# 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:** 325
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6492 "2020-11-19T17:27:25Z")
Nope. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6493 "2020-11-19T17:27:53Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Let’s be clear about this: if the Trump and the GOP were to succeed in these maneuvers, the US would likely descend into armed conflict within 5 years. Do you really think enough of us would protest or physically fight? Or that it would make a difference? I’m not sure. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6494 "2020-11-19T17:28:35Z")
Yes, I do. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6495 "2020-11-19T17:30:33Z")
I hereby deputize **Snowboarder Bo** to physically fight on my behalf. I’ll be right behind ya, Bo … sitting down with a good book and a coffee. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6496 "2020-11-19T17:30:38Z")
For those that can’t stand to listen to Rudy, just know that right now he is reading from an affidavit in a suit that has already been dismissed. The judge in that case ruled that: “[p]laintiffs’ interpretation of events is incorrect and not credible”. ETA: And now the “I have 100 more of these, but I can’t show them to you”. ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6497 "2020-11-19T17:42:20Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > > [@solost](#): > > > > Any news on if this is being televised, or even what landscaping company it’s being held at? > > I believe it’s at the Hyatt Regency Total Fertilizer Company, on the picturesque grounds of a bull pasture where Rudy – once again surprised by the venue – is nevertheless currently bloviating, much to the annoyance of the bulls. [![](https://i.imgur.com/TYvSdE8.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/TYvSdE8.jpg) ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6498 "2020-11-19T17:48:24Z")
I find his presentation quite mooooving. ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6499 "2020-11-19T17:50:23Z")
I think there are still some Trumpists who really do not consider themselves racists and really do not want to be thought as such. They manage to pretend that their opposition is something other than racist. I think they are fooling themselves but maybe there is a way to reach such people. (Dunno…I can only hope.) ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6500 "2020-11-19T17:54:28Z")
With Rudy there, the field literally covered in bullshit isn’t even the most bullshit-filled thing in that picture. ---
**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 19, 2020, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6501 "2020-11-19T17:56:21Z")
Maybe, but those voters have made excuses for the other deplorable shit Trump and his ilk have done and said, and they’ve still voted for Trump and Republicans, because of…judges and God and guns and stuff. I don’t think that would change even if the n-word was part of the party platform. They would still bend over backward to find an excuse to vote Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6502 "2020-11-19T18:00:53Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > Rudy’s on FOX right now, babbling about how Philly and Detroit haven’t had a fair election in 60 years. So Trump didn’t really win in 2016? Fascinating. ---
**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 19, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6503 "2020-11-19T18:03:55Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > So Trump didn’t really win in 2016? Fascinating.- That suits me. Let’s just cancel his whole so-called administration. ---
**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 19, 2020, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6504 "2020-11-19T19:12:09Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > As I’m reading through all the new posts that have happened after my last visit, when I see something I want to comment on, I highlight the text I want to quote and click the “quote” button. That places the text in the reply area at the bottom of the screen with the poster’s name. Thanks. This was really helpful. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6505 "2020-11-19T19:37:42Z")
That appears to be the strategy. The proper response to allegations like Rudy’s would be “see you in court - bring your evidence”. But we’re past that – all their lawsuits have been dropped or thrown out (accompanied by laughter). The plan now is to just bully state legislators into appointing Trump electors. ---
**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 19, 2020, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6506 "2020-11-19T19:47:40Z")
He can’t get in through a Supreme Court decision? tell me he can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6507 "2020-11-19T19:53:39Z")
I just found the Rudy & Sidney’s presser; is that what you’re watching? Is Rudy trying to conduct a sort of trial in front of the cameras here? ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6508 "2020-11-19T19:56:31Z")
What is the purpose of the presser, anyway? I’m not seeing a lot of reporting about it. Not sure if it’s just more misinformation intended to cause chaos or if they really think they have some “gotcha” that will mow down all their detractors and give trump the win. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6509 "2020-11-19T20:01:30Z")
It wouldn’t necessarily go to the Court; it would go to the Congress for a vote - and yes, there’s a non-zero chance of it succeeding. Another possibility: Republicans in key states vote to send their own slates of electors to the official vote count. The officially state-certified electors are the ones that should count, and constitutionally, the ones that would count. But suppose between now and then there is a somewhat coordinated and amplified messaging effort to claim that these alternate electors are legitimate because “vote fraud” and “communist democrat scum”. And then you have the official electors being counted while the Trumpists scream bloody murder that their votes aren’t being counted - never mind the fact that the really shouldn’t be, but MAGA claims they should. And the GOP senate and other allies of course do not a damn thing to step in and quell the furor. Trump then tells his MAGA army to stop standing down and encourages them to take to the streets to stop this great election heist. Democrats, journalists, officials responsible for counting and certifying elections processes get threatened and harassed. Trump, still very much the constitutionally-recognized commander in chief until January 20, 2021, waits for any opportunity to set his law enforcement and military dogs loose on counter-protestors. Again, folks, democracy can’t rely on constitutions; it relies on people cooperating with each other even when they disagree with each other’s worldview. With each passing day that Republicans sit back and fail to challenge Trump’s assault on democracy as we know it, we are witnessing a massive transformation of how one half of the country views the American government. This is something you can’t just put back into the bottle. ---
**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 19, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6510 "2020-11-19T20:09:34Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > As I’m reading through all the new posts that have happened after my last visit, when I see something I want to comment on, I highlight the text I want to quote and click the “quote” button. That places the text in the reply area at the bottom of the screen with the poster’s name. > > I read along some more and see something else I want to comment on, and do the same, highlight, click “quote” and the quote is copied into the reply area. You can continue doing this, collecting quotes in the reply area. Thanks for this. I will try it next time. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/6511 "2020-11-19T20:10:38Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > It wouldn’t necessarily go to the Court; it would go to the Congress for a vote - and yes, there’s a non-zero chance of it succeeding. True. It would only go to the Supreme Court if lower court rulings are appealed, and Trump apparently has no interest in pursuing legal remedies any longer. His strategy now is to get compliant state legislatures to appoint Trump elector slates. If the election hung in the balance of one state going rogue (like Florida, 2000) and we were waiting breathlessly to see what happens in Michigan, I would be extremely worried. But Trump would need to flip 3 or 4 states this way, and I believe those states have said that ain’t happening. So Trump has no hope of staying in office – he’s merely subverting all our democratic and constitutional norms on the way out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=324) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=326)