# Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 154
**Author:** ![Bootb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3065 "2020-11-06T03:32:39Z")
Preliminary figures, but fascinating, nonetheless. [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-wins-highest-percent-of-nonwhite-voters-of-any-republican-in-60-years-doubles-lgbtq-support-from-2016-exit-poll/ar-BB1aJJJS?li](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-wins-highest-percent-of-nonwhite-voters-of-any-republican-in-60-years-doubles-lgbtq-support-from-2016-exit-poll/ar-BB1aJJJS?li) ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3066 "2020-11-06T03:34:21Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > But Hannity and Cruz are claming that at least for a while observers weren’t allowed at all Where? With what evidence? My understanding is that every state requires partisan and non-partisan observers at all counting locations. It should be pretty easy to prove if some were barred. ---
**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 6, 2020, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3067 "2020-11-06T03:34:52Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I keep looking at the AZ counties with large NA populations and can only think “Da fuuuck?”. What are NA populations? I’m pretty good at figuring out acronyms but I’m drawing a blank. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3068 "2020-11-06T03:35:31Z")
Native American ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3069 "2020-11-06T03:35:36Z")
> [@solost](#): > > What are NA populations? Native American, I’d wager. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3070 "2020-11-06T03:35:45Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Ativan. Ativan it is. > > ETA : For some reason I feel especially worked up tonight. Maybe because it’s a more optimistic picture now and we are so close. Sweet dreams! I hear you. Waiting on the first night was one thing, but the more it drags on, the more tension it brings. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3071 "2020-11-06T03:35:50Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > So for this election, at least, it shouldn’t be a thing. Why not? Let’s say Biden gets exactly 270 electors. Only one elector needs to flip and Biden is out. Why do you think that can’t happen? ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3072 "2020-11-06T03:36:31Z")
> [@solost](#): > > What are NA populations? I’m pretty good at figuring out acronyms but I’m drawing a blank. I am so sorry. Native Americans. Like the ones up north dying of COVID and the ones down south doing the same thing while they can’t cross the border (on their land) to care for their families. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3073 "2020-11-06T03:36:32Z")
The PA gap continues to shrink, now at less than 37K. ---
**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 6, 2020, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3074 "2020-11-06T03:36:38Z")
> [@Pork\_Rind](#): > > Native American Damn, feel like I missed a Jeopardy question I shoulda had, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3075 "2020-11-06T03:37:22Z")
Because I don’t accept your threshold question. He’s going to get more than 270 EVs. I agree it could be a thing if it were at 270. It won’t be at 270. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3076 "2020-11-06T03:37:30Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > > [@tripthicket](#): > > > > Out of the most morbid of curiosities, anybody got a link to Trump’s tired-and-cut-off little speechie? I tried to find on MSNBC and CNN main websites, but apparently I am inept. > > [Here’s the whole thing on Youtube.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvu1P5VFVsQ) > > Or do you mean the cut off version? Can’t help with that, I’d be amused to see it. Okay, here’s a clip of Trump being cut off. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/KIT9MD8ynQU/maxresdefault.jpg "MSNBC cuts away from Trump's address after he again falsely declares election victory") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIT9MD8ynQU) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3077 "2020-11-06T03:37:37Z")
We may see Biden pull ahead in PA tonight. It’s pointless to call these states until the lawsuits are done and the counts certified, but once PA goes to Biden he’ll be the presumptive winner. I wish I could watch Trump blow a fuse. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3078 "2020-11-06T03:38:02Z")
That is what I am thinking, I think they are making the Rudy argument that they weren’t allowed to inspect the ballots, which is nonsense. Believe me I always ASSume Hannity is lying ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3079 "2020-11-06T03:40:18Z")
If Biden only gets AZ and NV (of the still remaining undecided states) he has 270 which is the absolute minimum to win. An entirely possible scenario. So, tell me again why a faithless elector cannot happen. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3080 "2020-11-06T03:40:59Z")
the court room scenes in the Odd Couple, I believe there are 3 EPs with them, are some of the funniest TV ever ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3081 "2020-11-06T03:42:15Z")
Again, and let me say this slowly for you: Biden going to get Pennsylvania. He’ll also get Nevada. Arizona won’t matter. North Carolina won’t matter. Georgia won’t matter. Ok? I am not having this discussion with you, because your tone is dickish and you’re the only one asserting Biden is only going to get 270. I don’t accept that. ---
**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 6, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3082 "2020-11-06T03:43:44Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > > [@solost](#): > > > > What are NA populations? I’m pretty good at figuring out acronyms but I’m drawing a blank. > > I am so sorry. Native Americans. Like the ones up north dying of COVID and the ones down south doing the same thing while they can’t cross the border (on their land) to care for their families. Hey, no problem! Like I said, I feel like I should have known that. I hope a (fingers crossed) Biden administration can reverse the policies of cruelty happening in the American SW (that stands for South West, for dummies like me 😁) ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3083 "2020-11-06T03:43:59Z")
In PA, 45 is only 26,319 ahead and dropping. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3084 "2020-11-06T03:44:49Z")
Now is the time for Dems to figure out why. Trump still doesn’t do well with non-whites, but what made some non-whites change their minds? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=153) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=155)