# 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:** 371
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7415 "2020-12-05T18:06:50Z")
I’d also guess that some % of the non-respondents are simply covering their bets. Nobody wants ex-President CFSG going on Twitter Tirades against them, but even fewer (than zero ??) people want President CFSG doing it. And I think there are some that simply can’t rule out that this blind squirrel – with a life’s history of falling **up** – can find another acorn. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7416 "2020-12-05T18:11:33Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > > [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > > > There’s a pretty good chance that most of the Republicans just didn’t bother answering. > > Exactly right. Because, honestly, why would they? Many (most?) of them (and their supporters) see the Washington Post as biased at best and “the enemy” at worst. They have less than zero incentive to answer a “quiz” from a reporter at the Post. Abject cowardice, a perverse worldview or mere sloth? Not exactly a great range of explanations for Congressional Republicans’ lack of response. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7417 "2020-12-05T18:19:31Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Abject cowardice, a perverse worldview or mere sloth? Not exactly a great range of explanations for Congressional Republicans’ lack of response. Yeah, I guess. I’m just wondering what kind of response rate you would get if Breitbart (or even Fox News) sent a bunch of “do you believe there was any voter fraud in the 2020 election?” questions to Democratic reps. I tend to think the vast majority just wouldn’t answer. If the vast majority of GOP reps vote to uphold any crazy objections when the EVs are actually read then I will be far more outraged than by their mere refusal to answer a random reporters questions. I totally agree that most members of the GOP have shown remarkable cowardice with their refusal to acknowledge reality and push Trump to accept the results of the election. I’m just not sure that this survey really shows that. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7418 "2020-12-05T18:23:15Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > He wants everyone to fear him. He’s setting up a quaker state. Go to your room. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7419 "2020-12-05T18:25:53Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Abject cowardice, a perverse worldview or mere sloth? Not exactly a great range of explanations for Congressional Republicans’ lack of response. Or none of the above. Answering a survey from a newspaper probably doesn’t fall too high on any of their current to-do lists, regardless of party. I say this as someone who absolutely despises Republican politicians right now, but let’s not look too deeply into this. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7420 "2020-12-05T18:33:22Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Answering a survey from a newspaper probably doesn’t fall too high on any of their current to-do lists, regardless of party. I say this as someone who absolutely despises Republican politicians right now, but let’s not look too deeply into this.- Yes, let’s DO look _a little more_ deeply into this. This isn’t any old survey about what toothpaste you like to use. Below is obviously the reason they aren’t going public with the acknowledgment of Biden’s win besides being too gutless to acknowledge in a (sort of) anonymous survey. > [@DavidNRockies](#): > > Nobody wants ex-President CFSG going on Twitter Tirades against them, but even fewer (than zero ??) people want President CFSG doing it. Donnie ~~spank~~ tweet. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7421 "2020-12-05T18:56:37Z")
Uh, ok. If you want to be outraged by this, be my guest. Hell, if you want to be outraged by every single little thing, especially shit that, at the end of the day, matters not a whit to how or if Biden will govern, knock yourself out. I really don’t care if those as clowns chose to answer a newspaper survey or not. If Democrats in Congress were surveyed by the WaPo in December 2016 about Trump’s electoral legitimacy, but 80-odd percent of them chose to ignore the survey, I suppose some people would’ve read into that too. And others would be like, “meh.” So look deeper, ThelmaLou. You think it’s important. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7422 "2020-12-05T19:20:23Z")
So… it’s okay with you if I want to be “outraged by every single little thing” especially shit that doesn’t matter? Oh boy. 🥳 Thank you. Was that it? Did I miss something? ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7423 "2020-12-05T19:27:39Z")
Lady, you’re the one who brought it up. If you think it’s important, great. Sometimes I forget how defensive you get about stuff. Like, if someone doesn’t fall in lockstep with what you think is “obvious,” you get snarky and nasty as all-fuck. Lesson learned. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7424 "2020-12-05T19:28:50Z")
Did the Post separate “no answer” and “uncertain”? I did not pay the premium price for the article. Which 2 said “Trump” was the winner? ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7425 "2020-12-05T20:07:32Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Lesson learned. Wow. Ditto. I guess. 😲 ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2020, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7426 "2020-12-05T20:55:30Z")
My money’s on Devin Nunes and Matt Gaetz. ---
**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:** [December 5, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7427 "2020-12-05T21:29:26Z")
**Modnote** : You are making personal attacks in P&E. That isn’t allowed. No more please. It’s been a month since the election, it is time to calm down everyone. _This is just a guidance, not a warning. Nothing on your permanent record._ ---
**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:** [December 6, 2020, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7428 "2020-12-06T00:42:11Z")
I don’t think this was posted before. Short version: losing in courts everywhere, and abandoning all pretext of reason, Trump calls Republican Georgia governor Kemp and demands that he call a special session of the state legislature to overturn the election and appoint electors for Trump. Kemp tells him to go pound sand. > **[Trump pressured Georgia governor in call to help overturn Biden's win in state...](https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/05/politics/trump-georgia-brian-kemp-phone-call/index.html)** > > President Donald Trump on Saturday called Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, pushing him to convince state legislators to overturn President-elect Joe Biden's win in the state, a source familiar with the conversation told CNN. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7429 "2020-12-06T00:47:21Z")
Question: did Trump’s lawyers ask the Supreme Court [ETA: of the US, not of an individual state] to hear any appeals? If so, when, and has there been any response, other than in the form of crickets? ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7430 "2020-12-06T03:41:24Z")
The Supreme Court is just the Holy Grail … Why would Trump lawyers actually have the Court weigh in and embarrass them when they can just hold this up as the Holy Grail for the dumber-than-dirt MAGA folks? And, Trump probably hasn’t raised enough money from these idiots to pay off all his debts yet. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7431 "2020-12-06T03:55:39Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Or none of the above. Answering a survey from a newspaper probably doesn’t fall too high on any of their current to-do lists, regardless of party. I say this as someone who absolutely despises Republican politicians right now, but let’s not look too deeply into this. Sure. But how many have called Biden to congratulate him? vs How many have tried to steal the election? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7432 "2020-12-06T03:56:37Z")
Trump very likely just commited a felony. ---
**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:** [December 6, 2020, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7433 "2020-12-06T04:04:45Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Answering a survey from a newspaper probably doesn’t fall too high on any of their current to-do lists, regardless of party. I say this as someone who absolutely despises Republican politicians right now, but let’s not look too deeply into this. And yet, the President is demanding the NAMES! of the Republicans who said he lost and Biden won. That suggests to me that this is a pretty significant story, about the current state of democracy in the States and the lack of simple courage in the great majority of the elected Republicans in the two houses. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/7434 "2020-12-06T04:08:09Z")
What I’m most confused about is does Georgia or Federal law allow for a governor to call a special session of the legislature to do this? From all the things I’ve read these last few weeks I haven’t seen that this is possible. Did I miss something? Surely any state that tried this would run up against their state’s Supreme Court or SCOTUS. Right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=370) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=372)