# 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:** 171
**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3407 "2020-11-06T14:43:14Z")
Whoa!! And NYT is still reporting ~24,000 uncounted in Philly alone! Then there’s the delayed Pittsburgh votes out there. Looking like good chance of avoiding the \<0.5 recount zone. Over/under on when they call it or where it settles out? I’ll say call imminent, ending margin 45K (heh). ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3408 "2020-11-06T14:45:39Z")
> [@squidfood](#): > > Whoa!! And NYT is still reporting ~24,000 uncounted in Philly alone! Then there’s the delayed Pittsburgh votes out there. Looking like good chance of avoiding the \<0.5 recount zone. > > Over/under on when they call it or where it settles out? I’ll say call imminent, ending margin 45K (heh). From CNN: > The remaining pool of Philadelphia votes to be counted is about 25,000, according to a city official and an official familiar with the counting. > These will take longer to count because they are provisional ballots, as well as ones that require review because of such issues as dates and signatures. > The sources said city election officials are starting this batch from scratch. > “It’s going to be a while,” one of the sources said. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3409 "2020-11-06T14:46:07Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I appreciate your caution ThemlaLou, we’ve been burned before, but I don’t think trump can get past the math at this point. Thank you. 😘 I know… but: > [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > So you bet your ass I’ve been nervous over the past three days. It may not be 100% rational, but the flashbacks to 2016 were too strong–and the chances that Trump would make our world significantly worse over the next 4 years were too horrifying. ---
**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, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3410 "2020-11-06T14:46:17Z")
I don’t know if NBC News has officially called it yet, but they just put up a graphic that said “Biden Wins” and showing him at 273 right now. ---
**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, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3411 "2020-11-06T14:48:44Z")
Chuck Todd on NBC was doing the math on his big screen and showed that the ONLY path left for Trump is to get Pennsylvania. He cannot win without it at this point. It does not matter if he gets all the remaining undecided states. (He needs more than PA to win but PA is a must win for Trump.) ---
**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3412 "2020-11-06T14:49:29Z")
If covid has taught me anything, it’s that being worried about a catastrophic outcome that’s only 1% or even 0.1% likely can be reasonable and rational from a risk assessment point of view. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3413 "2020-11-06T14:51:16Z")
> [@squidfood](#): > > If covid has taught me anything, it’s that being worried about a catastrophic outcome that’s only 1% or even 0.1% likely can be reasonable and rational from a risk assessment point of view Thats because of the Law of Large Numbers. 1% or 0.01% is bad odds, but over enough time, it’s a lot of dead people. We only have one election, not 330 million. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3414 "2020-11-06T14:51:24Z")
Probability vs. consequence. Plane crashes are pretty damned unlikely, but we take them very seriously and take nearly every possible precaution 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3415 "2020-11-06T14:51:48Z")
> [@Wrenching\_Spanners](#): > > I can’t imagine what life would be like for an individual who actually changed a presidential outcome as a faithless elector. I’m guessing they’d need bodyguards for years, and no ability to live a normal life due to the notoriety. They’d be the Steve Bartman of politics. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3416 "2020-11-06T14:54:15Z")
What’s the word on Nevada? 9am update their time (Noon for us Easterners) ---
**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, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3417 "2020-11-06T14:54:21Z")
Unfortunately the next few days of aftermath may get a bit scary, though I’m guessing it will be mostly all bark… > **['I'd put the heads on pikes': Former Trump adviser calls for beheading of...](https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/id-put-the-heads-on-pikes-former-trump-adviser-calls-for-beheading-of-fauci-and-fbi-chief/)** > > In the middle of a tense election battle in which fears of right-wing militia violence are already running high, former Trump adviser Steve Bannon took the incendiary rhetoric to a dangerous new level Thursday by suggesting that Dr. Anthony Fauci and... ---
**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, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3418 "2020-11-06T14:54:24Z")
> [@Wrenching\_Spanners](#): > > I can’t imagine what life would be like for an individual who actually changed a presidential outcome as a faithless elector. I’m guessing they’d need bodyguards for years, and no ability to live a normal life due to the notoriety. If I were the faithless elector that turned an entire election I would demand enough money to set myself up for life in some distant country. No way would I remain in the US. Indeed, I’d cast my backstab vote and run for a plane on the spot. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3419 "2020-11-06T14:54:39Z")
Just saw this on my Facebook feed: **The All Lives Matter crew is extremely upset to learn that All Votes Matter** 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3420 "2020-11-06T14:55:24Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > Well, Biden rebuilt the Blue Wall, and even better, he made Trump pay for it. You win the thread so far. ---
**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, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3421 "2020-11-06T14:56:28Z")
> **[Twitter permanently suspends Steve Bannon account after talk of beheading |...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/tech/steve-bannon-twitter-permanent-suspension/index.html)** > > Twitter permanently suspended an account belonging to former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon after he suggested Thursday morning that Dr. Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded. His comments were made in a video... ---
**Author:** ![MandaJo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MandaJo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MandaJo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3422 "2020-11-06T14:57:03Z")
Sure, but in this case we are just talking about what feelings we have over the next day or so over an event we can’t actually control. Feelings are feelings and none are wrong, but it’s just superstitious to be like “I won’t relax until I know, just to be safe”. It’s more reasonable to say “I won’t relax because I couldn’t take the disappointment”, but I honestly think it’s safe to let that go at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3423 "2020-11-06T14:57:11Z")
“If we were gonna rig this election, you can bet your dumb ass we would not have left Mitch goddamn McConnel in office.” > ---
**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, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3424 "2020-11-06T14:58:02Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > [https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/tech/steve-bannon-twitter-permanent-suspension/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/05/tech/steve-bannon-twitter-permanent-suspension/index.html) Good for Twiiter. That kind of talk is just nuts. I hope trump’s twitter account is next. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3425 "2020-11-06T14:58:26Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Good for Twiiter. That kind of talk is just nuts. I hope trump’s twitter account is next He’ll just sock up! ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3426 "2020-11-06T14:59:03Z")
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