2020 Presidential Election Results & Exit Polls commentary thread

[Hammy]

Since there's no recount unless it's within 200 votes, I expect Arizona to be called relatively soon.

That's a pretty strict requirement--aren't most within so many tenths of a percent?

[Inmate Trump]

Since there's no recount unless it's within 200 votes, I expect Arizona to be called relatively soon.

I think Trump already declared victory in Arizona.  It's over!

[DaleCooper]

Since there's no recount unless it's within 200 votes, I expect Arizona to be called relatively soon.

That's a pretty strict requirement--aren't most within so many tenths of a percent?

In Arizona it's a tenth of one percent or 200 votes, whichever is smaller. So for statewide elections, and pretty much everything else for that matter, it's 200 votes.

[Crumpets]

Matt Stevens (NYT): The Trump campaign announced that Representative Doug Collins, a staunch Trump ally who failed in his recent bid for a Senate seat, would lead its recount team in Georgia, where Trump trails by about 10,000 votes.

[wbrocks67]

Given that Pinal county is pretty much done now, and Biden is still up nearly 17,000, I think it's safe to call AZ...

[NOVA Green]

Deciphering the blend of each AZ dump remains my favorite election week activity.

Good thing we have election Month activity, since CA can take about a Month to county.

I did daily updates of CA in both the 2016 and 2020 DEM PRES Primaries, so maybe once we get the rest of the States called, we can still have some daily election result updates over the next few Weeks.   

[Bootes Void]

MariCOPEa county has disappointed some

[brucejoel99]

Matt Stevens (NYT): The Trump campaign announced that Representative Doug Collins, a staunch Trump ally who failed in his recent bid for a Senate seat, would lead its recount team in Georgia, where Trump trails by about 10,000 votes.

Chances that seeing Collins head up Trump's recount operations convinces depressed Trumpists to either stay home in the runoff or at least not tick the box for Loeffler (given that they spent the last year pretty much doing nothing but relentlessly attacking each other in their race to the runoff)?

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Biden lead at +34K in Nevada now.

[GeorgiaModerate]

Matt Stevens (NYT): The Trump campaign announced that Representative Doug Collins, a staunch Trump ally who failed in his recent bid for a Senate seat, would lead its recount team in Georgia, where Trump trails by about 10,000 votes.

Chances that seeing Collins head up Trump's recount operations convinces depressed Trumpists to either stay home in the runoff or at least not tick the box for Loeffler (given that they spent the last year pretty much doing nothing but relentlessly attacking each other in their race to the runoff)?

I've also seen a suggestion that if Trump supporters are convinced the Democrats are stealing elections, they might not even bother to vote in the runoff.

[brucejoel99]

Here we go:

https://twitter.com/alaynatreene/status/1325588182382092293

[Alben Barkley]

[GeneralMacArthur]

This is exactly what the GOP wants right now, more Trump campaign rallies.

[GeorgiaModerate]

This is exactly what the GOP wants right now, more Trump campaign rallies.

Prediction: he'll hold one in Georgia with Kelly Loeffler and Marjorie Taylor Greene.

[2952-0-0]

He will continue to hold rallies with presidential resources in the remaining two months. In the rallies, he will roll out plans to start Trump TV Network (though he would probably license his name and rebrand One America News, and claim it's brand new). On TTN, he will insist on being called Mr. President. Outside the TTN bubble, he will insist on the convention that retired presidents still be called "President" be respected, and he will rage-tweet every time this isn't done.

That's assuming he doesn't go to jail.

Called it.

[randomusername]

https://thehill.com/homenews/525063-lindsey-graham-if-trump-concedes-election-republicans-will-never-elect-another?__twitter_impression=true

Change the election system to what Lindsey? Popular vote because both ways you've lost? Dictatorship, so much so for the Constitution?

[Nyvin]

In Minnesota, Biden could've won the state with Hennepin County alone.   That is, if you change all the other Biden counties to 50/50 (net zero votes for either candidate), Biden still wins the state overall.

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

https://thehill.com/homenews/525063-lindsey-graham-if-trump-concedes-election-republicans-will-never-elect-another?__twitter_impression=true

Change the election system to what Lindsey? Popular vote because both ways you've lost? Dictatorship, so much so for the Constitution?

Change the election system to state legislatures, with maps drawn such that Republicans can’t lose control, pick Presidents. Bonus points when Roberts decides Reynolds v Sims was wrongly decided (or does one of those special ‘uphold the decision and also completely nullify it’ gambits he really likes) and both state leg members and congressmen represent districts determined by land area instead of population.

Also, note that, per the article, after canvassing all early mail and absentee ballots, they found 100 cases of ‘fraud’, every one of which I guarantee you is a registered voter being accidentally recorded as a deceased person with the same name or someone whose dob was lost/readable and entered as 1900.

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

https://thehill.com/homenews/525063-lindsey-graham-if-trump-concedes-election-republicans-will-never-elect-another?__twitter_impression=true

Change the election system to what Lindsey? Popular vote because both ways you've lost? Dictatorship, so much so for the Constitution?

Change the election system to state legislatures, with maps drawn such that Republicans can’t lose control, pick Presidents. Bonus points when Roberts decides Reynolds v Sims was wrongly decided (or does one of those special ‘uphold the decision and also completely nullify it’ gambits he really likes) and both state leg members and congressmen represent districts determined by land area instead of population.

It is really frightening to see someone like Lindsey Graham saying these sorts of things. More and more I am worried that we heading towards a second civil war (not in the immediate future, but not necessarily that far off either).

[Buffalo Mayor Young Kim]

https://thehill.com/homenews/525063-lindsey-graham-if-trump-concedes-election-republicans-will-never-elect-another?__twitter_impression=true

Change the election system to what Lindsey? Popular vote because both ways you've lost? Dictatorship, so much so for the Constitution?

Change the election system to state legislatures, with maps drawn such that Republicans can’t lose control, pick Presidents. Bonus points when Roberts decides Reynolds v Sims was wrongly decided (or does one of those special ‘uphold the decision and also completely nullify it’ gambits he really likes) and both state leg members and congressmen represent districts determined by land area instead of population.

It is really frightening to see someone like Lindsey Graham saying these sorts of things. More and more I am worried that we heading towards a second civil war (not in the immediate future, but not necessarily that far off either).

TBF, he didn’t say that, he just said ‘change the system’ to what is left unsaid. But this is the proposal that’s been floating around wingnut circles for a long time.

[Ferguson97]

https://thehill.com/homenews/525063-lindsey-graham-if-trump-concedes-election-republicans-will-never-elect-another?__twitter_impression=true

Change the election system to what Lindsey? Popular vote because both ways you've lost? Dictatorship, so much so for the Constitution?

Man, Trump must have some serious dirt on Lindsey for him to keep going to bat for him even after he's been voted out.

[Non Swing Voter]

https://thehill.com/homenews/525063-lindsey-graham-if-trump-concedes-election-republicans-will-never-elect-another?__twitter_impression=true

Change the election system to what Lindsey? Popular vote because both ways you've lost? Dictatorship, so much so for the Constitution?

Man, Trump must have some serious dirt on Lindsey for him to keep going to bat for him even after he's been voted out.

What could he possibly have, we all know about Lady G's dirt.  Lindsey's just a pathetic power hungry troll.

[South Dakota Democrat]

Didn't Lindsey donate $500,000 to Trump's legal defense fund, too?  Pathetic.

[GP270watch]

327 Arizona votes, source unknown

Biden 55.2% / 44.8% Trump   

33+ votes to Biden

Biden leads 16,985

[Stockdale for Veep]

Once this is released, rip up the Jackson ones and take them to the bank to get Tubman's. As long as both serial numbers on the ripped ones match, it's legal.