2020 Democratic Primaries/General Election Thread

[sabotai]

And if my numbers are right (and they were ~5k off earlier), that leaves 180k votes left to count.

[ISiddiqui]

26k in PA now

https://twitter.com/DecisionDeskHQ/status/1324555884471660544?s=19

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[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

26k in PA now

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LETS GO!

[GrantDawg]

Could we have just done that? I feel robbed all over again. https://t.co/7fcVekysNQ

— Brian Jenkins (@Grantdawg) November 6, 2020

[Glengoyne]

Originally Posted by Ksyrup

We all laughed at the rapper endorsements but they may have paid off.

Originally Posted by Vegas Vic

I've come to understand that Trump's supporters genuinely love the guy. Many (not all) are racist and uneducated, but they give the guy unconditional love.

I think very few of Biden's supporters actually love the guy. By and large, they're driven by a visceral hatred of all things Trump. You could replace Biden with a mannequin running against Trump, and their feelings about the mannequin probably wouldn't be much different than their feelings about Biden, but their extreme hatred for Trump would still be just as powerful.

+1 for the mannequin

[sabotai]

That last batch of ~14k votes came from Philadelphia. So Philly is down to ~58k left to count.

[GrantDawg]

It is going to be John Lewis's old district that puts Biden over 270.

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[ISiddiqui]

Technically GA would just put Biden to 269

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[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

It is going to be John Lewis's old district that puts Biden over 270.

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Oh man, now that would be something else right there!

[Vegas Vic]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

It is going to be John Lewis's old district that puts Biden over 270.

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Speaking of John Lewis, his name was invoked today by House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn commenting on the 2020 House races.

"If we are going to run on Medicare for All, defund the police, socialized medicine, we're not going to win.

My comments on today’s private Caucus call are the same sentiments I have expressed for years and publicly reiterated earlier this year. Sloganeering, 'Burn baby burn,' highjacked the movement John Lewis and I helped lead in the 1960s, and slogans like 'Defund the police' could do the same to today's efforts, socially and politically."

[kingfc22]

I don’t think GA will be able to be called because it will be too tight with overseas votes to count. We just need PA to get a lead and that can get called along with NV

[Lathum]

Joe Biden in Georgia right now (via @eugenewei) pic.twitter.com/KNtA9GPQc5

— JzoSports (@JzoSports) November 6, 2020

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by JPhillips

At Biden and 51 GOP, Murkowski can be the Queen of all Americas if she desires to be.

I'd trade 5 Bridges to Nowhere for a Public Option in a heartbeat.

SI

[GrantDawg]

The AP and Fox already called Arizona. So Georgia would put him over 270 if it was called.

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[Swaggs]

Originally Posted by sterlingice

I'd trade 5 Bridges to Nowhere for a Public Option in a heartbeat.

SI

She can be Senate Majority Leader Murkowski for all I care. Or they could offer choice of chairmanships, aside from judicial, to Murkowski, Collins, and Romney.

[kingfc22]

What’s left in GA per GA Sec of State:

With counting continuing in numerous counties throughout Georgia, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that as of 10:35 p.m. today there are approximately 14,097 ballots still outstanding.

Clayton County: 4,355
Cobb County: 700
Floyd County: 444
Forsyth County: 1,545
Gwinnett County: 4,800
Laurens County: 1,797
Taylor County: 456

[Atocep]

Nate Silver is calling a Biden win.

[Butter]

Gwinnett and Clayton with 9k between them. Could be a 5k margin by the time that's over for Biden.

These states need to finish their count ASAP. The bigger the Biden margin, the less likely the Trump threats have any impact

[stevew]

My rural PA county(Mercer) has shifted about 7 points towards Biden(was 28, now close to 35%) from counting all the mail in votes. Probably will end with Biden running a few points ahead of Hilary. Also good job whomever shut down the Greens on the PA ballot this cycle. I think that would have bleed away 50k or so votes, which is likely to be around the margin of victory. Dems need to figure out how to stop losing all these rural counties 75-25. I was afraid we'd fallen to that level.

[cuervo72]

Santorum kinda back to the "you can't trust Philadelphia" camp.

[larrymcg421]

Originally Posted by cuervo72

Santorum kinda back to the "you can't trust Philadelphia" camp.

Someone saw Santorum softening, so they sent him a bunch of garbage info.

[sabotai]

Small update in PA brings Trump's lead down to 24k, and ~165k votes left to count. My numbers over the last dozen or so updates projecting the outcome (how fancy does that sound!? I'm getting really tired), have given Biden the win by 54k-58k. I've been assuming a 75/25 break for Biden in the mail in ballots, but through the day it's been closer to 78/22, so Biden winning by 65k-70k seems likely if the 78% holds.

[stevew]

Santorum is probably eyeing a 2022 Senate/Governor Run in PA.

[Thomkal]

So looks like some reporters got a hold of an email from Wisconsin GOP asking for volunteers to contact people in PA to remind them to send in their absentee ballots AFTER the election:

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[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by stevew

Santorum is probably eyeing a 2022 Senate/Governor Run in PA.

Time to fire up the old Google Bomb to make sure everyone knows about his last name.

SI

[kingfc22]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

So looks like some reporters got a hold of an email from Wisconsin GOP asking for volunteers to contact people in PA to remind them to send in their absentee ballots AFTER the election:

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By now we should all know Trump’s wild claims are generally just a self projection of his own actions.

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Thomkal

So looks like some reporters got a hold of an email from Wisconsin GOP asking for volunteers to contact people in PA to remind them to send in their absentee ballots AFTER the election:

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That darn radical left and antifa made them do it!

[sabotai]

Another small update and PA dips below 24k.

I've been following this all day. Doesn't seem right I have to miss Biden overtaking Trump in the vote count because it'll happen over night.

[sabotai]

dola,

Al Gore is on NBC right now. I just realized that Al Gore and Troy Aikman have the same voice.

[Thomkal]

Man arrested after showing up at the Philadelphia Convention Center with a gun and a plot to attack vote counters

[Thomkal]

Alright I have to go to bed now, wake me up when Biden's President

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by sabotai

dola,

Al Gore is on NBC right now. I just realized that Al Gore and Troy Aikman have the same voice.

"You are hearing me talk... And call Cowboys games"

SI

[Lathum]

Just started mixing titos and White claw. Not sure whats on life support more, my liver of the Trump campaign.

[Butter]

Staying up to watch the Georgia numbers flip. Don't let me down

[sterlingice]

Originally Posted by Butter

Staying up to watch the Georgia numbers flip. Don't let me down

I'm having fun watching her updates. She doesn't have the numbers but she's got tons of pics from the Clayton County counting office and has been updating regularly for hours

https://twitter.com/RKempNewsDaily

SI

[ISiddiqui]

FYI

https://twitter.com/CNNValencia/stat...423827969?s=19

If you are waiting for Georgia you can go to sleep and wait until the morning.

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[Butter]

BOO

[Butter]

Clayton County reported 96 more net votes for Biden. Must be really slow going there

[sterlingice]

They'd move faster but there are like 13 observers, many of which are not following the distancing guidelines.

SI

[ISiddiqui]

It appears perhaps Clayton is reporting it directly as they upload. 1479 is Decision Desk's count right now.

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[stevew]

Baby Yoda Adventures needs to hurry up and upload.

[kingfc22]

18k now in PA. Tomorrow will be interesting as the networks will likely be calling this at some point

[whomario]

Originally Posted by spleen1015

USA Today interfering with democracy!

Editor-in-chief @nicole_carroll on pulling the livestream of President Donald Trump's remarks tonight. pic.twitter.com/GPrQudnFjj

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) November 6, 2020

Only 4 years too late.

The problem with daily news is that it obsesses over what’s happening, making it harder to grasp what unfolds. Breaking news, by its nature, is ill-equipped to cover the demise of democracy – just as the weather report never really shows us the climate is changing.

Breaking news shows the world as a place of sheer madness without rhyme or reason – a non-stop series of unrelated events. It’s like a diary without a memory or a notion of the future: it tells us of today, while it has forgotten all about yesterday, and pretending there’s no tomorrow. It warns and warns and warns, but immediately forgets what it’s warning against – thus never learning from its own wailing sirens.

(.....)

Even now, they’re still attending the daily White House press briefings as if they were normal press conferences rather than a vehicle for systematically disseminating lies and misinformation. Even now, they’re still quoting patent falsehoods in headlines and articles as if they were solid statements by legitimate government sources rather than deliberately misleading propaganda from the mouths of so-called spokespersons. Even now, they conflate impartiality and “false balance”, as if every truth lies somewhere in the middle

(...)

Even now, they still talk about “the White House” as if it has the same meaning it once had.

But as journalism professor Jay Rosen puts it, “There is no White House. Not in the way journalists came to use that term. [...] Those words, ‘the White House’ are still used, but there is no clear referent. The metonymy broke.”

The full article propably not conducive to a discussion, but theese parts dealing with the media side of things seem pretty well put ...

I think the first part is crucial as well. For example how many outlets still feigned surprise about things that were clear and called beforehand (blue shift late in counting, Trumps strategy, problems re: counting that were predetermined by prior rulings etc etc).

[stevew]

Seeing Georgia separated by 665 votes.

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by stevew

Seeing Georgia separated by 665 votes.

Now 463. Clayton is still counting through the night.

[Ben E Lou]

Annnnnd boom goes the dynamite.

GA Presidential Election Results - Biden takes the Lead

Biden (D): 49.39.% ( 2,449,371 votes)
Trump (R): 49.37% ( 2,448,454 votes)

Biden Margin: (+917)
Estimated: > 99% votes in

More results here: https://t.co/xlHf7GZUxJ

— Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 6, 2020

[Ben E Lou]

And yes, it was Clayton County. Latest dump was 1602-222 Biden.

[wustin]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN27L2UP

Federal judge confirms Trump election observers in Philadelphia are being treated fairly - MyJoyOnline.com

The losses keep piling up.

[stevew]

Biden's up by almost 1000 now in GA

[SirFozzie]

This and confirming the rumors about Putin in Russia, what a crazy time.