# 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:** 356
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7115 "2020-11-29T00:36:42Z")
Tired of winning yet? ---
**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 29, 2020, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7116 "2020-11-29T00:48:58Z")
Awesome! I have been waiting and looking for this news! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7117 "2020-11-29T00:54:11Z")
> **[Trump Fans in Georgia Ask GOP Head Why They Should Vote in 'Rigged' Runoffs](https://www.newsweek.com/trump-supporters-georgia-ask-rnc-chair-why-they-should-vote-runoffs-when-system-rigged-1550938)** > > McDaniel was forced to defend the U.S. election system despite Trump's unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7118 "2020-11-29T01:00:48Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I’m starting to enjoy Trump losing again and again and again and again and… > > Every day, he loses again. Facebook meme from a few days ago: “He turned one day of losing into eighteen\* days of losing. It’s like Republican Hanukkah!” \*Now up to 25 consecutive days of losing. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7119 "2020-11-29T01:10:16Z")
This is why establishment Republicans are so desperate to keep alive the farce that the Presidential election outcome somehow hasn’t been “decided.” The Trumpers aren’t motivated by whether Republicans hold the Senate. And if Trump lost, then it must be because the Republican establishment failed him. As each legal challenge gets shot down in increasingly blunt language, it becomes harder and harder for Republicans to maintain that fiction. And it’s still over a month until the runoff election date. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7120 "2020-11-29T01:25:48Z")
Ohpleaseohpleaseohpleaseohplease… ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7121 "2020-11-29T02:02:21Z")
OK, so what are odds/percent-predictions on the Georgie Senate seats? I’d say: Both go Republican - 60% Both go Democratic - 20% One R, One D - 20% I think it might even be more likely they both go Republican. I know people are hopeful after Joe Biden won the election there, but I think they will still vote Republican now Trump is not on the ballot. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7122 "2020-11-29T02:19:15Z")
I’d say Both GOP - 75% Both Dem - 10% Split - 15% ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7123 "2020-11-29T02:20:44Z")
Republican Ramadan ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7124 "2020-11-29T02:21:01Z")
Gut instinct is that a split is most likely, followed by both R, then both D. ---
**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 29, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7125 "2020-11-29T02:26:26Z")
> [@Railer13](#): > > I’d say > > Both GOP - 75% > > Both Dem - 10% > > Split - 15% That’s pretty much what I was going to say. It’s possible the chance of a split might be slightly higher, but I think it is all in that ballpark. I was mildly shocked Biden won Georgia. It would be a much bigger shock if it also produced two Democratic senators. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7126 "2020-11-29T02:31:11Z")
I say both Dem 30 Split 40 Both GOP 30 But give an extra 10 to the Dems if trump continues this silliness. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7127 "2020-11-29T02:34:01Z")
I’d guess both R 90%, both D 9%, and split 1%. For those who think a split is possible, what makes you think voters will split their votes when everything is so partisan these days? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7128 "2020-11-29T02:41:19Z")
The pre-election polls showed one Dem candidate more popular. The vote with be something like 49.9/50.1 so only a few votes will change the results. > **[What exit polls say about state of Georgia's Senate runoffs](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-exit-polls-senate-runoff-elections/)** > > The pair of January runoff elections will determine whether Republicans or Democrats control the Senate. \*A week before the November election, CBS News polling showed just 4% of likely voters were undecided in the Perdue-Ossoff race. Perdue led with 49.7% to Ossoff’s 47.9%, falling just 0.3% short of outright victory. Libertarian Shane Hazel was eliminated with 2.3% of the vote. \* \*Perdue’s vote wasn’t divided between Republicans, as Senator Kelly Loeffler’s was in her race, and he actually won a fraction more votes than President Trump, with 49.7%, compared to the president’s 49.3%. Ossoff finished with 47.9% support, leaving him about a two-point margin to make up in January. \* _In the other Senate race, the special election to fill former Senator Johnny Isakson’s seat, Loeffler and Collins won a combined 45% of the vote, ahead of Warnock’s 32.9%. The other Democratic candidates received 15% combined._ ---
**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 29, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7129 "2020-11-29T02:43:25Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > …For those who think a split is possible, what makes you think voters will split their votes when everything is so partisan these days? For one, Perdue is reportedly more popular than Loeffler. ---
**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 29, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7130 "2020-11-29T02:43:47Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > For those who think a split is possible, what makes you think voters will split their votes when everything is so partisan these days? It’s less that I think a split is likely and more that I think if the Dem are more likely to win one than two. Perdue seems more popular than Loeffler so I can see a scenario in a very, very close race where he wins, but Loeffler just misses. That seems more likely to me than a race where both Dems squeak by. But I suspect the most likely outcome will be that Perdue just wins with a bigger margin than Loeffler. It will be interesting to see just how much vote-splitting occurs. Also remember that Loeffler is a Republican woman up against Warnock a Democratic man. It wouldn’t surprise me if ironically misogyny trumps tribe for a few Georgian troglodytes. Not necessarily voting for Warnock, but maybe voting for Perdue and just not bothering to vote for Loeffler. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7131 "2020-11-29T03:02:37Z")
I agree that a split is by far the least likely outcome. Both Loeffler/Purdue and Ossoff/Warnock are essentially running as teams. The election is going to be determined by whether the R team or the D team is more successful in getting their voters out. The only way I see a split happening is if the vote margin is so razor thin that it’s essentially a coin flip. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7132 "2020-11-29T03:05:37Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > The opinion is pretty harsh, calling the attempts to reverse the election “a fool’s errand, and an arguably unconstitutional one at that”. They also compare the petitioner to a gambler that flips over the table after a losing hand. > > I think judges are getting really tired of this crap. Every time another case gets thrown out it creates another precedent, making it easy for subsequent judges to also rule unfavorably with respect to Trump’s legal team. He is being “hoisted by his own petards.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7133 "2020-11-29T03:32:35Z")
I joined parler to see what some “left facebook and twitter” friends are saying. Yeah, so they think Trump will be president on January 21 and the whole thing is building to the election being overturned and it all going to Trump. I said nothing, just looked around. Yeah, it’s a safe-place for loony conspiracy theories. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7134 "2020-11-29T03:43:09Z")
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