2020 Presidential Election Results & Exit Polls commentary thread

[brucejoel99]

Okay y'all, let me let you in on a little secret...

Don't feed the troll.

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1324901123996741634

Explanation: the votes are being counted.

We done here?

[brucejoel99]

Ian Miles Cheong having a normal one

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1324907255335063552

I wanna know if he'll be just as angry in 4-5 decades if conservative politicians have ACB statuettes on their bookshelves.

[brucejoel99]

3,212 from Allegheny:

Biden 2,436
Trump 733


Allegheny counters now stopping for the night.

[brucejoel99]

3,212 from Allegheny:

Biden 2,436
Trump 733


Allegheny counters now stopping for the night.

So Biden's margin in PA is above 30k. That's pretty much an insurmountable lead, no?

The margin is now just over 28.8K

[brucejoel99]

He sounds good, essentially declaring victory without actually officially declaring victory & delivering the "we're getting to work" speech.

Congrats, Mr. (Quasi-)President-elect.

[brucejoel99]

So this election will have the highest turnout since 1896.

You know, when a populist appealed strongly to the rural WWC and drove up their turnout, only to lose by 4.5 points anyway to a pretty likable mainstream candidate because “elites” in the midwest and Northeast opposed him even more strongly for the same reasons he fired up his supporters.

Please stop jinxing - per this approximate timeline - a ~2025 event that your description might jinx.

[brucejoel99]

So... is ANYONE ever gonna be able to explain the irony of this 306 map besides “John McCain sends his regards” and “Jimmy Carter deserves to see Blue Georgia.”

Hillary's 4 pent-up years' worth of karmic energy has finally caught up with him?

[brucejoel99]

Wait a second, will this really be higher turnout than 1896? Wikipedia claims 1896 was 79.3%. I really doubt we could get that high.

I thought I heard a pundit say the estimated final total of ~155M would - at ~60.2% turnout - equate to the highest turnout since 1968's 60.7%.

[brucejoel99]

https://twitter.com/benyc/status/1325096265911324678

I really hope this allows the non-AP/Fox outlets to just f**king call this thing already.

[brucejoel99]

Maricopa drop:

Biden 19,513
Trump 26,992

[brucejoel99]

OUR LONG NATIONAL NIGHTMARE IS OVER!!

[brucejoel99]

https://mobile.twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1325133262075940864

Under. The. F-ing. Bus.

Under the hand-painted double-decker London bus and/or the "Let's fund our NHS instead" Brexit bus.

Yes!

[brucejoel99]

I think Burr, who is both retiring and likely facing SEC investigation without Barr to protect him, being offered a minor cabinet role or ambassadorship would be more likely, but still a long shot.

Best thing we can do is win the GA run-offs.

After 4 years of nothing but ethics violations, we're not appointing a walking-&-talking ethics violation.

[brucejoel99]

This is where the fun begins:

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1325194709443080192
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1325195021339987969

[brucejoel99]

Susan Collins would, unironically, be a fairly good and qualified Transportation secretary in a Biden administration.

Clever trick if it works. Could the same be done in Pennsylvania with Toomey? Might be worth putting a few Republicans in the Cabinet if it gets a sneaky Senate majority.

There's no way any Republican Senator would agree to this unless their state has a Republican governor or if the Democratic governor is bound by law to appoint another Republican. This idea stands zero chance of working.

You never know. The right kind of senator might take the deal. The right kind of power-hungry. If Brian Kemp was a Senator he'd take the Cabinet position in a second.

Burr is retiring in 2022, he may be willing to leave early for a Cabinet position (or Ambassador to Italy or whatever he fancies).

Aside from his being a walking-&-talking ethics controversy, Cooper would be forced to appoint a Republican, so that would pretty much render such a plan moot.

[brucejoel99]

I still think the Falcons won the Super Bowl, too.

Idk about that but personally speaking, I do think the Marlins won the NLDS

[brucejoel99]

Watching Kamala speak right now, I feel so much pride in my country. Because of us, she'll - starting January 20th - be the 1st person in our nation's history to have the honor of being addressed as "Madam Vice President." She's proof that we the people have the power to build a better future.

[brucejoel99]

I was just watching Kamala take the lectern with the CNN caption "Sen. Kamala Harris (D) - Vice-President Elect" and thought about what it would have been like if that had fallen through a time warp and appeared on TV screens 50 years ago.  It would have been inconceivable to most people.

Just imagine how 1958 would've reacted to a headline saying "Sen. Barack Obama (D) - President-elect"

[brucejoel99]

"The President-elect of the United States of America, Joe Biden!"

An epic culmination.

[brucejoel99]

This speech is straight fire. This is what a true President looks like - & will, come noon on Jan. 20th.

[brucejoel99]

Ugh, it's so normal sounding! I missed this!

It's like we didn't have a President for 4 years! God, did I miss this so much.

[brucejoel99]

Him and Kamala are going to kick ass in the next four years. Hopefully these next two months fly by quick.

They're gonna be as amazing a team in governing as they have been in campaigning.

[brucejoel99]

Beau would be so proud of his father right now, just as he's made the country & many across the globe proud of this beautiful day for democracy, America, & freedom. (And my god, is it just so refreshing to once again hear competency & forward-thinking from somebody with the word "President" in their title.)

[brucejoel99]

The calls for unity are just LOL after the hell Democrats tried to put Trump in from day 1 in office.  They never tried to unify the country in the last four years.  Russia Russia Russia

Y'all thought Obama's tan suit was an impeachable offense, yet you claim to lecture us about hollow unity when the only thing we cared about was... *checks notes* ...being able to confirm whether or not the incumbent President of the United States committed actual crimes?

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