# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/21 "2020-11-03T13:56:39Z")
Polls opened in Minnesota 52 minutes ago (7am). By 615, people were in line at many voting stations. One station, in a very red suburban city, had 20 people in line by 615, now there’s over 200. So far, 1.8 million Minnesotans voted early. That’s compared to 677K that voted early in 2016. Note our state population is only 5.68 million. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/22 "2020-11-03T13:58:04Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Not here. Alway makes this sort of thing problematical. 1. Out of curiosity, where are you located (approximately)? 2. Regardless of where you are, EST (Eastern Standard Time) is the same everywhere. It’s now 8:58 AM EST. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/23 "2020-11-03T14:06:58Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Has Trump demanded Biden concede yet? Scottsdale. UTC -7 So, we are three hours before the east coast during DST, and 2 hours otherwise. Since we don’t change, it’s not easy to keep track of what time it is in other time zones. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/24 "2020-11-03T14:14:54Z")
I am reminded of the scene in LOTR: Two Towers where Aragorn prepares for the battle at Helm’s Deep, putting on his leathers and cinching his belt tight. There is always hope. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/25 "2020-11-03T14:22:59Z")
I am reminded of the climax at the end of the series where Gollum steals the ring, but ends up getting pushed into the pit of boiling hot magma. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/26 "2020-11-03T14:54:17Z")
The last couple of days I’ve been thinking that if Trump wins, we really should consider splitting the country into 3 to reflect/allow very different folk to form their own societies. 1 East coast from Maine down to Virginia, and across to Wisc/IL 2 South - from the Carolinas down to Fla, and across through Tenn/KY, Texas and up to the Dakotahs 3 W coast - Wash/Or/Ca. Sure, the boundaries could be tweaked, and many people will be pissed, but it impresses me as doable, and preferable to having folk who clearly feel so differently on so many significant issues trying to co-exist. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/27 "2020-11-03T15:05:54Z")
Suddenly the sun is shining in Brussels (Belgium), we are processing the terrible news coming from Vienna and I wonder when I should start watching the US news (CNN on my cable). Will there be something worth watching after the Champions League games (about 23.00 local time) already? Or should I go to sleep and watch if the nightmare continues after waking up? I am wishing you all the luck in the world. At the same time I am preparing a rabid OP for the Pit just in case … but no, I still hope decency will prevail. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/28 "2020-11-03T15:25:17Z")
So many rousing and pertinent moments in LOTR…yours is more optimistic than Theoden shouting “Death! Death!” and charging the orcish hordes. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/29 "2020-11-03T15:32:18Z")
Until the polls close on the East Coast (it varies by state, but let’s say 7:00 PM EST, or 0000 UTC) there will be nothing on TV except speculation, and video of people lining up to vote – peacefully, one hopes. Get some sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/30 "2020-11-03T15:37:34Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I am reminded of the climax at the end of the series where Gollum steals the ring, but ends up getting pushed into the pit of boiling hot magma. Love it; absolutely love it. My first memory of Dixville Notch was in the 1948 election when, IIRC, they cast 11 votes for Dewey and 1 for Truman. Not a good sign. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/31 "2020-11-03T15:38:22Z")
Hold your ground! Hold your ground! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we vote!! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you vote, Americans!!! ---
**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 3, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/32 "2020-11-03T15:41:34Z")
I have the TV on background as I work at home today, and geez Louise, the political commercials are still wall-to-wall. I can’t imagine a still-undecided voter is sitting at home right now, sees an ad and says, “hey, I totally see the point of view of that ad at long last, and now my choice is finally clear!” I cannot wait until the political commercials and annoying text messages are gone tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/33 "2020-11-03T15:42:01Z")
I voted a couple of weeks ago but I will be out and about all day today so I’ll be wearing my [MAKE LYING WRONG AGAIN](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07HXGDH5N?_encoding=UTF8&customId=B07537NG8H) shirt in case anyone hasn’t gotten the message yet. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/34 "2020-11-03T15:47:55Z")
It’s just a gimmick of these two tiny New Hampshire towns. Residents gather at the polling place at midnight so they can be”first in the nation” to cast their votes. It has little-to-no bearing on the results in New Hampshire or nationwide. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/35 "2020-11-03T15:50:06Z")
I took off yesterday. That was stupid, I should’ve taken off today instead – how’m I supposed to get any work done while worried about the election? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/36 "2020-11-03T15:51:17Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > 3 W coast - Wash/Or/Ca. We shall call it “Cascadia” and it will be the 11th province. ---
**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 3, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/37 "2020-11-03T15:54:24Z")
> Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue. [![](https://i.imgur.com/Fuet1pk.gif) ](https://i.imgur.com/Fuet1pk.gif) ---
**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 3, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/38 "2020-11-03T15:54:37Z")
538’s live coverage is up. They’re obviously good at keeping things in perspective as results start to be reported. > **[Biden Is Projected To Be The President-Elect. Here’s How It All Went Down.](https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2020-election-results-coverage/)** > > Live election results and coverage of the 2020 presidential election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and the race for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. ---
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/39 "2020-11-03T15:56:19Z")
Well played! ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/40 "2020-11-03T16:05:59Z")
Southeastern Kern County, California. The polling place near my work did have a line at ~7:10 AM PST, though not a huge one. I work in a town with a population of 20,000. Seems about right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=3)