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04 Nov 2020, 6:00 pm

magz wrote:
^^ BBC US reporter tells a different story:
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A national race is boiling down to just a handful of states: Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2020-54807899
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Arizona appears to be trending toward Biden, which means the Democrat would have to win two of the three so-called 2016 "blue wall" states - Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania - to secure victory.

Biden trails in all three, but the remaining votes to be counted will favour the Democrat - perhaps by enough to pull him ahead.

There are more than 1.4 million vote-by-mail ballots left to count in Pennsylvania, and it could take days to tabulate them all. The big cities in Michigan (Detroit) and Wisconsin (Milwaukee) are also yet to fully report, and they will heavily tilt toward the Democrats.

Meanwhile, Georgia is a wildcard. What seemed heading towards a comfortable Trump win earlier on Tuesday has ended up in a dead heat. Results from Biden-friendly Atlanta was, improbably enough, delayed by a broken water pipe in a vote-counting location.

A Democratic win in Georgia would mean Biden only has to carry one of those Midwest states.

As the remaining votes to be counted come from big cities, it's likely they would change the outcome.

Time will tell.

In the meantime:
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You know what neurotypicals always say "The bigger they are, the harder they fall." 8)



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04 Nov 2020, 6:14 pm

Tempus Fugit wrote:
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He does have his own personal empire to go back to after all.


He's going to have an interesting next few years, what with no longer being immune from criminal prosecution and all. :lol:



[not serious]He could disappear after the election and leave the country to avoid criminal prosecution. People will be reporting sightings for the years to come![/not serious]


A secret meeting between Trump, Elvis and Bigfoot has already taken place.


I heard D.B. Cooper was there also.


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04 Nov 2020, 6:18 pm

ASPartOfMe wrote:
Tempus Fugit wrote:
Feyokien wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Tempus Fugit wrote:
He does have his own personal empire to go back to after all.


He's going to have an interesting next few years, what with no longer being immune from criminal prosecution and all. :lol:



[not serious]He could disappear after the election and leave the country to avoid criminal prosecution. People will be reporting sightings for the years to come![/not serious]


A secret meeting between Trump, Elvis and Bigfoot has already taken place.


I heard D.B. Cooper was there also.


The Lock Ness Monster didn't make the meeting. Couldn't pay the bus fare (it was about $3.50).



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04 Nov 2020, 7:15 pm

Pieplup wrote:
Tempus Fugit wrote:
This is why the world needs a global emperor.

No the world needs a fair intergalactic emperor. I nominate myself.

Well, (shrugs) it couldn't be any worse!



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04 Nov 2020, 7:18 pm

MelissaCho wrote:
Pieplup wrote:
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This is why the world needs a global emperor.
No the world needs a fair intergalactic emperor. I nominate myself.
Well, (shrugs) it couldn't be any worse!
I find your lack of faith ... disturbing.

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04 Nov 2020, 10:52 pm

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Miiiiight be time for the various branches of the US Military to uphold their oath to defend the US Constitution against enemies both foreign and domestic should Biden win & the orange oaf needs to be physically removed from the White House..

i can tell you for a fact that the bulk of the enlisted corps support trump. i know those people. i know how they think.



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04 Nov 2020, 11:07 pm

Tempus Fugit wrote:
^^ The AP map continually refreshes and is current. AZ was already won by Biden.


Strictly speaking, it will be weeks before any state is won by any candidate. All we have so far is some preliminary announcements.

I don't know about all states, but in general, the local vote must be counted and canvassed by the local election boards. This can take anywhere from one to three weeks. They then have to send the results to the state government, generally the governor, for the state to canvass the report. This canvass can take another couple of weeks or so. Only when this is done is the winner of the state official and electoral voters for that candidate be selected.

The electoral college will meet on December 14, 2020. The states should finished their canvasses and identified the winners and the electoral voters by December 8th, but it isn't absolutely required.

All the election night coverage does is provide entertainment and give us an idea of who likely won.

Edit: I had the electoral college dates wrong. They are now fixed.



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04 Nov 2020, 11:09 pm

auntblabby wrote:
goldfish21 wrote:
Miiiiight be time for the various branches of the US Military to uphold their oath to defend the US Constitution against enemies both foreign and domestic should Biden win & the orange oaf needs to be physically removed from the White House..

i can tell you for a fact that the bulk of the enlisted corps support trump. i know those people. i know how they think.


I read last night that 51% of military vets were found in exit polls to support Trump. That is supposedly way down from normal elections.



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04 Nov 2020, 11:49 pm

at least one psychologist who has studied this concluded that right-wingers tend to not like or trust polls or pollsters and tend to misrepresent their opinions to them.



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05 Nov 2020, 1:26 am

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at least one psychologist who has studied this concluded that right-wingers tend to not like or trust polls or pollsters and tend to misrepresent their opinions to them.


They actually call it the "shy tory" effect named after the British elections and Brexit where younger conservatives were too scared to voice their real opinions (mostly because they couldn't defend being selfish) so lied to pollsters.



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05 Nov 2020, 1:30 am

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auntblabby wrote:
at least one psychologist who has studied this concluded that right-wingers tend to not like or trust polls or pollsters and tend to misrepresent their opinions to them.


They actually call it the "shy tory" effect named after the British elections and Brexit where younger conservatives were too scared to voice their real opinions (mostly because they couldn't defend being selfish) so lied to pollsters.

here it is not shyness but a simple bloodyminded refusal to tell the truth to them, if they deign to respond to them at all.



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05 Nov 2020, 1:54 am

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a simple bloodyminded refusal to tell the truth to them, if they deign to respond to them at all.


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05 Nov 2020, 3:54 am

What a big baby that Trump is



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05 Nov 2020, 4:01 am

it wouldn't be so bad if we taxpayers didn't have to pay to change his nappy. ;)



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05 Nov 2020, 9:31 am

Stand by for Trump's Big Announcement from Las Vegas.


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05 Nov 2020, 9:57 am

vocal Arizona republicans appear to be diverging from the national party with their calls to

"Count the vote"

While Trump and most others continue to try to:

"Stop the count"