# 2020 Election Schadenfeude Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 4, 2020, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-election-schadenfeude-thread/924790 "2020-11-04T22:27:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 11
**Author:** ![Kimera757](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kimera757/32/3765_2.png) [@Kimera757](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimera757)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-election-schadenfeude-thread/924790/11 "2020-11-06T18:10:59Z")
The start of this thread: > [@How big will Biden's margin of victory be?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-big-will-bidens-margin-of-victory-be/916671): > > By this point we can pretty much rule out the possibility of Biden winning by less than 100 electoral votes. He is stacking up a big margin overall, even in historically purple or reddish states. Beating Trump by over 100 electoral votes = not too particular. This would be in line with Obama beating McCain and Romney, although both McCain and Romney were seasoned, sensible opponents. (Actually, in the case of McCain, he lost by a margin of nearly two hundred EVs.) Beating Trump by over 200 ele… I replied to that thread, essentially saying don’t count your chickens before they hatch. I’m not surprised by the bad polling, just disappointed. Again. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-election-schadenfeude-thread/924790)._