ELECTION 2020 Part 8

Previous thread.

Blanche would have worn a "Trump can grab MY pussy" wrap dress.

How would Coco have voted?

Rose wouldn't be a Republican.

I've not had the time to keep up with this all day. By my count the most likely scenario is Biden 270 - Trump 268, right?

Because if so I don't know whether to LOOOOOOOOLLLLLL or EEEEEEEPPP!!!!!

Frieda Claxton would have voted for Trump for sure.

I’m starting to hyperventilate

🤢🥴🤭😨🥺

Has anyone checked on Kirstie Alley?

Jaime Harrison spent $109 million and lost by 11 points. What the fuck was he doing with that money?

R5, no Biden is winning PA. We just don’t want to wait for that shit

Keep an eye on Georgia, we still have a close race in Georgia.

I’ll be sucking Mexican cock in honor of Nevada and Arizona.

CNN and MSNBC are projecting 253 electoral votes for Biden and FOX has it at 264!!

GA is too close to call. Joe is getting closer

R10, SC started the civil war. You think they would have 2 black senators?

Nope r5. The Dems are very, very confident Biden is going to win PA. All the number crunchers seem to agree.

I saw Jaime Harrison ads here in NYC, multiple times a day. What was the point of that? He should be investigated, that whole campaign is starting to look like one giant grift to get NY and CA liberals to send him a bunch of money.

R11 a win in PA would be glorious.

If Georgia also comes along, the critics calling out Black and Hispanic voters can go fuck themselves.

R10, he is a great candidate. SC is just sucky.

"Dorothy,I'm confused. The dots on the ballot? Where are the numbers telling me the order in which I connect them to reveal a smiling clown?"

Someone on the other thread asked if PA is accepting ballots until Friday. Yes, but they had to be mailed on or before election day.

[quote] The pessimist side of me is still thinking Trump will sneak out the win.

Yeah, like the end of a horror movie when they think they’ve escaped alive but the monster appears in the back seat, etc.

I'd like to think that Blanche would've been influenced by her gay brother and his partner. They are really close and loves her brother a lot.

He lost because of VOTER SUPPRESSION.

Thanks, R23.

Lincoln party guys are pretty dang quiet today....they got humiliated

R23 that’s the lawsuit going on now, right? Fuck them, every vote cast before the end of Election Day needs to be counted.

Only on DL Golden Girls are able to take over election thread. Love it!

It really feels like a lifetime between now and last night when I went to bed early and tried to stop myself from having a panic attack

Blanche would want to fuck Biden, though.

Michael Steele is the whitest looking Black man

R13 You do that anyway puta.

Goddammit, he's exhausting even while losing.

Barbara Thorndyke voted for Trump to cancel out Murray Gutman's Biden vote.

NV needs to come through then it’s game OVAH!

AZ feels like it’s slipping away. Did the AP retract their call?

All the men Blanche fucked would have been huge Trump voters.

Trump needs GOP money for all these crap lawsuits. He's not paying for shit himself. If the GOP decides to cut their losses because he has no path to 270, he can scream all he wants, but no one is going to foot the bill for his legal tantrums. Sheldon Adelson already told him to fuck off months ago.

R32 Blanche would’ve ALREADY fucked Biden.

Blanche would have a story about how Trump wanted her.

R28, what you mean? They helped ups.

The only fucked up shit was Miami. If Biden met Clinton’ number he would have won Florida.

Texas is now a battle state, never was before. Georgia and North Carolina are now purple. It’s a good election for Dems but not great for the Senate, but if we can narrow their lead will be good.

I need Brian Williams and Jon Meacham to add some authority and gravitas to what’s unfolding.

Biden won. GA Sen seats headed for run-off. 50-50 senate.

James Carville is also in hiding today. He said as late as yesterday at 6pm that we would all be in bed by 11pm.

For those calling PA for Biden, he’s down by like 6 points there right now. How you figure?

That GA runoff is where the really nasty battle will be. The GOP will have dumped Trump by then and that will be where they focus their resources and lawsuits.

[quote] Rose wouldn't be a Republican.

Neither would Buck.

R46, he said last night he would have his drink on Friday.

[quote] AZ feels like it’s slipping away. Did the AP retract their call?

No, they didn’t.

Current numbers:

Biden: 51.0

Trump: 47.6

R47, Philly yet to come in

There’s a million votes out in PA, a lot from philly and Biden is doing much better than Hillary did in trump counties. Biden will win PA easily

Blanche probably DID fuck Biden, way back in the day, R32.

Thanks, r52!

R28, but they did manage one tweet to warn Loeffler for the upcoming runoff election. Based on the fuck all they achieved (relative to all that swagger and trash talk), I'm sure Loeffler is quaking in her heels. LP targeted Collins, Graham and Ernest and all three won easily. LP is taking credit for CO and AZ but Hickenlooper won by such a wide margin, I doubt the absence of LP would have made a difference. In AZ, Kelly won pretty easily too and he is a globally famous astronaut. Again, a vote here or there, but he likely would have won even if LP never existed.

Maybe LP made a tiny difference here and there but they way overpromised and way under-delivered. They'll claim victory if Trump loses but it seems pretty phyrric to me. Their senate campaign was a total fizzle.

Donald just announced he hereby claims NC, PA, and GA.

He doth bring us the proclamation of such via the Tweeter.

You too, r53.

Who is spreading all the Arizona news? Biden will win there.

Trump called Murdoch and demanded a retraction.

You know Biden's victory is in the bag when you bitches start making Golden Girls jokes.

R59, it’s one troll. I blocked him in the last thread.

Is John King's massive man meat hanging down out of his boxers?

Just curious...

r60 is delicious.

Disgruntled Repubs are furious that Fox called it early and they are all over Twitter claiming Trump can win so I guess people are picking up some if those

Joe is 17 electoral votes away from 270 per the NYT.

Yup I had the Arizona troll blocked from before.

"I need you to tell people my lies so they believe my lie when I lie to them!" - Trump to FOX

Trump is acting like a child. People need to grab him and tell him how to behave if he wants to get his own TV network or plan for business post POTUS.

Having said that, it would mean he was a good businessman and sane adult. Maybe some of his supporters will see what a moron he is.

Not Mel Bushman, R39.

Winning Georgia would be great: more investment to make it the next Virginia.

Joe’s got this, right?

Lincoln Project put up that (admittedly funny) billboard about Jared and Ivanka in NYC. During a pandemic, when tourism is down. Who was their audience, exactly?

Granted, they lucked out that the 2 dumbasses opted to go the Streisand effect route, but if their goal was to convert Republicans disgusted by Trump, why not do so it more strategic places?

If Biden wins Arizona, I will personally never say another bad thing about Cindy McCain or Meghan.

R51 Biden won Arizona. The only ballots left are in Phoenix and Tucson where Biden is winning easily.

Yup MSNBC calling them president and vice president elect now

Biden doesn't need GA but I hope a win would drag Ossoff along for the ride.

I hope Marianne Williamson is busy preparing gift baskets for Joe and Kamala filled with sage, palo santo and Florida Water so they can smudge the hell out of the WH and the Naval Observatory residence.

*sits next to R63*

Those billboards were national news.

Rethug thugs are attempting a Brooks Brothers Riot Part 2 in Michigan

When is Brian W. on MSNBC? Is he sleeping?

MSNBC is doing no such thing R76

Nicole Wallace is laughing about Steele mocking Trump, but that's about it

Enrirrique Mas would have voted for Trump. Because he’s Cuuuban!!

R74, going too far. I'm promising Cindy only.

As a lapsed Californian, I will also stop talking shit about AZ. This applies to NV as well.

[quote] Trump is acting like a child.

You type surprised.

He’s always been a petulant man-child who whines, cries and throws a tantrum when he doesn’t get his way like a fucking two-year-old. Why should an election be any different?

[quote]I need PollTroll is explain Arizona to me

Not PollTroll but Faux News says the outstanding 650K vote in AZ is same day mail in ballots handed in, and the Trump campaign thinks about 58% of it is GOP vote same day vote which will put them over Biden.

R34 But now it will feel extra special for him. What a way to celebrate!

R83, and Steele was good. I hope the world just leaves him standing their in the mall. Let Ivanka go back and get him.

If Georgia goes for Biden, Stacey Abrams is in part to thank. More money to Fair Fight.

I wonder....could the Trumpsters lose faith in Fox and move off to less mainstream conservative radio and smaller channels. Imagine if they fade out over the next few years like the tea party. Of course these people will be susceptible to the next looney movement but nevertheless to get Trump out of our daily lives...

Did Ruth Buzzi, in or out of EVITA, vote for Trump?

I wasn’t thrilled about this ticket but I hope they can squeak by a win. Trump is the biggest moron that there has ever been.

And then they better put Mayor Pete into the goddamn cabinet.

And not Jake R39/R70. He's an old school union man.

“MY MOM did this for you all...”

R74 fuck Meghan. She's gloating that Biden didn't win enough.

Do they have to count every single vote before they call AZ & NV?

GOP is leaving Donnie. Loser will lose everything. Losers getting away from even bigger loser. Adios loser!

r95 - Yeah Meg, but she also gave us you...so...

[quote]Trump is acting like a child.

Report from the trenches: A blonde bimbo on Faux just said about Trump's outrageous 2am speech, 'The President is fighting not only about himself but about all his supporters, the people he got to meet at his rallies. He's so emotional because he saw earlier last night that he was ahead."

Of course Faux knows this was same-day vote, heavily pro-Trump. They also know that any normal human being over the age of 5 will understand the simple concept of 'you can't claim victory the moment you get ahead if there's so much vote left to be counted.' But did they say it out loud - No.

Cindy mcain is good friends with joe biden. This is one of the reason we went with biden in the primary. Cindy and joe could take arizona, a purple state.

Joe has won Michigan thanks to massive turnout in Detroit. He will also carry Arizona and possibly Nevada.

So much for the crypto deplorable "blame Blacks and Latinos" narrative. Look who is carrying the election right now.

Pete's a given in the cabinet. He was a great asset, Joe sees his potential and Kamala and her husband bonded with Pete and his husband on the campaign trail so he's in like Flynn.

And Meghan McCain - all the shrieking she and her husband do about the left and all the lies and distortions they peddle and they have the gall to check the American public for not voting for Biden in greater numbers? BS.

it's funny because trump hates the mccains.

A certain homely, mannish chanteuse/substitute teacher is dusting off her sultry rendition of "What'll I Do" for the inaugural ball.

For anybody who hates Trump and wants him to experience maximum pain, this couldn’t have gone any better. He went to bed last night confident that he won the election, then he had his heart ripped out. Trump is devastated right now.

Yep, R102. An important lesson is developing:

The issue in Georgia is 40,000 mail in ballots being thrown out because signatures can’t be verified. People, check your ballot status and fix it if you must.

R102 -- one of the positive things that will come out of this election is the destruction of the myth of the "Latino vote" -- that's like talking about the "European vote" -- the Venezolanos and Cubans in Miami are white and regard themselves as VERY different than Mexicans and Puerto Ricans.

Kamala was in Detroit on the morning of the election. Clinton lost because of low turnout there so Biden was really targeting it. Looking across the country African Americans came out for Biden everywhere. They deserve a black VP and they deserve the respect of being considered a vital part of our party and not a nuisance that has to be pandered to.

Oh please, Trump hasn't slept. Trump has been up for 48 hours in an Adderall fueled binge. He's tweaked the fuck out.

I just watched Biden's statement. He sounds very confident he's won

Fox has Biden at 264, but they haven't called NV yet.

But how adorable is Ossoff??

[quote]Texas is now a battle state, never was before. Georgia and North Carolina are now purple.

No, No, and No. All three are solid RED and will be for decades.

What Trump was trying to throw out ballots all last night? Also, he was harrass calling murdock of fox news.

R115 You wish. You’re so,so wrong.

Sorry if I missed this, but when do we expect more info from Arizona?

he is on a rage bender. I would when he will pass out?

The Governor of PA said that every vote was going to be counted. They aren't going to stop counting.

It just hit me that it's not just Trump who's going - Jared, Ivanka, Melania, Pence etc. will be gone as well! I was so focused on the thought of Trump's presidency ending that I didn't even think about the others.

R108 here. Sorry, I was fed false information.

Arizona at 9pmET

Joe's statement made me tear up

This was posted twice on the prior thread:

[quote] Must kill Trump that Joe has more votes than any other Pres in history

Link, please.

Nate Cohn, in New York 4m ago

Trump’s lead in Georgia is down to 1.4 points with a lot of Democratic vote still out. Will be razor thin here, and a recount seems likely either way.

With Nevada releasing additional ballots later today, Biden now has a reasonable path to clearing the 270 electoral vote threshold tonight.

[quote] Sorry if I missed this,

While this isn’t very Datalounge-ish, you’ll have to be forgiven for this one because of the speed with which these threads are moving.

Peggy Hill, r105?

I swear to God, if Biden clears 270 I will burst into tears.

I am so tired of this.

So, not once, but twice, Americans have told Trump we don't want him to be president. We hate you. We really, really hate you.

Unfortunately, the first time, the EC fucked us over. Hopefully, this time, our vote will be honored.

Will Dump even give a concession speech? Or will he continue to mad-tweet until he's physically removed from the White House?

Georgia could be purple, but Texas isn’t there yet.

R128, I think R105 is referencing Dorothy Zbornak. (She sang "What'll I Do?" at the Rusty Anchor.)

R131, the latter of course.

[quote]A certain homely, mannish chanteuse/substitute teacher is dusting off her sultry rendition of "What'll I Do" for the inaugural ball.

And a certain wet, succulent, preternaturally youthful Southern belle will be tyin' cherreh stems with her tongue!

Wow, Doris Kearns Goodwin's wig on CNN. Just a little too obvious there. Gotta go with something that blends in a little more with the forehead.

Arizona Republic did a good job tracking the remaining 600,000+ votes in AZ:

[bold]~450,000 Maricopa County:[/bold]

* 248,000 early ballots that arrived on Monday and Tuesday.

* 160,000 to 180,000 early ballots that were dropped off on Election Day.

* 18,000 provisional ballots, about 10,000 of which are from Election Day and the remainder from early voting.

[bold]Other counties[/bold]

* 49,000 ballots, including 18,000 provisional, Pima County

* 43,000 Pinal County, most of which were early ballots.

* 10,394 in Yuma County, a majority of which also were early ballots.

* 8,210 in Yavapai County, mostly early ballots.

* 8,000 in Coconino County, a figure that only includes early ballots that arrived in the mail before Election Day, but not those dropped off Tuesday or any provisional votes.

* 12,000 ballots remain in Cochise County.

* 13,000 ballots in Apache, 2,350 ballots in Gila County, 274 in Santa Cruz County, 1,103 in Graham County and 652 in Greenlee County.

I feel like my fucking head is about to explode. I cannot wait until Trump is gone. I will scream/cry/jump for joy...

[quote]Will Dump even give a concession speech?

Not a chance. Watch him leave before the transition as a final fuck you to America.

That is the kind of fuck you we can all enjoy r139.

^ I’m good with that.

After all our drama last night I can not see Biden losing these last two states and claiming victory. I told you to stay calm!

OK, my cheese may have traveled way off the cracker, but, once it sinks in to Trumps gelatinous skull that he's toast, I think he may want to make nice.

Not because he is, of course, but because maybe he'll see it as a way to call off the New York investigations and the feds.

It's "I can't breath," Chris. Don't you know anything?!

Here you go, R125. Biden's 70+ million exceeds -

Obama’s 69,498,516 total in 2008

Obama’s 65,915,795 total in 2012

Hillary’s 65,853,514 total in 2016

Trump's own 62,984,828 total in 2016

[quote]There’s a million votes out in PA, a lot from philly and Biden is doing much better than Hillary did in trump counties. Biden will win PA easily

I posted in the original thread, that there are so many people here in PA who voted for Trump last time, but said "never again" after seeing what a disaster he became. He won by a slim margin here last time, and he has now lost too many of his 2016 voters who either stayed home or voted Biden this time. There's no way he can win PA...the math doesn't add up.

If Biden takes PA we should all sing "Hard Hearted Hannah, the Vamp of Savannah" in celebration.

R140 Thank you, thank you.

This is the first good thing to happen all year

To answer my own post at r144, never mind.

He'll throw himself a Pardonallapalooza.

Della, stop digging. For once.

Trump will never give a concession speech. He will not do any kind of inauguration activity or anything resembling handing over the reigns to Biden. And there will be some poo pooing for a couple days about "norms," but that will be overtaken with talk about how is not technically required, so why should he? And then they'll go back to reporting his rage tweets and he'll call into Fox and Friends every morning and he'll stage his own press conferences where he'll say all kinds of stupid shit that gets bullhorned by respectable media outlets under the guise of "if the former President says it, it's news."

Those AZ ballots that came in Mon and Tues make me scream out, "Why can't you vote and send in your ballot earlier, ya feckin' procrastinatin' eejits?!"

My neighbor, whom I loathe, was bitching awhile ago that he signed up to donate once-per-week to the Trump campaign, and it was supposed to end on November 1, but they've already charged his card again. He can't get a response when calling or emailing to stop it.

I love that Don is going to keep fleecing his flock to the bitter end.

Yeah he won’t appear at the inauguration. I guess Pence will, since he’s already trying to repair his image with that statement about counting every vote.

All this gloating and premature celebrating is really making me nervous guys!

FYI: About 160M people voted in this election, which is a 67% turnout. So 2020 has highest voter turnout since 1900 @ 74%. But this also means more than 3 out of every10 sat out this year

R155, send your neighbor that article about the Trump campaign tricking people into making recurring donations. Maybe he’ll learn to trust the mainstream media.

What is the earliest they'd call PA?

R144 can we perform it as Dorothy would at "The Rusty Anchor"?

Tomorrow I think R160

[quote]A certain homely, mannish chanteuse/substitute teacher is dusting off her sultry rendition of "What'll I Do" for the inaugural ball.

It’s pretty obvious who R105 is referring to:

Chin up now everyone!

Solidarity from Scotland:

[quote]How would Coco have voted?

He wrote in Andrew Gillum.

AP has called MI for Biden, bringing his total to 264. He needs NV for their 6 to reach 270.

Biden camp expecting PA?

The Bernie bros are insufferable today. What they don’t realize is that Bernie would have lost Florida by 15 points and trump would have been called the winner by midnight. I hate Bernie and I hate what he’s done to the country.

I got an email alert from the LATimes at 1:30 PST saying Biden had won Michigan, but even though they're using the AP for their results, AP didn't call it until just now.

BTW, notice any problem with this content?

[quote]Joe Biden has won Michigan, reclaiming for Democrats another state that barely slipped away four years ago. The win brings Biden just one state away from clinching victory. If Biden holds on to his lead in Nevada, which is expected to finish its vote count Thursday, he will lock in the nomination. Michigan has 16 of the 270 electoral votes needed to claim the White House.

What "nomination" are they talking about?

AP now matches up with Fox: 264-214, as both have called AZ.

99% of the vote counted in MI and Peters is up by around 15K.

BREAKING

Biden will win with Nevada's 6 votes. He won't even need PA's 20, which he'll get anyway, so Trump can take his lawsuit in PA and shove it up his orange ass.

r173 Fake news. Account has been suspended. AP hasn't called NV.

r159 He wouldn't even read it. I did see some posts on Twitter bitching about the same thing, and I would alert Jim to that, but I'd have to pick up the phone or walk across the yard and it's cold and he's a trump supporter, so no. I hope he gets charged every three days for eternity.

That’s a fake account R173

It’s all about NV right now. It’s the slimmest margin, though. Fuck me.

Oh shit, thanks, R177, R175.

NV, PA either way...

The path for Trump is narrow as shit; Joe has options.

I’m sorry, I don’t remember the reply number but thank you to whomever posted the info re: Biden’s vote count being the most. I’d heard that nowhere else but here and am amazed that the highest vote getter in history, in theory, could lose. There’s something wrong with a system like that.

There's something even more wrong about 68 million people voting for a lunatic sociopath.

Rumours -- RUMOURS mind you -- that Trump will resign if he loses and get an advanced pardon from Pence.

People who take pardons are losers and guilty, right?

Nevada's Clark County (70% of NV voters) says it won't have a tally until Thursday. According to Reno Gazette Journal.

What will we call Kamala's husband? The second gentleman?

[quote]There's something even more wrong about 68 million people voting for a lunatic sociopath.

The South should have been allowed to secede in 1861.

Here we go again!

R183 , pence can only pardon for Federal Crimes, not state crimes. The DOJ is not coming after him, the NY AG is.

R186 Pretty much yes.

Looking at Black voters in Milwaukee, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Atlanta, it's striking that people who have been treated the worst by our democracy consistently do the most to save it.

[quote] What will we call Kamala's husband? The second gentleman?

But was he her second? Can she wear a white wedding dress?

That sounds vaguely odd r186. Like the next gentleman caller

You're correct.

When President Ford pardoned Nixon, however, he phrased it by including and "any crimes he may have committed".

Ugh ... I wish they'd call the election tonight. I truly will not be able to sleep soundly until this is a sure thing

I won't be able to sleep soundly until Jan 20, 2021.

Yeah, NV said no results until tomorrow. Sure hope Georgia flips. I live there, I did poll watching for the Dems today. Bunch of old people when it opened for about an hour and then tumbleweeds until after work when the knuckle draggers showed up.

Bernie would have been trampled into the ground within the polling hour. Dirty Socialist scum who just wasted the people's time. What does that dumb fucker Sarandon have to say?

[quote]What will we call Kamala's husband? The second gentleman?

I guess "Mother" is out.

Probably, r186, but I submit "second spouse" might get some use.

How many of you Bernie Bros sat home?

Trump went from +11 to +4 in PA so far today.

Ballot counting is going to go through until Friday.

James Carville's at it again, predicting Biden winning PA "by 150,000 votes".

According to WashPo, approximately 100% of the votes in Georgia and North Carolina have been counted.

Why haven't those states been called?

James Carville can fuck right off

Nate Cohn emphasizing Pennsylvania is a foregone conclusion.

[Quote]Trump lead in Pennsylvania down to four. This is not on track to be especially close in the end.

Trump is having a meltdown.

There are almost 200k votes still to count in Georgia r203.

Thanks r207

[quote] James Carville's at it again, predicting Biden winning PA "by 150,000 votes".

Increasingly I’m startling to believe the one thing James Carville is good at is getting away from his nurse.

Some posters here owe Carville an apology. Some harsh words were said about him here yesterday...a bit too early.

[quote]Trump is having a meltdown.

In other news: Water, wet. Sky, blue.

Nancy pelosi should step down as speaker. She lost nearly all the gains that were made in 2018.

So, assuming Biden gets NV and PA, and Trump gets the rest, we'll have 290-248 as our final score.

Thanks, r201. I missed that. 🎉

As to R206.

Joe, I'm begging you, call it a landslide victory every day, especially if it's a squeaker, which it seems to be.

Drive the bitches nuts.

His hair has never looked better r215!

[quote]Some posters here owe Carville an apology. Some harsh words were said about him here yesterday...a bit too early.

Nah, he promised a sweeping defeat of Dump and the GOP of Election '80 proportions.

He wishes he had that much hair, R217.

Carville may have gotten out over his skis a little with his predictions. But he's not the only one saying Biden will win Pennsylvania by more than 100K. Earlier today Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey says his analysis of what's left to count indicates a Biden 100K+ win as well.

Yep r213. Seems pretty likely now it will end with Biden having 290 electoral votes.

[quote]Bernie would have been trampled into the ground within the polling hour. Dirty Socialist scum who just wasted the people's time. What does that dumb fucker Sarandon have to say?

The Democrats have to get control of the "Socialist' wing of the Party and find a way to keep them marginalized. The Republicans had the same problem with their crazy Tea-Partiers.

Well, Casey is a Dem, r220, but I’m seeing a lot of analysis that says this. I’m in PA, so I would love to help send Dump packing.

Didn't Carville also say we'd know by 11 pm last night?

[quote] Nancy pelosi should step down as speaker. She lost nearly all the gains that were made in 2018.

You mean, the gains she was the architect of? In a midterm election the speaker and minority leader are the architects of the results. During a presidential election they're largely along for the ride.

[quote] And a certain wet, succulent, preternaturally youthful Southern belle will be tyin' cherreh stems with her tongue!

Yes, R135. And said southern belle will also be donning the red, sequined, strapless, backless, low-cut mini just for the occasion!

Some of you have a really odd dislike for Pelosi. Consider getting help.

Or you're getting rubles to which, carry on.

Pennsylvania has turned out to be a huge disappointment, they still have over 1 million ballots to count. A national embarrassment.

Pelosi is out of touch. There’s no reason we should have lost so many seats. Barely hung on. She must go.

Nevada has changed their mind again! They are back to saying no votes til tommorow.

This won't be called tonight.

So basically the earliest anyone is going to know anything is tomorrow.

Their Republican state legislature denied them the ability to process ballots prior to election day r228.

This all could have been avoided

I’m so sad sexy daddy Steve bullock lost. I hope he tries again.

This was on purpose R228, as stated in the story you linked:

Election officials had asked to start counting mail-in ballots ahead of Election Day, as most states do, but the Republican-controlled legislature would not allow it.

Nevada is home to multi-billionnaire Trump funder, Sheldon Adelson.

Hope no hanky-panky is going on with that vote count.

Yeah, Nancy's fine. I don't know about Schumer. But it can't just be [insert favorite Senator]. It's a role that actually matters and takes skill and experience.

[quote] And a certain wet, succulent, preternaturally youthful Southern belle will be tyin' cherreh stems with her tongue!

[quote]Yes, [R135]. And said southern belle will also be donning the red, sequined, strapless, backless, low-cut mini just for the occasion!

Flattery will get you everywhere, boys!

Were people always this crazed thinking Dems were "socialists," or did it only amplify when Bernie started using the Party?

I’ll bet a lot of the people who are shitting on Nancy were the same magic-thinkers who believed Trump would be convicted after impeachment. Nancy had that right too. It only helped Trump.

R238 ... Fox News.

Remember when some peroxide princess on Fox called the fist bump between Barack and Michelle the “socialist fist bump.”

They have colonized the brains of millions of Americans. They are the primary architects of the shit-maelstrom we live in today.

[quote]Carville may have gotten out over his skis a little with his predictions. But he's not the only one saying Biden will win Pennsylvania by more than 100K. Earlier today Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey says his analysis of what's left to count indicates a Biden 100K+ win as well.

What's left to count is Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia suburbs. Trump's not winning shit in any of those places.

Fox and fat ass Rush Limpballs have been poisoning conservative American minds since the 1990's.

Remember all the hateful Clinton conspiracies (Bill not Hillary)?

[quote]R183 Rumours -- RUMOURS mind you -- that Trump will resign if he loses and get an advanced pardon from Pence.

How can you pardon someone before they’re convicted guilty?

I'll give the first person who tells me what's left to count in NV and AZ the best blowjob they've ever had.

[quote] Some posters here owe Carville an apology. Some harsh words were said about him here yesterday...a bit too early.

He deserves it. He’s as ugly as he is premature. And on DL, ugly is a cardinal sin.

After January 20th, President Biden should ask Graham to go golfing.

Carville said dems would be at 54 senate seats. Dems will be lucky to net zero. He should not be booked on tv anymore.

R243 ask Nixon.

R243, Ford did it for Nixon.

While it’s technically not a pardon for a specific crime, it sends the message that “no matter what you do or what crime you charge him with, I will pardon him anyway. So don’t even bother.”

I cut Carville some slack because he fell victim to the massive polling error brought on 65 million chicken shits who are too embarrassed to show who they are.

Nate Cohn:

Trump lead in Pennsylvania down to four. This is not on track to be especially close in the end.

R249, doesn’t matter when it comes to state crimes. The president simply lacks that power.

if it was a polling error. I am deeply suspicious about the polls being so far off.

I think that was "terrorist fist jab", R40.

R240

If I was McConnell I’d abandon Trump now. He’s a liability for the future of the party and the reality is that Republican senators outperformed Trump in 8 out of the 9 contested seats. They don’t need his baggage.

"Now, THEREFORE, I, GERALD R. FORD, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto Richard Nixon for all offenses against the United States which he, Richard Nixon, has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 1969 through August 9, 1974."

Note the "...or may have committed."

Pence could use the same language for Trump.

Nate Cohn on PA:

I don't make predictions, but if the absentee votes continue to break for Biden by the margins they have so far--and as we have every reason to expect--then Biden would win by around 2 points

[quote]While it’s technically not a pardon for a specific crime, it sends the message that “no matter what you do or what crime you charge him with, I will pardon him anyway. So don’t even bother.”

The difference is that Pence won't be around to grant him any future pardons after 1/20.

Btw Joe Biden's lead in Michigan has continued to grow. Now he is up by about 2 points. It wasn't *that* close of a win.

Probably on the calendar for tomorrow r256. Why do now what you can put off for one day?

It wasn’t just public polling that was wrong. Private polling was as well. I’m sure Sara Gideon was shocked by the results. The last poll Collins led was in June

[quote]I'll give the first person who tells me what's left to count in NV and AZ the best blowjob they've ever had.

Now, Senatrice--you've already won your election. Just calm down and have a nice mint julep.

R252, just FYI, I’m also R188.

There is nothing to be suspicious about R253... but a bunch of people (and you know who are) are liars and cowards.

r260 Yet they haven't declared Peters the winner with a lead and 99% counted.

R251, see r205.

Eric Trump: We have won Pennsylvania!

Me:

Who will be the first trump to go to jail? Will they start with Barron and work their way up the garbage heap?

Ford's pardoning of Nixon still makes me angry, and it happened thirteen years before I was born

R269, I predict Eric.

Just go to jail? I’m planning a guillotine party

[quote]Pennsylvania has turned out to be a huge disappointment, they still have over 1 million ballots to count. A national embarrassment.

This is due to Pennsylvania's REPUBLICAN Legislature which prevented the votes from being counted before November 3rd. It's well-known that Republicans are national embarrassments.

Nate Cohn:

Biden now up by 2 points in Michigan. There's still some extraneous absentee vote in Kalamazoo and Genesee that will pad his margins further

Shouldn’t we also be excited we’d get our first female Vice President, too? Not to mention one of color?

Can we stop with the nonsense now that Florida is some kind of battleground state? It is not; it voted for Trump in 2016; elected a second Repug senator and a Repug governor in 2018, and now gave Trump an early present last night by going for him again, and it wasn't even particularly close this time.

Florida is red, red, red for the foreseeable future and believe me, I hate it, because I live in this shithole of a state.

Trump's lead in GA is now only +1

yes, r275. We should and a lot are. We just need to know for sure the witch is dead first. I need to hear that.

Dave Wasserman has some good news for the Dems in the VA-07 race:

It appears #VA07 Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) will prevail after Spotsylvania & Henrico Co. absentees put her ahead by ~5k votes.

Fuck Cubans. Deport them

If GA goes for Biden, he doesn't need NV or PA.

r280 Please explain how you deport US citizens.

Thanks for all you do PollTroll!

R35, Trump will continue to hold rallies for the foreseeable future.

Maybe he'll pitch a "Rally? Really!" Reality Show to Mark Burnett (or vice-versa). Filmed on locations throughout the South. Friday nights on NBC. Shown on tape-delay if scheduling conflicts with high school football games.

Or maybe a quiz game! "Trump Said WHAT?!" Contestants must decide if outrageous statements were said by Donald Trump---or not! Winner gets an autographed copy of Trump's new book, "My Struggle."

Most likely, though, is "The Apprentice: White House," the third incarnation of Trump's iconic Reality show. Competitors develop faux-auditions, using anything from Instagram to highway billboards, to be selected as "Forever-President Trump's New Spokesperson." Episode One deals with keeping a straight face while lying about a scene shown to the audience. Tuesday nights on NBC.

Nate Silver is saying he doesn't think Arizona should've been called yet. Of all the people throwing around accusations of people getting polling wrong, you'd think Nate might not want to be one of them.

Although I'm almost certain Biden has won, I do think the posters who've been accused of concern trolling or being Russian bots over the last few months had a point. A lot of DLers were acting as though a Biden victory was inevitable. In the end, it's been quite a close race.

Looks like “Sleepy Joe” done woke up, Klangerine.

Holy crap r277, Biden could still get Georgia.

Posted in duplicate thread due to exhausted, anxious mind so I’ll duplicate post. Random and far-fetched thought, but does ol’ Jimmah and the Carter Center still get involved with fair election process? Say in the circumstances, Biden takes Georgia and the Devil starts his shit and goes down there looking for some souls to steal?

Where's FCI? He got a little over his skis too, but I still like him.

Virginians, I see the first Black woman was elected mayor of Manasses, too. Notable as being a major battleground during the Civil War (twice) and renowned in recent years as being a bastion of rednecks. Lots of changes in the Old Dominion.

R285 Fuck Nate Silver. He’s canceled

Lá Sènatrice's supporters celebrate.

The Biden campaign always said this was a close race. We just all got way too optimistic and had too much faith that there would be any ticket splitting in red states.

[quote] Or maybe a quiz game! "Trump Said WHAT?!" Contestants must decide if outrageous statements were said by Donald Trump---or not! Winner gets an autographed copy of Trump's new book, "My Struggle."

Ooooh, I LIKE this idea!

Have your people call my people.

[quote]I don't make predictions, but if the absentee votes continue to break for Biden by the margins they have so far--and as we have every reason to expect--then Biden would win by around 2 points

The absentee votes are all city and suburbs. The Pennsyltucky votes have already been counted and Biden outperformed Hillary's numbers in the rural counties. No way Trump can win.

I will LMFAO if Biden ends up with 306 electoral cotes and the Orange Cretin ends up with 232 electoral votes.

That's the EXACT same electoral vote that he beat Hillary by in 2016.

R286 I was accused in a thread a few weeks ago of being a Russian bot spreading fear, which confused the hell out of me. Why would Russian bots want Democrats to be fearful? Fear/nervousness gets people out to the polls. Whereas the over-confidence, well that makes people think they can relax.

Obviously there are some trolls around, but too many people used the accusations of trolling just to avoid hearing anything they didn't like.

ha, that would be awesome r297. Didn't think about that.

Dave Wasserman:

Much as Trump did in 2016, Biden is currently on pace to carry all three of MI/PA/WI by margins that are narrow, but wide enough to be outside the range of what a recount would plausibly overturn.

[quote]Were people always this crazed thinking Dems were "socialists," or did it only amplify when Bernie started using the Party?

It's been a successful Republican tactic for decades. Bill Clinton was accused of being a socialist when he pushed for healthcare reform in 1994. That led to the rise of Newt Gingrich and his generation of Republican Congressional idiots.

And Biden should promise to bore world leaders with his electoral map, forever.

Thanks, R283. : )

It was a nerve-wracking night last night, but I got some sleep this afternoon and am back. : )

R292 I hope you're right this time. 538 was utterly useless, their liveblog was just shit.

The Trump campaign is now going to sue over ballots in Georgia.

They know they are going to lose it.

Welcome back, r303! You were missed :-)

We missed you Poll Troll, but damn, you do get to nap sometimes. (Until 2022)

[quote]The difference is that Pence won't be around to grant him any future pardons after 1/20.

He can grant a general pardon for future crimes. No joke.

[quote] Republican Congressional idiots.

Redundant.

CNN's Pamela Brown is ready for this shit to be over too! 🤣🤣

Why do we even think he'd wait to have Pence pardon him? He'll just pardon himself and the Supreme Court will allow it.

[quote]Btw Joe Biden's lead in Michigan has continued to grow. Now he is up by about 2 points. It wasn't *that* close of a win.

The Blue Wall is real. The Great Lakes states were fooled by Trump last time, but they wised up and moved back to Biden this time.

Trump doesn’t seem to have much Republican support for...whatever it is he’s been doing today. They’ve all been very quiet

I wonder how Hillary feels right now. Must be bittersweet for her. I couldn't bring myself to watch her concession speech this time four years ago (I know, MARY!).

What I’ve been noticing when reading Trump supporters’ tweets is that they only vote Republican because they’re attached to Trump. They say they wouldn’t vote for a Romney or McCain-type Republican. They loathe those type of establishment Republicans. So they may sit out elections until there is another viable populist candidate. That bodes well for future Democratic candidates.

[quote]Bill Clinton was accused of being a socialist when he pushed for healthcare reform in 1994. That led to the rise of Newt Gingrich and his generation of Republican Congressional idiots.

Ah, the Contract with America, which proposed that poor kids be thrown into orphanages and work for their free lunches by scrubbing toilets after school.

Dave Wasserman on Michigan:

Biden gains 33k of margin in Michigan from newly counted mail ballots in Kent Co. Statewide lead up to 104k (1.9%). Michigan won't end up especially close.

[quote][R280] Please explain how you deport US citizens.

Maybe you should ask Dump since he was advocating for deporting Ilhan Omar.

Or they're just brain dead Republicans who always vote that way but want to pretend they actually think about shit, r315. It just seems so mechanical so often.

The PA AG is a hot nerd

[quote] Carville may have gotten out over his skis a little with his predictions

Gee do y’a think?

r313, I've maintained for quite a while that Repugs secretly hoped that Dems would vanquish for them the Frankenstein they created.

And we did. Of course, those chiseling cowards would die rather than admit that.

[quote] That's the EXACT same electoral vote that he beat Hillary by in 2016.

Not quite. Trump got 304, Biden would have two more.

Thanks for taking that hit for us, r315.

This fat orange fuck is broke. How the fuck is he planning on paying for any lawsuits or recounts?

He's got NOTHING.

The RNC r324? State GOPs?

R238 Back in 2019, the L.A. Times ran a feature article on how "The American Liberty League" tried to brand FDR with the "socialist" label back in the 30s. (I'm not sure if this article will link here or not.)

R324 Remember he's going to get a payout in December from the donors he conned with that repeat billing thing.

My mistake, it's six weekly payment through November and into December, not just one monthly payment

Once again, looking at the electoral college map, there's not a single red state that I would want to live in.

Grifting to the end r328

Where is Trump today? Did he make any appearances? Because I picture him just wondering around in his Depends and black socks screaming out, "I claim the great state of Virginia!" every so often.

r329 while I wouldn't want to live in any of them, Utah, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho are beautiful.

But my favorite state of all is New Mexico, which is now solidly blue.

R312 Wisconsin is was shockingly close. Biden won it by 0.7

But he is on track to win Michigan and PA by around 2.5. And Minnesota was a blowout.

If the outcome is as hoped, I don’t reckon Trump will live long enough to see out any litigious nonsense. 6 months tops. It’ll kill him.

R330 And they were matching donations 1000%!

I mean, just look at that email. That was sent by a presidential campaign. It looks like the dodgiest of spam.

CNN writes “Both Trump advisers said African American turnout in Georgia for Biden are exceeding their expectations, resulting in a very tight race.”

R331 Nope and they've called a lid so we won't be seeing him for the rest of the day, thank fuck.

Imagine the stench r331

Please please please, come on Georgia!

97% of the vote counted in GA; Trump is only up by 0.8 points (about 34K votes.)

Ilhan Omar should call for deporting Trump to Russia.

From CNN:

The President told one person he was willing to let the legal maneuvering proceed but suggested he did not believe it would be successful in the end. While he said he believes he will win in Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia, Trump was skeptical at the lawsuits filed by his team.

Trump hinted at his views in a tweet on Wednesday afternoon: "Our lawyers have asked for ‘meaningful access’, but what good does that do?” he wrote from the White House. “The damage has already been done to the integrity of our system, and to the Presidential Election itself. This is what should be discussed!”

Trump’s campaign has been feverishly soliciting funds for the legal effort on its email list. After Trump’s tweet, one campaign adviser questioned why the President would undercut the effort at the same moment he is seeking new money to support it.

Its conceivable that Biden could win Georgia. This is crazy.

Georgia and Arizona ... if Biden wins both, I will eat my hat.

So... funny enough... if Biden wins PA and Georgia, the polls would actually not be that far off. True, NC, Florida and Texas would be misses, but we’re they ever realistic?

^were

Anyone who read this list (which was from Sunday's "Simpsons" episode) and still voted for Trump should be have their voting privileges permanently revoked. And we should cut those people out of our lives, permanently.

It would be impressive if Biden wins Georgia. He would be the first Democrat to do so since Bill Clinton in 1992, and Clinton had the advantage of being a Southern Governor.

[quote]The campaign is filing a lawsuit to alleges that “a Republican poll observer in Georgia witnessed 53 late absentee ballots illegally added to a stack of on-time absentee ballots in Chatham County.”

They knew it was exactly 53, how? Did this evil poll worker place them down one by one? I imagine they'd have to count them out loud as they did it, as I doubt a Republican could count all the way to 53. And none of these observers thought to pull their phone out and record this dastardly deed?

Nbc called the Michigan Senate seat for democratic incumbent Gary peters. This hour.

Look at people overseas watching our election. It’s the top story.

[quote] brain dead Republicans

Redundant, Your Honor.

I'm still feeling the effects of last night, my appetite is still light/queasy....

If Peters wins, it's 48-48 with these still outstanding: AK, GA x2, NC

Trump's lead in PA is now +3

0.9 in GA

Georgia has said they will finish the count tonight.

Nice to see some states powering through (Glares at Nevada)

[quote] Trump's lead in PA is now +3

Wasn’t it reduced to +1 earlier? Has it gone up?

[quote] Nice to see some states powering through (Glares at Nevada)

Come on with it. We tired.

R355 Is GA really in play for Biden? Are there enough votes for him to catch up?

No r357. Trump was at like +10 in PA and it has quickly gone down as absentee votes were counted, it hasn't gone up at all.

Not that I ever saw R357 It has slowly gone down from +11 to +3

R355 There may be!

Even if Biden wins, it's so close that there will be enough sustained resistance to anything he does.

I'm appalled at how close of a race this was - so disappointed in my fellow Americans. Decency is dead. The amount of support for Trump NOW does not bode well for our future.

Oh shut up Dana Bash.

No wonder both Jeremy and John divorced you.

The Stop the Count thing in Detroit was organised by a local anti-lockdown group. One of the attendees rather looks like he's smelling cookies

Clayton County in GA, which overwhelming went for Biden is 84% done. Others surrounding GA are in the low 90s and also voting with big majorities for Biden. It is going to be clooose.

If Biden does eke a win the internet will explode. I say that if it tilts to Trump on a razor thin margin Biden should ask for a recount like they are for Wisconsin. Tit for tat.

Also what in the hell is happening with all the USPS undelivered ballots?!

R13 - considering who votes the most there you need to change Mexican to senior citizen.

R366 Are there any red counties left with numbers in GA?

Also Doughtery county has only tabulated 57% of their votes, and they are voting 3 to 1 for Biden.

It might not get called tonight.

From Twitter:

"Mail-in ballots are creeping up like an edible that you thought wasn't shit"

"Nevada is that friend who says they're on the way, but is actually still lying around in a towel."

fraud from repugs made it this close, and the senate is fukd, cause of vote tampering/ballot trashing. and that alone.

Thank you, r360/r361.

[quote]Also what in the hell is happening with all the USPS undelivered ballots?!

Last I saw is they're saying they were delivered but just weren't scanned as being delivered which sounds like bullshit. The judge threatened to order DeJoy to appear in court.

[quote]In a statement, a Postal Service spokesman said some ballots, expedited to election officials, had bypassed certain processing operations and did not receive a final scan. “The assumption that there are unaccounted ballots within the Postal Service network is inaccurate,” he said. “We remain in close contact with state and local boards of elections and we do not currently have any open issues.”

Can we just surround the White House tomorrow and have a massive Laugh In?

R373 Better yet, chant "you're fired"

GA is 49.8 to 49.0 right now.

[quote]Even if Biden wins, it's so close that there will be enough sustained resistance to anything he does.

Although Biden's Electoral College win may turn out to be narrow, he does have the advantage of being able to point to a clear win in the popular vote. Biden is winning a clear majority of the National vote -- over 50%.

Looks like the AP call for AZ was premature. We’ll know for sure at 9 but it’s going to be tight

A Nelson Muntz chant would be highly appropriate...

GA is 49.9 vs. 48.9 right now on msnbc.

And don't be a big Mary Democrat! about this. Act like a Republican. Act like it was a massive repudiation of everything Trump and Trumpista. Just do it.

Question, if Purdue drops below 50% is there a runoff?

[quote]Looks like the AP call for AZ was premature. We’ll know for sure at 9 but it’s going to be tight

AP and Fox both called AZ. AP seems to me to have been pretty cautious so far. They haven't called AK, NC, GA, or PA, and even though NBC called it, they haven't called the MI Senate race.

As of 8pm there were 122k votes to be counted in Georgia. Trump is up by about 40k votes.

Dave Wasserman on PA:

Trump's lead in PA shrinks to 196k (3.1%). If the EDay/mail results were being reported in reverse order, this race probably wouldn't be viewed as so competitive.

So for the Senate the best we can do is 47 to 53, is that right?

Even if the worst happens in Arizona, given how things look in PA it shouldn't matter.

R381, correct.

r385 Where are you getting that from? It's 48-48 right now (assuming NBC's projection of Peters is accurate.)

Dave Wasserman on Michigan:

New: Flint mail ballots push Biden's lead in Michigan up to 120k (2.2%). It's looking like of MI/PA/WI, Biden's lead in WI (0.6%) is shaping up to be the smallest.

That orange sack of shit wants the vote counting in PA stopped while he's ahead. Unfuckingbelievable. That won't fly .

I love you, Poll Troll. I don’t know why exactly.

yeah, shut the fuck up Donnie! Nobody gives a shit anymore what the fuck you think about anything or anybody.

Trump is going to end up losing PA by about 2 or maybe even 3 points and throwing a temper tantrum isn't going to help him r390

Trump's lead over BIden in PA is down to under 200K votes now. Steadily going down slowly.

R388 AP has it currently at 45 to 48 with Peters not called yet and 2 listed as "other parties."

Biden got a larger percentage of the vote in VT, MA, NJ, MD, HI, WA, and CA than he did in his home state of Delaware. That seems odd to me.

Been offline working most of the day .... and the Senate is still tied. Yikes.

Apologies if it's been mentioned, but in Michigan, Gary Peters won.

What happened with the Detroit lawsuits? It was looking like it'd be a bad situation.

Yes, Poll Troll, you're great. Just remember though that some who profess to love you now were shitting on you just 12 hours ago!

r395 The "other parties" are counted with the Democrats. AP has it has 47-48, so if Peters gets MI, it's 48-48.

R395, the other parties are Bernie VT and some guy ME, who caucus with Dems.

And BTW, for all those racist posters who were earlier bashing African Americans and claiming that they didn't come out enough even with Kamala on the ticket, TAKE A SEAT because it is the AA's in cities like Detroit in Michigan who saved Biden's ass there today.

^Angus King

Will Georgia be trickle in votes or is there a set timeline for when we can expect it to be called?

Which are the 4 Senate Seats that are outstanding?

AP wouldnt call it if they weren’t sure. They were the only ones not to call FL in 2000. It will be close but Biden will win

AZ I mean

Two GA, AK, NC. R404

Crickets from Republican legislatures and Governors about Trump's lawsuits. Even Republicans that have spoken to the matter, such as Scott Walker and Chris Christie, expressed views against efforts to stop voting and demand recounts.

Attorney Jay Sekulow will garner millions more for filing these frivolous lawsuits all the way to the USSC. Who is paying his fees? Certainly not Trump.

The loudmouths on this are Don Jr., Eric Trump, and Rudy Giuliani, not the most credible characters.

Santorum said he thinks Purdue will go to a run off!

GA may be counting past Midnight.

Thanks, R407.

And what's the likelihood that Dems are taking any of those?

What's the best case scenario for Dems with regard to the Senate seats?

r380 After W. and the Supreme Court stole his election he went on television to announce he had a clear mandate from the country and would rule accordingly. The fucker didn't even really win and basically declared himself king! If Joe wins by even one vote we announce Democrats have a clear mandate.

R411, best case is winning all 4. Most likely won’t win any of them, small chance of one of the Georgia seats.

Georgia already has 1 run off for Senate. Now apparently Perdue will been in runoff too. So in January we have a chance of two more Senate seats.

As soon as it's officially 270, hope the Dow goes gang busters tomorrow as a repudiation to 45

[quote]New: Flint mail ballots push Biden's lead in Michigan up to 120k (2.2%). It's looking like of MI/PA/WI, Biden's lead in WI (0.6%) is shaping up to be the smallest.

The polls were all showing WI as having the biggest lead for Biden. More evidence that the polls were garbage.

Perdue is down to 50.2 with 98% counted.

[quote] As soon as it's officially 270, hope the Dow goes gang busters tomorrow as a repudiation to 45

Klangerine will somehow claim credit.

“The stock market is soaring to get more money for your investments before Sleepy Joe takes it all from you in taxes. It will go down bigly, the likes of which you’ve never seen, the day I leave office.”

We are ridiculously, frustratingly, Purple

The polls for Wisconsin was horrible. Wisconsin had the worst polls in 2016 and the worst polls in 2020.

So if two seats go into run off for GA and we happen to get those, we'd have 50-50 with VP splitting the vote.

I know Dump’s lead in Pennsylvania is less than 200,000... did I hear right that there are still 900,000 ballots to be counted?

94% counted in the GA Senate election.

That is another race that will stretch into midnight tonight and beyond.

r423 see r417. 98% counted.

Per The NY Times:

We received more votes from Montgomery and Luzerne Counties. According to turnout estimates, around 580,000 votes remain in counties won by Hillary Clinton in 2016. Trump 2016 counties have around 190,000 votes left to report.

So, if the Senate is 50 reds, 48 blues and 2 independents, will Moscow Mitch be the majority leader?

So about 750,000 votes to be counted in PA still.

r425 You might want to mention the state you're talking about.

r426 No. The Vice-President breaks ties, so if it's 50-50, Schumer would be the ML.

R426, no. Dems.

r426, no, the two indies would vote with the Democrats making it a 50-50 split and then Kamala Harris would fulfill her role as the president of the Senate and become the 51st tie breaking vote, giving it to the Democrats.

[quote]So if two seats go into run off for GA and we happen to get those, we'd have 50-50 with VP splitting the vote.

Even if Dems only take one of those seats, and it's 49D-51R... it's always possible that Murkowski or Collins will vote with Dems on some issues, leading to VP Harris the deciding vote. So in any case, it's a better situation than what we have now. And Dems have the possibility of gaining seats in 2022. Pennsylvania Republican Pat Toomey is retiring in 2022...his seat could easily be won by a Dem.

I have two helicopters and a military flight flying overhead in Pittsburgh.

r429 well let's hope it's someone with balls, so no Schumer

Biden with a 5% lead in maricopa county, az

If it happens, Biden could also thank AA's for giving him Georgia as well since most of the outstanding vote left to count is in and around Atlanta in highly AA's areas.

Senate repubs will feel freer to break with their party when they vote, now that the Bully in Chief is on the way out. He used twitter to intimidate them into staying in line with the party. No one wanted to become his newest social media punching bag.

Ok, thanks for those answers. It would be a big help not having McTurtle always gumming up the works.

Scary AZ news now. Maricopa latest bucket of votes is 59% Trump. MSNBC.

Maricopa.

We’re in trouble in AZ. Why did AP call it?

R436 my hunch (and I’m admitting it’s just a strong hunch so don’t flame me) is that Southern AAs are significantly more Dem loyal than their Northern counterparts. That’s what put Biden over the top in the primaries, after all.

[quote]After W. and the Supreme Court stole his election he went on television to announce he had a clear mandate from the country and would rule accordingly.

And after his second election was stolen in 2004 he crowed about his "political capital."

R469 stop spreading fake news bitch!

Fuck fuck fuck AZ.

So do DL people think Trump has lost?

[quote]Scary AZ news now. Maricopa latest bucket of votes is 59% Trump. MSNBC.

CNN said 52% Biden.

R441 what do you mean the tweet right above it said there was no shrinkage

R444 Steve Kornacki in the last five minutes said so.

Is that accurate though? Because technically. with two "other party" members, doesn't that still make Rethugs the majority party?

Maricopa County update: Trump netted 13,644 votes

Biden 887,457 (+30,322)

Trump 802,160 (+43,966)

Biden's lead in Arizona now 79,173 votes, down from 92,817 votes before.

Now he wants a recount in WI. Face it Trump, the presidency is a no for you this time. Stamp your feet and whine all you want, we don't care.

[quote] So, if the Senate is 50 reds, 48 blues and 2 independents, will Moscow Mitch be the majority leader?

Yes. But Kamala is the tiebreaker if any vote ends up in a tie.

R447 yeah that’s what I saw. And that’s all he needs is just over 50%. Then the lead would stay exactly the same because they would each be going up by equal amounts.

What am I missing?

[quote] So if two seats go into run off for GA and we happen to get those, we'd have 50-50 with VP splitting the vote.

We would need both of the Georgia seats to get to 50 so that Kamala can break any ties. That assumes that NC and Alaska seats are gone.

Still ~40,000 votes outstanding in Pima County, AZ. Tucson. Liberal.

GOD I HATE THIS NIGHT!

Latest bucket Maricopa 75,000 votes, 59% Trump. About 400,000 remain.

So is that it for Arizona for now? I guess next update at 1230 am EST.

I thought AZ was already called for Biden?

Shit. aZ.

AZ looking worrisome. But I trust AP.

What a terrible night.

This is a great night unless you are Trump r463.

[quote]Scary AZ news now. Maricopa latest bucket of votes is 59% Trump. MSNBC.

Kornacki is saying that Trump needs to be winning this "bucket" of votes by about 60% to pull ahead of Biden in the total vote. So at 59% Trump is slightly below where he needs to be. It's likely to be very close. Kornacki is saying this is why NBC didn't call AZ last night like Fox did.

600,000 votes in AZ still to be counted, stop prematurely grabbing your pearls, gurls.

The bulk of the remaining votes are in blue areas, and they’re all early votes, which have trended predominantly for Biden.

Newsflash people. As I said earlier in the thread even if a miracle happened and Trump clawed back in Arizona....he is losing Pennsylvania. The White House math does not rely on Arizona.

CNN had the AZ votes at 52% for Biden unless reporter got it wrong.

Guess I won't be getting sleep again tonight.

AZ per NY Times

Dans Bash sources: trump « down » and sceptical of legal challenges

R469, rounding issue. kornacki said 59 Trump. Leaves 51 Biden. Cnn said 52.

R473 is about the latest batch of 75,000 votes from Maricopa.

So if Trump gets Arizona, big deal, Biden doesn't actually need it. Trump on the other hand can't win without it.

It's basically game over if Trump loses Arizona (or Georgia).

Don't see why AP would call it so early if they had doubts. So i'm going to trust them

From the link at R440:

MARICOPA COUNTY, AZ:

Joe Biden 887,457 (52%)

Donald Trump 802,160 (47%)

just get the rest of the batches out ugh c'mon Arizona

The Nates expect AZ to get very close. They are not calling it. Fox and AP holding strong on their call.

If Biden gets PA it’s over.

If he doesn’t get PA , AZ and NV are enough.

Whew- i finally got to sleep at 7am (CA time) and got up at 2:30 this afternoon to find three threads full of comments. I finally made it to the end! Hello, peoples. I'm here for the evening!

I'm sure this has been asked, but I haven't seen it . But, does anybody know why absentee/mail-in votes are counted by hand, and not run through voting machines that'll do all the counting? It would probably be a lot faster.

Is there any path to victory for Trump at all??

So R447’s #s reflect Maricopa with the latest 75,000 votes added to the county total.

After this dump there are about 400k left r466.

Biden still has paths to win without Arizona, but it would be nice to claim a win there and get those EVs.

R412, that was 2004 when W was on about his big swinging mandate, the shitbag. Not 2000.

Arizona!!!

Trump needs to run the board r483. He has to win PA, GA and Arizona.

Right now there is no indication he can win PA. Given the amount of ballots left and how they have been breaking to Biden its hard to see how he could.

R482 they have to verify that the signatures match what was signed on voter registration card

It may not be as close in these states as we think. Pretty much everything left is mail-in votes. Last night Trump was leading GA by 325,000. Now it’s 40,000 or so.

In some states, mail-ins are 70% Democrat. In the end, Biden may end up winning some of these states by 2-3% or more. That’s hundreds of thousands of votes, and well past the margin of asking for recounts. Trump is going to find himself in the position of having no legal grounds to do anything. If a “close race” is losing by 80,000 votes, that’s not a small enough margin to be able to claim “53 late votes” is going to make a difference.

CNN says Trump is calling Ron DeSantos and yelling at him. Good.

Arizona says they’re done counting in-person Election Day ballots. They’re counting mail-ins now.

If AZ is still in play why hasn't AP retracted their call?

r482, I think they have to confirm signatures if it's a mail in ballot.

Why would he be yelling at Ron DeSantis?

Why AP called AZ for Biden...

[quote]...changing demographics, including a fast-growing Latino population and a boom of new residents — some fleeing the skyrocketing cost of living in neighboring California — have made the state friendlier to Democrats. Many of the gains have been driven by the shifting politics of Maricopa County, which is home to Phoenix and its suburbs. That’s where Biden sealed his victory. Maricopa County accounts for 60% of the state’s vote, and Biden ran up huge margins there.

[quote]In 2016, Trump carried the county by 4 percentage points, which helped propel him to a win. But two years later, Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema flipped the seat from Republican control by winning the county by 5 points.

[qute]In 2018, Sinema became the first Democrat in three decades to win a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona. Democrats also won three statewide offices and five of nine congressional seats and made gains in the state legislature that year.

[quote]In 2016, voters ousted Republican Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County’s hardline sheriff, who built a national profile on his harsh treatment of immigrants.

Fox News also called Arizona ages ago -- for Biden. It's interesting. Dump called Murdoch and ranted and begged him to un-call it, Murdoch refused.

What is Trump yelling at DeSantis for? “Ron, why didn’t you teach other Republican govs to cheat for me as well as you did”?

Vaughn Hillyard was explaining this hour what’s going on. He calculates 59.1% must be for Trump to beat Biden.

I’m with r494. Why is Dump calling deSantos?

R499, I think her brand GA’s Governor Kemp.

I think *he means

According to CNN just now there are roughly 515,000 outstanding votes in Arizona left to be counted.

And a lot of them are from counties that benefit Biden more than Orange Fuckface.

[quote]CNN says Trump is calling Ron DeSantis and yelling at him. Good.

Why?

let's just hope Trump doesn't get 59% or more of the remaining Arizona votes

what's happening with North Carolina?

He won’t R504

Per the AZ SoS on CNN, there's still votes out in Pina County and Flagstaff (which are more Dem heavy than Maricopa)

It might come close, but hard to see Trump able to flip it.

The ballots are from a heavily Democratic area so I’m thinking Arizona is safe.

I had to mute the TV. This is too stressful.

[quote]CNN says Trump is calling Ron DeSantos and yelling at him. Good.

Delicious!

R496, apparently he’s complaining that he’s losing. Maybe he thinks of Ron DeSantos as a friendly person that will sympathize with him, since he’s such a crook.

Could also be that he’s been told not to call governors of states that haven’t closed, since he wants to sue them all. And Florida is done.

Dana Bash said he's not yelling at DeSantis; she said "he's venting".

Im so conflicted. I want Biden to win but whenever i flip by Rachel and Joy's smug ugly faces, i just feel rage.

Why is he not calling for them to stop counting votes in AZ? oh that's right he is behind. What the hell is going on in NV?

Imagine being Dump's ~one phone call.~ Everyone else must be tired of listening to him bitch.

Where's Ivanka?

I think NV is still actively counting but won't report numbers until tomorrow at 9am.

Are Ivanka and Jared already on a flight to Tel Aviv?

Ivanka and her purse-puppy only come out when the sun is shining

NYT weighs in on Faux News...

Connor Lamb has taken the lead. Yay!

[quote]where’s Ivanka?

Cranking the fucking shredder, fool, what do you think?

AZ is all but lost for Biden

[Quote] AZ is all but lost for Biden

Source?

R523, the source is Troll.

R514, NV said they were only going to announce results once a day, around nine or ten a.m. That’s it. So the others have been updating all day, but NV hasn’t.

They’re trying to finish as much as they can by tomorrow morning.

Both NV and AZ seem to think they may not be 100% done by tomorrow. But maybe enough so they can make a call. If Biden is leading by 40,000 and there’s only 30,000 uncounted left, they’re done.

R523 you must be quoting the troll you should have long ago blocked that has been saying the same dumb shit for 24 hours.

It's almost all over but the closing dance. My attention is turning to the Senate races. As long as there is outstanding vote to count in NC I'm not writing Cunningham off yet.

Also the margins are narrowing in GA every hour. If Biden prevails or at least comes close to besting Trump by a slim margin, he should take Ossoff with him. The key right now is to get Perdue below 50% to trigger a runoff. Last data showed him sitting at 50.2% so we are VERY CLOSE there. A runoff - much like the other GA race - is a new chance, with Trump out of the way its more winnable imo.

R523 Da Kremlin I’m guessing.

source? TASS

Part 9!

I think Biden may lose.

[quote]CNN writes “Both Trump advisers said African American turnout in Georgia for Biden are exceeding their expectations, resulting in a very tight race.”

Be right back with more voter suppression!

What is "Tass"?

[quote]With 107,751 votes remaining to count, Donald Trump’s lead over Joe Biden in Georgia is down to 37,322 votes.

I don't know Pennsylvania's schedule but if they keep updating through the night it might be ready to be called by tommorow morning.

If Biden wins Georgia, DL will owe a collective apology to Stacey Abrams.

Don't listen to R522. The remaining ballots are from Maricopa County Trump has to outperform there (60 to 40).

R531 Anything MAY happen. What’s your point?

[quote]What is "Tass"?

[quote]What is "Tass"?

Some of you really need to learn to ignore the trolls. You are yelling at a poster that has been trolling this thread since the first one.

R535 Guardian liveblog said a few days, and I'm hoping to god they're wrong about that. This is the Twitter thread they're basing it on

R537, there’s a few from the Tucson area (even bluer than Phoenix), about a thousand from one red county, and about 17,000 from another red county.

But they’re all write ins, so even the ones in the red areas might have a lot of Democratic votes in them. Trump endlessly claimed nobody should do mail in ballots and they were all fraudulent. So a lot of Trumpers went in person and those are counted already.

Which news outlets have called the Presidential race in each state...

[quote]Could also be that he’s been told not to call governors of states that haven’t closed, since he wants to sue them all. And Florida is done.

Somehow, I don't think Trump will ever call Gretchen Whitmer

Biden has won the last 600k ballots counted in Pennsylvania by 50-points, which is much bigger than the 22-point margin he needs the rest of the way out.

People need to understand the numbers in PA, its not looking close.

They never learn R541

Conor Lamb just took the lead in his election

You know Trump has called and screamed at Barrett, Kavanaugh, and maybe Gorsuch that they better be ready to "thank" him for their undeserved seats on SCOTUS.

If only some fed up staffer would record those calls and release them.

[quote]I don't know Pennsylvania's schedule but if they keep updating through the night it might be ready to be called by tommorow morning.

Pittsburgh may be done overnight, but they're saying Philly and its 'burbs may take until Friday.

[quote]Conor Lamb just took the lead in his election

Lamb is likely to run for retiring Republican Pat Toomey's Senate seat in 2022.

The fact that Trump called up Rupert and demanded he retract Arizona and Murdoch was like "Donald who?" is the best thing that happened this week.

PA's sexy attorney general on MSNBC: "Nothing is going to stop us from counting votes"

[quote]Don't listen to [R522]. The remaining ballots are from Maricopa County Trump has to outperform there (60 to 40).

He got 59% in the latest Maricopa "bucket" that was just dumped. So it's likely to be close.

Pennsylvania's Attorney General, Josh Shapiro, is cute.

PA AG Shapiro to MSNBC on the vote counting: They are going to continue being counted in accordance with State law. Every time they bring a lawsuit, we've won. They're going to have to stop listening to Rudy Giuliani.

PA is lucky to have the cute Attorney General. He replaced this troll who went to prison for corruption:

[quote]In Phoenix, Trump supporters have gathered at the state capitol. The crowd is chanting “Shame on Fox,” after Fox News declared Biden the winner in Arizona. “More votes are being counted tomorrow at Phoenix City Hall, and we need as many patriots to show up and have a presence outside as possible,” said the Tea Party Patriots group organized the event.

[quote]The Trump campaign has adopted a self-contradicting stance of calling for officials to stop counting ballots in states the president is in danger of losing, and keep counting in states like Arizona, where Joe Biden’s lead is narrowing as more votes are tallied.

Cuteness palate cleanser: Miss Breezy, CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale's dog

Wasserman

[Quote]If Trump can't prevail in Pennsylvania, he can't prevail period - no matter what happens in AZ/GA/NV. And right now, he's just not on pace to finish ahead.

Pennsylvania is the ballgame. If Biden wins it that gives him 273 electoral votes and the keys to the White House. He doesn't need any other states after that.

MSNBC keeps a 'Kornacki Cam' screen during commercial breaks.

What's the current thought about Arizona? Is it actually plausible that Trump could eek out a win there?

Is this Breaking News or Wolf Blitzer "Breaking News"?

R563, it can go either way. But Trump has a chance.

R563, yes he could still eke out Az. Biden could still eke out all of them that are still counting at this point.

Will Biden get Pennsylvania though?

The FAA just closed the airspace over Wilmington. Almost like they know he's the president-elect or something

MSNBC showed footage of city workers peacefully counting votes in PA...

[quote]He got 59% in the latest Maricopa "bucket" that was just dumped. So it's likely to be close.

Steve K. said that if Trump continues winning the final AZ votes by that percentage margin, then he will tie or win the state. So we just have to keep our fingers crossed and wait and see.

So, PA is likely going to Biden? The Yahoo map still has Trump in the lead there.

[quote]Is this Breaking News or Wolf Blitzer "Breaking News"?

I have a mini-stroke every time they do a Breaking News headline

eke, not eek

R569, that's what patriots look like.

Not the Trump goons outside.

[quote] The FAA just closed the airspace over Wilmington. Almost like they know he's the president-elect or something

When Romney lost, the Secret Service immediately withdrew their protection. His son literally had to drive him home.

GA is now 49.7 to 49.0.

R575 Hopefully in a box on the roof of the car.

I'd rather have Wolf Blitzer's Breaking News than Wolf Blitzer's Breaking Wind.

[quote]Pennsylvania is the ballgame. If Biden wins it that gives him 273 electoral votes and the keys to the White House. He doesn't need any other states after that.

That's why Trump campaign are filing suits every hour on the hour there.

The PA AG is sexy

Sending love, hugs, and cheers to ALL the wonderful American Citizens counting ballot after ballot to make every vote count for us! You are warriors, representing the heart and soul of all the people!

Reports are that Biden is winning the mail-in votes in PA.

Why would Trump be angry at Desantis? Desantis more than delivered Florida to the Orange Cretin.

Georgia is now Trump by 33,300. He’s down 90% since yesterday.

Biden has a good chance to make that up.

r575, Ouch, that's cold.

That's an understatement r582. Biden won the last 600k absentee ballots counted in PA by about 50 damn points.

Fox is being especially stubborn about AZ. They know something we don't.

Georgia on my mind.

To be fair that tweet is 3 hours old r587. I don't know if they have commented since the most recent dump.

Thanks to those who answered my question about counting absentee ballots. Makes sense that a person would need to verify the signatures.

DeSantis might be the only person Trump could get on the phone. Who of consequence wants to listen to that loser now?

Somebody make Part 9

There's already a part 9

Someone upthread made Part 9

LOL, that's what I was thinking, R591. Rats are trying to save their own skins and are jumping the sinking ship i.e. their association with Trump.

[quote]Reports are that Biden is winning the mail-in votes in PA.

Allegedly winning them by HUGE margins.

They still have AZ in the Biden column, R589.

R587, Fox is trolling Trump hard. "What if a frog had wings?" Lol.

THE END

Fox’s Arizona Call for Biden Flipped the Mood at Trump Headquarters

[quote]The Fox News decision left the president fuming, and his team complaining. Then he began casting aspersions on other states’ vote counts.

Michigan's Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson spoke earlier on MSNBC and was impressive as hell eviscerating Trump. Articulate, authentic, whip-smart and it doesn't hurt that she's beautiful. Have a feeling we'll all be seeing her on a national ballot one day.

Phil is married. I coulda sworn he was a pocket gay.

Phil is married. I coulda sworn he was a pocket gay.

rump does not really care about us or the usa. he has a masturbational enjoyment that he gets from those stupid-ass "rallies" that he holds. he is so predictable at these pitiful events, saying all his predictable bullshit..... but he literally seems to LIVE for the glory hallelujah of those basically hitler rallies that he calls "his" rallies.