U.S. Presidential Election 2020

Can someone quickly summarise the current situatio

No ones going to get to 270 based on the current numbers are they?
Then what?

I hope the pressure of possibly losing will be too much for Trump’s hair and it will detach from the main body, fleeing back to its home world, leaving a fat, bald, orange husk (sort of like a giant Cheeto with tiny hands) that will simply disperse in the breeze. The particles from said Cheeto husk will contain a pathogen lethal to those who have a mullet or wear any camouflage clothing. Thus killing 97.3% of the Republican Party voters.

BearBack
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No ones going to get to 270 based on the current numbers are they?

Most likely someone will- for it to be perfectly tied is always mathematically unlikely. Who the hell thought THAT was a good idea by the way ought to be dug up and beaten with sticks then buried again. It’s the second worst system in the world, after test match cricket.

P-Jay
Full Member

1) Not really, he’s got a chance to win that’s slightly improving as more votes are counted, he could well lose.

What part of “probably” was the problem here?

3) only in Polls, not in votes.

Obviously, because at the start of the night, there weren’t any votes counted/declared, so all there were, was polls forecasts and analysis.

But I guess my point might not have been clear enough, which is that weirdly despite the predictions and polls being off the mark, the situation now is still largely what it was before the first vote was counted- the maths is still on Biden’s side, from everything we can see. It’s just ironic that this was the case at the start, and while all the working has turned out to be wrong, the actual answer still seems to be right. That was basically what all my maths homework looked like too.

Also, why the **** does this failed politician keep being invited back into the BBC?!

Why him specifically though? The last four years have showing that there’s plenty of people that share his views, why don’t they share the nutcase slot round a bit, rather than giving the nutters someone to vote for focus on

No ones going to get to 270 based on the current numbers are they?
Then what?

The US reverts to a British colony with the queen as head of state.

That farage clip made me chuckle..contradicts himself within 2 sentences!

The not so funny thing is that whilst the man is clearly a lying charlatan, there are people in the UK that get to vote, whilst being so thick they are actually taken in by the crap he comes out with.

Susan Collins announced her Democratic challenger, Sara Gideon, had conceded the race while speaking to supporters in Bangor, Maine.

Guarantees republicans retain control of the Senate

I hope the pressure of possibly losing will be too much for Trump’s hair and it will detach from the main body

Its already a thing

Republicans, Senates, is this not just the plot of the Star Wars prequels without the space wizards and robots?

piemonster, the simple answer to your question is…it’s chaos.

on 5 Live last night, they interviewed these 2 very white middle class (?) republican womon in one of the flyover states and asked them about the lies and shenanigans that Trump sprouts and basically their reason for voting for him was that he’s a good Christian and not a socialist like Obama!

not a socialist like Obama!

Always fun to ask them what “socialism” actually is.

Answers usually dissolve into a rant about abortions or antifa.

Actually turned into GMB this morning to catch the Farage getting into an argument with the Piers over how well the Trumpski handled covid and that disinfectant comment.

Very strange times.

No ones going to get to 270 based on the current numbers are they?
Then what?

CNN just walked through a possible path, Biden got 270 without Pennsylvania as long as he holds what he’s leading. The Secretary of State just hinted they might get their ballots processed earlier than Friday now.

Does he just not understand how this works?

We are winning Pennsylvania big, but the PA Secretary of State just announced that there are “Millions of ballots left to be counted.”

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2020

basically their reason for voting for him was that he’s a good Christian and not a socialist like Obama!

I must have missed the bit in the Bible about getting your son to pay off a porn star and setting up a fraudulent university.

A look at the Guardian map shows a strong Biden story, if I am reading this right.

e.g. Michigan – Trump is about 50k ahead, however Wayne County (which includes Detroit) currently has 88% of votes in and over 250k Biden votes already. The remaining unfinished counties don’t seem to contain enough Trump voters to offset that. I could get Excel out but I can’t be bothered.

I wish someone had an API for all this data. In fact, they must do somewhere.

he’s a good Christian

And that right there sums up the sheer stupidity of the core trump supporter

Not only are they basing their vote on religious persuasion, but they actually beleive Donald Trump, a man who cheats on his wife with hookers and has never been to church in his life, is a good christian.

This and brexit are prime examples of why democracy isn’t always a good idea. There are just far too many gullible & stupid people given a say in how things are done, when realistically, they probably struggle to tie their own shoe laces from one day to the next.

has never been to church in his life

Fake news! He had the police violently clear peaceful protesters out of his way so he could stand outside one holding a bible for a photo op…

No ones going to get to 270 based on the current numbers are they?

Why, is someone else going to pick some up?

This and brexit are prime examples of why democracy isn’t always a good idea.

They are both examples of why democracy is a good idea. Neither will result in genocide, war, civil war, the countries going bankrupt, marshal law, militias, extreme poverty for the majority or any of a host of ills that generally afflict totalitarian systems.

Fake news! He had the police violently clear peaceful protesters out of his way so he could stand outside one holding a bible for a photo op…

Didn’t dare go inside, though
. Shame really, I’ve never seen a pumpkin self-immolate.

https://www.google.com/search?q=live+us+election&oq=live+us&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i131i433i457j0i131i433l2j69i60.5525j0j4&client=ms-android-oppo&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8

Biden up in Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin win those and its done surely?

One of the most irritating thing that has come out of Trumpsters is the “he speaks his mind” reason for voting trump. ****.

Yup, exactly 270.

Biden up in Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin win those and its done surely?

Only if he exceeds 1% margin. Otherwise it’ll be recounts and shit from trumps team.

Neither will result in genocide, war, civil war, the countries going bankrupt, marshal law, militias, extreme poverty for the majority or any of a host of ills that generally afflict totalitarian systems.

That’s a checklist of just about everything the US has done in the last 70 years.

Why, is someone else going to pick some up?

when I last looked at the AP map, adding the light shaded votes to the AP called dark shades States didn’t add up to 270 in either case.

DC has 3 EV and Maine and Nebraska have 1 congressional district vote each. The total EVs is 538.

Edit: 100 to represent the 100 Senators, 435 for the Representatives and 3 for DC because it’s not a state and doesn’t have Senators or Representatives.

CNn seem to have given Wisconsin to Biden. If he holds Arizona, gets Michigan, (still doubtful, IMHO) then Trump needs to run 4.

Does anyone know what’s happening with AZ? Rumour was that they found a load more postal votes…

Also interesting:

Republicans who have criticized Trump's false claims of victory and/or said count every vote:

– Mitch McConnell
– Marco Rubio
– Rob Portman
– Mike Lee
– Gov.-elect of Utah
– Chris Christie
– Rick Santorum
– AZ Gov. Ducey
– Mike Huckabee
– John Bolton https://t.co/OJcy0xpngd

— Alex Seitz-Wald (@aseitzwald) November 4, 2020

AZ seems stalled. Biden still up by around 100,000 at 86% estimated votes counted.

Trump’s crack legal team are hot-footing it to Pennsylvania for a presser…

En route to Philadelphia with legal team.

Massive cheating.@realDonaldTrump up by 550,000 with 75% counted.

Will not let Philly Democrat hacks steal it!

— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) November 4, 2020

The Trump campaign just announced a press conference in Philadelphia with Eric Trump, Lara Trump, Pam Bondi, and Corey Lewandowski this afternoon. Senior campaign officials held a call with reporters earlier but didn't take any questions.

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) November 4, 2020

There are just far too many gullible & stupid people given a say in how things are done,

Hell yeah

Trump’s crack legal team

Do you mean the Hunter Biden type of “crack”?

Does he just not understand how this works?

I reckon he knows EXACTLY how it works. The question is, do you know how he works?

https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1324020849230319616?s=09

Quick work!!

So did anyone actually “stay up” on election night under the assumption that they’d see this thing finished?

Apparently it’s ok to find more ballots and keep counting in AZ because they are claiming it’s been called too early for Biden.

All the states that offered a vote on legalizing herb, have voted for it.

So whichever way it goes, maybe the yanks will be more chilled about the result than predicted.