished beyond salvation allowing the traditional rightwing twats like Romney to jump in.

The same Romney that marched for Black Lives Matter

 

[SpookyFrank]

I wonder at what point Twitter will just turn him off? Got to be a line in the sand somewhere, would have thought it would be encouraging people to try and stop vote counting by physical force.

Only about 50% of his tweets are making it past the bullshit detector as it is.

 

[tim]

I wonder at what point Twitter will just turn him off? Got to be a line in the sand somewhere, would have thought it would be encouraging people to try and stop vote counting by physical force.

Without Trump and his inanities Twitter is nothing. They'll keep him as long as people keep clicking him

 

[planetgeli]

They appear to have reeled him in at last. But left him with his phone.

The White House has called a lid for the evening, meaning the president will not be making any public appearances for the rest of the day.

But Donald Trump has continued to tweet his baseless gripes about the election results

"Baseless gripes" - Even the BBC have had enough.

 

[kebabking]

The same Romney that marched for Black Lives Matter

And voted for Trump's impeachment.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

The same Romney that marched for Black Lives Matter

Romney 2024, I'm calling it.

 

[brogdale]

Man I'd love to be a fly on the wall in whatever room Trump is in right now. It would be insanely good entertainment.

Cue the Downfall mashups.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Cue the Downfall mashups.

I think we could forgive a resurgence of that particular art form one more time...

 

[Edward Kelly]

yep. It's even more skewed than the electoral college. Two per state regardless of size. And none to vote for at all if you live in DC.

Isn't that the Senate is Two per State regardless? Because the Electoral College is all over the place...eg; California has Twenty EC Votes, Florida 15 (might be wrong on that but it is in the double figures) Some states only have one EC vote. and some many.

 

[brogdale]

 

[JTG]

PA deficit below 300k and still a million left to count

GA is reckoned to be knife edge and possibly in recount territory by the time they're done

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Isn't that the Senate is Two per State regardless? Because the Electoral College is all over the place...eg; California has Twenty EC Votes, Florida 15 (might be wrong on that but it is in the double figures) Some states only have one EC vote. and some many.

Senate has two per state regardless - so states ranging from under 1 million to nearly 40 million. The electoral college is done more proportionally - California has 55 - but all states have a minimum of 3 votes, so it still isn't particularly proportional. House of Reps is more proportional, but still skews somewhat in favour of smaller states. Plus DC isn't a state so doesn't get any senators at all. None of its systems give equal weighting to all votes, but some of the systems are way out.

It's a system that was set up long before many of the current states even existed. What might have made some sense 200 years ago doesn't make so much sense today.