# 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:** 224
**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, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4470 "2020-11-07T18:59:58Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Not too gently, I hope. The Secret Service are professionals and are trained to handle elderly, infirm and clearly mentally confused individuals firmly but gently. ---
**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 7, 2020, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4471 "2020-11-07T19:01:03Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > I think a Biden win was priced in by Thursday. But it’s possible that the reality of COVID, and the measures that will be necessary, could again be front and center. I hope we get some good news on a vaccine soon. [Trump supporter] But… but… Dear leader said that the media and the Democrats would stop talking about COVID after election day. You mean… Trump lied to me? [TS] 😉 ---
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4472 "2020-11-07T19:01:14Z")
> [@nelliebly](#): > > I went to Facebook expecting to see shrieks of outrage and cries of woe from Trumpsters. Crickets. - When I went for a ride last two evenings, there was not a Trump flagged pickup to be seen. Every house on that route that had Trump signs were bare. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4473 "2020-11-07T19:05:38Z")
MSNBC just called Nevada for Biden. ---
**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, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4474 "2020-11-07T19:09:25Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Anybody want to speculate about what impact, if any, this _could_ (legally) have on the potential Federal charges (Conspiracy, Obstruction) referenced in the Mueller Report, but deferred for obvious reasons ?? > > Worth its own thread ? I don’t know, but even if he manages to pardon himself, or step down and have President Pence pardon him in the interim, I’ve heard SDNY Is patiently waiting to bring non-federal charges that can’t be pardoned away. ---
**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, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4475 "2020-11-07T19:09:32Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > Not every outlet called AZ already. Some have Biden at 279 > [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > NBC has him at 273 (no AZ yet.) 273 must be without either Arizona or Nevada. I’m not too worried that Biden/Harris will lose them both; or that they’ll lose Georgia. But taking all three would indeed be good, even though they’re in without any of them. > [@DrDeth](#): > > Actually, most of the money spent on 'the wall" was just fixing the sections needed for Drug interdiction. > > Very little of trump’s wall was actually built, thank goodness. True. But some of the pre-existing barrier I believe got turned from bollards with space between them which wildlife could get through, to solid wall which they couldn’t. It’s not only humans being affected by that thing – though humans are also affected by the visual difference, and in some cases by impeded water flow. ---
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4476 "2020-11-07T19:15:10Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eVM1nUmDHHc/maxresdefault.jpg ""Happy Happy Joy Joy" - Stinky Wizzleteats | The Ren & Stimpy Show | NickRewind") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eVM1nUmDHHc) ---
**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, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4477 "2020-11-07T19:15:13Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > True. But some of the pre-existing barrier I believe got turned from bollards with space between them which wildlife could get through, to solid wall which they couldn’t. It’s not only humans being affected by that thing – though humans are also affected by the visual difference, and in some cases by impeded water flow. Mr. Biden, tear down that wall! ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4478 "2020-11-07T19:18:44Z")
I was thinking that a lot of Trump supporters were in a mindset that the Trump presidency was Entertainment. Now that the show is cancelled, it’s time to change the channel. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4479 "2020-11-07T19:20:05Z")
As one of the guys behind The Lincoln Project said on MSNBC: “It’s a good day.” [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bOljHrNaYKs/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AHUBoAC3gOKAgwIABABGGUgZShlMA8=&rs=AOn4CLDq22pDW5xk4lVAcZ-B2aERRTPBWw "Patti Page - "It's a Good Day" (1950s)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOljHrNaYKs) ---
**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, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4480 "2020-11-07T19:24:33Z")
NBC just called Nevada. We’re up to 279. ---
**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 7, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4481 "2020-11-07T19:26:29Z")
Here’s a photo of the venue for Rudy’s press conference at Four Seasons Landscaping. [https://twitter.com/technicolorsam/status/1325138986386386946/photo/1](https://twitter.com/technicolorsam/status/1325138986386386946/photo/1) Trump must be fuming. Fox News is covering very little other than people dancing in the streets. Every now and then a talking head will try to make the point that the Democrats lost the Senate so they didn’t really win, but it gets lost in the noise. They just aren’t talking about Trump, at all. All Biden all the time today. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4482 "2020-11-07T19:32:49Z")
> [@superwombat](#): > > I was thinking that a lot of Trump supporters were in a mindset that the Trump presidency was Entertainment. Now that the show is cancelled, it’s time to change the channel. Exactly. With Biden as president, let’s make TV coverage of the President boring again. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4483 "2020-11-07T19:32:53Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > It’s not just Bye Bye Donald. > > Bye Ivanka > Bye Jared > Bye Pompeo > Bye Barr > Bye Eric > Bye Kimberly & Donald Jr > Bye Betsy Devos > > I feel like I just lost 10 pounds. I feel like the Earth just got lighter. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4484 "2020-11-07T19:33:50Z")
Besides following this thread and mostly the live blog on The Guardian over the past week, I’ve also had the live updates on the political betting market on PaddyPower open. They no longer have the odds for who wins the states. Right now the only action is on when Loser Donald concedes: > When will Donald Trump publicly concede? > > For the purpose of this market a concession has to be a televised address > > - November 13th 2020 or later/Never: 1/4 > - Before November 13th 2020: 5/2 I’ve thought since long before the election that he’d never concede and absolutely will not join the other Presidents at the inauguration. I’ve been saying for for years I hope he dies in jail. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4485 "2020-11-07T19:34:51Z")
Where would you rank Trump on the list of presidents, from best to worst? ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4486 "2020-11-07T19:35:18Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Not too gently, I hope. When they put somebody in the car and they’re protecting their head, you know, the way they put their hand over, like, don’t hit their head, and they’ve just killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. Don’t hit their head. I say, you can take the hand away, okay? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4487 "2020-11-07T19:38:10Z")
Take down the spawn. It’s the only way to check the pests’ spread. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4488 "2020-11-07T19:38:15Z")
After January 20th, he’ll be #46th on that list and will always (I hope) be the absolute lowest, representing the worst, most miserable four year term ever. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4489 "2020-11-07T19:40:06Z")
> [@Coriolanus](#): > > November 13th 2020 That would be a great 72nd birthday present for me! 🎂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=223) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=225)