2020 Presidential Election Results & Exit Polls commentary thread

[Ancestral Republican]

Susan survives !

https://twitter.com/JamesArkin/status/1324051536620720132?s=19

Ugh. Well, you can at least count on Collins and Murkowski going rogue on legislation votes.

Hahahahaha, no you f***ing can't.

[Ancestral Republican]

I'm actually glad to hear Collins wins. We need more moderate members in the Senate from both parties.

Dude she voted like 95% with Trump. She's as much a moderate as I am. F*** her and f*** the Democrats for blowing the election this hard.

[Ancestral Republican]

I'm actually glad to hear Collins wins. We need more moderate members in the Senate from both parties.

Dude she voted like 95% with Trump. She's as much a moderate as I am. F*** her and f*** the Democrats for blowing the election this hard.

stop conflating moderation and partisanship.

Ah yes, so she only voted with Trump on his moderately far-right policies? And only voted for his moderately rapey judicial nominees?

[Ancestral Republican]

Maine Sen had probably the worst polling of the entire cycle.

Outright stupidity is really hard to quantify.

[Ancestral Republican]

I'm actually glad to hear Collins wins. We need more moderate members in the Senate from both parties.

Dude she voted like 95% with Trump. She's as much a moderate as I am. F*** her and f*** the Democrats for blowing the election this hard.

stop conflating moderation and partisanship.

Ah yes, so she only voted with Trump on his moderately far-right policies? And only voted for his moderately rapey judicial nominees?

Look bud, it's not my fault that you can't understand why moderate Republicans can still behave as rapid partisans on at least some occasions, especially in this era of unusually high levels of tribalism.

Oh so she can still be a "moderate Republican" even if she behaves like a senile old hack who's never met a lobbyist she didn't love. Okay, got it. Thanks and congratulations on the overwhelming fruition of your "NeverBernie" strategy, the Democratic Party is now in an amazing spot.

[Ancestral Republican]

(NYT):  Trump's campaign is requesting a recount in WI --

Trump’s campaign manager says he’ll request a recount in Wisconsin, though it may be up to two weeks before one can begin. In 2016 a statewide recount increased Trump’s margin by 131 votes.

Massive waste of time and resources and think of all the lives that could be saved by using the money elsewhere...

https://twitter.com/EricTrump/status/805517281333837824

And the cost of Amy McGrath, MJ Hegar, Jaime Harrison, Sara Gideon and Theresa Greenfield's election campaigns could have solved national hunger and homelessness.

But y'all not ready for that conversation.

[Ancestral Republican]

Why does it matter if Biden wins?   He's going to be a do nothing lame duck with an R Senate and a 6-3 Supreme court.

idk, so we don't have a wannabe fascist dictator as our leader?

😎😎 There won't be a freakin' Cheeto in the got dang White House. #ByeDon

[Ancestral Republican]

Why does it matter if Biden wins?   He's going to be a do nothing lame duck with an R Senate and a 6-3 Supreme court.

A Republican Senate may actually help Biden govern in a more moderate way and enact sane Democratic policies supported by the majority of the people.

Anyone saying this is delusional. Turtle didn't pass a single common sense Democratic policy during the years of Obama/GOP senate. There's no reason this won't continue now.

I can see government shutdowns in our future, as well as failure to pass a respectable budget for any government agency (except our fat and bloated military/VA, of course, that's untouchable.)

[Ancestral Republican]

Why does it matter if Biden wins?   He's going to be a do nothing lame duck with an R Senate and a 6-3 Supreme court.

1) New cabinet

2) Undoing Trump's executive orders

3) No more Trump-appointed judges. Sure he'll still have to go through McConnell, but at least we can stop the bleeding.

4) No more spur-of-the-moment major military decisions or presidential decrees by tweet

5) We can at least start to rebuild our reputation abroad

That's a lot!

Basically translates as Mitch is gonna put Biden in chastity and also make him watch the 6-3 SC do its thing.  

its depends on whether Biden can use the bully pulpit effectively. Trump does it well and Obama did it well occasionally

Trump has a Senate and Supreme Court. And a House that rolls over for him when he needs them to. Biden is entirely powerless without a Senate. The "bully pulpit" is irrelevant, but I wish we had someone like TR today.

[Ancestral Republican]

Why does it matter if Biden wins?   He's going to be a do nothing lame duck with an R Senate and a 6-3 Supreme court.

A Republican Senate may actually help Biden govern in a more moderate way and enact sane Democratic policies supported by the majority of the people.

Anyone saying this is delusional. Turtle didn't pass a single common sense Democratic policy during the years of Obama/GOP senate. There's no reason this won't continue now.

I can see government shutdowns in our future, as well as failure to pass a respectable budget for any government agency (except our fat and bloated military/VA, of course, that's untouchable.)

CBS financial analyst says split government is the best structure for the stock market, so there's that.

That will be a small comfort to the guy in the dying throes of Diabetes because he had to ration his insulin, I'm sure.

[Ancestral Republican]

Abigail Spanberger wins reelection!

Good! Freitas is a piece of sh**t.

[Ancestral Republican]

I hate to say this but I feel like how close this election ended up being plus how things went downballot probably ensures Biden doesn’t run for re-election if he comes out on top.

That and the fact he'll be 82.

After what happened, does anyone on here think Kamala Harris would win if she ran in 2024 to succeed Biden?

That depends on how things are going in 2024 and who she chooses as her VP will make a huge difference

It would not suprise me at all if her pick is either someone of Cuban ethnicity from Florida or Someone from the Midwest who can balance to ticket like Biden did for Obama in 2008

If Biden ends up being popular Haris will definitely benefit from that but a lot will depend on what she does over the next 4 years.

Don't want to count my chickens but if I'm her, I would pick Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, who is also a former Congressman. Him and his Husband have children and it's great outreach to the LGBTQ+ community and that actually would help in Florida, plus he's also Jewish which helps in that state.

Sounds great until you get to the part where Florida voted twice to elect a racist ass bigot who crashed the economy and did nothing positive during his four years.

You can have that "doom" mentality but Biden failed going after the Latin vote and Harris wouldn't do that. Plus demographics change and don't underestimate an enthusiasm for a ticket like Harris/Polis, it can be real. I'm just thinking off the top of my head, newly elected Sen. Ben Ray Lujan would be another pick that comes up in my mind. But, I'll save that for a new thread once this is over where we can all be political junkies and predict the 2024 race.

Latinos like Biden more than Harris. Harris turns off Latinos.

Oh yeah, Latinos love Biden.
The 2020 results should make that obvious.

I was so happy when he flipped Texas!

[Ancestral Republican]

Kind of beautiful being able to look at blue Wisconsin and Michigan again. The 2016 map is so ugly.

Wisconsin is by no means definitely blue. A win by only 21,000 with many questions around absentee and mail in votes leaves plenty of room during the recount for this to swing back to Trump.

Given the corruption that has occurred down at the Detroit vote counting centre, this race will be going on for a while to come.

Never seen a Texan spell center that way before. Interesting.

I don't live in Texas - but I could not see a map symbol for a region outside of America (I don't live in America).

What country do you live in? We have numerous countries available.

[Ancestral Republican]

Perdue down to 50.4% statewide.

Running behind Trump?

[Ancestral Republican]

Is anyone watching the House?  It's been called for the Dems by every news org, but it seems a bit premature to me.  Dems only have 208/218 seats called, and most of the remaining ones are R leads.

Lol

[Ancestral Republican]

What's wrong with the Indiana governor's map on NYT? It lists Holcomb winning every county with Rainwater in second. Myers gets no votes.

[Ancestral Republican]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, a slice of the American electorate:

Thank you for sharing.

[Ancestral Republican]

Thank you for sharing.

Shoutout to the one dude wearing a Reagan Bush '84 shirt.

I'm going to say something that's going to piss a lot of people off.

Bring back poll tests.

I'm going on the record here.

If voters were required to have even a rudimentary understanding of governance and the policies in question, Bernie would have won the primaries and general in a landslide.

[Ancestral Republican]

Did the military vote swing D?
The margins in VA Beach, El Paso County, and Bell County are more Dem leaning than 2016.

I'm sure the "losers and suckers" comments didn't do him any favors.

Hardly made a difference.

[Ancestral Republican]

I can’t get over the fact that Cal's sexy messenges might cost us the Trifecta for Dem legislation to effectively combat climate change. Icebergs will melt because of how hot he is. Sexiest butterfly effect.

WE JUST LOST THE SENATE FOR A PERFECT PHONE CALL!

[Ancestral Republican]

https://twitter.com/IntelDoge/status/1324147025680674817?s=20

Is this noon tomorrow for us chad East Coasters?

[Ancestral Republican]

Lmao at the #resisters mourning Donna Shalala:

https://twitter.com/nickroberts317/status/1324053608837644291

Max Rose losing is an absolute win.

[Ancestral Republican]

Kanye West received about 60,000 votes as of now. His best state was Tennessee.

https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-kanye-west-60000-votes-20201105-xje2ti6s3nd6noycwrnbnvapri-story.html

His first vote of his life was writing in himself. I wonder how many presidential candidates can say that. Even Trump probably voted before.

[Ancestral Republican]

Kanye West received about 60,000 votes as of now. His best state was Tennessee.

https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-kanye-west-60000-votes-20201105-xje2ti6s3nd6noycwrnbnvapri-story.html

His first vote of his life was writing in himself. I wonder how many presidential candidates can say that. Even Trump probably voted before.

Zachary Taylor?

Good catch!

[Ancestral Republican]

Kanye West received about 60,000 votes as of now. His best state was Tennessee.

https://www.nydailynews.com/snyde/ny-kanye-west-60000-votes-20201105-xje2ti6s3nd6noycwrnbnvapri-story.html

His first vote of his life was writing in himself. I wonder how many presidential candidates can say that. Even Trump probably voted before.

Eisenhower

I'm not sure about that one.