# 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:** 69
**Author:** ![DeadTreasSecretaries](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deadtreassecretaries/32/4817_2.png) [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1362 "2020-11-04T14:41:53Z")
Don’t do that! Don’t give me hope! ---
**Author:** ![Kearsen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Kearsen1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1363 "2020-11-04T14:42:01Z")
It isn’t the saying that is exclusive, to me at all. It’s the rush to use any and all black people killed as some standard without any detailed information. Some of them are/were justifiable, some of the black community is criminal/ were doing things that got them killed but the rush to hold up any black death was and still is wrong. There are plenty of things to use without trying to martyr every single black person killed by police. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1364 "2020-11-04T14:43:10Z")
Hey, y’all! This is the Election Day follow-along thread, not the re-hash our political differences thread! Question for the peanut gallery: why would DJT want to halt vote-counting now when he doesn’t have an EC majority yet? ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1365 "2020-11-04T14:43:20Z")
> [@Kearsen1](#): > > I must be stupid, forgive me please! Maybe . . . or just wrong. You say Dems’ policies only benefit minorities. That’s false. When that falsehood is pointed out, you resort to baby-level retorts like the one quoted here, and maintain your belief in something that is unequivocally untrue. Whatever the reason for your inability or unwillingness to be wrong, it doesn’t reflect well on you. ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1366 "2020-11-04T14:44:15Z")
For all this talk about the BLM movement, Biden looks like he’s going to carry Wisconsin which was one of the hotspots of anti-police protests and rioting. It’s where Kenosha is located. ---
**Author:** ![Kearsen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Kearsen1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1367 "2020-11-04T14:44:18Z")
Look the Republicans aren’t any better but I am not trying to get them to change their ways, as I am here, not on some Republican board. > [@Gyrate](#): > > You’re repeatedly demanding that the Democrats reason Trump voters out of a position they didn’t reason themselves into, and then blaming the Democrats for not being able to do so. They didn’t reason themselves into, so they are stupid eh? That’s funny ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1368 "2020-11-04T14:44:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Hey, y’all! This is the Election Day follow-along thread, not the re-hash our political differences thread! > > Question for the peanut gallery: why would DJT want to halt vote-counting now when he doesn’t have an EC majority yet? Indeed! **Kearsen1** , start a different thread! ---
**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, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1369 "2020-11-04T14:44:38Z")
He wanted to halt it while he was ahead in the tallies in states like PA, WI and MI (but not AZ where he was behind). Now that he is behind, in WI and MI at least, he will claim those votes that put Biden over the top are fraudulent. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1370 "2020-11-04T14:44:53Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Question for the peanut gallery: why would DJT want to halt vote-counting now when he doesn’t have an EC majority yet? Good question. If you called it right now based on the tallied votes from the AP so far, it would give Biden 270. ---
**Author:** ![Kearsen1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Kearsen1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kearsen1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1371 "2020-11-04T14:44:54Z")
I’ll stop responding! ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1372 "2020-11-04T14:45:08Z")
Please… give us a break, y’all. Take that discussion somewhere else. Pretty please… I’m beggin’ ya! ---
**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, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1373 "2020-11-04T14:45:22Z")
> [@Kearsen1](#): > > They didn’t reason themselves into, so they are stupid eh? That’s funny No, it’s sad. But I likewise shall digress. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1374 "2020-11-04T14:45:23Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Hey, y’all! This is the Election Day follow-along thread, not the re-hash our political differences thread! > > Question for the peanut gallery: why would DJT want to halt vote-counting now when he doesn’t have an EC majority yet? Too true. My take here is that anything he can do to take control of the process from the people is a win. If Trump can own the process, he (and the GOP) can sort out the details later. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1375 "2020-11-04T14:46:13Z")
And Biden has a popular vote majority now, too. What is DJT thinking? (Apologies for using the word _thinking_.) ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1376 "2020-11-04T14:46:34Z")
To clarify, prioritizing wokeness and conservative courts over extant threats of a spreading pandemic, affordable healthcare, rising white supremacist terrorism, artificial economy, anti-environmentalism, anti-intellectualism, eroding international standing, is simply WRONG. It’s wrong and it’s no less wrong just because nearly 67M happen to also be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1377 "2020-11-04T14:46:38Z")
If we stopped all counting now then the current tallies say Trump has the most votes and won. Trump fears more counting will change that. The only reason the EC count is not in Trump’s favors is because many states have not been called yet. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1378 "2020-11-04T14:47:51Z")
it is always darkest before the dawn. i finally turned off the dot at 4am, putting my hope in joe, james, and david. heart racing and stomach churning. then at 6ish i got a notice that ap called az for biden. the dawn was looking bright. turned on the tv, wis lead and now mich lead. still need to do lots of yoga breathing, but maybe not the inhaler. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1379 "2020-11-04T14:48:00Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > If we stopped all counting now then the current tallies say Trump has the most votes and won. Trump fears more counting will change that. Explain, please. I show Biden at 69+ million and DJT at 67+ million. > **[Election Results: Electoral College, Congressional and State Races](https://www.newsnationnow.com/2020-election-results/)** > > About NewsNation’s Election Results NewsNation’s television broadcast and digital properties will rely on The Associated Press for all vote counting and race calls. NewsNation chose to … ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1380 "2020-11-04T14:48:28Z")
Popular vote does not win elections (see: 2016). EDIT: Looking at the latest tallies it seems Biden would win if counting stopped now. Of course, that probably was not the case when Trump said he wanted counting to stop. ---
**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:** [November 4, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1381 "2020-11-04T14:49:51Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > the current tallies What “current tallies” are you referring to? (YEAH I vividly remember 2016 🤨) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=70)