# 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:** 164
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3267 "2020-11-06T09:38:26Z")
It’s almost 100% certain to go to a recount. And there will be up to 15,000 overseas and military ballots to be counted. So it won’t be called, but I think PA might be called soon after Biden takes the lead. ---
**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, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3268 "2020-11-06T09:40:05Z")
Any of AZ, GA, NC, NV, PA could still go either way. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3269 "2020-11-06T09:41:01Z")
There’s no question that PA will go to Biden. He’ll win it by 85k votes. ---
**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, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3270 "2020-11-06T09:43:36Z")
Montgomery County PA went for Biden. Those rich bastards surprised me. I guess I’ve been hasty in judging them. ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3271 "2020-11-06T09:53:19Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > And there will be up to 15,000 overseas and military ballots to be counted. 17,529 overseas and military ballots already counted. There could be another 8,899; they have until sometime today. This according to the [Atlanta Journal Constitution](https://www.ajc.com/politics/more-ballots-arriving-in-georgia-from-overseas-and-provisional-voters/2IKU3WM5XZD7FDQE5DAOKYXTMY/). ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3272 "2020-11-06T09:53:53Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > 17,529 overseas and military ballots already counted. There could be another 8,899; they have until sometime today. This according to the [Atlanta Journal Constitution](https://www.ajc.com/politics/more-ballots-arriving-in-georgia-from-overseas-and-provisional-voters/2IKU3WM5XZD7FDQE5DAOKYXTMY/). Ah thanks ---
**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, 2020, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3273 "2020-11-06T09:56:09Z")
> [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](#): > > There’s no question that PA will go to Biden. He’ll win it by 85k votes. Nevada, too. Yesterday morning, I explained in an FB post that Biden’s chances at that point were about: 98% in Nevada 80% in Pennsylvania 65% in Arizona 55% in Georgia Now, I think they’re more like: 98% in Nevada 95% in Pennsylvania 70% in Arizona 52% in Georgia ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3274 "2020-11-06T10:00:33Z")
Biden just took the lead in Georgia. ## Biden takes the lead in Georgia Democratic hopeful Joe Biden has taken the lead in Georgia over President Trump. Trump cannot afford to lose Georgia’s 16 electoral votes if he is to keep alive his hopes of a second term. Trump cannot find a route to 270 electoral votes without Georgia and Pennsylvania, so his chances of securing reelection will hinge on developments in the two states. [https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-biden-election-results-11-05-20/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-biden-election-results-11-05-20/index.html) ---
**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, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3275 "2020-11-06T10:05:07Z")
If Biden holds Arizona and Nevada, that’s a ballgame. Georgia is just gravy/insurance. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3276 "2020-11-06T10:17:22Z")
What a lovely thing to click on the map and see Georgia in blue. I just hope that the trend continues in Georgia and Pennsylvania. It would be so sweet if Biden not only took back the three midwestern “blue wall” states but also flipped Georgia and Arizona. That would also give him enough of an electoral cushion to not worry about faithless electors. ---
**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, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3277 "2020-11-06T10:22:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > If Biden holds Arizona and Nevada, that’s a ballgame. Georgia is just gravy/insurance Arizona is a bit iffy, but Pennsylvania is pretty much a lock. I explained it this just now on FB: I realize Biden just now overtook Trump in the Georgia count…but Trump could regain his lead after they count the military write-in (absentee) ballots. (Though it would be awesome if Trump’s pathetic disdain toward soldiers sunk him in the end). But none of this really matters. Trump WILL win PA and NV, and be president on January 20. Yay!!! What drama. A disappointment in many ways for decent people — Repubs keep the Senate; horrifying millions still voted for the fascist imbecile — BUT let’s not lose sight of the fact that TRUMP IS FINALLY GONE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Malden\_Capell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malden_capell/32/5274_2.png) [@Malden\_Capell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malden_Capell)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3278 "2020-11-06T10:24:22Z")
You mean Biden will win in PA and NV, right? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3279 "2020-11-06T10:27:47Z")
Either that or being totally sarcasmic. ---
**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, 2020, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3280 "2020-11-06T10:30:59Z")
Yes! Lack of sleep. A Facebook friend caught my error there just now — FB’s edit window is “forever”. 🙂 I chalk it up to lack of sleep, plus the euphoria and horrified disappointment fighting it out in my brain. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3281 "2020-11-06T10:33:11Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > In 2001, the Senate was 50-50 from January until June, and since Bush was the president, Strom Thurmond /(R/) was Majority Leader. Then Jim Jeffords switched from Republican to Independent – caucusing with the D’s – and the “majority” switched. Robert Byrd (D) became Majority Leader. Thurmond and Byrd were Senate Presidents Pro Tempore. From the Senate history website: > From January 3 to January 20, 2001, with the Senate divided evenly between the two parties, the Democrats held the majority due to the deciding vote of outgoing Democratic Vice President Al Gore. Senator Thomas A. Daschle served as majority leader at that time. Beginning on January 20, 2001, Republican Vice President Richard Cheney held the deciding vote, giving the majority to the Republicans. Senator Trent Lott resumed his position as majority leader on that date. On May 24, 2001, Senator James Jeffords of Vermont announced his switch from Republican to Independent status, effective June 6, 2001. He announced that he would caucus with the Democrats, giving the party a one-seat advantage and changing control of the Senate back to the Democrats. Thomas A. Daschle again became majority leader on June 6, 2001. > **[U.S. Senate: Majority and Minority Leaders](https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Majority_Minority_Leaders.htm)** > > Majority and Minority Leaders and Party Whips ---
**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, 2020, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3282 "2020-11-06T10:33:25Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > sarcasmic Did you just invent a new word — a portmanteau of “sarcastic” and “orgasmic”? Anyway, I love it! Puts a new spin on the school scene painted by Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall, Part II”… ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3283 "2020-11-06T10:38:08Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > What a lovely thing to click on the map and see Georgia in blue. I cheered out loud. DH was not happy. He was still asleep. I mean, I _really_ cheered. And I’m watching the news. I never watch TV news, let alone morning news. ---
**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, 2020, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3284 "2020-11-06T10:41:55Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I never watch TV news, let alone morning news. Morning news? Hell, I’m still up from last night, and enjoying a whiskey. ---
**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, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3285 "2020-11-06T10:53:16Z")
Shit! I’m wasted on adrenaline from online work. Still nothing? Well, whatever the outcome on these states won’t be the final outcome-- or some orange people think. Either way, I’m still picking AK, PA and NC for Trump. Biden better get moving, or at least his vote counts better. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3286 "2020-11-06T11:02:37Z")
Biden is ahead in Georgia. I think I can breathe a little easier now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=163) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=165)