# Election Day \[Week\]\[Month\[s\]\] \[Year\] 2020 follow-along thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618>\
**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\
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**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, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4270 "2020-11-07T16:40:26Z")

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“Froth” Santorum is trying to downplay the news. And f(l)ailing.

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**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, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4271 "2020-11-07T16:41:19Z")

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He’s feeling “concerned”.

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**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 7, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4272 "2020-11-07T16:41:30Z")

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> [@flurb](#):
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> It’s nice to have these calls from CNN and NBC, but it’s not anymore “over” than it was half an hour ago.

But it is. Not because they called it, but because there is new information in the last hour that means it’s over.

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4273 "2020-11-07T16:42:03Z")

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> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> – I’ve been on tenterhooks so long that I feel like I’m still there now.

OK, I think it just sunk in.

> [@silenus](#):
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> Yeeee, I say Yeeee-Ha!!

Joining in that –

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**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, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4274 "2020-11-07T16:42:36Z")

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Wanna bet there will _not_ be the usual co-operation between the outgoing and incoming administrations?

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**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 7, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4275 "2020-11-07T16:43:17Z")

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Fox news still not calling it. 😃

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**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 7, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4276 "2020-11-07T16:43:41Z")

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\*\*YES!\*\*

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**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4277 "2020-11-07T16:43:45Z")

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Surprised but not surprised when I started tearing up. What a relief.

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**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4278 "2020-11-07T16:43:53Z")

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> [@Grrr](#):
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> Fox news still not calling it.

They just did

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**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4279 "2020-11-07T16:44:08Z")

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Do you know what that information is? Were there new vote totals reported in PA that pit it out of reach for Trump? I’m having a hard time finding what exactly has moved the networks to call PA this morning.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4280 "2020-11-07T16:44:19Z")

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Bye, Donnie! Go ahead and let the door hit you on the ass!

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**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4281 "2020-11-07T16:45:13Z")

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Message to Trump:

YOU’RE FIRED!

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**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, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4282 "2020-11-07T16:45:17Z")

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> [@bobot](#):
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> Bye, Donnie! Go ahead and let the door hit you on the ass! -

No door deserves that fate.

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**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 7, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4283 "2020-11-07T16:45:27Z")

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Does this mean the Obama portrait will finally go up in the White House ??

Maybe that’s a good Day One thing for J’Biden.

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**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 7, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4284 "2020-11-07T16:45:48Z")

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WOOHOO!! So glad I won’t be seeing that stupid orange face on the news every single goddam day anymore. BUH-by.

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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4285 "2020-11-07T16:46:22Z")

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I love the smell of victory in the morning. It smells like… Joe Biden.

[![](https://cms.qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RTS21I4Y-e1554243147939.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1400) ](https://cms.qz.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RTS21I4Y-e1554243147939.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1400)

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zCTJmXrgsFg/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHOBYAC4AOKAgwIABABGFAgRyhyMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCq9b478RGw9YT0-DMos-YGDTfZpQ "TOP GUN ANTHEM") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCTJmXrgsFg)

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**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, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4286 "2020-11-07T16:46:57Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Wanna bet there will _not_ be the usual co-operation between the outgoing and incoming administrations?

I’ve no doubt they will hand over the binders for Caging Children, Health and Infrastructure.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4287 "2020-11-07T16:47:55Z")

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> [@Lance\_Turbo](#):
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> It caught me off guard that I teared up when I saw this Tweet just now.
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> [https://twitter.com/adamslily/status/1325112720094584834](https://twitter.com/adamslily/status/1325112720094584834)

I hope Doctor Biden makes education her cause, as I’m certain she will.

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**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4288 "2020-11-07T16:47:57Z")

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> [@flurb](#):
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> Do you know what that information is? Were there new vote totals reported in PA that pit it out of reach for Trump?

Looks like it.

Biden now up by 34,458 and at the 0.5% line.

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**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, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4289 "2020-11-07T16:48:02Z")

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Fox just called it for Biden!

That’s all the major outlets now.

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