2020 electoral college voting **live commentary thread**

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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/12/14/us/elections/electoral-college-results.html

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47 states + D.C. have voted so far, and Biden has still not been elected president...
That shows how relatively close this election was.

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47 states + D.C. have voted so far, and Biden has still not been elected president...
That shows how relatively close this election was.

Nah, it rather shows that the state with the biggest number of electoral votes still haven't voted.

If the Earth rotated clockwise we would probably not have an eventual winner yet, either.

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47 states + D.C. have voted so far, and Biden has still not been elected president...
That shows how relatively close this election was.

Not really.

It was only close in the Electoral College.

In every other country on the planet, Biden would have easily won with his 7 million vote advantage.

And it's only close now, because CA is located on the west coast ...

I wouldn't say 306-232 is that close.

That's why I emphasized the adverb relatively. It was not a narrow victory, of course, but the electoral voting process reminds of how many pundits wrongly predicted it to be a landslide election in favor of Biden.

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Does anybody know after how many states Obama surpassed the 270-vote mark back in 2008?