Mega-Thread: 2020 United States General Election

[Very Tired]

And with literally 0% of the votes in for California, Politico is calling it Biden. Got a quick laugh.

[PACOX]

ATTENTION ALL BERNIE BROSLeftists.

Make sure your Bernie Bro phone is on. We'll be holding a meeting to celebrate our long planned revenge and the future direction of the revolution.

/s

[arandomuser]

https://twitter.com/MattBruenig/stat...25846365396992

so dems doing better among white voters
but worst among all voters of color

crazy world...

[Breccia]

How polls were so wrong again? After being spot on for the midterms?

Trump voters lie to polls.

[Rozz]

Regardless of what we see by midnight, the next few days and last few counted votes will be tense as hell.

[PACOX]

https://twitter.com/MattBruenig/stat...25846365396992

so dems doing better among white voters
but worst among all voters of color

crazy world...

That writing was on the wall way back in 2012. Peoplke called it crazy talk.

[TigTone]

Because clearly people are lying to pollsters. Why they are doing so is a mystery, but they are obviously doing it.

Culture of anti-science has bloomed and exploded in America.

[Adam Jensen]

And with literally 0% of the votes in for California, Politico is calling it Biden. Got a quick laugh.

I mean, was California going to go for anyone else?

[Rhlor]

In the initial Civil War fought to take power, yes. But it far out lived the Nazis, lasting well into the mid 70's.

and the Spanish fought on the eastern front

[Frontenac]

In Asia, Trump is seen as the enemy of China. Biden will extend the "olive branch".

Yeah, I suppose that's why China can do pretty much all it wants... Trump is so scary... The problem is that America is losing the battle against China. China will be the world's superpower. The only way to resist somehow is if USA gathers all its allies to stand against China. I'm not talking about war, here. Just resist. But Trump treats all his allies like dirt...

[Breccia]

MI is likely to take a few days for final vote tallies too.

Yeah it's saying 3 million. Looking at the current number of votes, That's far more realistic for Biden to catch up.

[downnola]

How are people flipping out about the results when the rust belt is at like 20% reported. Did anyone really think Georgia and Texas were going blue? comeonnow.jpg

[Ripster42]

Trump has a 400,000 plus lead right now.

There are 2.6 million mailed votes but I assume some have already been counted.

If, say, 3/4ths of them have already been counted, Biden would need a ridiculously high percent of what's left to take Pennsylvania.

PA is a state where they don't start counting absentee ballots until election day. Some areas don't even start counting them until the next day. Mail in has been said to decisively favor democrats because of the rona. And again, that's still ignoring the in person voting of pittsburg and philiadelphia, both of which haven't counted 1/4 of their ballots.

[s_bushido]

Trump has a 400,000 plus lead right now.

There are 2.6 million mailed votes but I assume some have already been counted.

If, say, 3/4ths of them have already been counted, Biden would need a ridiculously high percent of what's left to take Pennsylvania.

They're only at around 41% reporting, and right now all but two of the counties with more than 50% reporting are red (most of those seem to be ~65%+). There's still a ton to be counted, especially in the highly populated blue areas of the state.

My optimism is evaporating quickly, but this is way too early to call.

[arandomuser]

That writing was on the wall way back in 2012. Peoplke called it crazy talk.

the general trend was the opposite, white men going more gop, more diverse going to dems, but it turns out its the opposite, hopefully trump embraces his new supporters and stops placating people like stephen miller...

[PACOX]

Because clearly people are lying to pollsters. Why they are doing so is a mystery, but they are obviously doing it.

The Shy Conservative is a well documented phenomenon.

Also people either crack under pressure or go full mask off when they are alone with that ballot. People report for many reasons/self justifations that they flipped their choice right before casting their ballot.

Dems try to guilt voters and flip Republicans who aren't going to change or will only change for a singular election. Republicans know remind people the Dems might be the better option for the communities but not by much, they then warp that message into the DNC is just using you so dont support them.

[Breccia]

PA is a state where they don't start counting absentee ballots until election day..

Okay, well if all 2.6 million are not yet counted, Biden can eat the 400,000 lead by getting 58% of them.

That sounds plausible.

[Sama-81]

Things claimed online can't be always true. I might say im an agnatic descendant of the Dukes of Lothier, Brabant and Limburg, but does that make it true without proof?. No.

(note im not, atleast, maybe in a female line via a bastard lineage... *looks to pijlijser* if they didnt forge it)

There you are quite right. Luckily, it matters very little whether you or anybody else believes me or not, because im obviously not outing myself. Could ofc show a picture or two if it came down to that, or hold a "lecture", but this is ultimately a gaming forum, isn't it...not exactly like I care what people here think, or anyone here cares if I'm telling the truth or not either. Anyways, this election is turning fun, isn't it, so better get back to it.

[Thepersona]

Trump voters lie to polls.

So the shy trump voter does exist in fact.

[SavoirFaire]

How are people flipping out about the results when the rust belt is at like 20% reported. Did anyone really think Georgia and Texas were going blue? comeonnow.jpg

If you’re just scanning the AP tallies and see these 100k+ margins in trumps favor, without the context of mail in or other ballots, then it’s pretty easy to get spooked.