# 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:** 184
**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, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3668 "2020-11-06T18:54:57Z")
It is still too soon. Nothing is definite yet, just very likely. ---
**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, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3669 "2020-11-06T18:57:26Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > So when are they going to call it? The more piecemeal the announcement is, the more conspiracy theories there will be. I’m mentally preparing myself for Monday, while hoping to be pleasantly surprised that it’s sooner. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3670 "2020-11-06T18:58:22Z")
Biden and Harris are going to address the nation at 8pm (et) tonight. ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3671 "2020-11-06T18:59:27Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I suppose the PA legislature could say screw the voters we’re going to substitute our own electors. But I don’t think they would. Jeremy Bash — NBC security analyst, who incidentally cut his legal teeth on Gore _v_ Bush — was asked about this last night in the context of comments from Lindsey Graham. His response was that it would violate state law (which stipulates that electors will be chosen based on the vote), Federal law (which stipulates that the method of choosing electors cannot be changed after the election), and the Constitution (for reasons that he did not elaborate). Other than that, he said, it’s a great idea. ---
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3672 "2020-11-06T18:59:33Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > So when are they going to call it? The more piecemeal the announcement is, the more conspiracy theories there will be. The Biden camp is preparing for him and Harris to speak tonight. I plan to pop a bottle of champagne with dinner. They’ll call PA and NV tonight, I think. Maybe even AZ, too. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3673 "2020-11-06T18:59:51Z")
A meta-thread comment, if I may: Is this thread the fastest-growing thread in in the history of the SDMB? It started four days ago and is easily on track to achieve more than a thousand posts/day by the end of today. We’ve had some doozies in the past, but anything to top this? ---
**Author:** ![borschevsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@borschevsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/borschevsky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3674 "2020-11-06T19:00:17Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > In GA, it’s the football team needing a TD, onside kick, and FG in the last 2 minutes. It could happen, but it’s _really_ rare. This may be the least reassuring sports metaphor possible for people from Georgia 🙂 > **[Cowboys 40-39 Falcons (Sep 20, 2020) Final Score - ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nfl/game?gameId=401220249)** > > Game summary of the Dallas Cowboys vs. Atlanta Falcons NFL game, final score 40-39, from September 20, 2020 on ESPN. ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3675 "2020-11-06T19:00:41Z")
Wow, Monday. That will be pretty anticlimactic. And exhausting. Not doubting it though. I was just hoping it would be today. ---
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3676 "2020-11-06T19:01:21Z")
Maybe the 9/11 thread? That one grew really fast I believe, though a few years before I joined. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3677 "2020-11-06T19:01:22Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > I plan to pop a bottle of champagne with dinner. I bought a bottle of Proseco last Saturday. “This is for New Year’s,” I told my wife, “Unless anything happens before then that we need to celebrate.” In my fridge now. ---
**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, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3678 "2020-11-06T19:03:03Z")
I hope you and your wife enjoy the hell out of it!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3679 "2020-11-06T19:04:09Z")
I deffo cannot wait until Monday, sorry. They’re going to have to do better. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3680 "2020-11-06T19:06:06Z")
“Our voters will never forget you if your men are men and your sheep are scared!” ---
**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, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3681 "2020-11-06T19:06:16Z")
Well, who is “they”? The networks? Possibly tonight, if Arizona’s results from Maricopa are enough to put the nail in that particular coffin and they get bolder re: NV. Or if the lead in PA grows fast enough. Some desks have already called one or both of those, actually. NV by itself isn’t good enough (nor AZ without NV). Trump? Never. ---
**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, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3682 "2020-11-06T19:06:40Z")
Right?! That’s a lot of waiting. I hope the news outlets/AP call it before Biden speaks. ---
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3683 "2020-11-06T19:08:54Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Trump? Never. He’ll be denying it forever. Luckily, he doesn’t get a say. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3684 "2020-11-06T19:09:18Z")
> [@borschevsky](#): > > This may be the least reassuring sports metaphor possible for people from Georgia 🙂 Hah! I purposely chose something that definitely could happen, because it did fairly recently. I didn’t consider that the Falcons were involved in that. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3685 "2020-11-06T19:09:25Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I deffo cannot wait until Monday, sorry. They’re going to have to do better. Why? Just treat it as a Biden victory based on what you know and let the networks cross their t’s and dot their i’s. ---
**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, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3686 "2020-11-06T19:11:57Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > I hope the news outlets/AP call it before Biden speaks. There is something to be said for getting a definitive call in PA, NV, and AZ and then having Biden speak in prime-time. That _may_ cause some GOP fence-sitters to put up or shut up re: the “FRAUD!!!” allegations. It certainly seems like all three of those are callable (in fact, AZ was called on election night by a few outlets). ---
**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/3687 "2020-11-06T19:12:12Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > cabinet positions no longer require Senate confirmation. Could you please clarify your statement? It seems factually incorrect. From Wikipedia: “Members of the Cabinet (except for the vice president) are appointed by the president, subject to confirmation by the Senate” > **[Cabinet of the United States](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet_of_the_United_States)** > > The Cabinet of the United States is the principal official advisory body to the president of the United States. The Cabinet meets with the president in a room adjacent to the Oval Office. The president chairs the meetings but is not formally a member of the Cabinet. The heads of departments, appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, are members of the Cabinet, and acting department heads also participate in Cabinet meetings whether or not they have been officially nominated for... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=183) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=185)