# Election Day Omnibus thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 4, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683 "2024-11-04T20:15:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/201 "2024-11-05T18:49:58Z")
You have no problem asking us to clean _our_ house, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/202 "2024-11-05T18:51:33Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > As I post in the “I voted” thread it took me 8 minutes from the time I got out of my car until I got back in. My wife was ahead of me in line and was done even quicker. It’s not a very densely populated area. There was little line a couple weeks back in Florida but we had 4 pages of questions. I voted for (or against) not only all the partisan elections but all the constitutional amendments and local proposals. I didn’t vote for the supposedly non partisan local races, but in retrospect I should have asked the Democratic people just outside the no ad zone to name me a few important ones since I wouldn’t remember them all. In 2022 I did see which non-partisan advertisements were grouped together with Democratic candidates signs and voted for a couple non-partisan races based on that. I know that that’s not always something that works when you have a literal DINO running as a supposed Dem-leaning candidate, but it has a better track record than randomly guessing. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/203 "2024-11-05T18:56:42Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > True, but it won’t drag on until January. Congress still has to certify the results in January. Last time they did that we had an attempted coup. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/204 "2024-11-05T18:58:59Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You have no problem asking us to clean _our_ house, though. I took it to be…whatever the opposite of a back-handed compliment is. A back-handed insult? In other words, meant to be complimentary. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/205 "2024-11-05T19:00:56Z")
I took it to be the equivalent of the nice guy sitting across from me at the poker table giving me friendly advice. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/206 "2024-11-05T19:01:44Z")
Maybe I’m entirely misreading it, bit I’m fairly certain Saint\_Cad is beibtg tongue-in-cheek and saying that Harris has run a excellent campaign, and if and when the GOP returns to pre-MAGA normalcy, he wants the Democratic party to return to its historical ineptness. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/207 "2024-11-05T19:07:13Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Maybe I’m entirely misreading it, bit I’m fairly certain Saint\_Cad is beibtg tongue-in-cheek and saying that Harris has run a excellent campaign, and if and when the GOP returns to pre-MAGA normalcy, he wants the Democratic party to return to its historical ineptness. That’s the way I read it. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/208 "2024-11-05T19:07:32Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Maybe I’m entirely misreading it, bit I’m fairly certain Saint\_Cad is beibtg tongue-in-cheek and saying that Harris has run a excellent campaign, and if and when the GOP returns to pre-MAGA normalcy, he wants the Democratic party to return to its historical ineptness. Ah, if that’s true, then my apologies for overreacting. I’m a little on edge today for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![SunUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SunUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SunUp)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/209 "2024-11-05T19:08:35Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > …if and when the GOP returns to pre-MAGA normalcy,… I don’t know that I would want the party of Lee Atwater, Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich to return to its “pre-MAGA normalcy” - that was pretty bad as well - but I’m quite sure that if it does happen, it will not have happened by “2028”, as @Saint_Cad mentioned originally. Though I do appreciate the tongue-in-cheek nature of the post. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/210 "2024-11-05T19:08:37Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > > [@Loach](#): > > > > As I post in the “I voted” thread it took me 8 minutes from the time I got out of my car until I got back in. My wife was ahead of me in line and was done even quicker. It’s not a very densely populated area. > > There was little line a couple weeks back in Florida but we had 4 pages of questions. I voted for (or against) not only all the partisan elections but all the constitutional amendments and local proposals. Our ballot was surprisingly sparse for a presidential election year. One house and one senate seat. A couple of local councils. A couple of board of ed. Absolutely no questions or ballot initiatives. There are usually a couple of minor ones at least. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/211 "2024-11-05T19:08:56Z")
I sincerely hope you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![LoneRhino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lonerhino/32/1311_2.png) [@LoneRhino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LoneRhino)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/212 "2024-11-05T19:11:09Z")
MSNBC won’t let me access their site unless I disable my ad blocker, so that’s out. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/213 "2024-11-05T19:22:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You have no problem asking us to clean _our_ house, though. No. I just asked you Democrats to stop running really good - almost perfect - presidential campaigns. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/214 "2024-11-05T19:25:29Z")
> [@LoneRhino](#): > > MSNBC won’t let me access their site unless I disable my ad blocker, so that’s out. I have ad blockers and am able to use the site. At work I use ad blocker ultimate on Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/215 "2024-11-05T19:26:36Z")
Uggh…the next 8 hours, and the past 30 hours, have been so slow. Can’t wait. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/216 "2024-11-05T19:27:48Z")
I know. Work day is dragging in the afternoon. Dread going home. Going to try to disconnect once I am home but we will see how that goes lol. I got a library book yesterday to use as a distraction… ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/217 "2024-11-05T19:28:40Z")
> [@fachverwirrt](#): > > Maybe I’m entirely misreading it, bit I’m fairly certain Saint\_Cad is beibtg tongue-in-cheek and saying that Harris has run a excellent campaign, and if and when the GOP returns to pre-MAGA normalcy, he wants the Democratic party to return to its historical ineptness. Yep. That’s exactly it. This has been the best run Democratic presidential campaign I have ever seen. Ever since Biden dropped out and EVERY Democrat immediately got behind Harris for President, I was like, “Awwwww shit. They’re gonna give Trump an ass-beating.” That’s a good thing this year, but I don’t want it to contnue once we start nominating someone decent again. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/218 "2024-11-05T19:29:43Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > No. I just asked you Democrats to stop running really good - almost perfect - presidential campaigns. I appreciate the tongue in cheek nature of the comment, and I agree with the sentiment. I think Democrats did as well as they could WRT what they can control. If Harris loses, it won’t be because of mistakes she or the Democratic Party made. It won’t be because Democrats got lazy and stayed home. It’ll be because the MAGA segment of the voting public (at least as far as it determines the electoral college), now outnumbers the non-MAGA segment of the voting public. And that’s a scary thought. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/219 "2024-11-05T19:29:52Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Yep. That’s exactly it. > This has been the best run Democratic presidential campaign I have ever seen. Ever since Biden dropped out and EVERY Democrat immediately got behind Harris for President, I was like, “Awwwww shit. They’re gonna give Trump an ass-beating.” That’s a good thing this year, but I don’t want it to contnue once we start nominating someone decent again. Yes, but the same time, if Trump wins, the Democrats are going to be confounded. If even running an A+ campaign for an A+ candidate against an F- candidate who ran an F- campaign didn’t result in victory, where do you go from there? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/220 "2024-11-05T19:31:29Z")
At that point you stop blaming the campaign(s), and _directly_ blame the voters that put him in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683.md?page=12)