# 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:** 49
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/961 "2024-11-06T05:35:25Z")
Well, I’m a CA resident since ‘99. So it was nice to see our state called with 4% of votes for Harris. Pricing will go up out here, so buy online before January! 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/962 "2024-11-06T05:36:18Z")
Scotch. Scotch, White Claw… Where’s the fucking gummies? Dammit!! ---
**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, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/963 "2024-11-06T05:36:32Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I switched from Mike’s Hard Lemonade to Bulleit an hour ago. I’ve got Tanqueray and plenty of tonic. Plus, a lime. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/964 "2024-11-06T05:36:33Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > “It’s the economy, stupid”. There have been plenty of voices pointing out that the headwinds Harris was facing were very strong. Incumbent parties have been getting voted out everywhere. Joe Biden is very unpopular. Economic sentiment is horrible… Most of the people that say that also proclaim to be Christian which is ironic since it’s just another way of saying “I love my money, the root of all kinds of evil.” ---
**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, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/965 "2024-11-06T05:36:40Z")
Trump has won GA? That’s not good. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/966 "2024-11-06T05:36:53Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > Can anyone point me to something quantifying how this is different from the same point in 2020? Sure, you look at the counties that have completed their count and compare them to 2020. In almost all of them Harris is running a few points worse than Biden is. So unless there is some big tranches of outstanding votes that nobody knows about it’s probably not enough. Now there are some decent error bars, particularly in Michigan. I wouldn’t be shocked if she pulled it out there. But she also needs PA, which is almost entirely reported, and WI, which looks worse than both of them. ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/967 "2024-11-06T05:37:02Z")
Detroit is not going to be able to make up for reasons I’ve been trying to explain here for years now. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/968 "2024-11-06T05:37:03Z")
I wanna puke. ---
**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, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/969 "2024-11-06T05:37:28Z")
So, the Democrats are going to somehow keep Trump from being certified as the winner as to do otherwise will be the death of democracy, right? Or was that all just talk? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/970 "2024-11-06T05:37:37Z")
Do it now. There might be a tariff on that in February. ---
**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, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/971 "2024-11-06T05:37:39Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > I will never be so happy to be wrong. YES YES YES And I am way behind in this thread. I will be thrilled to find Kamala wins. I’m sacrificing so many virtual chickens over here! ---
**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 6, 2024, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/972 "2024-11-06T05:37:48Z")
What _does_ it take for you to feel bad about this election and the way it is going? ---
**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 6, 2024, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/973 "2024-11-06T05:38:30Z")
I’m an election (“poll”) worker in a smallish city in Wisconsin, so I’ve been too busy to check on the news until now. Awful news, of course…but let me just mention that, logistically, the election went really well in our district (i.e., up to about 5,000 voting-age people in several neighborhoods). Election Day in-person turnout was slightly less than we had expected, but lots of new registrants (most of them college-age), and including the absentee ballots, turnout was good (not great, but good). Most importantly, no incidents like electioneering or angry outbursts, nor anything that required an evacuation (they had prepared us for possibilities like bomb threats or “white powder” incidents). On the contrary, more “thank-yous” and patient calm than in previous elections. Okay, that’s my report from the “room where it happens”…back to your regularly scheduled shitshow. ☹ ---
**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, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/974 "2024-11-06T05:38:52Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What _does_ it take for you to feel bad about this election and the way it is going The media declaring that Trump has won. If I were willing to concede over anything less, then why would I even bother paying attention? Why would I even bother taking a side if I didn’t think they could win? ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/975 "2024-11-06T05:39:27Z")
The VP choice really doesn’t matter IMO. I haven’t seen them mentioned in this thread or news. How do people who voted GOP feel about President Vance? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/976 "2024-11-06T05:39:49Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > Can anyone point me to something quantifying how this is different from the same point in 2020? In the places where the count is nearly complete, Trump is doing better than he was in 2020. Harris would need to get _bigger_ margins than Biden in the places that are still out. And there’s not much reason to think those bigger margins will be forthcoming. Outside of a few places (like the Atlanta suburbs), this is looking like a very uncomplicated shift to the right across the eastern two-thirds of the country (and the other third just isn’t counted yet). ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/977 "2024-11-06T05:40:05Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > How do people who voted GOP feel about President Vance? In general MAGA loves him. ---
**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, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/978 "2024-11-06T05:40:18Z")
> [@Nars\_Glinley](#): > > it’s just another way of saying “I love my money, the root of all kinds of evil.” You’re forgetting [prosperity gospel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology). The evil part doesn’t even enter into it. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/979 "2024-11-06T05:40:39Z")
I fear Hulk might be appearing in many wrestling specials for four years, just spiraling, not wrestling. ---
**Author:** ![split\_p\_j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19b73/32.png) [@split\_p\_j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/split_p_j)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683/980 "2024-11-06T05:40:42Z")
Yes it’s not about VP choice, I’ve explained what is going on and why. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-omnibus-thread/1009683.md?page=50)