# 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:** 31
**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 4, 2020, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/601 "2020-11-04T03:11:55Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > I’ve been wrong many times in my life. I can only hope this is one of them. I’ve only been wrong once in my life. One time, I thought I was wrong, but it turned out I was right after all. Think that way ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/602 "2020-11-04T03:12:01Z")
It’s not in some ways. I keep hearing on news nets that Biden is doing much better than Clinton did… in states he’s losing! So what? Dweebs. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/603 "2020-11-04T03:12:05Z")
I don’t know what no one has called Florida. It’s clearly over. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/604 "2020-11-04T03:12:08Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > > [@Bullitt](#): > > > > Oh wait, no, misspoke about PA! > > PA is (as I understand it) the most slow-mail-in-counting state of them all. So we expect Trump to lead early. It’s the state that everyone’s referring to when saying that we might not know for weeks who has won. They were reporting days, days, before we know who win PA. But… weeks? ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/605 "2020-11-04T03:12:29Z")
Lindsey Graham won. Pretty handily. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/606 "2020-11-04T03:13:01Z")
All I can say is I did my part. I bought a pizza in anticipation of a Biden win. 😉 (I did not buy four pizzas) ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/607 "2020-11-04T03:13:26Z")
> [@Kron](#): > > Exactly this. What the hell is wrong with half the country Perhaps half the country doesn’t care about the same things you do? ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/608 "2020-11-04T03:13:35Z")
> [Nathaniel Rakich](https://fivethirtyeight.com/contributors/nathaniel-rakich/) > > [Nov. 3, 10:09 pm](https://fivethirtyeight.com/live-blog/2020-election-results-coverage/293555/) > > In case you still harbored any hope of getting a projection in Pennsylvania tonight, 274,000 mail ballots in Philadelphia County won’t be counted until tomorrow at the earliest. These votes are likely to be overwhelmingly for Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/609 "2020-11-04T03:13:37Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Lindsey Graham won. Pretty handily. There is no Og. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/610 "2020-11-04T03:13:39Z")
Amazingly, Biden is ahead in AZ by almost 10%, with 2.2M votes counted. That’s 50% of the total registered voters in the state, and I can’t believe that we will get more than 75% turnout, so it’s very good news. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/611 "2020-11-04T03:13:43Z")
I was hoping this thread would be informative, but y’all are just panicking at tiny things. It’s massively unhelpful. ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/612 "2020-11-04T03:14:01Z")
Nothing…its that attitude that hurts you. Riots, looting. TRIPLING down on everything that hurt you four years ago, Running Joe Fucking Biden Not learning a damn thing. But the good news is if the Dems lose this one, they cant possibly go lower. They will definitely win in four years. Course i feel the same way about the Republicans if Biden wins ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/613 "2020-11-04T03:14:07Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > I feel the same way as 2016 too. Watching the gaps get narrower and narrower until the Republicans take the lead. I’m honestly in shock. Who is watching the last four years, heck the last 8 months, and saying “Yes, please I want more of that!” Ditto. My heart is pounding, and I feel like I’m going to throw up. ---
**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/614 "2020-11-04T03:14:16Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > It’s a bit interesting that polls and votes seem to be out of whack. I’m wondering if polls nowadays are just manipulation. So far the only thing that’s a surprise by the polls is not getting the Hispanic vote in Florida. The other races in the SE are within a point or two of where they were polled (all in Trump’s direction but still well within bounds of error). ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/615 "2020-11-04T03:14:24Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > It’s not in some ways. I keep hearing on news nets that Biden is doing much better than Clinton did… in states he’s losing! So what? Dweebs. Suppose he does 2% better than Clinton across the board. Seeing that happen in states he’s losing helps establish the pattern. Then he wins PA, MI and WI, and wins the white house. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/616 "2020-11-04T03:14:30Z")
Tell me about it. I’m nervous and somewhat disappointed so far, sure, but… yeah. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/617 "2020-11-04T03:14:38Z")
Because, the red/blue map is far too coarse at the state level and is very misleading. Dangerously so imo. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/618 "2020-11-04T03:14:47Z")
FL and GA are gone and NC is fading fast. IL is also fading. And MI and WI look bad, very bad. 2016 all over again. What will the pollsters do for an encore? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/619 "2020-11-04T03:14:48Z")
CNN is saying right now it’s 89-72 for Biden. It ain’t over! ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/620 "2020-11-04T03:15:25Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > > [@Kron](#): > > > > Exactly this. What the hell is wrong with half the country > > Perhaps half the country doesn’t care about the same things you do? Clearly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=30) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=32)