# 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:** 50
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/981 "2020-11-04T06:02:33Z")
Nate Cohn on twitter: “An important factor in Georgia: a lot of the remaining vote in the Atlanta area is actually early and absentee, which is especially good for Biden. A reversal of what we’ve been doing most everywhere else” ---
**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, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/982 "2020-11-04T06:05:50Z")
Trump is apparently preparing to make a statement. It will likely declare victory, which he doesn’t yet have, and rail against cheating, which doesn’t appear to be happening. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/983 "2020-11-04T06:05:55Z")
Right. Now if one were to go back in history and analyze the origins of “maroon” you could possibly come up with an unconscious insensitivity toward…wow, never thought this thread would lead to Bugs. Is this a new Godwin rule, any political discussion will inevitably lead to discussions of racisim in Warner Brothers cartoons? And there are some, look at portrayals of the Japanese in some early cartoons. But “what a maroon”, not an example I can’t remember the guys same, did a brilliant parody of MAGA hats. "They are going to Me-Too Pepe LePew? I don’t think so! ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/984 "2020-11-04T06:07:01Z")
AP: TX just went for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/985 "2020-11-04T06:07:55Z")
What’s going on with the House? ---
**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, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/986 "2020-11-04T06:09:51Z")
The Democrats will retain it, with roughly as many seats as they have now. Trump’s lead in WI is dwindling. Arizona is also getting tighter. Apparently, NE-2 will go to Biden, according to sources in Nebraska. ---
**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, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/987 "2020-11-04T06:11:51Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Trump’s lead in WI is dwindling. A lot of the outstanding votes in Wisconsin appear to be mail-in and early votes in Milwaukee County and Dane County, both of which are strongly liberal. So, it seems likely to tighten further as those votes come in. It sounds like Milwaukee County won’t be fully tabulated for another few hours. ---
**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, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/988 "2020-11-04T06:12:30Z")
> [@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. Care to be more specific? ---
**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, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/989 "2020-11-04T06:12:52Z")
Why is Nevada so slow at counting. It may well be the tipping point state. Nebraska-2 has been called for Biden. It could be a 270-268 race if Biden wins Arizona and Nevada and loses PA. ---
**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, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/990 "2020-11-04T06:13:37Z")
> [@Lantern2](#): > > Why is Nevada so slow at counting. It may well be the tipping point state. They had some precincts in the Las Vegas area stay open later than scheduled. > **[Early results show Joe Biden leading Donald Trump in Nevada](https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-donald-trump-race-and-ethnicity-nevada-campaigns-662be69283ae6d819c23d9c1ef58360b)** > > LAS VEGAS (AP) — Early results showed Joe Biden with a lead Tuesday over President Donald Trump in Nevada, a state no Republican presidential candidate has carried since 2004 but that has remained a battleground. Trump fell just shy of winning Nevada... ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Mabes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mike_mabes/32/1782_2.png) [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/991 "2020-11-04T06:13:46Z")
Tonight’s moment of dark levity https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=240&width=426&share_id&href=https://www.facebook.com/Brentterhune/videos/922923178233924/ ---
**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, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/992 "2020-11-04T06:13:48Z")
The trends in PA aren’t good. Biden’s percentages in Allegheny and the Philly area are declining. I don’t see how he wins without it. ---
**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, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/993 "2020-11-04T06:14:11Z")
> [@Lantern2](#): > > Why is Nevada so slow at counting. It may well be the tipping point state. Nevada is doing full mail-in voting this year, so it’s likely going to take several days for Vegas and Reno to report anything definitive. ---
**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, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/994 "2020-11-04T06:15:03Z")
No matter what happens, we are a house divided. History tells us it will not end well. ---
**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, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/995 "2020-11-04T06:15:33Z")
Cascadian secession is starting to sound like a better idea. ---
**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, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/996 "2020-11-04T06:16:58Z")
I’m sure that what the poster’s aim, to say “moron”. But, maroon sounds a lot like “marrón” (brown) and maroon is sort of a brownish color. ---
**Author:** ![squidfood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@squidfood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squidfood)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/997 "2020-11-04T06:18:29Z")
Right now Biden needs about 35% of the remaining AZ votes to keep his edge. ---
**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, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/998 "2020-11-04T06:18:54Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The trends in PA aren’t good. Biden’s percentages in Allegheny and the Philly area are declining. I don’t see how he wins without it Just posted to 538: “Based on a drop of 13,121 mail ballots in Erie County, PA showing Biden winning them 5:1, it looks like he will win back this swing county that Trump carried. There are abut 37k mail ballots still to be counted in coming days. Dems believe Biden wins them 3 or 4 to 1.” ---
**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, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/999 "2020-11-04T06:19:00Z")
The point of the joke is that ‘maroon’ is a mispronunciation of ‘moron’, not that it is a color. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1000 "2020-11-04T06:19:43Z")
My understanding is that people are still voting in Clark County, after waiting in line. Nevada won’t start counting Clark County until all the votes are in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=51)