US election 2020 thread

[Plumdaff]

Guardian has Biden on 264 mind you they seem to have been speculative all last night too.

And if he does win he can say he's got the popular vote as well.

The AP have called Michigan for him so 264 is as official as it can be. If Nevada do make an announcement it could be all over very soon.

 

[planetgeli]

Guardian has Biden on 264 mind you they seem to have been speculative all last night too.

They are using AP who called Arizona for Biden.

 

[TopCat]

I dip in to ask has trump lost?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

I dip in to ask has trump lost?

Nearly.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

They are using AP who called Arizona for Biden.

NYT isn't calling Arizona yet. They called Michigan before the Graun. It's all been a little chaotic.

 

[spitfire]

Off to bed, happier than last night and looking forward to the prospect of waking up to a new American Socialist Republic in the morning.

 

[Flavour]

Arizona has too many votes left to count to call it but reasonably, considering the gap, it's extremely unlikely that Trump can overturn that lead, even if the remaining votes were all to come from pro-Republican counties.

 

[Lord Camomile]

NYT isn't calling Arizona yet. They called Michigan before the Graun. It's all been a little chaotic.

There should be ONE AUTHORITY who calls the States.

Or, wild thought, just wait until all the votes are counted and then announce the results. For fuck's sake...

 

[Nine Bob Note]

There should be ONE AUTHORITY who calls the States.

You're not alone in your beliefs:

 

[Lord Camomile]

Ok, yes, I have rather stumbled into fascism there.

Happens to the best of us.

 

[Sue]

There should be ONE AUTHORITY who calls the States.

Or, wild thought, just wait until all the votes are counted and then announce the results. For fuck's sake...

Nah, it's all about claiming the states and ECs. No need to even wait for the votes to be counted.

'Ellen Weintraub, a commissioner of the Federal election commission, weighed in on Donald Trump’s attempt to “claim” battleground states that remain too close to call.

And Weintraub confirmed that, no, he cannot do that. “That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works,” she said in a tweet.

Ellen L Weintraub(@EllenLWeintraub)
I would not have thought that I needed to say this, but candidates can’t just “claim” states.

That’s not how this works. That’s not how any of this works.'

 

[JTG]

Arizona has too many votes left to count to call it but reasonably, considering the gap, it's extremely unlikely that Trump can overturn that lead, even if the remaining votes were all to come from pro-Republican counties.

I think there's enough doubt to make it worth waiting. We should know soon anyway

 

[Nine Bob Note]

I'd find it hilarious if a would-be MP tried that shit over here

 

[Lord Camomile]

Jaysis, just clicked that whoever wins, Trump will still be President for a large part of Covid Winter 2020

 

[Wilf]

'Well, you can be all la-di-dah and count the votes if you wish, but we think there are more American ways of doing it'.

 

[spring-peeper]

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

Sorry, but you should have ordered earlier.

 

[Wilf]

So, hang on, you sort of, like, add them up? Than what?

 

[Wilf]

- I've won!
No you haven't.
-Right, so how are we going to settle this?
Twister, Dude!

 

[Lord Camomile]

Fuck me, they even have the Electoral College thing, so they can still make a big hullabaloo about the reveal; just make sure no-one knows the results ahead of time and then announce each state's electoral college votes at the same time with whooping and ticker tape and balloons and fly bys and whatever the hell you want.

 

[sleaterkinney]

Emily Maitlis getting tired and emotional on Newsnight and putting the boot into Donald Trump, BBC, neutrality going "out the window" in an argument with a failed Nevadan candidate for Congress.

The candidate was nuts though, how else can you deal with it?.

 

[elbows]

Giuliani splutteringly bombastic just now

None of these losers have done anything to convince me that they really think they have won, not even close. They are just going through the motions.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Fuck me, they even have the Electoral College thing, so they can still make a big hullabaloo about the reveal; just make sure no-one knows the results ahead of time and then announce each state's electoral college votes at the same time with whooping and ticker tape and balloons and fly bys and whatever the hell you want.

Women in low-cut red dresses with big 80s frizz perms opening boxes like the yank version of Deal or No Deal. It would be unamerican otherwise

 

[ManchesterBeth]

There should be ONE AUTHORITY who calls the States.

Or, wild thought, just wait until all the votes are counted and then announce the results. For fuck's sake...

Have you watched NFL? Every form of mass participation in the states is predicated on gambling. There's no such thing as first and second half.

Every nfl game has a maximum time for the ball being on the pitch being around 11 minutes. all the rest of the two-three hours are relentless advertising.

 

[Raheem]

Trump seems unimpressed that his lawyers can't just march in and set fire to the ballots.



"The damage has already been done."

 

[Wilf]

Fuck me, they even have the Electoral College thing, so they can still make a big hullabaloo about the reveal; just make sure no-one knows the results ahead of time and then announce each state's electoral college votes at the same time with whooping and ticker tape and balloons and fly bys and whatever the hell you want.

Nero appointed his horse as a Consul , how do you top that? Maybe send a Creationist horse to the Electoral College?

 

[Yossarian]

Women in low-cut red dresses with big 80s frizz perms opening boxes like the yank version of Deal or No Deal. It would be unamerican otherwise

They could make it like a gender reveal party, where a big explosion emits red or blue smoke and burns half of California down.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Nero appointed his horse as a Consul , how do you top that? Maybe send a Creationist horse to the Electoral College?

Caligula Nero was too busy fiddling with himself...

 

[MrSki]

Nero appointed his horse as a Consul , how do you top that? Maybe send a Creationist horse to the Electoral College?

Wasn't that Caligula?

 

[Tankus]

Does anyone think that trump will continue his rallies to specifically sabotage an incoming administration, air his grievence list.and maximise covid spread?

 

[Wilf]