The 2020 General Election Thread

[Alpo]

Trump up by 200k in Florida, with the Panhandle not reported yet. Usually All red there.
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My gut says Trump will take Florida. By a sizable (4%+) percentage. He's worked hard in South Florida and that may be the big change in the state.

 

[Ingomike]

Ohio is not looking good.

NYT says Ohio ballots cast before ED will be reported at 8pm. Expected to favor dems. Then ED ballots get counted.

 

[Ark]

This isn't really much different than 2016 I don't think. You expect Dems to do well in most of the east/NE states, but then it starts moving across the country as the polls close in different time zones. There's a lot of red there. The swing states will probably matter, but some of those are looking good. But it is still MAJORLY early.

I'm really interested in what happens in the upper Midwest. Wisconsin and Michigan were important wins in 2016. Both, plus Minnesota, were among the hardest hit by riots. Wider margins or MN flipping may tell us where Pennsylvania is likely to end up in a week.

But loss of Ohio could be big, and god forbid the decades-long campaign to colonize Texas finally pays off this year.

 

[PaulF]

Fox has Joe at 91 and the President at 73. RCP has it at 88 / 82. Google has it at 85 / 61. ABC has it at 44 and 42.

Somebody's a bit gunshy....

 

[Cameramonkey]

I havent seen the last few pages. But as to the "how long till he steps down?" I call within 90 days.

Kamala has said herself that if congress doesnt pass meaningful gun legislation she will pass an EO on her 100th day. VPs cant pass EOs so she is telegraphing that she will be in the big girl chair by then.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Fox has Joe at 91 and the President at 73. RCP has it at 88 / 82. Google has it at 85 / 61. ABC has it at 44 and 42.

Somebody's a bit gunshy....

Seeing 85/61 on News Nation (WGN).

 

[MCgrease08]

Fox has Joe at 91 and the President at 73. RCP has it at 88 / 82. Google has it at 85 / 61. ABC has it at 44 and 42.

Somebody's a bit gunshy....

There could be something valuable for a network that is slow to call it. Towards the end of the night they can draw viewers from either side still holding out hope should their candidate fall behind.

 

[KittySlayer]

There could be something valuable for a network that is slow to call it. Towards the end of the night they can draw viewers from either side still holding out hope should their candidate fall behind.

Are you implying that networks would manipulate results to get higher ratings?

intentionally not purple.

 

[PaulF]

There could be something valuable for a network that is slow to call it. Towards the end of the night they can draw viewers from either side still holding out hope should their candidate fall behind.

That makes sense.

Their total vote counts seem to be in line with the other sources, so I think it must be deliberate.

 

[MCgrease08]

Are you implying that networks would manipulate results to get higher ratings?

intentionally not purple.

It's not manipulating, it's just being thorough.

I worked in broadcast news for 10 years and sat in production meetings when topics like this were discussed.

 

[bwframe]

It'd be a real bonus to find that TDS asshat Stirewalt ends up losing his job over his messed up predictions.

 

[bwframe]

Lindsey Graham retained his senate seat.

 

[Bennettjh]

Lindsey Graham retained his senate seat.

 

[HoosierLife]

Lindsey Graham retained his senate seat.

And it was by a large spread. Why was everyone freaking out?

 

[BugI02]

This isn't really much different than 2016 I don't think. You expect Dems to do well in most of the east/NE states, but then it starts moving across the country as the polls close in different time zones. There's a lot of red there. The swing states will probably matter, but some of those are looking good. But it is still MAJORLY early.

I was looking at @realJamesWoods on twitter, he is functioning as a kind of clearing house. Poll watchers representing President Trump being denied access to polls in North Philly, voting machines down in widely separated places in the state that just happen to be Trump strongholds etc. Seems like PA was the state they decided to pull out all the stops in

 

[HoosierLife]

Lindsey Graham retained his senate seat.

I was looking at @realJamesWoods on twitter, he is functioning as a kind of clearing house. Poll watchers representing President Trump being denied access to polls in North Philly, voting machines down in widely separated places in the state that just happen to be Trump strongholds etc. Seems like PA was the state they decided to pull out all the stops in

We may not need PA.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

We may not need PA.

How?

 

[BugI02]

We may not need PA.

But I still want it. I want a victory so decisive there can be no question of who won - and i want a popular vote win, too, to shut the whiners up. I want them to get nothing!

 

[MCgrease08]

How?

Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, Ohio, Arizona ... PA is absolutely critical for Biden. He can't win without winning PA. Even if Biden takes PA, if Trump wins those others I listed Biden will also need to sweep Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan.

Winning PA has been only one of several scenarios that give Trump a victory. It's the only way to victory for Biden.

 

[churchmouse]

But I still want it. I want a victory so decisive there can be no question of who won - and i want a popular vote win, too, to shut the whiners up. I want them to get nothing!

Tape across the mouth. A decisive victory that can not be spun up by the progressive left MSM and incites the useful idiots in the streets.