# 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:** 71
**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, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1402 "2020-11-04T15:03:47Z")
He isn’t calling to stop the voting now. He was calling to stop the voting when he was ahead. ---
**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, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1403 "2020-11-04T15:04:36Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > So the answer is to nominate someone like Mitt Romney, Susan Collins, John Kasich, or Lisa Murkowski? Maybe Joe Manchin as the only Democrat who might fit that description? For some reason I doubt this is a winning strategy. How about someone like Barak Obama? How about someone who didn’t spend a lifetime feeding from the public trough? How about someone who can represent and defend American principles? Maybe it’s time to find out why the Democrat Party can identify a leader. ---
**Author:** ![Monocracy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monocracy/32/4493_2.png) [@Monocracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monocracy)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1404 "2020-11-04T15:05:03Z")
Does anyone know the current vote tally in ME district 2? ---
**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, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1405 "2020-11-04T15:05:09Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Nice projections all over the place, but right now the scumbag is in the lead, Biden has to come from behind in multiple to states to take this by the slimmest margin. How’s he in the lead? He’s way ahead on PV and if counting stopped now at EV Biden would eb at 270-268. ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1406 "2020-11-04T15:05:27Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Using AP info: Biden 238 / DJT 213 No. That’s the called state counts. According to the AP, there are seven uncalled states, plus one EV in Maine. If the counting stopped now, and the reported counts are accurate, Biden would be at 270 EV’s. The uncalled states still get to cast their EV’s. The news just isn’t counting them yet as they’re still uncertain. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1407 "2020-11-04T15:05:31Z")
I know that. In fact, that’s why I said this in the post you just responded to. > [@Munch](#): > > When Trump was calling for the vote to stop, he was likely ahead in MI or NV - which would give him the lead. THAT’S why he would want the vote stopped. ---
**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, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1408 "2020-11-04T15:05:48Z")
Yeah, I see he is inching ahead. I remain pessimistic because I don’t want to deal with the possible disappointment. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1409 "2020-11-04T15:06:51Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > How about someone like Barak Obama? How about someone who didn’t spend a lifetime feeding from the public trough? How about someone who can represent and defend American principles? Maybe it’s time to find out why the Democrat Party can identify a leader. Seeing the results last night, I now believe the only reason Obama won twice was because John McCain was the Republican version of Jimmy Carter and Mitt Romney the Republican version of Al Gore. Had Trump been the incumbent in 2008 I bet he would have beat Obama. ---
**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, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1410 "2020-11-04T15:08:27Z")
> [@Kearsen1](#): > > This, for sure. I really hope that instead of screaming bloody murder and calling the country stupid, that the Democrats will learn to jettison or at least distance themselves from the very vocal extreme portions of the party, and start being more inclusive. I think this says a lot about you and the conservative right. It is not liberals that have moved left. It is a distinct and sharp swerve to the very far right of conservatives that has changed. The left has barely budged one way or another. Put another way, it’s not me, it’s you. [![](https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/20201031_WOC907.png) ](https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/20201031_WOC907.png) ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1411 "2020-11-04T15:08:37Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > Why do the Democrats have to do this, but Republicans can get away with going all out crazy? Exactly. Where are the Republicans trying to get rid of the crazy in the GOP? Calling out the “Q” nonsense? Calling out the “climate change is fake” BS? Calling out the white nationalism? Calling out the fascism? It is amazing how some Republicans say they only voted Republican because the Democrats made them because of the small extreme Democrat contingent. It rings pretty hollow. ---
**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, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1412 "2020-11-04T15:10:10Z")
Of course it is, blaming the other guy is always the way to go! ---
**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, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1413 "2020-11-04T15:11:13Z")
I lived in PA for 10 years, 10 great years as I remember them, I always thought I’d return some day. I still have family there, but other than to see them you couldn’t pay me to return now. Yeah, it’s not Philly or Pittburg that’s the problem, but this isn’t old time conservatism anymore, the red portion has endorsed the mean spirited Trumpian philosophy. ---
**Author:** ![urbanredneck2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/5f8ce5/32.png) [@urbanredneck2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urbanredneck2)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1414 "2020-11-04T15:11:13Z")
On my Facebook I’m friends with a woman from Texas who is also part latino and she voted Trump. Why? Biden said he will sign laws that will require any womens athletics programs to accept any man who identifies as a woman. She hates this idea as do most female athletes and she happens to do womens roller derby. ---
**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, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1415 "2020-11-04T15:11:26Z")
When one person is standing across the street and a different person is lighting a match to the gasoline they just poured on the building…yeah. I know who to blame. ---
**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, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1416 "2020-11-04T15:11:53Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > Biden said he will sign laws that will require any womens athletics programs to accept any man who identifies as a woman. Cite? ---
**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, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1417 "2020-11-04T15:12:11Z")
You can stop now, really. I know you do ---
**Author:** ![Pavelb1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1418 "2020-11-04T15:12:18Z")
Oh good lord ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1419 "2020-11-04T15:12:41Z")
So, she voted based on disinformation. That’s sad. ---
**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, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1420 "2020-11-04T15:13:48Z")
> [@urbanredneck2](#): > > On my Facebook I’m friends with a woman from Texas who is also part latino and she voted Trump. Why? Biden said he will sign laws that will require any womens athletics programs to accept any man who identifies as a woman. In other words, because she believed some made-up propaganda. Because that statement has no relation to the real world. ---
**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, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1421 "2020-11-04T15:13:58Z")
Maybe true. I think people still recognized the intelligence and reason in Obama and also somehow saw him as being an outsider and underdog. But yes, compared to McCain and Romney a lot of people look good. And Obama was definitely an anomaly in the Democratic Party and he makes the rest of them look bad in comparison. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=72)