# 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:** 48
**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, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/941 "2020-11-04T05:38:32Z")
Or, it means a return to the old days, when there was a limit to who could own how many tv/radio stations, and there was the fairness doctrine. What, we can’t return to the ‘good old days’ to ‘make America great again?’ ---
**Author:** ![Lantern2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lantern2/32/3010_2.png) [@Lantern2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern2)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/942 "2020-11-04T05:38:44Z")
Fox called Arizona and then retracted. However it does look over. Trump is 200,000 votes behind and it’s hard to see where he makes that up. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/943 "2020-11-04T05:39:01Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > As a liberal authoritarian, I don’t see the problem. Ah, yes - ‘tyranny’s great, as long as it’s for my side.’ ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/944 "2020-11-04T05:39:02Z")
The character of the country is on trial tonight. We should have hired a better attorney. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowFacts](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shadowfacts/32/2934_2.png) [@ShadowFacts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShadowFacts)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/945 "2020-11-04T05:39:52Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > The character of the country is on trial tonight. We should have hired a better attorney No, we should have a better jury. ---
**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, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/946 "2020-11-04T05:40:26Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Ah, yes - ‘tyranny’s great, as long as it’s for my side.’ American elections should be about which candidate can better improve the lives of the people, not about whether those lives should be improved. The Republican party’s stance is that they should not be, which is among the reasons they have no place in American democracy. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlax/32/2927_2.png) [@Scarlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlax)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/947 "2020-11-04T05:40:38Z")
And a more merciful executioner. ---
**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, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/948 "2020-11-04T05:40:38Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > That sound like “let’s be totalitarian to fight the fascists”. …which is the messaging the Republicans have been using for months. But FTR I’m not on board with locking people up just for disagreeing with me politically. I’d get sued for brand infringement. ---
**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, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/949 "2020-11-04T05:40:59Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > e.g In Texas: The big population centers, Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, and El Paso are all going strongly for Biden, but have yet to report That is… absolutely not true. Current votes reported: Dallas: 89% Harris (Houston): 85% Fort Bewnd (Houston suburbs) 96% Williamson (Austin suburbs): Apparently complete Travis (Austin): 90% Hays (Austin suburbs): Complete Bexar (San Antonio):: 93% El Paso: 83% Hidalgo: (McAllen): 82% Texas as a whole is at 91. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/950 "2020-11-04T05:41:37Z")
Yeah, Biden isn’t going to get Texas. But he might get Georgia and NC. ---
**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, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/951 "2020-11-04T05:42:44Z")
> [@sweepkick](#): > > Kindly fuck off with your holier-than-thou bullshit. You are not in the Pit. Keep it civil. No warning issued. RickJay Moderator ---
**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, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/952 "2020-11-04T05:43:06Z")
In other news, [OR has voted to decriminalize most recreational drugs.](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/03/us/election-day?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage#oregon-decriminalizes-several-harder-drugs-as-other-states-legalize-recreational-marijuana) > Oregon became the first state to decriminalize small amounts of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other drugs, and it also legalized psilocybin, known as magic mushrooms, for people 21 and older. > > The Oregon measure would make possession of small amounts of what have long been considered harder drugs a violation, similar to a traffic ticket, and no longer punishable by jail time. The law would also fund drug addiction treatment from marijuana sales taxes. ---
**Author:** ![GreenWyvern](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greenwyvern/32/2834_2.png) [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/953 "2020-11-04T05:43:44Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > That is… absolutely not true. > … > Texas as a whole is at 91. I’ve taken that into account. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/954 "2020-11-04T05:43:45Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Yeah, Biden isn’t going to get Texas. But he might get Georgia and NC. That sounds like Trumpian style wishful thinking. ---
**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, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/955 "2020-11-04T05:44:25Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Yeah, Biden isn’t going to get Texas. But he might get Georgia and NC I don’t see NC at all. Very few votes are left to count. Most mail ins have been counted. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/956 "2020-11-04T05:44:53Z")
Overcoming a 5-6% deficit with only 9% of the votes remaining need a 3-to1 to win. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/957 "2020-11-04T05:45:31Z")
Florida called for Trump because too many maroons are afraid of another COVID shutdown. Shutdowns won’t matter if y’all dead! ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/958 "2020-11-04T05:48:01Z")
I don’t see Biden’s path in GA. He’s 6% behind with less than 20%. He need 2-to-1 votes. ---
**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, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/959 "2020-11-04T05:49:26Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Seems pretty clear to me that all the states on the right of that graphic are true. You can think maybe they are incorrect, but I don’t. Fella. It’s been changing back and forth all night. It just happens to be in this column at this moment. > [@Locrian](#): > > Can we declare my CA state as a winner for Biden yet?? Orange County is gearing up Disneyland, promoting Star Wars battle figures. That worries me. AP already has. On CBS, Biden said to 'keep the faith". He said that they might not know the result until tomorrow or later and that was expected. ---
**Author:** ![sweepkick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@sweepkick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweepkick)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/960 "2020-11-04T05:49:41Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > > [@sweepkick](#): > > > > Kindly fuck off with your holier-than-thou bullshit. > > You are not in the Pit. Keep it civil. No warning issued. > > RickJay > Moderator Acknowledged, apologies for the cursing but not the general sentiment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=47) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=49)