[GT] US election - It's 2020, what could possibly go wrong?

[puffnstuff]

There were reportedly 100 million early voters.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

$100 wins you $250 for a Biden win right now.

That would be like taking the Giants.

[octothorp]

Originally Posted by Azure

I don't get this. Because they will count them tomorrow?

Why can't they keep working? Half the country is still just starting to report in but hey, we're going to bed!

Wisconsin actually by law has to complete counting, once they start, from what I read. But that will still take until tomorrow morning (at least 5am EST from what I've heard).

[burn_this_city]

Cnn is ridiculous not to call Florida

[peter12]

Originally Posted by GGG

I don’t think he understands it. I think he is a savant. He just is good at it.

Whatever we call that, most people missed it, refused to respect it, dismissed it and are now paying for it.

[GreenLantern2814]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

... Are all accounted for in most of these states.

You can say this when Michigan and Pennsylvania become central in an hour or two.

Well, that’s not ideal.

At least we’ve already “moved to Canada”.

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Azure

I don't get this. Because they will count them tomorrow?

Why can't they keep working? Half the country is still just starting to report in but hey, we're going to bed!

They will be counting over night. They have hundreds of thousands of ballots and they can process about 30,000 an hour. It takes time.

[Slacker]

Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814

Cubans and Venezuelans aren’t scared of socialism, they’re scared of communism. And they’re not wrong to be afraid of it.

There’s also been misinformation campaigns on Facebook and Twitter specifically aimed at convincing Latino folks that Biden is a communist.

Venezuelan here. In my experience, you have a decent chunk of Venezuelans who despise Nicolas Maduro but adore Hugo Chavez. They would say Maduro was the one who ruined the country. They would also see Trump just like Chavez, they seem to be quite similar in personality.

You also have others who think Trump will take down the Maduro regime and they will vote for him.

They are a bunch of idiots.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Strange Brew

Wait, Fox has Biden at 78% to win Georgia.

This is incredibly fascinating.

That’s just a monkey being cute to draw you in before it throws its poop at you.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by peter12

Whatever we call that, most people missed it, refused to respect it, dismissed it and are now paying for it.

Maybe in 2016, I’m not sure what you do to counter that particular ability.

[CliffFletcher]

How are pollsters going to recover from this? They said they corrected their errors from 2016. Clearly their models and methodologies are still deeply flawed.

[Azure]

Originally Posted by octothorp

Wisconsin actually by law has to complete counting, once they start, from what I read. But that will still take until tomorrow morning (at least 5am EST from what I've heard).

Which is fine I guess.

I just don't get the whole 'we are not counting them till tomorrow BS.'

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Slacker

Venezuelan here. In my experience, you have a decent chunk of Venezuelans who despise Nicolas Maduro but adore Hugo Chavez. They would say Maduro was the one who ruined the country. They would also see Trump just like Chavez, they seem to be quite similar in personality.

You also have others who think Trump will take down the Maduro regime and they will vote for him.

They are a bunch of idiots.

How many different groups can you call idiots for supporting Trump before realizing you aren't doing what is necessary to win their votes?

[Bonded]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

How are pollsters going to recover from this? They said they corrected their errors from 2016. Clearly their models and methodologies are deeply flawed.

They will just blame Covid

[Mr.Coffee]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

How are pollsters going to recover from this? They said they corrected their errors from 2016. Clearly their models and methodologies are deeply flawed.

This is fascinating. When the mail in ballots come in does it spur the Supreme Court action? Wild.

Also interesting that literally all the urban areas are blue and all rural red. Talk about a very crisp divide on that front. More than I remember in the past.

[peter12]

Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

How are pollsters going to recover from this? They said they corrected their errors from 2016. Clearly their models and methodologies are deeply flawed.

They are priestly augers not technocratic wizards.

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

The Trump lead in Ohio is up to 3 points and growing.

This is all going quite poorly.

[the_only_turek_fan]

128k vote lead for Trump in OH.

[MarchHare]

Against my better judgement, I checked the probability dials on the Fox News website. As of this writing, they have Biden at 80% to win Georgia, 89% to win Ohio, and 95% to win North Carolina.

Is there a reason I should treat this with suspicion, or has Biden closed this out?

[andy_521]

There has to be a better voting system in that literally half of the population because many of the races are pretty much 50/50 and the "minority" will not get any representation or their interests looked out for. There has to be a better way to do things regardless of party.