# 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:** 49
**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, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/961 "2020-11-04T05:50:04Z")
To my Spanish-speaking ear (and a little to my English-speaking ones) maroon sound like brown, and it could sound amazingly racist. i imagine you were trying to say morons, but it’s not the best word to say maroon. ---
**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, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/962 "2020-11-04T05:50:12Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > Overcoming a 5-6% deficit with only 9% of the votes remaining need a 3-to1 to win. But the big urban centres are at less than the overall 91% counted. It will be closer than you think. ---
**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, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/963 "2020-11-04T05:51:37Z")
NYT now has the probability of Biden winning Georgia at 67%. ---
**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, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/964 "2020-11-04T05:51:47Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > To my Spanish-speaking ear (and a little to my English-speaking ones) maroon sound like brown, and it could sound amazingly racist. > i imagine you were trying to say morons, but it’s not the best word to say maroon. You got something against [Bugs Bunny](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NYFq7ZJg4c)? ---
**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, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/965 "2020-11-04T05:51:59Z")
2-to-1 then? It still means 65-70% Biden. Also, urban center are at 80-90%. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/966 "2020-11-04T05:52:26Z")
Trump tweet: “Votes cannot be cast after the Poles are closed.” What time is it in Poland, anyway? Is Poland closed? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/967 "2020-11-04T05:53:17Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > To my Spanish-speaking ear (and a little to my English-speaking ones) maroon sound like brown, and it could sound amazingly racist. > i imagine you were trying to say morons, but it’s not the best word to say maroon. It’s probably a Bugs Bunny reference; Bugs often used the term “what a maroon,” substituting “maroon” for “moron.” (And, sometimes, an “ultra-maroon.”) ---
**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, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/968 "2020-11-04T05:54:49Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > It’s probably a Bugs Bunny reference; Bugs often used the term “what a maroon,” substituting “maroon” for “moron.” It’s also a shade of red so it’s quite fitting for all Trump supporters. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/969 "2020-11-04T05:54:58Z")
What, do you want to vote for him for president? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/970 "2020-11-04T05:54:59Z")
I now officially give up on figuring out WTF is going on. ---
**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, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/971 "2020-11-04T05:55:10Z")
AP has called Minnesota for Biden, and it appears he’ll win it much more handily than Clinton did; she just scraped by, whereas Biden will win it pretty easily. That bodes well for what we may see in Wisconsin. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/972 "2020-11-04T05:55:12Z")
The magic mushroom legalization in Oregon is for medical use only. Not general rec. I don’t know if anyone’s reported this here: The was a [water main break](https://www.newsbreak.com/georgia/atlanta/news/2095480700189/burst-pipe-causes-election-results-to-be-delayed-in-georgias-most-populous-county) in the place absentee ballots are counted in Fulton County GA. That delays the count of votes there. Fulton County is Atlanta, a very D area. ---
**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, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/973 "2020-11-04T05:55:18Z")
Huh, interestingly, etymologically, maroon does have a lot of slavery-origin racist baggage… I had no idea until @Aji_de_Gallina brought that up, though of course I also immediately thought of: ### Etymology 4[Edit](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=maroon&action=edit§ion=21) From an intentional mispronunciation of the word _[moron](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/moron#English)_ used by the cartoon character [Bugs Bunny](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny). #### Noun[Edit](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=maroon&action=edit§ion=22) **maroon** ( _plural_**[maroons](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/maroons#English)** ) 1. ([slang](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#slang), [derogatory](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/derogatory)) An [idiot](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/idiot); a [fool](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/fool). quotations ▼ Synonyms: _see_[Thesaurus:fool](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thesaurus:fool), [Thesaurus:idiot](https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thesaurus:idiot) ---
**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 4, 2020, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/974 "2020-11-04T05:55:50Z")
> [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](#): > > He need 2-to-1 votes. The largest outstanding counties are Fulton (58% in, 74% for Biden) and DeKalb (31% in, currently ~82% Biden). I agree he’s got a high hill to climb, but as you can see he currently IS winning by more than 2-1 in those areas. This why the NYT backed up on their odds. ---
**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, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/975 "2020-11-04T05:57:02Z")
> [@GreenWyvern](#): > > But the big urban centres are at less than the overall 91% counted. It will be closer than you think. The votes tallied so far in those counties are [almost all absentee](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-texas.html). The remaining ballots will be much more favorable to Trump than what has been counted so far. It will be nowhere near as close as you think. ---
**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, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/976 "2020-11-04T05:57:02Z")
Anyone knows what’s happening in Nebraska-2. That could prove crucial if Biden loses PA and wins Arizona. ---
**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, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/977 "2020-11-04T05:58:29Z")
I just find it strange that folks are advocating truly fascist tactics in order to deprive millions of fellow Americans of any sort of freedom. I’m not sure if the irony is intentional and farcical or if it’s serious. ---
**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, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/978 "2020-11-04T05:58:31Z")
It’s a joke from Bugs Bunny cartoons. Not the least bit racist. The archaic reference to slaves wouldn’t be widely known in the US. ---
**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, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/979 "2020-11-04T06:00:45Z")
> [@octopus](#): > > I just find it strange that folks are advocating truly fascist tactics in order to deprive millions of fellow Americans of any sort of freedom. I’m not sure if the irony is intentional and farcical or if it’s serious. I only endorse authoritarian tactics in order to provide millions of fellow Americans with any sort of freedom. America can only become a better place if we get rid of the party that has built its brand around oppressing women, people of color, LBGT, and the poor, all in order to establish a permanent aristocracy of the parasite class. ---
**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, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/980 "2020-11-04T06:01:08Z")
The NYT needle has now made Georgia a coin flip. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=50)