US Election 2020 Thread

[TheHowieLama]

In other news, New Jersey and Arizona both legalizing the devil weed.

DC legalizes mushrooms.

[Manny]

If Trump does win from here he's going to once again beat the popular vote with the electoral college: it'd be the third time it's happened in six elections this century, with the Republicans profiting each time. I read on 538 the other day that even if Biden wins the popular vote by 2 or 3 points, he's still likely to lose the election - how the fuck is it allowed where the Republicans have an automatic away goal lead? Proper corrupt.

[Brownie]

1 minute ago, Manny said:

If Trump does win from here he's going to once again beat the popular vote with the electoral college: it'd be the third time it's happened in six elections this century, with the Republicans profiting each time. I read on 538 the other day that even if Biden wins the popular vote by 2 or 3 points, he's still likely to lose the election - how the fuck is it allowed where the Republicans have an automatic away goal lead? Proper corrupt.

That’s the whole point of the electoral college I think, whether we agree with it or not.

[Spy Bee]

6 minutes ago, Manny said:

If Trump does win from here he's going to once again beat the popular vote with the electoral college: 

How does this happen again? I actually studied this once, but I can't remember how this works.

[Vincent Vega]

 

[Sugar Ape]

Democratic chair of Wisconsin. 
 

 

[Vincent Vega]

8 minutes ago, Manny said:

If Trump does win from here he's going to once again beat the popular vote with the electoral college: it'd be the third time it's happened in six elections this century, with the Republicans profiting each time. I read on 538 the other day that even if Biden wins the popular vote by 2 or 3 points, he's still likely to lose the election - how the fuck is it allowed where the Republicans have an automatic away goal lead? Proper corrupt.

Nate Silver saying Biden likely to win the popular vote by between 5 and 7 million. 

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Biden just 12,000 (0.2%) short in Michegan with 10% left to count. Lets hope the democrat mail ballots are strong enough.

[Herp McDerp]

The talking heads on CNN seem to think Biden's got this. 

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

2 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said:

Nate Silver saying Biden likely to win the popular vote by between 5 and 7 million. 

 

Seems unlikely at 2.3m at the moment.

[Manny]

4 minutes ago, Spy Bee said:

How does this happen again? I actually studied this once, but I can't remember how this works.

I guess it's the winner-takes-all nature of the electoral college - so if Trump wins Florida with 51% of the vote he gets all 29 college votes and 49% of the electorate might as well have sat in the house shagging alligators, but if Biden wins California with 90% of the vote he's no better off - he 'just' gets all 55 college votes. It's just fucking ridiculous - they're all voting for the same candidates so why not just total them all up? Even some sort of system where they award the college votes proportionally would be slightly fairer.

 

I know it's in a roundabout way how it works here - it's a series of local elections, winner-takes-all, which are then totalled up (rather than the votes themselves) but at least here there's a semblance of democracy in that I'm not voting for the same candidate(s) as some fella in Ipswich.

 

Seems to award disproportionate power to certain groups who are therefore indulged more as a result. You don't have to win to be a winner but he is a winner and all that.

 

[Red Banjo]

I'm clinging to this.

 

Orange, rapey, shitgibbon - fuck off forever! Cunt!

[Brownie]

We can safely say now that for this election, the polling industry added absolutely no value whatsoever. They need fucking off don’t they?

[Vincent Vega]

10 minutes ago, Aw Geez said:

 

Seems unlikely at 2.3m at the moment.

 

[niallers]

There's a brilliant podcast called "stuff you should know". They talk bout everything and anything and it's a good laugh. 

Here they are detailing the electoral college system. You can download it on all the major apps across all devices

 

[Stuff You Should Know] SYSK Selects: How the Electoral College Works #stuffYouShouldKnow 
https://podcastaddict.com/episode/113312038 via @PodcastAddict

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

2 minutes ago, Vincent Vega said:

 

 

Ah, I see. Thanks.

[Bjornebye]

If Kate Bolduan felt compelled to post her shit through someones letterbox I'm willing to volunteer my address.  

 

 

 

[3 Stacks]

Got a possible David Moyes situation brewing here. Trump will have won without winning but he will have been a winner. Ifithadntbinfer the mail in votes.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Can't believe the LEFTist TERRORSTS like ANTIFA want ALL of the votes counted. BAD FOR AMERICA! - @realDonaldTrump

[Scooby Dudek]

Ignoring the courts, any idea when we will have a realistic idea of the result ?

[SasaS]

When Michigan is finished counting.

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

1 minute ago, SasaS said:

When Michigan is finished counting.

This. YUUUGE result.

 

Trumps lead in Michigan jumped from 12,000 to 25,000. Not good.

[Rico1304]

You’ll be pleased to know my cash out is exactly half my stake. 
 

Anything else you want fixing whilst I’m doing nothing?  

[Moo]

5 minutes ago, Scooby Dudek said:

Ignoring the courts, any idea when we will have a realistic idea of the result ?

Could be as late as Friday.  And that's when the "fun" starts.

[Anubis]

Detroit is the main count left in Michigan and it’s reportedly heavily Democrat - 67%. Expect the Orange Womble to ramp up the rhetoric if Michigan goes blue.