# 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:** 299
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5970 "2020-11-14T02:32:15Z")
Thing is, he probably just overplayed his hand by having verbal diarrhea at his rallies. Had he NOT begun claiming, weeks out, this would DEF be a rigged election, etc. In doing so he kind of insured that there would be extra attention paid, every detail abided. Of especially magnified importance in a nation almost evenly divided, and purposely riled up to a knifes edge. Because everyone knew, results would be contested on the tiniest thing, (and he’s sooo good at that shit!) Instead they went painstakingly slow, it’s true, but now stand before cameras confidently and clearly attesting that they can 100% stand by the counts. His inability to produce any evidence proves it’s true, I think. But, if he’d kept his giant maw shut, and started all this up _after_ the vote, things might have been very different. It’s a big country, millions of votes, a myriad of systems in play, without that motivation to hyper vigilance, they might well have found some tiny irregularities…and wouldn’t things be in a mess then? ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5971 "2020-11-14T02:34:34Z")
Oh man, look at that speaker line-up, this should be comedy gold — a victory rally for the loser! As to all that babble about Big Tech - apparently Eventbrite pulled the invite for the event, saying it went against policy - and also sent everyone that had responded an automated email saying it had been canceled.🤣🤣 So if the turnout is crappy, they’ll blame Eventbrite. But when I predicted this would be the funniest horror movie ever, I never even dared dream this scene, a dozen people that are _ **absolute freaking loons** _ holding a big fake victory rally for the loser. I can just hear them chanting: _We’re Number Two!_ _Trump was first-runner up! Loser Sleepy Joe came in next to last_ I’m busting a gut just thinking about, all this rolling on the floor laughing is better than aerobics. OK, it’s a little less funny that it’s happening during the height of a pandemic (it is, after all, still a horror movie) I think it’s slowly dawning on the Republican leadership that they may have a problem. I think all this reporting about him slowly coming to terms with his loss is bullshit. I think he still fully expects the Republican leadership to give him a second term in exchange for him not destroying them. He may still come close to acceptance for a few fleeting seconds after talking to someone half sane, but then Guiliani calls and gets him all ginned up again. But I maintain that they are misinterpreting the moments where it seems he might be coming to terms with his loss. That’s not what’s happening, those are just weak spots in the new reality he’s been forced to rapidly create. As he builds that alternate reality, those chinks in the armor will disappear. He’s not coming to terms with anything. Hang on! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5972 "2020-11-14T02:40:39Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > The fact that Ohio and Florida both stayed red yet the Democrats still passed 300 electoral votes should make the Republicans worry a lot. The electoral map is shrinking for them in order to get to 270. Eh, you can just as easily argue this in the other direction. The fact that WI and PA were so close does not make me feel secure in razor-thin victories in AZ and GA. NC is another one that is teetering on the edge. I honestly don’t think either party is in a comfortable place these days in regards to presidential races. There are a large enough number of uncertain battleground states and enough shifting of demographics that I don’t think “Blue Wall” or “Solid South” strategies are really safe anymore. The original Democratic Blue Wall was predicated on heavy blue-collar union support in the old Rust Belt. But the Rust Belt is rusting even as Southern cities are liberalizing. ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5973 "2020-11-14T02:43:36Z")
First thing I thought when looking at the rocket they are using in that graphic. > **[The Anti-Obamacare Rocket](https://tulsaworld.com/opinion/bruceplante/the-anti-obamacare-rocket/article_35af6806-abd6-5d14-8ad1-59e70a63cc42.html)** > > Buy the original or reprint of this cartoon. ---
**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 14, 2020, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5974 "2020-11-14T02:51:12Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > > [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > > > Three small red counties did not do audits because the local Republican leadership did not bother to appoint representatives. > > OMG, I fucking love this! Cite: [https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/arizona-audits-no-fraud/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/arizona-audits-no-fraud/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5975 "2020-11-14T02:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > “ **We are unique among militaries.** We do not take an oath to a king or a queen, a tyrant or a dictator. We do not take an oath to an individual. No, we do not take an oath to a country, a tribe or religion. **We take an oath to the Constitution."** Well, this is just factually wrong, as a few minutes googling indicates: **Indian Army Rules, 1954** , s. 9, as posted by the [Ministry of Defence of India](https://www.mod.gov.in/dod/sites/default/files/armyrules1954.pdf): > [@](#): > > I, ……………………………………… do swear in the name in the name of GOD that **I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by the law established** and that I will, as in duty bound, honesty and faithfully serve in the regular Army of the union of India and go wherever ordered by land, sea or air, and that I will observe and obey all commands of the President of the Union of India and the commands of any officer set over me even to the peril of my life. ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5976 "2020-11-14T03:15:19Z")
I was not doubting you at all. I worked for the Yavapai Recorder’s office during the 2000 elections. I saw first hand how strict and double checked the entire process was. I’m pretty sure the process has become even more transparent now. I was just laughing about the Rep’s knowing that while voters here can be idiots, the process is too clean to bother with. ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5977 "2020-11-14T03:23:05Z")
Just in case you were wondering, here are PornHub’s top Election Week searches by state. > ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5978 "2020-11-14T03:29:46Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > _We’re Number Two!_ > > _Trump was first-runner up! > Loser Sleepy Joe came in next to last_ If you hear someone say this remind them that second place is first loser. ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5979 "2020-11-14T03:29:50Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Maybe a colonic irrigation. I quickly read this as “a colonic irritation”, and I was okay with the thought that it would give him a dose of reality. Any reality will never happen, but I was briefly soothed. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5980 "2020-11-14T03:42:41Z")
“colonic irrigation”, “colonic irritation” - ain’t nothing that a good bleach enema can’t do. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5981 "2020-11-14T03:51:13Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > The socialism angle seems to have cost Biden dearly in Miami-Dade because he totally collapsed from how Hillary performed there in 2016, whereas mostly everywhere else in the state he improved on. I guess there was some merit to the attacks due to the fact the Obama-Biden administration did open up diplomatic relations with Raul Castro which was protested by the Cuban American community at the time and Trump leant heavily into the radical left tropes. Pretty much all Castro all the way down. The hate is intense. ---
**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 14, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5982 "2020-11-14T03:57:50Z")
I’ve been thinking the answer to the socialism attack is not defense, but attack back - point out all the ways that Trump and the GOP are similar to Castro and the commies - subsidies for favored industries, massive and mostly unnecessary military spending increases, deliberate lying and gaslighting, incredible nepotism, etc. ---
**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 14, 2020, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5983 "2020-11-14T05:09:07Z")
> [@JaneDoe42](#): > > I was not doubting you at all. I worked for the Yavapai Recorder’s office during the 2000 elections. I saw first hand how strict and double checked the entire process was. I’m pretty sure the process has become even more transparent now. > > I was just laughing about the Rep’s knowing that while voters here can be idiots, the process is too clean to bother with. I just thought the cite was interesting and explained the situation more clearly than I did. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5984 "2020-11-14T05:32:32Z")
> **[John Kelly blasts Trump for not helping with the transition: 'The downside to...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/13/politics/john-kelly-transition/index.html)** > > Former White House chief of staff John Kelly issued an on-the-record statement Friday night lambasting President Donald Trump for not helping with the transition to a Biden administration. > **[Judges rule against Trump campaign in 6 Pennsylvania cases over absentee...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/13/politics/pennsylvania-absentee-ballots-trump-campaign/index.html)** > > Two judges in Pennsylvania on Friday tossed a half dozen court cases the Trump campaign had brought to invalidate thousands of votes around Philadelphia, where voters carried President-elect Joe Biden to a clear win in the battleground state. ---
**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 14, 2020, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5985 "2020-11-14T05:46:28Z")
I love the sound of lawsuits getting slapped down. ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5986 "2020-11-14T05:48:57Z")
It makes such a succulent sound! 😉 ---
**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 14, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5987 "2020-11-14T05:51:15Z")
Well, then. Let’s add this one, too! > **[Michigan state court rejects request to block Detroit election certification...](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-michigan/michigan-state-court-rejects-request-to-block-detroit-election-certification-results-idUSKBN27T2OH)** > > A Michigan state court rejected on Friday a request by supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump to block the certification of votes and appoint an independent auditor in Detroit, which voted heavily in favor of Democratic President-elect Joe Biden. Although knowing this crowd, someone has already posted this one upthread. 🙂 ---
**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 14, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5988 "2020-11-14T05:52:15Z")
She had every right, didn’t she? I’m glad she got to tweet it! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/5989 "2020-11-14T05:54:39Z")
Here is some GOP election fraud: > **[Evidence suggests several state Senate candidates were plants funded by dark...](https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/11/11/evidence-suggests-several-state-senate-candidates-were-plants-funded-by-dark-money/?fbclid=IwAR1Su9U7smnOHINDGx0L_iQgia80QEZLy_y0XIXpxJvbq_FCCU-T7B3bhNo)** > > The race for a state senate seat is going to a recount, with the candidates separated by just 31 votes, but there is a lot more to this intriguing political race. Basically the repubs snuck in a independent in several races- with the same last name as the Dem candidate. This siphoned off a few votes, just enuf to win in one case, and the counts is close in the other. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=298) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=300)