# 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:** 37
**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, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/721 "2020-11-04T03:53:46Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > This is what PTSD looks like. We didn’t think we would lose last time, but we did. We then lived through 4 years with Trump. We have 250k dead, and more to come. We are stressed and tired and afraid. Exactly. I was hoping for a nice simple clear blowout. This feels far too much like 2016 for my liking. I’m more than happy to be wrong. I tell you what, I’ll even buy ANOTHER pizza if Biden wins. (I will not literally eat a bug) ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/722 "2020-11-04T03:54:22Z")
They seem to only be using counted votes so far. ---
**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, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/723 "2020-11-04T03:54:47Z")
It appears they’re high. They’re calling PA, OH, NI, WI, NC, GA, FL already for Trump. They’re numbers just reflect the current leads by states, not what states could be called. Terrible reporting. ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/724 "2020-11-04T03:55:45Z")
I did say won or leading. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/725 "2020-11-04T03:55:56Z")
So far, the outcome map I selected on 538, and that gave a Biden win with 320 EC votes, has been dead on accurate except for FL. I’m not panicking yet. WI and PA won’t be known until tomorrow or later, so I’m going to pour my ration of scotch and go to bed around 11 CT. Cheers. ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/726 "2020-11-04T03:56:03Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > It appears they’re high. They’re calling PA, OH, NI, WI, NC, GA, FL already for Trump. They’re numbers just reflect the current leads by states, not what states could be called. Terrible reporting. Likely those aren’t “calls” at all. But of course they should make that VERY clear, and likely not generate such a meaningless number at all. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/727 "2020-11-04T03:56:03Z")
> [@Pavelb1](#): > > How do you lose to an orange reality show huckster TWICE. A guy who seems to be trying to lose. Through lies and lies and misrepresentation and lies. I never watch Fox TV, I only see the occasional clips. I don’t listen to Hannity or Rush or anyone else on the radio. When being transported from the hospital the other day, I heard Hannity for 15 minutes, and that was 15 minutes of uninterrupted lying and omission and misrepresentation, with no one to correct or challenge him. It was impressive how much lying he fit into 15 minutes, and this happens all day, every day. The regular listeners literally live in a different reality, and absolutely nothing will get better for long until we find a way to fix that. Everything else is just a bandage to be ripped off the next time republicans get a chance. Until we’re all looking at the same set of facts, nothing can be fixed. ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/728 "2020-11-04T03:56:09Z")
Damn, I have to get to sleep. Hopefully when I wake up things look better for Biden. ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/729 "2020-11-04T03:56:55Z")
They did make it very clear. The dark red is won, the light red is leading. And as above, I clearly said “won or leading”. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/730 "2020-11-04T03:59:01Z")
True, but that is somewhat of a meaningless comment with respect to the actual outcome, so I was just clarifying. ---
**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, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/731 "2020-11-04T03:59:56Z")
It’s odd but NYT has the opposite from the fox link. [2020 Presidential Election Results: Joe Biden Wins - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-president.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage) ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/732 "2020-11-04T04:00:02Z")
> **[Republican QAnon supporter wins US House seat in Georgia](https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/300150103/republican-qanon-supporter-wins-us-house-seat-in-georgia)** > > Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene, who expressed racist views and open support for QAnon conspiracy theories, has won a US House seat representing northwest Georgia. This is how Trump is still in the race. How this…Person?..is even allowed to run, can get the requisite community support to be on the ballot let alone win tells us all we need to know about certain segments of America. Trump talked about his “muslem ban” - perhaps the rest of us should now be talking about a US ban…with such significant portions of the country being terrorist how can we trust the rest? ---
**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, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/733 "2020-11-04T04:00:31Z")
Biden wins CA, OR, and WA, unsurprisingly. Donald wins WY. ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/734 "2020-11-04T04:01:41Z")
> [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](#): > > Ohio ain’t over yet. Most of the deep red counties are 95% or more completed, but the cities Cleveland 64%, Toledo 47%, Columbus 66% and Cincinatti 69%) still have large numbers of votes to report. Could be a nail-biter there. I ran the numbers on the absentee ballots versus day-of votes, and the day-of votes (which are all that remains to be counted) are roughly 53-55% Trump. So don’t expect any blue shift as those counties report. ---
**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, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/735 "2020-11-04T04:01:51Z")
CNN says 192-108 so far, for Biden ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/736 "2020-11-04T04:02:00Z")
Are there any significant states that will likely be called tonight? Otherwise I’m going to bed. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/737 "2020-11-04T04:02:13Z")
Congrats continental America. Election day is over for ya. You did it. (minus some mail-in states that still take votes until like…Friday). ---
**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, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/738 "2020-11-04T04:02:32Z")
209-112 Biden, Google Live Map via AP. ---
**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, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/739 "2020-11-04T04:03:09Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Are there any significant states that will likely be called tonight? Otherwise I’m going to bed. At this point, I wouldn’t expect any of the swing states to be called tonight except maybe Arizona. ---
**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 4, 2020, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/740 "2020-11-04T04:03:36Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Who is this Biden character? The ballots have two choices, Trump and Not Trump. Yep. I and many people I know just voted against Trump. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=38)