Mega-Thread: 2020 United States General Election

[arandomuser]

How will a Republican Senate, free of Trump, act during a Biden Presidency?

Because, right now, it seems Republican Party wet dream.

the republicans will never be free of trump even if he did lose ( i still dont even think he will)
but if he DID he would become a cult figure with a huge talk show following, his endorsement would win or lose primary, hed basically be a shadow leader of the entire GOP

[Adam Jensen]

I am fascinated by the mental pretzel one has to bend themselves into for casting a ballot they are ashamed of casting.

Like, I gagged a little when I mailed in my ballot 4 weeks ago, but I wasn't ashamed of it and I could explain why I was voting for who I was voting for even tho I disagreed with the guy on more than I agreed with, and I think he's a senile creep.

Yeah I didn't like that I voted for Hillary in 2016, but I wasn't ashamed of it either. I had my reasons (SCOTUS, and Trump's an asshole) despite not liking Hillary.

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I think it’s going to take a decade or two for the Trump damage to be undone.

That's if Biden wins.

If not, who knows how long it'll take.

[Grapemask]

Weird side effect of this tense election, woke up today to my Atlanta suburb absolutely swarming with cops. There's a car on every street. I wonder if they're expecting riots.

[Mihalik]

Well the first thing will be "no relief aid. because the budget/deficit."

As soon as I hear the word "deficit" coming from a Republican I get the immediate urge to beat them in the face with a 2by4.

[Xeones]

Weird side effect of this tense election, woke up today to my Atlanta suburb absolutely swarming with cops. There's a car on every street. I wonder if they're expecting riots.

Maybe that is why they stopped reporting lol.

[DingDongKing]

Perhaps, but I doubt we'll see someone as pathologically insane and "charismatic" as Trump for them to latch on to. That's why he's so dangerous.

You’ll find it’ll be worse with people like Cotton, Hawley and Pence. Because like Amy Coney Barrett, some people will like them because they’re ‘polite’ and ‘well mannered’.

Side note, John McCain’s daughter had a meltdown on Twitter. She’s like, ‘yeah the Federalist is fighting a culture war and you guys all just suck! Screw the media and pollsters! Meanwhile, I’ll keep my job on the View as a political pundit!’

[Adam Jensen]

Weird side effect of this tense election, woke up today to my Atlanta suburb absolutely swarming with cops. There's a car on every street. I wonder if they're expecting riots.

Dunno about them but I've been expecting riots this month all year.

[alexw]

the republicans will never be free of trump even if he did lose ( i still dont even think he will)
but if he DID he would become a cult figure with a huge talk show following, his endorsement would win or lose primary, hed basically be a shadow leader of the entire GOP

The most likely outcome for Trump is jail. The criminal justice system won't ignore Trumps crimes like the degenerates and deplorables of the republican party.

If nothing else NY will take him down for his financial crimes, so how does he lead the party from jail?

This is also why he's fighting so hard to declare himself a dictator and end the counting of votes.

He knows what is coming.

Do you think he'd be fighting this hard if he thought his post presidency life would be him on his own TV show and puppetting the republican party?

[Waniou]

Slightly related but something I pointed out on my Twitter.

We voted in New Zealand a few weeks ago and it was basically a landslide victory for the incumbent party due to how well they've handled COVID. Like, there was a clear, unambiguous winner on the night and absolutely no doubt about it.

We are still counting votes. We have not finished yet. The final election results will be released this coming Friday.

Any claim that you need to declare a winner of an election on election night is just stupid. You wait for every vote to be counted. That's how democracy works. Every vote counts.

[Ausr]

How will a Republican Senate, free of Trump, act during a Biden Presidency?

Because, right now, it seems Republican Party wet dream.

I'm going to be a little optimistic and say they would be willing to work with him because he's not batshit insane like Trump and knows how to work with those people. They won't if he dies in office and a black/asian woman takes over.

[DingDongKing]

Michigan was tied as of an hour ago according to Decision Desk HQ, which seems to be used by most pollsters.

That said, it’s conflicting with what NYT are
Projecting right now so fucked if I know.

[ati87]

You don't work with white supremacists ever. That is undoubtedly why Biden did not get the entire support of the black community. It is not rocket science.

I wouldn't but then again I'm not going to put those that try to find compromise, which is there job because we don't live in a dictatorship, on a higher standard than those that are racist.

Plus different times. At a time when Americans voted in racist Bush Senior accused his opponent of being

"a card-carrying member of the ACLU (the American Civil Liberties Union)."

This kind of behaviour would win you elections during certain periods of American politics.

[Drutt]

Interesting. I'm assuming once you get your ballot there's no risk of them discounting for whatever legit or illegitimate reason?

As long as you fill it out right, generally no.

Of course, that doesn't stop someone from potentially breaking the law, but that's true of any vote you cast.

[Amunrasonther]

Michigan was tied as of an hour ago according to Decision Desk HQ, which seems to be used by most pollsters.

That's great news if in-person voting brings it to a tie with mail in votes tipping it major for Biden!

[kaelleria]

Stop thinking Pennsylvania is deciding this election... its not. AZ , WI and MI did.

[Timester]

More Michigan votes, 21k difference now.

[DingDongKing]

The fact that this election even is remotely clsoe says a fucking lot about the state of your country.

Oh mate, as a Brit, it’s just like...huh? They have single issue voters on matters like guns, abortion rights, religion, gay marriage and race inequality. Granted, the U.K. has inequality issues, but we don’t have that kinda stuff on the ballot per se. It’s nuts.

[kaelleria]

The fact that this election even is remotely clsoe says a fucking lot about the state of your country.

I agree. We'll work on it.

[Fahrenheit]

Stop thinking Pennsylvania is deciding this election... its not. AZ , WI and MI did.

Pretty much, PA and GA are just up for bragging rights now. AZ, MI, WI, and, NE #2 of all places, have already seemingly changed to course of history. Fingers crossed, but with each passing hour, it's becoming more and more a narrow Biden victory in the EC and a substantial beatdown in the national popular vote. Best estimates right now if the Biden will have 5-6 million more votes.

[apeiron1234]

The fact that this election even is remotely clsoe says a fucking lot about the state of your country.

yeah i know all these suckers voting for a guy thats a slave to china... and alzheimers ... er i mean a stutter.