# 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:** 234
**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 8, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4670 "2020-11-08T01:04:30Z")
> [@eschrodinger](#): > > but I’m tired of the flag being a weapon, and I do want to be proud of the US. This exactly. Any time you see somebody waving a flag, you know it’s a Republican/Trumper/Conservative. We can certainly start using the flag to show our love for our country, even with its flaws. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4671 "2020-11-08T01:04:36Z")
Whatever little Trump accomplished legislatively would have been done by Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio or John Kasich. Trump’s signature legislation was the 2017 tax cuts. Any republican president would have done that. He tried to repeal Obamacare. Any republican president would have done that. He cut some red tape and appointed young conservative judges and justices. Any republican president would have done that. Was it worth it selling out whatever pretence of values the party had to suck up to a man like Donald Trump? ---
**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, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4672 "2020-11-08T01:05:03Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Fox is out of favor, they dared speak the truth. New trump channel is OANN. Or these morons. > **[Home - Real America's Voice News](https://americasvoice.news/)** > > Real America's Voice News is your one stop news and entertainment network. I just checked to to make sure I had the right name; their channel on Pluto TV has Steve Bannon yammering about something right now. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4673 "2020-11-08T01:06:11Z")
True but it should also be noted that Trump got more votes than any other republican candidate in history and more than Obama in 2008 and 2012). Indeed I think he is second only to Biden. So many people voted that there are records being broken all over the place. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4674 "2020-11-08T01:06:37Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > I’ve thought a lot today about the famous paraphrase of St. Augustine: “Lord, make me pure, but not yet.” OK, I’ll buy that, heaven knows I’ve been doing it in my heart of hearts! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4675 "2020-11-08T01:08:01Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I can play cards again and ask “What’s trump?” without cringing. I can stop bidding 2 No America-hating fuckstick at my bridge club. ---
**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 8, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4676 "2020-11-08T01:08:04Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > Maybe the portrait could be the “dejected trump” version instead of the “smug smile” version. - I think this perfectly sums up Trump. [https://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/trumphandsssss.jpg](https://media.2oceansvibe.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/trumphandsssss.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4677 "2020-11-08T01:08:08Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > 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 Add DeVos to that list. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4678 "2020-11-08T01:08:37Z")
> [@CastletonSnob1](#): > > What do you make of this? Loser renowned for filing harassment lawsuits at the drop of a hat threatens to file more harassment lawsuits to monkeywrench the vote certification process. Based on the lame, evidence-free filings so far, most, if not all, will likely be thrown out on lack of merit. ---
**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, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4679 "2020-11-08T01:09:05Z")
Here comes Biden’s motorcade. ---
**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 8, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4680 "2020-11-08T01:10:16Z")
_ **The Constitution** _, of course Here’s the one I heard. _ **The Constitution** _ clearly states that Election Day is the first Tuesday in November. Not the first two weeks in November, not October and November, the first Tuesday in November. Therefore, only votes cast on Election Day count. I think this is where they are hoping to go with all LEGAL votes count thing. ---
**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, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4681 "2020-11-08T01:10:57Z")
> **[FACT CHECK: Trump's Claim That Biden's Wins Aren't Certified Won't Change The...](https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-2020-election-results/2020/11/07/932576135/fact-check-trumps-claim-that-biden-s-wins-aren-t-certified-won-t-change-the-outc)** > > Decision desks at networks like the Associated Press only call a race when they determine the candidate behind has no route to catch up, even with whatever outstanding ballots to count. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4682 "2020-11-08T01:12:28Z")
Yes. But I think that makes the victory more impressive, not less - he overcame the highest Republican turnout in recent history. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4683 "2020-11-08T01:13:25Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > I think this is where they are hoping to go with all LEGAL votes count thing. Yeah…won’t work: > US Constitution: Article I, section 4 > > The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4684 "2020-11-08T01:14:22Z")
I hope Joe RUNS UP THE RAMP! ---
**Author:** ![Win\_Place\_Show](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/win_place_show/32/13469_2.png) [@Win\_Place\_Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Win_Place_Show)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4685 "2020-11-08T01:15:25Z")
Nicolle Wallace (MSNBC) reporting that (per Washington Post), President Biden will be going Executive Order scorched earth to reverse much of Trump’s dumbass policies (leaving the WHO, leaving the Paris climate accord, etc). ---
**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, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4686 "2020-11-08T01:16:56Z")
He definitely jogged up it last night. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4687 "2020-11-08T01:17:22Z")
> [@Skypist](#): > > > [@nelliebly](#): > > > > I don’t want Trump erased from history. That’d be impossible. But while I was half-joking about his official portrait, I’d certainly appreciate a long wait before his portrait is hung, not because I opposed him, but because there will be people passing by that portrait every day to whom the fear and pain wrought by his presidency are still very fresh and very real. > > Maybe the portrait could be the “dejected trump” version instead of the “smug smile” version. How about the frat boy douchebag version that he bought for a charity and then hung in Mar-a-Lago? > **[Too Much and Never Enough](https://lacmaonfire.blogspot.com/2020/07/too-much-and-never-enough.html?m=1)** > > Ralph Wolfe Cowan,  The Visionary (Donald Trump) , 1989. Mar-a-Lago "Cheating as a way of life" is the way Mary Trump describes the career o... ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4688 "2020-11-08T01:17:54Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The White House has a lot of shitters. Gotta hang something in there. I propose a rendering of Donnie Two Scoops, in Sharpie, on the wall of one of these stalls. That’s assuming that White House shitters have stalls like ordinary shitters, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/4689 "2020-11-08T01:18:44Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > True but it should also be noted that Trump got more votes than any other republican candidate in history and more than Obama in 2008 and 2012). Indeed I think he is second only to Biden. That makes him the biggest loser in American History! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=233) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=235)