US election 2020 thread

[a_chap]

 

[Sprocket.]

Off into exile, to a golf course far far away.

He and his entourage may relocate to Israel, Jaffa would be perfect!

 

[gentlegreen]

lame duck - Google Search

 

[Puddy_Tat]

Trump is a LOSER. Terrible ratings. Sad.

Bigly

 

[belboid]

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.

Nevada aren't counting any more till tomorrow morning (1pmish our time) I'm told, so dont hold your breath.

 

[wiskey]

I was a bit surprised that they don't count through the night

 

[belboid]

I think they always do it, but we never notice cos it's never mattered in the slightest before.

 

[Calamity1971]

I think they always do it, but we never notice cos it's never mattered in the slightest before.

Weren't they counting later last night?

 

[belboid]

Weren't they counting later last night?

Probably, but it normally is so obviously republican they needn't bother finishing for a couple of days. There are always states that declare final results late, but they rarely matter.

e2a: New York has currently counted 84% of its vote, Florida 96% for example

 

[spring-peeper]

I was a bit surprised that they don't count through the night

People get tired and make mistakes.

It's better if everyone goes home and gets a good night sleep.

The counting can wait.

 

[David Clapson]

America is not being united by this election. A narrow Biden victory also means Trumpism has been legitimized. It's embedded in the Republican party now. McConnell and Graham will set their sights on 2024 by crippling Biden and smearing Harris. He won't be permitted to undo what Trump has done and he'll be hobbled by the economic damage of the pandemic. Republicans will put the blame for it on him, and rally round a 2024 Trumpist candidate. Maybe Don Junior.

 

[krtek a houby]

Protesters getting kettled and brutalised in NYC (apols if already posted)

 

[scifisam]

People get tired and make mistakes.

It's better if everyone goes home and gets a good night sleep.

The counting can wait.

Shift work is a thing.

 

[spring-peeper]

Shift work is a thing.

I can't remember. Are these people volunteers?

 

[Jay Park]

America is not being united by this election. A narrow Biden victory also means Trumpism has been legitimized. It's embedded in the Republican party now. McConnell and Graham will set their sights on 2024 by crippling Biden and smearing Harris. He won't be permitted to undo what Trump has done and he'll be hobbled by the economic damage of the pandemic. Republicans will put the blame for it on him, and rally round a 2024 Trumpist candidate. Maybe Don Junior.

Maybe so, maybe not. Congress and the Senate, may or may not be locked in a constant situation of stalemate for the next 48 moons.

But for now, the CUNT is gone. Let’s at least be grateful for that. If only for the symbolism. Though I appreciate (with an overwhelming emetic feeling) that 63,000,000-plus, US citizens voted for him.

(hope I haven’t spoken to soon there!)

 

[David Clapson]

I wish I knew when AP will put Biden at 270. I want to be watching Fox when they digest it.

 

[JimW]

 

[Dogsauce]

Nevada aren't counting any more till tomorrow morning (1pmish our time) I'm told, so dont hold your breath.

apparently they’re still counting but not doing any announcements.

( morning shift checking in here)

 

[gentlegreen]

Arizona where Trump needs every vote he can get ...

 

[gentlegreen]

Worrying to learn that voting rights in the US are not solidly enshrined in the constitution...

In the UK we don't actually have one ...

 

[Kaka Tim]

Up for the morning shift. Trump clearly knows he's lost and the stop the vote protests are drawing no more than a few hundreds.
The legal challenges and recounts will mean, at worst, a few delays.
All looks embarrassingly desperate.
Hopefully the less batshit parts of his party and right wing media will chuck in the towel.
Im cautiously hopeful that biden has done well enough ro turn trumps spoiler efforts into a damp squib.

 

[scifisam]

I can't remember. Are these people volunteers?

I don't know, but it really doesn't make a difference.

 

[wiskey]

All looks embarrassingly desperate.

A polite phonecall conceding defeat was never going to be his style, it's just not orange enough.

His supporters aren't going to pack up their placards are head on home for breakfast nicely either, they are going to go out with a bang .... Which makes it a bit unfortunate they are all armed with guns

 

[moonsi til]

My understanding is they are volunteers.

 

[maomao]

A polite phonecall conceding defeat was never going to be his style, it's just not orange enough.

His supporters aren't going to pack up their placards are head on home for breakfast nicely either, they are going to go out with a bang .... Which makes it a bit unfortunate they are all armed with guns

There's a lot of evidence that the left have been arming up this year too. Robert Evans who frightened so many of us with his It Could Happen Here podcast reckons the right wing larpers are stepping back now precisely because a couple of them have been shot at demos recently and it's all getting a bit real. It's no fun marching around in camo with an assault rifle if someone might actually shoot you. In which case I reckon they should shoot a few more just to make sure.

 

[maomao]

I don't know, but it really doesn't make a difference.

Depends. If you have enough space and work for everyone to be busy during the day it wouldn't make much sense to move anyone to a night shift.

 

[magneze]

So it's 'count the vote' in Arizona. 'Stop the count' in Michigan.

 

[scifisam]

Depends. If you have enough space and work for everyone to be busy during the day it wouldn't make much sense to move anyone to a night shift.

True, but it seems like they don't have that.

 

[gentlegreen]

Alaska would be soo cool and tidy up the coastline ...

I had the urge to check Palin's Twitter after seeing a weird video she recently posted..

She's keeping schtum ...

 

[gentlegreen]

I spoke too soon ...