god let's hope so. Really don't want PA to be a necessity ...
Note that GA alone doesn't do it for Biden if Trump runs all the other remaining states. That would result in a 269-269 tie, which is then decided by the House.
"But Democrats control the House, so that's a win for Biden," you say. Not so fast! The crazy tie-breaking rules give one vote to each state, not to each Representative. Each's state's vote is selected by a majority vote from the Representatives from those states. This is yet another example in American democracy where smaller states with fewer people are given disproportionate amount of power. A 269-269 tie would result in a Trump victory in the House tie-breaker, assuming the Reps from each state vote purely along party lines. There's also the crazy possibility that a state whose citizens voted for Biden might have a majority number of Republican Reps who will then hand their state's vote to Trump, over-turning the will of the people. This would be completely in-character for 2020.
In other words, we need either GA plus any other remaining state or just PA to settle this thing.
While we are in a bit of a stall shout out to everyone on this forum for continuing to update the results and provide explanations and commentary. While I love politics, how the polling & voting work in the US is way over my head.
More importantly, all your hard work has paid off! You've made me sound like an expert at work.
Agreed
Also once again the thread title is brilliantly prescient.
Looking decent for Biden to run the table now, save North Carolina.
See, you say this, but I'm still stuck on them running out of votes in GA and PA before the lead is gone, and NV and AZ are impossible to predict.
I dunno, I'm thinking about taking the odds and betting on Trump here.
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See, you say this, but I'm still stuck on them running out of votes in GA and PA before the lead is gone, and NV and AZ are impossible to predict.
I dunno, I'm thinking about taking the odds and betting on Trump here.
Might as well, Trump is the underdog in all of those states and in PA's case he's +700 on some sites. If Trump wins you make some money, if he loses you get to enjoy yhat.
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I was a scrutineer for a friend in the NWT elections last fall. I was surprised at how low the tolerance was for spoiled ballots. For me I thought as long as it was clear who the person was voting for, it should count. However, they were tossing ballots for things a little heart put next to the name the person voted for.
I worry that any recounts will try to impose much stricter rules in order to kick votes out
Yeah, at minimum it's an emotional hedge, is kind of what I'm thinking.
Where are people betting online?
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And I'm sure, much like everything Project Veritas has ever produced, these are 100% legitimate and not staged videos
I don’t know what that is. And I’m not a fan of Crowder, but aside from the plausible explanation that a delivery man would have a plastic wagon instead of a dolly, it would be exceptionally challenging to claim the video from within the centre is staged.
Regardless of the outcomes, tell me we wouldn’t all be abhorred if election workers could walk into a secured area with very large bags unchecked. And not just the fatty’s who might need a few supersizes meals and a roast chicken to get through their shift; that’s an awful lot of bags.
I’d be curious how that can be acceptable, by anyone?
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No, no…I’m not sloppy, or lazy. This is a sign of the boredom.
The most recent Pennsylvania batch of 26,000 resulted in a net of 20,000 for Biden (89%). Trump’s lead is under 120,000 with an estimated 550,000 to go.
Edit: typo 23,000 should have been 20,000
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I don’t know what that is. And I’m not a fan of Crowder, but aside from the plausible explanation that a delivery man would have a plastic wagon instead of a dolly, it would be exceptionally challenging to claim the video from within the centre is staged.
Regardless of the outcomes, tell me we wouldn’t all be abhorred if election workers could walk into a secured area with very large bags unchecked. And not just the fatty’s who might need a few supersizes meals and a roast chicken to get through their shift; that’s an awful lot of bags.
I’d be curious how that can be acceptable, by anyone?
This was already reported to be a TV crew unloading equipment
