# Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618 "2020-11-03T05:36:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1 "2020-11-03T05:36:01Z")
This thread is the place to discuss how the vote is proceeding and to pointlessly micro-analyze every shift in momentum as results trickle in.
Polls are officially open in Dixville Notch, NH, and the first results are in: 5 for Biden, 0 for Trump.
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### Author:  [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/2 "2020-11-03T06:43:38Z")
You beat me to it, curse you! š
All I can add is that Dixville Notch was the basis for the fictional Hartsfieldās Landing in the _West Wing_ episode of the same name, that Bartlett really wanted to win because it was the first place in America to report results. So, with five votes counted, looking good for Biden! š
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### Author:  [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3 "2020-11-03T06:54:12Z")
Here we goā¦god bless America.
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4 "2020-11-03T06:55:39Z")
> [@wolfpup](#):
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> So, with five votes counted, looking good for Biden!
Yes, but Millsfield, another small municipality in the Dixville Notch township went 16-5 for Trump. ([According to CNN, anyway.](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/02/politics/dixville-notch-2020-results/index.html)) So, currently 16-10 for Trump. Itās far too early and too small a result, of course, to draw any sort of conclusion from these results. I guess weāll have to see what happens on Tuesday.
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### Author:  [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5 "2020-11-03T07:10:17Z")
> [@Spoons](#):
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> Yes, but Millsfield, another small municipality in the Dixville Notch township went 16-5 for Trump.
**[Take a look at their voting record.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millsfield,_New_Hampshire#Election_results)** Millsfield votes overwhelmingly Republican in the primaries, and in the 2016 Republican primary, none other than our old friend Ted Cruz totally dominated, with three times the votes that Trump got. I can only assume there must be a lunatic asylum in the area containing all except five residents, who are employed to look after the place.
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6 "2020-11-03T07:20:04Z")
Well, like I said, it is far too early to draw any conclusions, based on Dixville Notchās and Millsfieldās returns. I will say, though, that your ālunatic asylumā remark made me laugh out loud. Thanksāit is much appreciated.
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### Author:  [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7 "2020-11-03T07:24:30Z")
Hang on, you guys do _live_ vote counting? I guess with a country that big if you want quick results thatās needed, but Iāve never seen that before.
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### Author:  [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/8 "2020-11-03T07:29:32Z")
Iām just really glad there will be a step forward soon. If Trump wins or contests the results, we can deal with that. But at least weāll know what the next thing is, and can stop waiting in anticipation for it.
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### Author:  [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/9 "2020-11-03T07:38:20Z")
I donāt think itās āliveā vote counting, itās just that these places are so small that the results are tallied almost immediately.
The odd thing is the early release of results, however small and irrelevant they may be. From the legal perspective of electoral politics in Canada, no ballot counts can be released until polls close everywhere, from coast to coast. One of the major reasons for that is that release of results in major eastern population centers could pretty much settle the election, with a winner potentially called while west coast residents are still preparing to go out to vote, and discouraging them from exercising their constitutional right to elect their local parliamentary representatives.
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/10 "2020-11-03T08:14:28Z")
> [@wolfpup](#):
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> From the legal perspective of electoral politics in Canada, no ballot counts can be released until polls close everywhere, from coast to coast.
Same thing in Israel (although ācoast to coastā covers a significantly smaller area). In fact, the media canāt even publish exit polls until the actual polls close; the only thing theyāre allowed to report on election day is voter turnout estimates.
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### Author:  [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/11 "2020-11-03T08:18:25Z")
> [@TroutMan](#):
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> the first results are in: 5 for Biden, 0 for Trump.
Alright, the election is over, the result is in. Any further votes will be an attempt to fraudulently flip the election.
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### Author:  [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/12 "2020-11-03T08:50:21Z")
> [@TroutMan](#):
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> This thread is the place to discuss how the vote is proceeding and to pointlessly micro-analyze every shift in momentum as results trickle in.
Standing back; standing by.
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### Author:  [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/13 "2020-11-03T09:03:13Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#):
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> > [@TroutMan](#):
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> > the first results are in: 5 for Biden, 0 for Trump.
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> Alright, the election is over, the result is in. Any further votes will be an attempt to fraudulently flip the election.
I believe SCOTUS has already set the precedent that any further ballot counting is illegitimate and a waste of time. Cite: Bush v. Gore, 531 U.S. 98 (2000).
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### Author:  [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/14 "2020-11-03T09:38:43Z")
Watching from Aus, itās 7.30pm here Nov 3. Will be stuck to the telly in the morning when the first tallies come through.
Do your best Americaā¦the rest of the world is praying for you. Or thoughts, if prayers arenāt kosher or whatever.
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### Author:  [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/15 "2020-11-03T09:59:02Z")
> [@kambuckta](#):
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> Watching from Aus, itās 7.30pm here Nov 3. Will be stuck to the telly in the morning when the first tallies come through.
Me too. Iām working from 0700-1030, and after that Iāll probably be glued to screens. That said, it looks like the first meaningful results may start coming in about 1pm AEDT.
[See here, if youāre in Australia.](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-11-03/when-will-we-know-the-result-of-the-2020-us-election/12838802)
(Actually, the summary of when things are happening would be useful for lots of people, IMO)
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### Author:  [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/16 "2020-11-03T10:06:00Z")
At his rally last night, Trump introduced rapper Lil Pump as āLil Pimpā. š¤£
Freudian slipā¦
Hereās the video:
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### Author:  [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/17 "2020-11-03T10:56:18Z")
Polling place by me opens in one hour. Iāll stop on my way to work.
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### Author:  [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/18 "2020-11-03T13:49:15Z")
Itās 9:48 AM EST.
Has Trump demanded Biden concede yet?
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### Author:  [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/19 "2020-11-03T13:51:30Z")
> [@beowulff](#):
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> Itās 9:48 AM EST.
> Has Trump demanded Biden concede yet?
You know the clocks shifted back an hour last weekend, right? š
Itās now 8:51 AM EST.
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### Author:  [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/20 "2020-11-03T13:53:48Z")
Not here. Alway makes this sort of thing problematical.
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