2020 Election Thread (formerly: 2020 Presidential Candidates Thread) (Part 1)

Eat shit, Rick Santorum.

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I mean, it’s right in the name.

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Welp, the talking heads are starting to sound like 2016. We’ve gone from Biden being heavily favored and now they’re all talking about everything he did “wrong”…

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The more I read and hear how we need to be patient the more sick I feel.

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How does an incompetent fool get more votes than he did before he demonstrated how incompetent of a fool he is. :man_shrugging:

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Whichever way it goes, this result is a disaster. Its hard to believe that this is the same population which elected Barack Obama, twice.

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The rise of social media and its ability to spread disinformation while simultaneously making it easier for loonies to find each other and organize was a large factor.

Obama’s first election had moderate Facebook use among the population and mainly by the young and educated. Twitter barely had a presence. Now both are juggernauts filled with trash, and both capable of crafting a calibrated personalized ad from the highest bidder to an individual voter.

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Trump lead in MI is narrowing to invisibility, remaining votes in MI, WI, PA are overwhelmingly democratic. Not anywhere near the repudiation of trumpism I was hoping for, but still looking for a Biden win.

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I feel that my decision to head to bed exhausted and tipsy at 11pm has been vindicated.

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The biggest count still to do, as of this morning, is the Metro area, which is heavily democratic. We’ll see if that changes the right lean.

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PA isn’t even necessary for a Biden win any more if AZ and NV are won. The only thing stopping a Biden win right now is legal shenanigans.

Will the GOP ask for a recount in WI before the returns in PA are done?

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MI, WI, NV aren’t called yet for a good reason. Biden is ahead, but there’s not enough votes counted yet to say for certain he will maintain that lead.

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I first read that as 11 am and thought, “you know, that’s not a bad idea.”

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There’s supposed to be an 11am status update going on.

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson will hold a virtual press conference this morning at 11 a.m. “to provide an update on the counting process in Michigan,” according to her office.

eta update:

About 25,000 absentee ballots from the city of Detroit still need to be counted as of about 11 a.m., said Chris Thomas, a Detroit election official.

Thomas said they have between 170,000 to 172,000 total absentee ballots.

There are challengers on-site, both Republican and Democrat, Thomas said, but there haven’t been any major disputes or fights. “Nothing crossing the line.” he said.

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