# 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:** 209
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4170 "2020-11-07T14:16:26Z")
Fairmount. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4171 "2020-11-07T14:17:12Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Apropos of nothing, is anyone else struck by the photo of Trump’s head that the networks keep displaying next to the vote totals? It has such an obviously fake smile. I have quite literally never seen Trump smile like that, not once. Except when he’s hugging the flag. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4172 "2020-11-07T14:22:56Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > > [@robby](#): > > > > Apropos of nothing, is anyone else struck by the photo of Trump’s head that the networks keep displaying next to the vote totals? It has such an obviously fake smile. I have quite literally never seen Trump smile like that, not once. > > Except when he’s hugging the flag. - You know why Trump loves molesting the flag? It doesn’t contact the press. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4173 "2020-11-07T14:25:17Z")
It’s the damage that was only made possible by the damage that Mitch McConnell did first. And unlike DJT, Mitch McConnell won his election and will be with us another 6 years, as one of the most powerful people in Washington. I recall how McConnell was initially called out by Trump. There were some tense moments when it looked like Mitch might fold under that pressure but he didn’t, and he learned to wield power by being himself when being themselves just didn’t work for so many others who tried: Flake, Corker, Romney, Scaramucci, and the list goes on. I have a perverse respect for what McConnell can do. He understands power better than just about anyone I can recall. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4174 "2020-11-07T14:26:53Z")
> [@solost](#): > > > [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > > > After news of Russian bounties not being condemned and the Captain Crozier debacle, I’m not surprised Trump lost Military support. Not to mention the treatment of Alexander Vindman. > > - And dissing John McCain- “I like soldiers who weren’t captured” > - And attacking Gold Star families > - And the very believable second-hand account of calling dead soldiers “suckers and losers” > - And not visiting the military cemetery in France because of a light rain [Being happy to get a Purple Heart.](https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-purple-heart-226565) > “And I said, 'Man, that’s like big stuff. I always wanted to get the Purple Heart,” Trump said. "This was much easier.” ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4175 "2020-11-07T14:29:39Z")
Oh this oughtta be interesting. The dictator’s dilemma: finding someone to replace you whom you can trust not to jail you out of fear or out of pure political expediency. ---
**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 7, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4176 "2020-11-07T14:33:55Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > …but also figure out some changes – like put a law in place about what happens if the senate won’t move nominations, or change the vacancies act. You need a majority of the Senate to confirm nominations. You need a majority of the Senate to approve changes in federal law (like the vacancies act). Do you see the issue here? ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4177 "2020-11-07T14:36:58Z")
Sorry if I missed this upthread, but first thing this morning I saw this: > [@](#): > > “Joe Biden should not wrongfully claim the office of the President,” the president tweeted on Friday night. “I could make that claim also. Legal proceedings are just now beginning!” [NBC source](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/battleground-states-finalize-vote-count-presidential-race-hangs-balance-n1246583) Hey, if anybody’s looking for an image to make a screensaver etc. > **[Opinion | Trump's Thursday speech showed just how unsafe America is until...](https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/donald-trump-s-speech-thursday-showed-if-he-can-t-ncna1246780)** > > The man who always has to be the alpha is about to be the biggest loser. It'll likely leave him unhinged, uninhibited and more dangerous than ever before. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4178 "2020-11-07T14:37:14Z")
I don’t think Mitch is very healthy. I’m not sure he’ll live 6 more years. It would be funny if he was replaced with a Democrat by the KY governor and it was this that caused the Republicans to lose the majority. ---
**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 7, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4179 "2020-11-07T14:37:43Z")
Mitch McConnell is 78 years old. He’s evil, but I don’t think he’s immortal. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4180 "2020-11-07T14:39:58Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > Military voting Democrat. Wow. Trump let Russia try to kill American soldiers, which is not a fantastic way to earn their votes. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4181 "2020-11-07T14:40:03Z")
Matt Gaetz has the Rona. Also, more on topic, from this mornings Politico Playbook: [![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wqI4YPBfpkgcdrf7e18yb3JWcn-TheiVDOKXyAYr94WGHwP_6j69mUlWcJA2S3opnM6RWHdl3fj0r3gwwuWswQrpeXif39MEoHSLS0DKl5JkEmdchhjaTIt_D6OeuwtCmXjD7dvvxg=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/FrPXzXgjdyiNwur5A) ---
**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 7, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4182 "2020-11-07T14:40:38Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Mitch McConnell is 78 years old. He’s evil, but I don’t think he’s immortal I heard he has made at least a couple of horcruxes, though. That’s right. He used John Lewis and John McCain. ---
**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 7, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4183 "2020-11-07T14:41:28Z")
Trump is going to play golf today. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4184 "2020-11-07T14:41:58Z")
NYT is still showing the Senate at 48-48. Besides the 2 Georgia seats, what are the other 2 outstanding? Based on the responses here I assume it’s a foregone conclusion that these both will go ‘R’, since no one seems to thinks the Dems will control the Senate. I know there is a separate Senate thread, that is tl;dr and I don’t want to get scolded over there. ---
**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 7, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4185 "2020-11-07T14:42:41Z")
Are you sure, there are 2 independent Senators. Maybe that is your other 2? I’m seeing 46 Dems, 48 Reps and 2 Others. So the 2 Georgia seats, Thom Tillis is leading in NC. I can’t find the 4th. It looks like the 4th is Alaska and they just haven’t counted enough to call it but Sullivan ( R) is going to win. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4186 "2020-11-07T14:43:07Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Trump is going to play golf today. - Does Russia have golf courses? ---
**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 7, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4187 "2020-11-07T14:45:54Z")
Question. When they tabulate who is in the lead in PA, does that figure include the late-arriving absentee ballots that had to be segregated? ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4188 "2020-11-07T14:46:14Z")
Actually just dug a little deeper, and they are Alaska and NC. I wonder if there is any potential in those outstanding NC ballots. ---
**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 7, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4189 "2020-11-07T14:46:41Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Trump is going to play golf today. Dropping dead of a heart attack on a golf course is such a cliche. But a fitting one in this case. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=208) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=210)