# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/41 "2024-11-05T08:12:06Z")
> **[Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/republican-led-states-refuse-let-194003096.html)** > > Some Republican-led states say they will block the Justice Department's election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities' decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws. ... Missouri et al. are claiming that their state laws allow them to prohibit entry to federal oversight officials. Considering that federal law overrides state law, this seems like it should be an easily fixable gap. And in a sane political environment, it would be. The prospect for shenanigans in Florida is especially concerning. DeSantis has not hidden his conscious efforts to gut the state’s civil administration and replace everyone who matters with frothing-at-the-mouth partisan loyalists. ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/42 "2024-11-05T09:16:03Z")
So, what are the best resources to curl myself up into an anxious ball of nerves watching along abroad (specifically, if it matters, in Germany)? When should I look where? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/43 "2024-11-05T09:22:31Z")
It looks like CNN’s coverage will be streaming on HBO Max, but I don’t know if that’s gonna be the case internationally. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/44 "2024-11-05T09:29:36Z")
Hello, German neighbor, from next door in Luxembourg. 👋 I can’t imagine any of the EU sources I’m sure you’re already familiar with (e.g. Euronews, RTL DE, etc.) will devote themselves to wall-to-wall election coverage like in the U.S., despite the global significance of the result. I’m personally not planning to stay up and obsess over the coverage, but if I were, I’d use the youtube-replacement app I have installed on my smart TV and open the live stream from an American news outlet like CNN or PBS NewsHour. In my experience, none of these has ever been geo-blocked for me. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/45 "2024-11-05T09:51:31Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It looks like CNN’s coverage will be streaming on HBO Max, but I don’t know if that’s gonna be the case internationally. It also appears that CNN will be streaming on CNN (dot) com. If you can get to that site, you should be able to follow along. (I’m in Canada, but CNN is part of my cable package, so I will be watching there. But I do read and watch its website also, and it looks like it will be streaming under “Watch CNN Live.”) ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/46 "2024-11-05T09:56:04Z")
Crossing all available digits for you! (What _on earth_ has DT got on his face?) ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/47 "2024-11-05T10:05:07Z")
I posted this in the panic thread but a few more details about Dixville Notch. Previous votes: 2016: 4 Hilary, 2 Trump, 1 Independent 2020: 5/5 Biden Currently 4 registered Republicans, 2 Independent This year’s primary 6/6 Haley So we have 3 Republicans who dislike Trump enough to vote for Biden in 2020 and Haley in the primary who now prefer Trump to Harris. If this is any indication for the rest of the country then we are in trouble. (And yes I know it’s only six people but the fact that Trump’s support is increasing scares me). ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/48 "2024-11-05T10:22:58Z")
I’m not putting a lot of faith in Dixville Notch as a predictor. For one, it’s only six out of what? 180 million or so voters? But secondly, the voters they showed were all white, in their fifties and sixties, or older. That’s fair, that’s fine, for such a community. But what happens when we get to more populated places, with voters across all demographics? Black, White, Hispanic, women, men, LGBTQ+, abortion activists, voters to whom immigration (legal and illegal) is the main issue, voters who wish Trump would just shut up, and voters who are convinced Harris is some sort of Marxist/Communist/Socialist. The rubber meets the road on Tuesday, and we’ll find out what all Americans, not just those in northern rural New Hampshire, think. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/49 "2024-11-05T10:28:33Z")
It’s not necessarily the same people who voted for Biden. That was four years ago. People move in and out. All we can say for sure is that at least one republican voted for Harris, and that half the people who voted for Haley in the primary voted for Harris. That’s all good. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/50 "2024-11-05T10:31:00Z")
Imagine explaining this sub-conversation to an alien. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/51 "2024-11-05T10:46:25Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > So, what are the best resources to curl myself up into an anxious ball of nerves watching along abroad (specifically, if it matters, in Germany)? When should I look where? I started a thread about where to follow it online. Got several recommendations. I expect those sites will work just as well in Germany as in the US, although it’s possible some won’t. > [@Where to follow election night on-line](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-to-follow-election-night-on-line/1009452): > > I don’t own a TV, so where is a good place on-line to follow the election? I do have e-subscriptions to WaPo and NYT, but I don’t care much for their breaking news coverage. So where are some good sites? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/52 "2024-11-05T11:01:44Z")
That’s great. I just shared it with my Political Geography students. ---
**Author:** ![HEMAblerd313](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e36b37/32.png) [@HEMAblerd313](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HEMAblerd313)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/53 "2024-11-05T11:06:00Z")
Depends what Planet they are from lol ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/54 "2024-11-05T12:03:49Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > It looks like CNN’s coverage will be streaming on HBO Max, but I don’t know if that’s gonna be the case internationally. Looks like they also just stream on YouTube? Anyway, I’ll keep a look out. > [@Cervaise](#): > > Hello, German neighbor, from next door in Luxembourg. Hi back! When I still had friends in Trier, I would often make trips across the border for cheap fuel & cigarettes… > [@Cervaise](#): > > I can’t imagine any of the EU sources I’m sure you’re already familiar with (e.g. Euronews, RTL DE, etc.) will devote themselves to wall-to-wall election coverage like in the U.S., despite the global significance of the result. I actually just noticed that Euronews has a [dedicated site](https://www.euronews.com/2024/11/04/how-to-follow-the-us-election-night) for watching along from Europe, so that’ll be one thing to keep an eye on. And I also don’t exactly _plan_ to stay up and worry, but I have to acknowledge there’s a not-insignificant chance I might anyway. > [@dtilque](#): > > I started a thread about where to follow it online. Very good, I’ll stick my head in there. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/55 "2024-11-05T13:21:26Z")
I’ve closely and eagerly followed the returns on the night of Voting Day ever since I began to vote, but I don’t know if I will this year-- not sure if my nerves will be able to take it. I might just watch a movie with my wife tonight, and check my phone with trepidation tomorrow morning… ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/56 "2024-11-05T13:34:05Z")
Over in the Netherlands, I felt I needed my digits so I seem to have crossed my stomach into knots instead. It’s 2.30 in the afternoon here, I just tried to eat and ended up cleaning the bread bin. Please Please Please ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/57 "2024-11-05T13:38:56Z")
There’s no point in worrying about it today. The last polls won’t close until 7am tomorrow Netherlands time. ---
**Author:** ![mozchron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@mozchron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mozchron)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/58 "2024-11-05T13:45:45Z")
I have never seen a line at my polling place. Not even in 2020. But i’m standing in line now. Crazy. ---
**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2024, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/59 "2024-11-05T13:49:26Z")
I know ☹ but I don’t get a vote so all i can do is cross my organs. ---
**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, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/60 "2024-11-05T13:52:46Z")
I voted this morning before work in my little western PA town. The poll workers were talking about how many people had already shown up to vote between 7 and 7:45 AM. They commented they had never seen anything like this. There were 2 people actually registering to vote when I went in. Or maybe they were simply first time voters. They were getting a run down on the process. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683.md?page=4)