# 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:** 177
**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, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3528 "2020-11-06T16:35:47Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Tomorrow I fully intend to be a better man, but for today, I would just like to say to Trump supporters: Fuck your feelings. This. ---
**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, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3529 "2020-11-06T16:36:13Z")
Biden’s looking good for 306 electoral votes here. Very difficult to see how Trump’s lawyers can possibly strike out the votes of three states! I still think there is still an outside chance for Biden to take take North Carolina. But a very outside chance… ---
**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, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3530 "2020-11-06T16:38:00Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > CNN just reporting that Foxnews has told staff that it should not use the term “president elect” for Biden even after it is called. What will they be calling him? /s ---
**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, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3531 "2020-11-06T16:38:34Z")
Clark County in Nevada just released the results of about 30,000 votes, which largely went to Biden; his lead in the state went from around 11K to just over 22K. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3532 "2020-11-06T16:39:01Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Not sure about other states, but in AZ there is a law that requires the governor to appoint a replacement from the same party as the one being replaced. I’m really curious if that law will ever be tested. Seems pretty easy to have someone switch parties, get appointed, and then switch back. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3533 "2020-11-06T16:40:47Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > We should not minimize just how poorly Dems did in the rest of this election. We lost seats in the House. In 2018, we picked up several red and borderline seats. And this time we lost some of them, which happens sometimes. I don’t think we should focus on this negative. Turnout was astronomical – Democrats turned out like, literally, never before. That should be celebrated. The problem is that so did Republicans, enough to keep us from a massive overwhelming victory. But we shouldn’t minimize flipping AZ and GA, getting back the “blue wall” states, and having a shot at the Senate with the GA runoffs. Beating an incumbent president is very, very rare, and Biden did it. Not as big a victory as we hoped, but this was still a big victory. We should celebrate and be excited, even as we recognize the need to keep fighting. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3534 "2020-11-06T16:41:05Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Not sure about other states, but in AZ there is a law that requires the governor to appoint a replacement from the same party as the one being replaced. If the governor was a Democrat, my bet is that a replacement would be Non-Trumper Former senator Republican Jeff Flake, with a good chance that he would switch parties. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3535 "2020-11-06T16:41:31Z")
Republicans can’t handle defeat, and Democrats just can’t seem to handle victory. This was victory. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3536 "2020-11-06T16:41:53Z")
There is no such rule ( governors must appoint senators from the same party as the one they are replacing) in Kentucky, Although I’ve heard this discussed extensively. I still took the time to confirm this before posting. [Vacancies in the United States Senate](https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/vacancies-in-the-united-states-senate637302453.aspx) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3537 "2020-11-06T16:42:33Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I hope that it’s not just the story that…I can’t finish that though without breaking a rule, I think. I can. I hope it’s nothing trivial. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3538 "2020-11-06T16:42:36Z")
No one is probably more elated than Melania. That is one ex First Lady who can’t wait to get the hell out of Washington. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3539 "2020-11-06T16:43:29Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I still can’t believe people are taking this fraud bullshit seriously. They fundamentally don’t understand how election law works. I’m overhearing one of our (museum) volunteers talking on the phone right now, and literally everything he is saying is wrong: WI had more votes than registered voters, Biden couldn’t win because only 12 people showed up at his rallies, Democrats are preventing Republicans from observing the counts, etc, etc. The myth of the stolen election is gonna have legs; it’ll persist longer than Benghazi, if not for decades to come, I have no doubt. A pox on Fox News, social media and all their firehose-stream of bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3540 "2020-11-06T16:44:43Z")
I saw some article yesterday, maybe on WaPo, an opinion article of course, that seemed to assume the Trumps would have influence for years to come despite the old windbag losing 2020. I don’t know why that would be so. AFAIK other one- termers like Carter and Bush I weren’t the boss of their party after the fact. Maybe Bush (family) a little since Bush II won later, but Jeb didn’t make it. Of course Trump is such a loudmouth and half the country loves that so I guess anything is possible. I’d just love him to be muted by everyone because he peddles harmful lies only. Still afraid to fully count on a Biden win too. It’s gonna be a rough time until the electors vote (should have been abolished long before) and from now until Inauguration Day Trump is going to do everything he can to wreck the country (further) and try to cheat himself into a second term through the courts or any other means. ---
**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, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3541 "2020-11-06T16:45:30Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > There is no such rule ( governors must appoint senators from the same party as the one they are replacing) in Kentucky, Although I’ve heard this discussed extensively. I still took the time to confirm this before posting. Even if there were, the ultimate sweet justice were for the governor to not name a replacement for ten months, leaving the Rs a vote short. ---
**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, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3542 "2020-11-06T16:46:07Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > I don’t think we should focus on this negative. I agree, and I am over the moon to know we’ll see the back ends of Bill Barr, Mike Pompeo, Jared Kushner and far too many others to name. Just restoring some normalcy back to the DOJ is huge. There are many, many good things that will come out of a Biden presidency. I am also ecstatic at _MADAM VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS!!_ Finally, finally – it’s been a bloody long time since Geraldine Ferraro. However – and I do hate to say it – winning this election was the easy part. We must keep this firmly in mind going forward. Those 2 Georgia Senate seats are about to become the most important political pursuit in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3543 "2020-11-06T16:47:41Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Of course Trump is such a loudmouth I guess anything is possible. I’d just love him to be muted by everyone because he peddles harmful lies only. I’d love for Twitter to ban him for life and let him blow all his money trying to sue them. And for Fox to drop him completely as payback for all his badmouthing of them. ---
**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, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3544 "2020-11-06T16:47:49Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Turnout was astronomical – Democrats turned out like, literally, never before. That should be celebrated. The problem is that so did Republicans, enough to keep us from a massive overwhelming victory. But we shouldn’t minimize flipping AZ and GA, getting back the “blue wall” states, and having a shot at the Senate with the GA runoffs Agreed. But, for me, that one human being could vote for the fascist imbecile is deeply disappointing. Multiply that by millions, and you can see why so many of us are vacillating between euphoria and sadness today. ---
**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, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3545 "2020-11-06T16:47:49Z")
Big boost for Biden in Nevada, getting 20,000 votes from Clark county, and increasing his lead by about 10,000 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, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3546 "2020-11-06T16:48:01Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > AFAIK other one- termers like Carter and Bush I weren’t the boss of their party after the fact. They really weren’t bosses of their party during the fact either. Trump will have continued influence, even as he investigated and tried for his crimes, even after his treason is revealed, even if he is in jail. ---
**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, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3547 "2020-11-06T16:48:16Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > The myth of the stolen election is gonna have legs; it’ll persist longer than Benghazi, if not for decades to come, I have no doubt These are the myths that give rise to fascism. Look how much trouble we have with the Lost Cause. Look at Germany’s trouble with the Stabbed in the Back narrative. The Stolen Election narrative must be cut at the stem. The alternative is too horrible to contemplate (as if we haven’t all been contemplating it for 4 years now) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=176) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=178)