Idiocracy
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bustaheims
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Significantly Insignificant said:
The EC is what determines the elections. The popular vote is noteworthy, as it usually at least aligns with the winner of the EC - though, 2 of the previous 7 elections defied that. Before those, it had been decades since it occured.
louisstamos
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Zee said:
Guilt Trip
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The simple fact that this assclown has so far received over 4 million more votes then he did in 2016 makes you really scratch your head.
Just a reminder that Tony DeAngelo is proving in the last 24-ish hours that he's not just a casual Trump supporter but a full blown maga nut.
bustaheims
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Guilt Trip said:
With the amount of votes cast in this election, his vote total was always going to grow. Fewer voters are opting for 3rd party/independent candidates this time around, as well (~4.7% of votes in 2016, ~1.6% this time around). I'm more concerned that his percentage share of the vote has increase a little more than 2% - though, that is also partly because of the decrease in 3rd party/independent votes, and Biden's share of the vote has increased at a similar rate compared to Clinton's in 2016.
bustaheims
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Significantly Insignificant said:
Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Nevada are all likely to end up in recounts, with North Carolina and Georgia potentially heading that way, as well, but, as Nik points out, it's unlikely they'll actually find enough of a discrepancy to change the votes.
That being said, if Biden wins both Nevada and Michigan, Trump has no path to victory. These are the two states to really watch right now, with Pennsylvania being the next most important.
https://twitter.com/8NewsNow/status/1324093130103205888
Oh no, take your time. Not like it's important or anything.
Oh no, take your time. Not like it's important or anything.
bustaheims
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I mean, a decisive victory in Nevada for Biden would make it impossible for Trump to win, now that at Michigan has been call for Biden. So, if that can come out tonight...
bustaheims said:
Arizona needs to be confirmed too but that'll likely happen tonight. I sure would like to go to bed a little more soundly tonight than I did last night.
herman
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What results trackers were people using?
I was flipping between Politico, NYT, AP, and 538, and they all painted a pretty calm narrow victory for Biden throughout the evening. But my timeline looked like it was melting down last night. Were people just expecting everything to cruise into blue?
I was flipping between Politico, NYT, AP, and 538, and they all painted a pretty calm narrow victory for Biden throughout the evening. But my timeline looked like it was melting down last night. Were people just expecting everything to cruise into blue?
herman said:
Polls had Trump ahead in Michigan and Wisconsin last night, which obviously would have been a massive problem for Biden. People, including myself, were unsure if the rest of the (mostly mailed in) votes would be enough to tilt those back in Biden's favour. And I mean considering everything I think it was probably fair to be a little unsure/worried until it happened.
L K
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herman said:
Yeah. The polls leading up to the election were sitting better for Biden than Clinton where she was having an erosion of her lead heading into election day. I think the fear of having Trump win Florida big and then have some of the "nice to turn blue" states fall apart had a lot of people worried. There is still the bullshit that DeJoy pulled with the USPS where there are >20% of mailed ballots that didn't make it out of some sorting stations and it was unclear for a lot of states whether the unreported numbers were from day of the election or advancing polling.
A lot of PTSD from 2016 where I think everyone expected a landslide for Clinton and then sat in shock that this moron actually won and did so handily. Seeing that happening again was what got everyone panicked. And I mean this is going to be two years of disaster with the Turtle still in charge of the senate.