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I wish instead of saying 'too close to call' they'd say 'undecided'. It can't be called because they haven't nearly finished counting


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 6:05 am
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It's amazing, but must of us aren't American. Trump really has a lot of support and that probably means we have to rethink how we think about America.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 6:12 am
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Trump takes the lead...  i think.

rethink how we think about America.

Indeed, its not a good reflection.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 6:14 am
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we have to rethink how we think about America

You can’t polish a turd. But the Americans sure as hell are good at sprinkling the glitter.

Regardless of the final outcome it’s very depressing.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 6:18 am
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Trump already has the lead if you include Texas


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 6:24 am
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F.......

Welcome to the United States of dystopia?

Although, people are probably looking at the uk with the same incredulous pity.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 6:26 am
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I hope labour are watching and learning. Even if Biden wins it is by way to tight a margin. It isn't enough to just not be the ****ups in charge, you actually have to offer a real alternative that gives hope.

Trump really has a lot of support and that probably means we have to rethink how we think about America.

I think most Europeans realised how dangerous a political leader America was a couple of decades ago, Trump cemented that fact. Unfortunately our political leaders haven't grasped the fact yet, they thought that Trump was a blip and could be brushed over and move on after 4 years. Well that just isn't the case the world needs to realign without the US at the helm for everyones good.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 6:34 am
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I reckon trump has got this.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 6:43 am
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looks like pennsylvania is going with ohio. 700,000 lead for tinkerbell


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 6:55 am
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Trump really has a lot of support and that probably means we have to rethink how we think about America.

There was something on 'prime time' TV here yesterday, I'm not entirely sure as I wasn't paying attention, might've been the One Show. They did a 'man in the street' poll, folk chucking coloured balls into a box to vote for Trump / Biden. The result was exactly 50:50.

What are we rethinking, again?


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 6:57 am
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You can’t polish a turd. But the Americans sure as hell are good at sprinkling the glitter.

Not just in America, I fear


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:01 am
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hope labour are watching and learning. Even if Biden wins it is by way to tight a margin. It isn’t enough to just not be the **** in charge, you actually have to offer a real alternative that gives hope.

There is a lot of truth in what you say. However, the people have to listen. Biden has said he will protect medicare for pre existing conditions. Trump is in court next week to remove that protection. On the campaign trail Trump said he is going to protect pre-existing conditions.
If you as a voter can't see the problem there, no amount of talking about positive things by one side will help.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:01 am
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Looking at the number of electoral college votes left in the states to formally announce a result, Trump has won.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:01 am
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I fear America has injected itself with bleach


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:02 am
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"we" don't need to rethink anything. This country is exactly the same, if Trump were a candidate for PM he'd probably win. With the exception of guns I don't think America is much more ****ed up than the UK.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:02 am
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Trump about to get on stage... likely to tell everyone how he’s being cheated...


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:02 am
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Not what I wanted to wake up to


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:04 am
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likely to tell everyone how he’s being cheated…

He already tweeted that. I'm guessing he'll call on Joe to concede or he sicks Guiliani on him.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:06 am
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Trump about to get on stage… likely to tell everyone how he’s being cheated…

Yep, except this time it seems it's Poland rather than Russia.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:07 am
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Looking at the number of electoral college votes left in the states to formally announce a result, Trump has won.

Biden only really needs 2 of at least 4 possibles still in play, including Georgia and that definitely wasn't supposed to happen


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:09 am
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Ever feel like you are on the wrong side of history? I’m tired of waking up, looking at poll results and thinking WTF?


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:11 am
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I dont think Trump's winning this. The mail in votes are likely to be hugely swayed to the democrats and in Georgia and Pennsylvania there are way more than Biden needs still to be counted. I think Biden will be declared winner this afternoon but Trump's lawyers will begin their nonsense. He's been preparing the ground for this for months now.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:13 am
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Pretty much ^^^^. Although for me, it's been working the night shift, watching the **** unfold!

But there is a glimmer of hope here. I'm not expecting good news, but you never know, eh?

I've been watching the CNN feed. They are NOT Trump fans! It's been interesting how scathing they are being.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:15 am
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There is a lot of truth in what you say. However, the people have to listen. Biden has said he will protect medicare for pre existing conditions. Trump is in court next week to remove that protection. On the campaign trail Trump said he is going to protect pre-existing conditions.
If you as a voter can’t see the problem there, no amount of talking about positive things by one side will help.

No, that is exactly the problem, Biden is just going to protect the crappy old compromise that no one really likes. He didn't lay out a better alternative plan for healthcare that anyone could get behind and campaign for. It's we will return you to same old life before Trump rather than build a better future.

I will make a prediction, although it might be tight this time, there will still be more non voting eligible voters, than votes cast for the winner.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:17 am
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I'm feeling the same sense of dread and bewilderment I felt the day after the Referendum result here. Wondering how so many people could be so catastrophically stupid.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:18 am
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How can anyone vote for that orange bastard. I can’t understand it. He’s an imbecile who can’t even string a coherent sentence together. No way would we have somebody like that in char......oh, shit.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:19 am
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have any of the us networks called it yet?... they usual have a good idea of how remaining counties will fall.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:20 am
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A packed Whitehouse briefing room including a bloke that looks suspiciously like R Kelly, and I’ve counted 2 masks.  Here we go.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:21 am
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He didn’t lay out a better alternative plan for healthcare that anyone could get behind and campaign for. I

If he had, Trump would have - in fact did - say he had a plan, it was the best plan, it was the bigliest plan, the plan that did more than anyone elses plan ever. People swallowed that hook line and sinker. If you as a voter buy into that, which clearly a lot have, literally nothing the other side says will matter.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:22 am
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have any of the us networks called it yet?… they usual have a good idea of how remaining counties will fall.

I think the mail-in voting is causing unprecedented issues with this. There's usually many more votes counted by this point.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:22 am
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Why’s he speaking past tense?


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:23 am
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He's talking on CNN. Oh, he such a *! That * face. That **** voice.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:23 am
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Morning. Glad I went to bed when it was obvious Trump had Florida. Seems I may have been right. Still possible for Biden to win but it’s so close it’ll be a repeat of 2000. He’s a shit candidate. Offers nothing different to what the voters rejected in 2016, and arrogantly thought Covid would get him elected. Bernie would have walked this.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:23 am
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looks like Biden has a chance of winning Georgia! (a lot of metropolitan votes still to be counted)


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:25 am
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Send the asteroid now. Humanity as an experiment has failed.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:25 am
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arrogantly thought Covid would get him elected

True. The exit polls seemed like people were concerned with the economy first, covid was way down the list. Biden msread the mood badly thinking covid was the wedge issue.

Not sure Bernie is the answer to any question involving concerns about the economy.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:27 am
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And there it is...

He's just declared effective victory. Let the violence commence!


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:29 am
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It will tighten but Boden needs to win a very large proportion of uncounted votes in the handful of swing states that could possibly go his way.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:30 am
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Civil war looking ever more likely, Trump stoking it more than ever. Christ.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:30 am
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Trumps speaking about results before have been announced.  Claiming Biden threatened lawyers, that he’s won already, and will been cheated.

Its so hard to watch such a delusional fascist arrogant cock.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:30 am
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Yawn. Trump going to the supreme court he's just announced. With millions of ballots still to count. Pence says they're protecting the right to vote (but not to have your vote counted obvs.)


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:30 am
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Why is Trump wearing a blue tie? Has he forgotten what side he is on?

Did he essentially just order the proud boys et al to go and 'observe' the ballot counting?


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:31 am
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Wow.

What a worrying time for so many in the USA.

This will go on for weeks now, surely? He isn't going to back down, and will do everything legal and illegal to get that win.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:34 am
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Fox called arizona, which is good


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:34 am
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Why’s he speaking past tense?

Becuae he’s going to the Supreme Court to stop the counting, like he said he would.  Holy ****, what a ****.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:37 am
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Fox called arizona, which is good

Interesting. No one else has.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:40 am
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How can an election be held in a democratic country when the rules of the election aren't properly known and agreed in the first place? I find this whole idea of going to the courts to verify/change the rules midway through absolutely bewildering!


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:44 am
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Fox called arizona, which is good

Complete nonsense from Trump. He's upset Arizona has been called, but wants all the others declared now in his favour. Even this supreme court would just laugh?


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:45 am
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whole idea of going to the courts to verify/change the rules midway through absolutely bewildering!

Midway, months after the fact, they have a proud history of it, string in 1867. When the courts don't do what you want you have a riot. Google the Brooks Brothers Riot.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:48 am
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It's not looking good for the Dems in the Senate and without that even if Biden wins his ability to enact changes is going to be severely limited, they wouldn't even be able to increase the size of the SOCTUS


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 7:58 am
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might’ve been the One Show. They did a ‘man in the street’ poll, folk chucking coloured balls into a box to vote for Trump / Biden.

Yes, I saw that, the uneducated rubbish coming out of the mouths of some of the people being interviewed was terrifying.

My wife's been saying Trump will win for weeks, I think she may be right.


 
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Surely Trump wouldnt stomp off to court if he thought he was winning?


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:08 am
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This is how the map looks at the moment. There are still 20 to 30% of votes still to count in Wi, Mi, and Pa. Those will be postal votes, so they should favour Biden. Whoever wins 2 out of 3 of those states will be the winner (assuming Trump takes Ga, which isn't certain).. Won't know the winner until all the votes are counted, it's probably going to be very close.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:10 am
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Surely Trump would stomp of to court if he thought he was winning?

He is. He does. He wants the counting stopped, just as everyone predicted. Democracy.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:10 am
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What a mess.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:11 am
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Surely Trump would stomp of to court if he thought he was winning?

He is. He does. He wants the counting stopped, just as everyone predicted. Democracy.

Sorry mistyped I meant wouldnt stomp off to court if winning


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:15 am
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Those will be postal votes, so they should favour Biden.

Yeah but in the case of PA, he'll need about 75% of the mail in vote in a state where he is running about 45% in the regular. Not that it can't happen but the odds aren't great.

Trump declared or leading in about 290. It's not looking so good at this point.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:17 am
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I meant wouldnt stomp off to court if winning

Depends what you mean by “winning”… Trump calling early if ahead, and seeking to shut down the election so as not to find out who the eventual winner would be, has been most people’s prediction for a while now… he’s not hidden his plans from anyone.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:17 am
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If they count every vote - Biden stands a good chance.

...but it is really tight


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:20 am
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Just woken up..who is going to win, or too close to call?


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:21 am
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Back to bed - set the alarm for Friday.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:22 am
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@thols2  fake news. that isn't correct.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:22 am
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Would you buy a bike if you found out the manufacturers owner was a trump supporter?


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:27 am
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Just woken up..who is going to win,

Lawyers


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:28 am
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Bernie would have walked this.

Haha.

It has nothing to do with policy, you realise that?


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:29 am
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(Spoiler alert)

Spoiler
Trump wins


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:29 am
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Biden can still win without PA, but needs WI & MI

That's a long shot even with postal votes, especially as Trump is now doing what we knew he would- cheat


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:33 am
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Yeah but in the case of PA, he’ll need about 75% of the mail in vote in a state where he is running about 45% in the regular. Not that it can’t happen but the odds aren’t great.

What's happened is that Democrats overwhelmingly voted early, so that cannibalized their in-person voting. In Pa, Biden needs about 69% of the remaining 1.7 million votes.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:35 am
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Would you buy a bike if you found out the manufacturers owner was a trump supporter?

Yes.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:35 am
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(Spoiler alert)

>!Trump 2020!<

Aren’t you supposed to write is as:

Trump 2Q2Q

#savethechildren #WWG1WGA #plandemic

🙄


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:38 am
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Dang. I only done fixed the gosh darn spoiler tag by which time some deep state Communilist done quoted me on the one where I done messed up. Typical Marxinist fake news. I was testing you. This just proves that you still don’t get it.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:41 am
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@thols2 - according to https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/election-results-timing/ it could be a week before the PA result is fully finalised. Of course if one candidate gets an unassailable lead before then it will be declared early.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:49 am
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They should of just ran a nationwide lottery and picked some random person.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:50 am
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it could be a week before the PA result is fully finalised

https://twitter.com/jamesrbuk/status/1323905812566331394?s=21

If they count every vote – Biden stands a good chance.

https://twitter.com/jysexton/status/1323886644823494656?s=21


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:52 am
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I, for one, welcome our new Wotsit overlords.


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 8:52 am
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As an indicator of what the Democrats are up against:

https://twitter.com/Richx183/status/1323879030630813702


 
Posted : 04/11/2020 9:00 am
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If it turns out that Trump wins I’m going to eat my own anus and attempt to break the space time continuum.

I’m on Amazon as I speak looking at dental floss.

Feeling peckish yet?

Though if you play your cards right you might get some Grand Cru Medoc to wash it down..


 
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