# 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:** 35
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/681 "2020-11-04T03:39:46Z")
Barely time to set up frickin enail shots! ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/682 "2020-11-04T03:40:05Z")
He doesn’t need Ohio. He was never likely to win it. He need PA, MN, WI & MI. That gets him over 270. Ohio should be gravy or could replace one of those 4. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/683 "2020-11-04T03:40:15Z")
Never mind. ---
**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, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/684 "2020-11-04T03:40:33Z")
He’s got MN already. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/685 "2020-11-04T03:40:41Z")
Biden wins NH; Loser Donald wins LA, KS, UT, and NE. ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/686 "2020-11-04T03:41:52Z")
What were you hoping to be informed about? All the information is out there. People are reacting to the news. > [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > CNN is basically talking like this thing is already over. Who won? ---
**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, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/687 "2020-11-04T03:41:58Z")
I’m starting to wonder about Virginia, too. Early voting even in counties Biden is winning show numbers way below what he needs. Which, given how close NC is, makes no sense at all. If Biden were to lose VA, then NC should be an absolute blowout. It’s totally beyond any prediction for Biden to lose VA but have even a chance in NC. > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > FWIW, 538 has Biden with a greater than 99% chance to win. They… do not. ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/688 "2020-11-04T03:42:13Z")
I’m pretty sure I heard MI, WI & MN are counting election day ballots first. So expect Biden to make late gains in all 3 states if that is true. ---
**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, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/689 "2020-11-04T03:42:40Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > If it’s any consolation, Fox News is projecting Biden to win NC. Can anyone confirm this? I don’t have the stomach to look there… and that would be a huge difference of opinion from NYT and others. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/690 "2020-11-04T03:42:50Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I’m starting to wonder about Virginia, too. Early voting even in counties Biden is winning show numbers way below what he needs. > > Which, given how close NC is, makes no sense at all. If Biden were to lose VA, then NC should be an absolute blowout. It’s totally beyond any prediction for Biden to lose VA but have even a chance in NC. We’ve known for weeks that Donald would be leading the election night vote in those states. None of this is surprising or concerning. ---
**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, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/691 "2020-11-04T03:43:16Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > ’m pretty sure I heard MI, WI & MN are counting election day ballots first. So expect Biden to make late gains in all 3 states if that is true. I don’t understand how the world’s richest country can’t hire enough people to count everything (that isn’t arriving in the mail past the day) on Election Day. ---
**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, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/692 "2020-11-04T03:43:24Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > People are reacting to the news. In the most jumpy panicky way possible, leaping to conclusions, doomsaying themselves into misery. I don’t know what I was expecting, but something better than that. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/693 "2020-11-04T03:43:24Z")
i believe we are seeing the red mirage that was mentioned over and over. there are states that will be counting until next week. i know someone who is on the 11pm to 3 am counting shift in pa. deep breath in, hold, release slowly. ---
**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 4, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/694 "2020-11-04T03:43:26Z")
I’m confused, PBS has Virginia Blue already. What are you seeing? What station? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/695 "2020-11-04T03:43:40Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Michigan is very alarming early on, but, again, I have zero idea what order they count their votes in. Per 538, [Michigan isn’t expected to finish counting early votes until Friday](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-results-timing/). ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/696 "2020-11-04T03:43:49Z")
I truly would not be so emotionally invested in this if it were not for COVID. Trump was an aggravating and odious presence for his first three years, but ultimately I could remain detached very easily. NOW, things are VERY different. He has proven that he is NOT going to do jack shit about containing this pandemic, and it’s abundantly clear to me that his strategy is to just wait for a vaccine to come out. I can read him like a fucking book. He has NO plan for dealing with this. He’s just hoping like hell that a vaccine will be rolled out. But this could take years. If he is re-elected, we are going to have, not hundreds of thousands, but MILLIONS of deaths until that vaccine arrives. We will have to get used to the reality of second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, waves and so on and so on, while all the rest of the world eventually goes back to normal, we will be the bitch of the bunch. The world’s bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/697 "2020-11-04T03:43:56Z")
What’s up with the House? We’re getting our asses kicked. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/698 "2020-11-04T03:44:42Z")
NBC called the House for the Democrats. ---
**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, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/699 "2020-11-04T03:44:57Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > Can anyone confirm this? I don’t have the stomach to look there… and that would be a huge difference of opinion from NYT and others I can take a screenshot, but I don’t know how to post it here. Just go to the site and click North Carolina and look at the Probability Meters. Stop being a baby. [North Carolina](https://www.foxnews.com/elections/2020/general-results/state/north-carolina) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/700 "2020-11-04T03:45:03Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > Who won? Russia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=36)