US election 2020 thread

[Roadkill]

Is that HIllary Clinton's head under his arm?

Yes.

This was at Lewes Bonfire, where they usually burn an effigy of someone topical. Used to be mayhem.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

this, the non-clown version will be along shortly.

This is my main worry now. They know what a lot of people seem to want now. Just package it up in a way the middle ground doesn’t find quite so distasteful.

 

[Kaka Tim]

christ - who is doing the count in georgia? Is it just some uncle jessie type old timer pulling the voting slips out one at a time - "Oh lookie here- its a vote for mister biden" then shuffling off to an abacus at the other end of the room.

 

[cupid_stunt]

 

[Lord Camomile]

FIINISH THE COUNT!

 

[bimble]

christ - who is doing the count in georgia? Is it just some uncle jessie type old timer pulling the voting slips out one at a time - "Oh lookie here- its a vote for mister biden" then shuffling off to an abacus at the other end of the room.

Yes, thats him. I watched him on the tv earlier. He was very tired.

I take it that the rate of erosion indicates that eventual cross-over is possible/likely?

i think i just understood what this post means! But what time will that be clear enough to be called

 

[Sue]

christ - who is doing the count in georgia? Is it just some uncle jessie type old timer pulling the voting slips out one at a time - "Oh lookie here- its a vote for mister biden" then shuffling off to an abacus at the other end of the room.

Don't know but the guy in charge (Georgia Attorney General) is Brad Raffensperger. Which is a great name.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

This is my main worry now. They know what a lot of people seem to want now. Just package it up in a way the middle ground doesn’t find quite so distasteful.

I dunno. The core of trump's actual actions - tax breaks for the rich, more borrowing, erode civil rights, fuck the environment, bollocks to the poor - was classic Republican. tbh the biggest break from classic Republicanism was picking fights and trade wars with the likes of China. It's rather un-Republican to be anti-'free trade'. I can see them reverting back the the nasty shit they have long done. It's bad enough.

 

[Gerry1time]

Don't know but the guy in charge (Georgia Attorney General) is Brad Raffensperger. Which is a great name.

Was he on The Day Today?

 

[JTG]

christ - who is doing the count in georgia? Is it just some uncle jessie type old timer pulling the voting slips out one at a time - "Oh lookie here- its a vote for mister biden" then shuffling off to an abacus at the other end of the room.

Can imagine they're under severe pressure from observers from both parties to get everything spot on. That would slow the pace down enormously I'd imagine

 

[Plumdaff]

christ - who is doing the count in georgia? Is it just some uncle jessie type old timer pulling the voting slips out one at a time - "Oh lookie here- its a vote for mister biden" then shuffling off to an abacus at the other end of the room.

I watched a bit of CNN covering Chatham County (where most of the remaining uncounted votes are) and you're not far off. About three people in a crap office, and if ballots need adjudication there isn't anyone on site, they have to get someone to drive the ballots to another location where there's someone actually qualified to do it.

 

[frogwoman]

Well it's basically the equivalent of Wycombe District Council or somewhere. Except with an interminable system and much more pressure

 

[Sue]

I watched a bit of CNN covering Chatham County (where most of the remaining uncounted votes are) and you're not far off. About three people in a crap office, and if ballots need adjudication there isn't anyone on site, they have to get someone to drive the ballots to another location where there's someone actually qualified to do it.

Clearly we need to get Brad Raffensperger on the case. (((Brad)))

ETA I've just discovered Brad's a Republican. He's dead to me now.

 

[JTG]

Erie County PA, the bellwether county that has picked the Pennsylvania winner every election for decades and visited by both candidates in the campaign, is about to flip. Joe Biden 542 votes behind

 

[Kaka Tim]

really looking forward to trumps reaction when crossover happens and biden takes the lead in pennsylvania

 

[Wilf]

Absolute scenes

They seem to be picking up the pace

Fuck, at this rate they might actually count them.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Just out of interest, how come none of the news agencies have called Alaska yet?

 

[frogwoman]

Clearly we need to get Brad Raffensperger on the case. (((Brad)))

ETA I've just discovered Brad's a Republican. He's dead to me now.

Must be pretty frustrating to be a republican working on the vote count and still be blamed for some mad plot right now tbf

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Right. I’m three beers and one whisky into the evening. All I need to know now is a simple choice - if I stay up for a bit and drink some more will I get to know a solid result? Or shall I just go to sleep and find out tomorrow?

 

[Cloo]

So this guy is saying all these things are somehow the Democrats, whereas either they're not happening or they're things that are being done by the GOP, given as the are the actual government and all, and therefore the only ones capable of 'weaponising' government departments or enacting 'state control of the media'

 

[moochedit]

Just out of interest, how come none of the news agencies have called Alaska yet?

Dunno but im pretty sure alaska always goes republican.

 

[a_chap]

 

[Lord Camomile]

really looking forward to trumps reaction when crossover happens and biden takes the lead in pennsylvania

 

[SpookyFrank]

So this guy is saying all these things are somehow the Democrats, whereas either they're not happening or they're things that are being done by the GOP, given as the are the actual government and all, and therefore the only ones capable of 'weaponising' government departments or enacting 'state control of the media'

State run media? They do know their guy is still head of state right?

 

[SpookyFrank]

If this is real, full marks that kid.

 

[JTG]

Just out of interest, how come none of the news agencies have called Alaska yet?

• nobody cares
• everybody's forgotten about it
• waiting for mail votes like everywhere else

Seriously though, looking at their numbers it does seem like even if Biden wins every single remaining vote he's still gonna struggle to win there

 

[JTG]

State run media? They do know their guy is still head of state right?

The right do a great line in pretending they're not in charge and running as insurgents. See also 2019 GE

 

[Anju]

Data is from the 2016 election but I thought some of the urban posters who are into data stuff might like this.

 

[agricola]

the crying has begun:

 

[littlebabyjesus]

the crying has begun:

Who?

You'll be forgotten by January, Eric.