# 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:** 232
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4630 "2020-11-07T23:38:24Z")
> [@Dogginit](#): > > And the jeers make them better than the other side how? What happened to taking the high road? I’ve thought a lot today about the famous paraphrase of St. Augustine: “Lord, make me pure, but not yet.” I’m all for taking the high road, but I’m definitely going to enjoy watching the deplorables squirm for a few days. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4631 "2020-11-07T23:39:17Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Supposedly 55% of white women came out for Trump–a higher proportion than who came out for him in 2016. This is both disappointing and surprising, given all the white women who have been expressing “trumpgret” over the past four years. Does anyone have any insight they’d like to share that might explain this? It’s so confusing. I’m a white woman with a lot of white woman friends, and we all loath Trump. But I live in CA, so maybe that has something to do with it? But I don’t understand it at all. ---
**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, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4632 "2020-11-07T23:41:18Z")
Trump is back on Twitter, shouting how he’s the real winner. ---
**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 7, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4633 "2020-11-07T23:42:04Z")
> [@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. What, no love for Stephen Miller? I thought about giving him a title — perhaps Heinrich Himmler’s — but since this isn’t the Pit I chose to refrain. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4634 "2020-11-07T23:42:44Z")
The USA has borrowed a bunch of names from other places, but sadly I couldn’t find Timbuktu among the list. No smart ass comment will ensue. I do think that some amount of gloating and celebration is allowed no matter who wins. I’m happily surprised to see that there hasn’t been any of the expected rioting happening yet. I think the long wait for results has worn the edge off the threat. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4635 "2020-11-07T23:43:40Z")
Uh, guys? The portrait has gotta be this. [![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CcfDTWLUAAApJqZ.jpg) ](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CcfDTWLUAAApJqZ.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4636 "2020-11-07T23:45:44Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > It’s not just Bye Bye Donald. > > Bye Ivanka > Bye Jared > > [. . . and others mentioned . . .] > > I feel like I just lost 10 pounds. Some other notables too: Bye Wilbur Ross Bye (let’s hope) DeJoy Bye Elaine Chao (the better to frost McC) Bye Rudy Bye Navarro Bye Doctor Atlas ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4637 "2020-11-07T23:46:30Z")
From the beginning, I’ve taken a lot of comfort from reports of how Trump himself was acting. If he, at any time, had shown any of his usual arrogance and spiteful glee, I would’ve been more concerned. But he never did, not even early in the count when liberals were despairing here. Even when he or his allies did bluster, it felt kind of hollow and half hearted, as if they didn’t believe it themselves. I was more at ease than I would’ve been otherwise given that, especially with how infamous Trump’s circle is for being yes men. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4638 "2020-11-07T23:46:59Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Trump is back on Twitter, shouting how he’s the real winner. I know this should belong in the twitter thread, but I have to share it here: “71,000,000 Legal Votes. The most EVER for a sitting President!” Well, he’s not wrong, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4639 "2020-11-07T23:47:45Z")
Because this is the Election follow-along thread (putting “Election _Day_” in the title was a bit hopeful), I’ll provide an update for Arizona. If President Elect Biden wins Arizona he can afford to lose GA and make all those legal challenges in PA totally pointless (or force Trump to mount more challenges in AZ). P.E. Biden holds a 21,188 lead with c.118,000 ballots left to count. Trump needs to win at least 59% of the remaining votes to overtake. If Trump wins less than 58.5% then I think Biden would also avoid the recount. The largest county, Maricopa, is yet to release provisional ballots and others that are taking longer to count (maybe 40k or so?); but Pima County, the second largest county in the state, has still got 25k votes yet to count, and there are at least another 8k votes from Apache County. Both have so far voted 68% for P.E. Biden although they may have already counted their postal votes. ---
**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4640 "2020-11-07T23:52:38Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Can we now please stop saying that the Democrats selected the worst candidate ever? I personally think Biden may have been the only one who could beat Trump. YES! Couldn’t agree with you more. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4641 "2020-11-07T23:54:30Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Supposedly 55% of white women came out for Trump–a higher proportion than who came out for him in 2016. This is both disappointing and surprising, given all the white women who have been expressing “trumpgret” over the past four years. Does anyone have any insight they’d like to share that might explain this? It’s so confusing. Maybe those numbers will change in time. A figure of 52% was thrown around after 2016, but it probably wasn’t true. Exit polls are pretty unrelliable. > **[Donald Trump Didn't Really Win 52% of White Women in 2016](https://time.com/5422644/trump-white-women-2016/)** > > The idea that a majority of white women voted for the President has shaped national narratives. The only problem? It's probably wrong. But it’s confusing why even 1% of any given demographic would vote for Trump. ---
**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, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4642 "2020-11-07T23:58:02Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Uh, guys? The portrait has gotta be this. Wow. His feet are just as tiny as his hands. ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4643 "2020-11-08T00:12:06Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > But it’s confusing why even 1% of any given demographic would vote for Trump. I’m thinking some is a variation of this, in that plenty are aware of how bad he is but can’t seem to pull away. > **[Battered Person Syndrome](https://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/battered-person-syndrome.html)** > > Do you suspect a friend or a loved one may be a battered person? Learn all the signs and what you can do about it. Check this article to read. ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4644 "2020-11-08T00:22:09Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > I saw the first 15 minutes of Trump’s conference Thursday night and it scared the fuck out of me. It seemed like we were teetering between reality and what the delusional leader of the country would like to force down our throats. I just don’t think we can let this go without making sure it can’t happen again. But I’m equally tempted to find a place outside the US to live. Well, I’m out of ideas. My goodwill has dwindled to nothing. I am tired. Maybe there’s hope I will recover my previous sense of identity as a person who cares what everyone thinks, but I am not that person today. ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4645 "2020-11-08T00:23:38Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I’m a white woman with a lot of white woman friends, and we all loath Trump. But I live in CA, so maybe that has something to do with it? But I don’t understand it at all. Karens, some of them. I don’t know how rude that term is, but I do see a lot of Trump-supporting-white-women and many seem to fit the “Karen” mold. > [@Railer13](#): > > I know this should belong in the twitter thread, but I have to share it here: > > “71,000,000 Legal Votes. The most EVER for a sitting President!” > > Well, he’s not wrong, I guess. Jemaine Clement responded, “Oh, you don’t know yet. The other guy has 75,000,000 legal votes.” ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4646 "2020-11-08T00:25:21Z")
Any comment/reaction from or sighting of Mitch McConnell? ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4647 "2020-11-08T00:25:57Z")
He should watch out. We all know what that swan did to Leda. ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4648 "2020-11-08T00:33:23Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > Supposedly 55% of white women came out for Trump–a higher proportion than who came out for him in 2016. This is both disappointing and surprising, given all the white women who have been expressing “trumpgret” over the past four years. Does anyone have any insight they’d like to share that might explain this? It’s so confusing. Trump gained 7 million voters. I’d love to wrap my head around _that_ first. ---
**Author:** ![CastletonSnob1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@CastletonSnob1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CastletonSnob1)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4649 "2020-11-08T00:34:46Z")
Statement from Trump. [https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/statement-from-president-donald-j.-trump](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/media/statement-from-president-donald-j.-trump) What do you make of this? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=231) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=233)