US election 2020 thread

[moochedit]

It's clearer than ever, they need to scarp the electoral college system, and go for a simple national vote, putting a stop to this batshit crazy nonsense, once and for all.

I couldn't agree more but the smaller states that benifit from it wouldn't ratify the constitutional change needed. In fact i think i vaguely remember reading it was attempted before and failed. Will have to google in a bit.

Edit:

Electoral College abolition amendment - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Yossarian]

Under the current system nobody gives a fuck about North Dakota do they? The Democrats don't but the Republicans don't work for their votes either - they're in the bag so no need to worry.

The only reason those states exist in their current form is because they were settled and added to the Union one by one as the original inhabitants were killed or forced off their land - they should just combine them all into a mega-Dakota or something, though I don't think any candidate would get far with a "Your stupid little state shouldn't even exist" message.

 

[nogojones]

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One of the myriad reasons I would never stand for office - or be a millionaire for that matter ...

gg as a write in candidate for 2024. I'm calling it now.

 

[cupid_stunt]

Georgia has slightly moved again, Biden on 1,094 lead.

 

[steveseagull]

latest batch of Pa votes about to drop...

 

[David Clapson]

Biden will get 4 of the 5 states still being counted.

 

[JimW]

Trump can surely be sued for incitement when there;s violence at the polling places.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Biden will get 4 of the 5 states still being counted.

(((Alaska))) Everybody has forgotten you.

I'm going for 5 out of 6! NC's gonna do a Georgia.

 

[bimble]

In trump’s own mind, he might have totally believed that the plan would work, just get all his people to vote on the day and then decree that the rest of the votes should not be counted, and everyone would just obey the order. Because who says no to him. Hadn’t realised that before, even though previous declarations made totally clear that he has no actual grasp of the limits of presidential powers.

 

[gentlegreen]

(((Alaska))) Everybody has forgotten you.

I'm going for 5 out of 6! NC's gonna do a Georgia.

Presumably Alaska's votes are being consolidated by husky and log roll ?

 

[brogdale]

Maybe the polls weren't quite as crap as 1st thought on Wednesday?

 

[existentialist]

I am genuinely hoping for a nervous breakdown at this point.

Don't hold your breath - narcissism IS the breakdown, and he'll find a way of insulating his ego from the reality. Indeed, that process was evident in his speech of last night, where he was telling himself those lies, as much as he was telling us.

 

[Sue]

(((Alaska))) Everybody has forgotten you.

It's the Palin effect. Everyone decided they were kind of batshit crazy and went .

 

[Spymaster]

Trump can surely be sued for incitement when there;s violence at the polling places.

Nah, haven't heard him directly inciting anything. Alex Jones on the other hand seems to be bang at it.

 

[belboid]

Maybe the polls weren't quite as crap as 1st thought on Wednesday?

Yeah they are. They got a couple about right (inc Arizona) but were generally just about as bad as last time

How accurate were the US presidential election polls?

Well, there we are. With hundreds of thousands of votes left to process, leaving a number of states hanging in the balance, we still do not yet have a final result as the US approaches midday on Thursday 5 November. Joe Biden, nonetheless, is clearly the favourite, and is likely in the next few...

www.newstatesman.com

 

[Spymaster]

(((Alaska))) Everybody has forgotten you.

I'm going for 5 out of 6! NC's gonna do a Georgia.

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He'll keep NC.

 

[Monkeygrinder's Organ]

NC will probably show up so late no-one cares who wins there anyway.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Maybe the polls weren't quite as crap as 1st thought on Wednesday?

They had Biden at an average lead of 8.5 percentage points nationally. With this turnout, that equates to about a 12 million win in the popular vote. When everything is finished counting, he could have 6 million perhaps - lots of California to go. So they gave him double the lead he will end up with.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

NC will probably show up so late no-one cares who wins there anyway.

They accept ballots until 12 November. Just as well it's not resting on them.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Trump can surely be sued for incitement when there;s violence at the polling places.

Think you'd be at the back of a very long queue.

 

[Flavour]

Maybe the polls weren't quite as crap as 1st thought on Wednesday?

They were pretty crap tbf, massively underestimated republican turnout

 

[cupid_stunt]

They had Biden at an average lead of 8.5 percentage points nationally. With this turnout, that equates to about a 12 million win in the popular vote. When everything is finished counting, he could have 6 million perhaps - lots of California to go. So they gave him double the lead he will end up with.

Blimey, according to the Guardian's map, California has only counted 66% of votes so far.

 

[ManchesterBeth]

I'm taking my earlier prediction that he won't attend Biden's inauguration as so solid as to need no further thought. He'll be playing golf or doing a rally with his ever diminishing band of followers.

Should invite Gareth Bale to play with him then.

 

[mauvais]

It's the Palin effect. Everyone decided they were kind of batshit crazy and went .

If I lived in Alaska I'd vote to watch the world burn. It'd save a fortune on heating.

 

[moochedit]

Blimey, according to the Guardian's map, California has only counted 66% of votes so far.

It does have the biggest population. I don't think there is any doubt which way it will go though.

 

[Pickman's model]

There’s still hope of a stray 5.56.

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[littlebabyjesus]

If I lived in Alaska I'd vote to watch the world burn. It'd save a fortune on heating.

 

[ManchesterBeth]

also what is this reform talk. Can youse honestly imagine the yanks running an STV system.

Every election will take 4 years minimum. by which time it will be the next election.

 

[SpookyFrank]

latest batch of Pa votes about to drop...

 

[mauvais]

In the last six hours Pennsylvania have managed to plough through minus 280 of their vote backlog.