# 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:** 95
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1883 "2020-11-04T23:23:37Z")
> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#): > > > [@Folly](#): > > > > > [@BobLibDem](#): > > > > > > Not only a Biden win, but we have our Peters out in front as well. > > > > Phrasing!. > > Intentional? When I first read it, I didn’t know what he meant. I’m still just guessing. Heh. The incumbent Gary Peters (D) is currently leading in a close Senate race. I voted for him. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1884 "2020-11-04T23:24:57Z")
I never thought I’d be saying this about this election, but c’mon Nevada! Who knew that state could be the tipping point? There seem to be differing opinions how many and where outstanding ballots are coming from in Arizona, so I hope someone hasn’t made a Dewey-level fuckup. ---
**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, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1885 "2020-11-04T23:25:10Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I hope Fox is right. …said nobody in the history of this board prior to today. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1886 "2020-11-04T23:27:11Z")
I think that’s actually the product of having a weak and vague platform to begin with. I think the strategy all along was to not be Trump, which I’ve been critical, but perhaps it might have been his best path to victory after all. Biden clearly didn’t want to commit to a position on that issue or any other. He wanted to hide in his basement, select Kamala Harris, and let, well, Trump be Trump. That approach had its hazards, as we have seen with mixed results in terms of black and brown enthusiasm for his campaign. OTOH, it might have made him a little less threatening to white moderates who were sick of Trump. To be fair to Biden, it was one - maybe a handful - of comments to that effect. It’s not like he made anti-fracking the centerpiece of his campaign. He didn’t campaign on being a radical environmentalist; he campaigned on being a normal president. That said, I agree with you that there are some warning signs going forward. I think the Democrats need an identity based on economics for the working class, but they have to do that in a way that doesn’t come across as being the party that wipes someone’s ass every time he shits in his pants. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1887 "2020-11-04T23:28:59Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Proud of my Michigan once again. Not only a Biden win, but we have our Peters out in front as well. > > I’d like Pennsylvania to turn blue tonight to drive the nail in the coffin, but it would be delicious irony if the final blow came from Arizona against a guy who just couldn’t resist taking cheap shots at McCain, whether dead or alive. I am also from Michigan and if Biden loses, my two points of solace will be that: 1. My state corrected its error from 2016. 2. My county voted something like 65%-70% Biden. Those Trump signs may look like they are everywhere, but they are the thin minority where I live. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1888 "2020-11-04T23:34:31Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > That little Guiliani troll was the best,he screamed about the corrupt Democrat machine in Philly then he pounded his fist about 125,000 ballots that MUST be thrown out because they were counted when he wasn’t looking, or something. > [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Here’s the clip of that press conference. I was hoping somebody else watched Rudy babble on about hidden ballots and other such nonsense. This clip is good for a laugh. Thanks, Ann! ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1889 "2020-11-04T23:41:20Z")
> [@sweepkick](#): > > Sorry about that… little tense around here last night. I know. I’m feeling the same way. Apology gratefully accepted. ---
**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, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1890 "2020-11-04T23:41:44Z")
Trumpists are starting to absolutely lose their shit, and Trump is egging them on. This could turn very ugly. ---
**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, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1891 "2020-11-04T23:42:24Z")
On the Good Morning Britain TV show this morning, Sarah Palin, believe it or not, actually supported Arizona Republicans who voted against Trump based on loyalty to McCain. ---
**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, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1892 "2020-11-04T23:43:07Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > The incumbent Gary Peters (D) is currently leading in a close Senate race. Thanks, that was my guess, or my second guess anyway. > [@Smapti](#): > > > [@bobot](#): > > > > I hope Fox is right. > > …said nobody in the history of this board prior to today. Good one. Maybe I’m just tired, but this whole thing is getting funnier the longer it goes on. ---
**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, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1893 "2020-11-04T23:46:32Z")
I’ve heard her say nice things about Biden. The Vice Presidential Debate she had with him got higher ratings than any of the Obama-McCain debates which is a bit strange. ---
**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, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1894 "2020-11-04T23:48:11Z")
Did you not watch the last season of The West Wing? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1895 "2020-11-04T23:49:06Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I’m watching PBS I’m watching Cartoon Network. (j/k. Netflix) ---
**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, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1896 "2020-11-04T23:50:46Z")
Wonder what the trio of facists on FOX will say tonight? Talk about the “illegal” 125k votes in PA, say it is illegal to keep counting today, claim massive fraud, say they are sure Trump will win AZ and PA, or switch to “we must fight against the coming of socialism” ---
**Author:** ![tingbudong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tingbudong/32/520_2.png) [@tingbudong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tingbudong)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1897 "2020-11-04T23:50:56Z")
r/conservative over on Reddit is falling to pieces right now… ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1898 "2020-11-04T23:52:46Z")
No, I’ve never seen that show. Truth is strange enough. ---
**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, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1899 "2020-11-04T23:53:57Z")
Can anyone explain why Georgia and Arizona aren’t finished yet? Also North Carolina? ---
**Author:** ![yarblek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/71e660/32.png) [@yarblek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yarblek)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1900 "2020-11-04T23:55:10Z")
If Biden wins, will he set a record for number of times he ran for president before finally getting there? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1901 "2020-11-04T23:55:33Z")
NC can accept late ballots up to November 12. It can (and has) made a difference in the past, though not likely this time. ---
**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, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618/1902 "2020-11-04T23:56:17Z")
Some analysis revealed that several of the house democrats who were elected in 2018 but lost their seats in this election ran behind Biden in their districts. Some as much as 10 points. So from that it looks like in 2018 there were independents or registered Republicans who voted to put a check on Trump by supporting downballot Dems but once the presidency was on the ballot and they could vote against Trump they were happy to support downballot Republicans again. Republicans are going to be happy to have cut into Pelosi’s majority. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=94) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/election-day-week-month-s-year-2020-follow-along-thread/924618.md?page=96)