# 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:** 43
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/841 "2024-11-06T04:29:48Z")
I’m holding out hope that no matter what happens, we’ll be (mostly) okay (i.e. any explicitly unconstitutional bullshit is overturned as it comes). ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/842 "2024-11-06T04:30:26Z")
Absolutely. Wisc might be between 3 - 5 am. Now at 172 Harris 214 trump ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/843 "2024-11-06T04:30:53Z")
So the answer is LIE LIE LIE LIE LIE. And do it louder than anyone else. Fuck us. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/844 "2024-11-06T04:33:55Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Again, I’m of the opinion that Democrats have gone way, way too far into identity politics. They simply cannot win with a minority of the college educated and some minorities, especially if they start losing men even more than they have in the past How would it not be identity politics to say that the identity must be white male? ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/845 "2024-11-06T04:34:15Z")
'The answer is to give people a reason to vote. What did Harris have besides “I’m not Trump” and the equivalent of Krugman asking “Why do people feel the economy is bad when it’s so awesome?” ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/846 "2024-11-06T04:34:38Z")
This country is irredeemable. Even if I lived another 50 years, I will not think positively about it or its people again. Yes, I know, we had anti-humanist structures that were objectively worse like slavery and segregation, but that was dragging ourselves out of conservatism from a much harsher world. This, though, is a regression. This is being (relatively) free of such evil and gleefully leaning back into it on the backs of one of the most bizarre and least competent leaders the world has ever seen. We will be surrounded by people who define themselves by spite and hate and who shape their own reality however they wish no matter how absurd. This is a black mark that this country will never fade. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/847 "2024-11-06T04:35:46Z")
Well said. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/848 "2024-11-06T04:36:09Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > How would it not be identity politics to say that the identity must be white male? It doesn’t have to be a white male candidate. But you have to give men something. Title IX, for example, was passed when the male/female split in higher education was smaller than it is now. But it was a problem when women weren’t going to college but it’s not a problem when men aren’t going to college in a greater ratio than women were 50 years ago. ---
**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 6, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/849 "2024-11-06T04:36:15Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Biden sucks, the economy sucks, the border sucks, and I can make it better. I’m wondering, if he wins (there’s still hope he doesn’t, as I type this), and people of all stripes see that he cannot end Ukraine-Russia in 24 hours, or Israel-Gaza-Hezbollah in 24 hours, or continues to have vague thoughts about concepts of ideas of a plan to replace Obamacare, what will they think? Of course, we’re going to say, “We told you so,” but what will they say? He will always have those loyal MAGATs who will make excuses for him, but the fence-sitter who came down on the side of Trump, in the end—what will he or she think? “We wuz robbed,” or similar? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/850 "2024-11-06T04:37:34Z")
> [@Gretzky](#): > > Well, at least four years from now will be the best day of my life. So proud of Illinois sitting there, isolated, defiant, in a lake of fire. Shortly after the 1972 election I saw a bumper sticker: _Don’t blame me. I’m from Massachusetts_ with one blue state in a continent of red. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/851 "2024-11-06T04:39:22Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > We will be surrounded by people who define themselves by spite and hate and who shape their own reality however they wish no matter how absurd. This is a black mark that this country will never fade. He will work for four years to keep Trump out of jail, run up Truth Social stock and sell when it makes the most money, and figure out how to make his new cryptocurrency a money maker. And also punish as many US enemies as possible. He will do nothing for the bulk of the US. It’s all about Trump. ---
**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 6, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/852 "2024-11-06T04:40:32Z")
NC to Trump. That’s our first battleground of the night. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/853 "2024-11-06T04:40:42Z")
Yeah, and his opponent is a total asshole. People are stupid and easily bought, and foolshly believe lies. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/854 "2024-11-06T04:41:01Z")
Seems it’s time for the rest of the world to turn its back on the USA. Fucken hell, how on earth could this have happened? Are your citizens so fucking ignorant of all that Trump stands for that they think he is the Golden Child, to save them from…what? No more blessings for America, you just slid down the salvation scale in my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/855 "2024-11-06T04:41:37Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > …but the fence-sitter who came down on the side of Trump, in the end—what will he or she think? This character _also_ irredeemable. Is _also_ not smart/aware enough to understand reality. Will _also_ remain hypnotized by right-wing media. In short, the “fence-sitter” is _also_ a MAGAT. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/856 "2024-11-06T04:42:02Z")
Va to Harris! Nc to trump ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/857 "2024-11-06T04:43:02Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Are your citizens so fucking ignorant of all that Trump stands for that they think he is the Golden Child Yes, literally. [![](https://s.abcnews.com/images/General/cpac-donald-trump-golden-statue-idol-03-gty-llr-210227_1614448750149_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg) ](https://s.abcnews.com/images/General/cpac-donald-trump-golden-statue-idol-03-gty-llr-210227_1614448750149_hpMain_16x9_1600.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/858 "2024-11-06T04:43:06Z")
230 trump 185 harris ---
**Author:** ![El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_famous_burrito/32/3954_2.png) [@El\_Famous\_Burrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Famous_Burrito)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/859 "2024-11-06T04:43:22Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Are your citizens so fucking ignorant… Yes. But at least we make up for it with our smugness! ---
**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 6, 2024, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/860 "2024-11-06T04:44:44Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Seems it’s time for the rest of the world to turn its back on the USA. Not so easy, in Canada’s case. The US is right next door. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683.md?page=42) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683.md?page=44)