Mega-Thread: 2020 United States General Election

[Fuiking]

Im not even American.. and i cant sleep. I love how Biden carries himself.. atleast far more stable mentally and more approachable then Trump.. maybe thats why I prefer him?

[Mormolyce]

Technically nothing is required for anything.

The idea of a "mandate" is just made up shit.

The question is will he have the votes in the Senate/Congress to ram through whatever he wants or not?

Kokolums is a lunatic, but he is quite representative of the Republican base, for them a victory of any type will count as a "mandate" for carrying out their worst power fantasies. Arguing with them the definition of a mandate is about as productive as pissing into a storm force wind.

I mean they spun a margin of negative three million as a mandate so yeah lol.

But in normal parlance a mandate is the perceived approval of a candidate winning a landslide victory.

[Antiganon]

This is despicable, but not surprising considering the age of anti-intellectualism and misinformation Trump helped to maintain. I'm not entirely against leaving idiots to their own devices.

Yeah but you're also leaving the majority of the country that aren't idiots handcuffed to the idiots.

[Breccia]

AZ is called for Biden then?

I don't know how AZ does early or absentee. So no. I'm only reading what's on the map and the population of the counties.

[Canpinter]

Yeah but you're also leaving the majority of the country that aren't idiots handcuffed to the idiots.

and we deserve it for not stopping them sooner

[Mormolyce]

AZ is called for Biden then?

AP hasn't called it yet AFAIK. 73%.

[Fuiking]

Who's winning at this early stage?

[DingDongKing]

Who's winning at this early stage?

No one. It's all fairly equal. Long time to go.

[Hobb]

Well if Trump does somehow win, one thing is for certain. Most of the pollsters will be out of job, because no one will ever take them seriously again.

[Mormolyce]

Well, if he wins re-election, Americans truly deserve what they get. The fact that this is a nailbiter is such a gigantic failure of human decency and intelligence.

Honestly everyone is in here torturing themselves when they should just go to bed. No swing states have been called yet, the solid red states (and a handful of solid blue) have come in as expected, they always come in first. Nothing unexpected has happened yet.

We do this every election, does nobody remember?

[Fuiking]

No one. It's all fairly equal. Long time to go.

I hate it that it is this close... Cant handle another 4 years of Trump.. Then again, somewhere, deep inside I strongly suspect he might win with the hairiest of margins.

[Antiganon]

and we deserve it for not stopping them sooner

And those of us who have voted against the assholes for literally our entire lives? Volunteered for good candidates? Done the research in the issues? Encouraged our friends and family to vote, and educated them on the issues?

We deserve it too?

[DingDongKing]

Well if Trump does somehow win, one thing is for certain. Most of the pollsters will be out of job, because no one will ever take them seriously again.

If he wins, that's the last thing people should be worry about. He's going to ramrod the country.

[Breccia]

If Arizona goes blue:

1) If Biden gets both MI and WI, he wins.

2) If Biden gets PA, he needs either MI or WI.

3) IF Trump gets PA, MI and WI, he has 270 and wins.

[Zaydin]

Apparently there are at least two reporting errors in North Carolina that have inflated Trumps vote totals by at around 40k votes at least if I'm reading that right.

[Varvara Spiros Gelashvili]

Well if Trump does somehow win, one thing is for certain. Most of the pollsters will be out of job, because no one will ever take them seriously again.

Not at all covid kind of made polling impossible. This was a wonky year.

[Eviscero]

Well if Trump does somehow win, one thing is for certain. Most of the pollsters will be out of job, because no one will ever take them seriously again.

This. Where else could you be this bad at your job and still keep it? Pollsters and POTUS I guess...

[Jastall]

Who's winning at this early stage?

Far too early to tell in any case. It's very close is all one can say.

[Mormolyce]

Who's winning at this early stage?

Shares in stress ball manufacturers lol.

It'll be hours until any serious sign of a winner emerges. Counting takes time.

[Antiganon]

I fucking hate election day.

Round 1, FIGHT!