# 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:** 51
**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, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1001 "2020-11-04T06:21:02Z")
Yes. And what does it say that I am more interested in this, for the moment, than focusing on the details of districts in key states? ---
**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, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1002 "2020-11-04T06:21:55Z")
> [@Mike\_Mabes](#): > > Yes. And what does it say that I am more interested in this, for the moment, than focusing on the details of districts in key states? Those details are pointless. We have to wait to find out what happens, the color maps, the polls, and all the talking head babble won’t tell us the answer. ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1003 "2020-11-04T06:23:24Z")
Seems to me a comfortable Trump win, and has for a while. ---
**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, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1004 "2020-11-04T06:29:19Z")
CNN and MSNBC projects Neb District 2 for Biden. With AZ, MI and WI, Biden wins, without PA ---
**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, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1005 "2020-11-04T06:30:21Z")
Consider for a moment if Trump wins: He would go down as the most invincible candidate in modern U.S. history. He would have gotten himself reelected _despite_ a pandemic that’s killed over 200,000 Americans, the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, impeachment, having tweeted over 13,000 Tweets (many of them offensive), thousands of lies, a hundred different scandals, and having almost never had an approval rating beyond the mere 40s. If even _that_ couldn’t take him down at the ballot box, what could? ---
**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, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1006 "2020-11-04T06:30:36Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > The point of the joke is that ‘maroon’ is a mispronunciation of ‘moron’, not that it is a color. As I said earlier, it’s a mispronunciation of “moron” and color. Specifically a shade of red; you know, the color of Republicans. [https://www.canva.com/colors/color-meanings/maroon](https://www.canva.com/colors/color-meanings/maroon) ---
**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, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1007 "2020-11-04T06:31:47Z")
And never having won more votes than his opponent. Nobody in history has ever failed upwards so well. ---
**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, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1008 "2020-11-04T06:34:34Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > If even _that_ couldn’t take him down at the ballot box, what could? Even if he loses, it’s astounding to me that none of that deterred as many people voting for him as they already have. Who will believe the polls after this?! ---
**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, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1009 "2020-11-04T06:39:35Z")
So movement in Georgia from the AP: Trump was +6.4 with 85% reporting. Trump is now +2.6 with 93% reporting. ---
**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, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1010 "2020-11-04T06:40:04Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > So movement in Georgia from the AP; > > Trump was +6.4 with 85% reporting. > Trump is now +2.6 with 93% reporting. At that rate, he’d wind up winning by about 1 percent. ---
**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, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1011 "2020-11-04T06:46:26Z")
My math disagrees with yours. 8% reporting cost him 3.8%. 7% more reporting and he goes below 0. ---
**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, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1012 "2020-11-04T06:48:49Z")
I think what we have is a failure of pronouns. By “he” I believe Velocity means Biden will win by about a point, which is what my math says too. If things continue to swing toward Biden at the current rate, anyway. ---
**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, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1013 "2020-11-04T06:49:23Z")
> [@MaxTheVool](#): > > My math disagrees with yours. 8% reporting cost him 3.8%. 7% more reporting and he goes below 0. I meant Biden. Yeah, my brain is frazzled now. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1014 "2020-11-04T06:49:57Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Trump tweet: > > “Votes cannot be cast after the Poles are closed.” > > What time is it in Poland, anyway? Is Poland closed? And because of his ridiculous use of “Poles” I didn’t notice something earlier: Who in the world suggested that votes could be cast after polls close? ---
**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, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1015 "2020-11-04T06:52:08Z")
He’s pretending that the votes that are being counted were cast after the election because the people that follow him are very stupid. ---
**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, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1016 "2020-11-04T06:53:15Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > No matter what happens, we are a house divided. History tells us it will not end well. Republicans essentially have their own propaganda arm, and they’ve scared enough people away from the ‘mainstream’ news that they never hear a dissenting voice that they trust. They’ve even turned people against scientists and educators, those who helped give us all the wonderful technology we enjoy. As long as they exist in this form, we will remain a house divided, with no common facts to agree upon and base our decisions on. Finding out how we went wrong with this, and finding our way back is the key to fixing our problems. Everything else is a bandage, a scab that republicans will peel off at the earliest opportunity. ---
**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, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1017 "2020-11-04T06:53:43Z")
CBS saying that Trump might still make a speech tonight/this morning. They’re also saying that counting ballots in many states are going on tonight. Earlier they were saying that some of those states were shut down for the night. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1018 "2020-11-04T06:55:06Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > He’s pretending that the votes that are being counted were cast after the election because the people that follow him are very stupid I figured that was his gambit, of course but damn, it is really, really, sad if even his knuckle-draggers would miss that one. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1019 "2020-11-04T06:55:54Z")
I just woke up from a nap and checked the scoreboard. After all this “president” has said and done to promote dishonesty, ignorance and hatred, all I can feel right now is disgust and shame…but not surprise. Even if Biden pulls out a win, there will be no reason for anyone to feel pride in the results. ---
**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, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1020 "2020-11-04T06:57:57Z")
In AZ, Biden leads by 156K with around 600K left to be counted. Unfortunately, 500K of those are from counties Trump won in 2016. Hopefully those counties swung for Biden this time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=52)