2020 Absentee/Early Voting megathread 2

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Why is everybody so obsessed with Florida? It has no senate race on the ballot, there is no chance of flipping one of the state houses, and it will likely only vote for Biden if he doesn't need it.

Because we'll know the results there on election night. If Biden wins it, he's almost certainly won 270 and Trump will have a much harder time contesting the results.

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https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1320896884068802561

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1320899094232158208

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1320900569381429248

https://twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1320901747263549440

Are there examples he lists of Republicans pulling out of races that should be very competitive in the house?  I'm assuming it would be something like Elissa Slotkins district or something.  Or maybe that district in Kent County.  Or Conor Lamb's.

I suspect MI-08, MI-11, PA-07 and PA-08 are the ones he's referring to. All of those are fairly swingy but don't seem to be getting much attention.

[Roll Roons]

In line at the Rome, GA rally.  Been asking around and the majority are waiting until Tuesday.  There’s wayyyyyyyyy more people here than the Macon rally a couple weeks ago.  Line is miles long

Given which congressional district Rome is in, will you-know-who be speaking?

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https://twitter.com/BOENYC/status/1323044639495147520
Early voting has concluded in NYC. First time in a presidential election.

(NOTE: These numbers don't include absentee/mail-in ballots)

Not sure how many absentees are expected but this is pretty pathetic turnout compared to the rest of the country's early voting. NY election administration really needs a total overhaul.

I'm not a huge AOC fan, but the woman is 100% right when it comes to New York's pitiful, Medieval electoral infrastructure and how it needs overhauling.

Actually, I guess I AM an AOC fan because I really appreciate how she focuses on commonsense issues that can get overwhelming support like "New York sucks at elections management." That's a really impressive sign of a talented pol: building ad hoc coalitions on issues with people you might not agree on with other stuff.

Anyway, Lief is 100% right that this voter turnout # is a disgrace to NY. NY should do better. It'd literally be easier to vote in f**king Alabama or Mississippi than NY.

Never forget how it took almost a month to get the full results in NY-27 over the summer. An election where only around 150K voted. Or the extremely dramatic blue shift from that race. New York's elections are pretty much the sole reason there's so much dooming about how it may take weeks to know who wins the White House.

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https://twitter.com/ContentedIndie/status/1323374898610319362

Who is this guy and how does he have access to private polls?

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I assume all the Florida optimists will be admitting how wrong they were? If only we’d spent all that time and money in NC instead and got Cal over the line.

He outraised and outspent Tillis by quite a lot. NC's partisanship won out, along with his scandal and the trend of downballot Republicans outperforming Trump.