# 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:** 264
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5270 "2020-11-10T02:25:56Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Good for them for not actively enabling sedition, I guess. No kidding. I guess it’s like a mitigating factor when the bank hold up guy does not actually shoot the teller… “Well, he didn’t actually murder anyone, so I guess he’s a good guy” ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5271 "2020-11-10T02:29:52Z")
I think Barr is just giving the big baby a pacifier. He said inquiries could be conducted if there is credible allegations of fraud that could change the results. I have no problem with that, let them invistigate. He also said the DOJ has no evidence of it, and urged neutrality. There is not going to be any evidence of fraud, other maybe finding 27 ballots in a trash can somewhere. ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5272 "2020-11-10T02:32:30Z")
Any reason to be concerned that [Real Clear Politics hasn’t awarded Pennsylvania to Biden yet?](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/) They have Biden currently at 259 EV’s. I saw it stated on social media that RCP had “rescinded” Pennsylvania but I can’t confirm if that’s accurate. ---
**Author:** ![Jungian\_Camisole1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jungian_camisole1/32/3646_2.png) [@Jungian\_Camisole1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jungian_Camisole1)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5273 "2020-11-10T02:33:57Z")
I want to see two things in the next 70 days. First would be Dr. Anthony Fauci winning Time magazines’ Person of the Year. The second, and I would sign up for Twitter to witness, would be for Trump to be permanently banned. ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5274 "2020-11-10T02:50:13Z")
For a few minutes today I was wondering if they’d actually be bold enough to try to use the court system to delay the inauguration past January 20th - then I remembered that if they did that —_ **It’s President Pelosi time** _. So just ignore them and keep celebrating as loudly as you can. They’ve telegraphed today that this is just petty revenge for Russia. It’s more of the same massive trolling. I was wondering what would happen if everyone named in those lawsuits just ignored them completely. Maybe they are. Play chicken with this bullshit. If they try to delay the inauguration because Rudy files some bogus lawsuit alleging that the guy delivering pizza to the vote center had a fake bottom in the pizza box with ballots underneath, don’t show up. Give them a long leash with the Banana Republic stuff. Get some good campaign footage for Georgia. ---
**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 10, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5275 "2020-11-10T02:53:18Z")
> [@Win\_Place\_Show](#): > > Any reason to be concerned that [Real Clear Politics hasn’t awarded Pennsylvania to Biden yet?](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/) They have Biden currently at 259 EV’s. > > I saw it stated on social media that RCP had “rescinded” Pennsylvania but I can’t confirm if that’s accurate. OK, I think I’ve rooted this out. It was a [tweet by Giuliani that quickly got debunked by Tom Bevan of RCP.](https://twitter.com/TomBevanRCP/status/1325973800891150336?) Long story short, RCP never called Pennsylvania for Biden (so no they didn’t “rescind it”). Even so, I doubt I’ll sleep as soundly tonight as I did this weekend, knowing that they haven’t called PA for Biden yet. ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5276 "2020-11-10T03:00:57Z")
Beto would’ve delivered Texas to Biden had he run as Senator. Disprove my hypothetical! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5277 "2020-11-10T03:14:08Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Junior modding at its best! 🙂 Oh no, you’re right! I didn’t even think of that. I guess I get beaten with the wet noodles next. (Does pointing out junior modding count as junior modding? If it does, your turn after me.) ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5278 "2020-11-10T03:15:49Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > (Does pointing out junior modding count as junior modding? Yes, I believe so. Save some noodles! ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5279 "2020-11-10T03:20:55Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > > [@Senegoid](#): > > > > Junior modding at its best! 🙂 > > Oh no, you’re right! I didn’t even think of that. I guess I get beaten with the wet noodles next. > > (Does pointing out junior modding count as junior modding? If it does, your turn after me.) - It’s junior modding all the way down. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5280 "2020-11-10T03:22:28Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > Oh no, you’re right! I didn’t even think of that. I guess I get beaten with the wet noodles next. > > (Does pointing out junior modding count as junior modding? If it does, your turn after me.) > [@Senegoid](#): > > Yes, I believe so. Save some noodles! I’m just glad we’re all having noodles. 🙂 ---
**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 10, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5281 "2020-11-10T03:40:31Z")
But I don’t like noodles. I vote for good bread, or potatoes. Count All The Votes! ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5282 "2020-11-10T03:46:47Z")
Are you mailing in that vote, or voting in person? Are you wearing a mask? Are you D or R? We need to know these things before determining whether or not your vote is “fraudulent.” ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5283 "2020-11-10T04:01:18Z")
> [@Win\_Place\_Show](#): > > Long story short, RCP never called Pennsylvania for Biden (so no they didn’t “rescind it”). > > Even so, I doubt I’ll sleep as soundly tonight as I did this weekend, knowing that they haven’t called PA for Biden yet. When CNN was criticized for not calling states where Biden had a clear and growing lead, their explanation was that they don’t make calls until they estimate about a 99.5% certainty. Maybe I’m being naive, but I assume that their analysts and statisticians felt that degree of certainty when they called Pennsylvania for Biden, and hence the election. I believe (but not sure) that Nevada was called just slightly later, cementing Biden’s win. So I’m pretty confident about the outcome. Less confident about Trump legal chicanery, but we all knew he would likely not concede, so really nothing new or surprising there. It’s also apparent that Fox and AP were less rigorous when they called Arizona for Biden and were just trying to get a jump on the competition. He’ll probably still win it, but the odds didn’t justify such an early call. But CNN and other networks were much more methodical. > [@Aspenglow](#): > > > [@CairoCarol](#): > > > > Oh no, you’re right! I didn’t even think of that. I guess I get beaten with the wet noodles next. > > > > (Does pointing out junior modding count as junior modding? If it does, your turn after me.) > > > [@Senegoid](#): > > > > Yes, I believe so. Save some noodles! > > I’m just glad we’re all having noodles. 🙂 Is it junior modding to say stop talking about noodles? I love noodles, and it’s making me hungry! 😃 ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5284 "2020-11-10T04:08:47Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Is it junior modding to say stop talking about noodles? I love noodles, and it’s making me hungry! 😃 Okay, we’ll save some noodles for you too. We have plenty. Some for @Aspenglow too. No noodles for @thorny_locust though! ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5285 "2020-11-10T04:12:00Z")
The Flying Spaghetti Monster approves this mild hijack. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5286 "2020-11-10T04:18:02Z")
Spaghetti!! Mmmmmm … ---
**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 10, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5287 "2020-11-10T04:26:35Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > No noodles for @thorny_locust though! Rice pudding. Mmmmm. I’ve got some in the fridge. See you all in the morning – ---
**Author:** ![tingbudong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tingbudong/32/520_2.png) [@tingbudong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tingbudong)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5288 "2020-11-10T04:39:41Z")
So you think there will be a spot for him in this administration? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5289 "2020-11-10T04:47:11Z")
There are still some people of integrity left, even in the Trump swamp: > **[Top prosecutor quits after Barr election fraud order | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/william-barr-voting-irregularities/index.html)** > > The Justice Department's top election crimes prosecutor resigned Monday in protest after Attorney General William Barr told federal prosecutors that they should examine allegations of voting irregularities before states move to certify results in the... ETA: Maybe “integrity” is too strong a word. Maybe it’s just that there are some boundaries that are just so outlandish that no reasonable person would tolerate their breach. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=263) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=265)