# 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:** 293
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5850 "2020-11-13T19:11:04Z")
The GOP is misogynistic , they will never, ever nominate a women for the top job. Gov of a state, sure. Not prez. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5851 "2020-11-13T19:13:23Z")
Would the Proud Boys (or Goys, or whatever) and the rest of the white supremacist crowd support Nikki Haley once they figure out that she doesn’t just have a really good tan? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5852 "2020-11-13T19:15:00Z")
This guy I’ve known around the city for a few years. I’ve seen him at public events(dinners). Hes a real Trump supporter. He really believes this. And he has guns. ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5853 "2020-11-13T19:16:27Z")
That’s ridiculous. Ideology trumps gender. Republicans would have happily voted for Condoleeza Rice. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5854 "2020-11-13T19:17:27Z")
I say that the final GOP Nom in 2024 will not be a woman. ---
**Author:** ![Lance\_Turbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lance_turbo/32/6156_2.png) [@Lance\_Turbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lance_Turbo)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5855 "2020-11-13T19:18:38Z")
NBC has called GA and NC. All 538 EV called now. ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5856 "2020-11-13T19:19:05Z")
**Modhat** : It would be a good idea to put magaman’s thoughts in a quote. Make it a little clearer they’re not your claims. (I can still do that for you if you like) It probably isn’t a good idea to post unsourced odd claims like this at all. But I’ll take this as an example of the Trump supporters. ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5857 "2020-11-13T19:19:37Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > This guy I’ve known around the city for a few years. I’ve seen him at public events(dinners). Hes a real Trump supporter. He really believes this. And he has guns If this unnamed person does really believe this, that doesn’t make any of it true. No matter how many guns he has. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5858 "2020-11-13T19:20:13Z")
Yes, Mr. Exit. Sorry about that. Someone had asked me to post what hes said, because its hard to believe people believe this. I don’t believe him, of course. ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5859 "2020-11-13T19:22:58Z")
Cool, I don’t think it is a big problem. Just not something generally encouraged. Did you want me to throw quote tags around those or leave it at this point? ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5860 "2020-11-13T19:23:53Z")
Yes, quote tags. This is just an example of how many people feel. I just happen to know him. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5861 "2020-11-13T19:25:44Z")
So how would it work if Trump either self-pardons or has Pence pardon him…pardons are an admission of guilt, right? Can someone who has been pardoned run for office again? I’m starting to remember that Roy Moore did this, didn’t he? ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5862 "2020-11-13T19:27:16Z")
We’d better thank the Navajo too. > **[How The Navajo Nation Helped Flip Arizona For Democrats](https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-2020-election-results/2020/11/13/934591289/how-the-navajo-nation-helped-flip-arizona-for-democrats)** > > Support from Navajo voters may have been what pushed the Grand Canyon State to support its first Democratic presidential candidate since Bill Clinton in 1996. ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5863 "2020-11-13T19:27:46Z")
From this article: > **[Report: Trump Has Repeatedly Asked If He Can “Preemptively” Pardon Himself](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/11/donald-trump-self-pardon)** > > He’s also inquired about pardons for his family members. a self-pardon would only protect him from federal crimes and not a number of [ongoing investigations](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/11/09/why-trump-cant-afford-to-lose) and civil suits currently underway ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5864 "2020-11-13T19:31:40Z")
Is he really hurting Biden by not helping with the transition? Can anyone go “over his head”? ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5865 "2020-11-13T19:33:58Z")
Yes. There are all sorts of balls in the air that the government has at any given time. If there is no transition then balls will get dropped. They just will. That will make the Biden admin look incompetent. It will also hurt the country. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5866 "2020-11-13T19:39:41Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Would any of you guys please explain why you have felt sorry for Trump even fleetingly? I think we all felt sorry for little Anakin Skywalker too. ---
**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 13, 2020, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5867 "2020-11-13T19:42:10Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > The GOP is misogynistic , they will never, ever nominate a women for the top job. Gov of a state, sure. > > Not prez. I agree. > [@BlankSlate](#): > > That’s ridiculous. Ideology trumps gender. Republicans would have happily voted for Condoleeza Rice. Ummm, no. A Black woman? No, never, no way. I said elsewhere if circumstances (God forbid) unfold such that Kamala Harris becomes President, the Republicans will block her in every possible way, legal and illegal. When I floated this idea a short time ago, I got lots of pushback, _“No, no. She automatically becomes President. LBJ took the oath of office on the place back to Washington from Dallas. No way can the Pubs block her.”_ Oh yeah? Well, we’re seeing them attempting to block duly elected Biden-- did y’all foresee this a week or two ago? They will have more tricks up their sleeves by then. I don’t trust any of them to do the right thing. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5868 "2020-11-13T19:45:04Z")
Some outlets (I’m seeing [Politico](https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/13/georgia-presidential-election-results-2020-433374), [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/13/politics/joe-biden-wins-georgia/index.html), [NBC](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/live-blog/2020-11-13-trump-biden-transition-n1247607/ncrd1247753#liveBlogHeader)) calling it for GA. Nothing from the AP yet. ETA: NC also being called for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5869 "2020-11-13T19:47:08Z")
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