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2020 Presidential Election Thread: The Homestretch... Still

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2020 Presidential Election Thread: The Homestretch... Still 

Post#1 » by Jeff Van Gully » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:01 pm

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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread: The Homestretch... Still 

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Post#4 » by Clyde_Style » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:06 pm

robillionaire wrote:https://gothamist.com/news/early-voting-day-2-nyc-long-lines-and-determined-voters

Thats me in the blue hoodie in the top picture lol


Did you have to pee bad?

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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread: The Homestretch... Still 

Post#5 » by Jeff Van Gully » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:08 pm

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If Biden wins and the Republicans lose big, you will be seeing a lot of people suddenly have amnesia about voting for Trump. Not only will I be keeping names, but I will be throwing it back in their faces if they decide to claim this mess was never theirs (or his) and it was always the Democrats.




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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread: The Homestretch... Still 

Post#6 » by robillionaire » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:08 pm

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robillionaire wrote:https://gothamist.com/news/early-voting-day-2-nyc-long-lines-and-determined-voters

Thats me in the blue hoodie in the top picture lol


Did you have to pee bad?

Looks like you were holding something in


Yeah and I was freezing, didn’t dress appropriately at all, no idea what I was getting myself into. voted dozens of times in life and it usually takes 5 minutes
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Post#7 » by HarthorneWingo » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:39 pm

robillionaire wrote:
Clyde_Style wrote:
robillionaire wrote:https://gothamist.com/news/early-voting-day-2-nyc-long-lines-and-determined-voters

Thats me in the blue hoodie in the top picture lol


Did you have to pee bad?

Looks like you were holding something in


Yeah and I was freezing, didn’t dress appropriately at all, no idea what I was getting myself into. voted dozens of times in life and it usually takes 5 minutes


I bet it'll be better during the week.
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Re: 2020 Presidential Election Thread: The Homestretch... Still 

Post#8 » by WargamesX » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:54 pm

I voted early today....... it feels good.
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Post#9 » by Pointgod » Sun Oct 25, 2020 10:56 pm

Kampuchea wrote: That would be great. I am fearful of a delay in some swing states where we are left wondering, which would be nervewracking. My stress level would decrease significantly if we have news of a Trump loss straight away.


Here are how states start counting for ballots for the major swing states. Hopefully this helps to smooth your concerns.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielcassady/2020/09/05/election-2020-battleground-states-heres-how-theyll-count-mail-in-ballots/

These states will process ballots before Election Day: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas.


States counting on Election Day: Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.


I think except for a Pennsylvania, Georgia and Iowa we should know on election night if Trump or Biden are on track to win the states that don’t start counting until Election Day.
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Post#10 » by Pointgod » Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:08 pm

I think this analysis is pretty interesting. It seems that at least in the early vote in these 3 states, Dems are clearly sticking to the party voting, not the amount of Dems voting for Trump it 3rd Party we saw in 2016. Interesting we also see 5-10% of Republicans voting for Biden and also Biden leading independents by double digits across all 3 states. Hopefully his also translates to straight ticket voting. I’ll caution percentages don’t mean anything, it’s about turnout but this is a very encouraging sign for Biden.

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Post#11 » by HarthorneWingo » Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:21 pm

The Orange Blob is on 60 Minutes shortly.
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Post#12 » by Pointgod » Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:24 pm

HarthorneWingo wrote:The Orange Blob is on 60 Minutes shortly.


Oh this gonna be good.
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Post#13 » by Clyde_Style » Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:31 pm

Pointgod wrote:I think this analysis is pretty interesting. It seems that at least in the early vote in these 3 states, Dems are clearly sticking to the party voting, not the amount of Dems voting for Trump it 3rd Party we saw in 2016. Interesting we also see 5-10% of Republicans voting for Biden and also Biden leading independents by double digits across all 3 states. Hopefully his also translates to straight ticket voting. I’ll caution percentages don’t mean anything, it’s about turnout but this is a very encouraging sign for Biden.

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If those breakdowns hold up, and there is little reason to expect otherwise, that will tranlate into a dominant landslide win for Biden and most of the Democrats on the ticket
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Post#14 » by robillionaire » Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:31 pm

I’ve already watched his cowardly performance no need to watch again
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Post#15 » by thebuzzardman » Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:39 pm

Oh boy! A continuation so I can get to see right wing news sources telling me what criminals the Bidens are, to cover up what criminals Trump and his collection of r*tard offspring are. Can't hardly wait.

At least this sh*t will be over with and we can kind of sort of get back to being a normal, but f*cked up country, or just get on with being a right wing dictatorship f*cked up country.
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Post#16 » by HarthorneWingo » Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:53 pm

OMG, what a POS the orange goo is
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Post#17 » by CharlesOakley » Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:57 pm

If Trump wins with high voter turnout, I'll shut my mouth, put my house on the market and move abroad somewhere. The only path he had to victory was through voter suppression.
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Post#18 » by HarthorneWingo » Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:09 am

Pence ... oh the faux sincerity and puppy eyes. Give me a break. They are both sick fcks.
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Post#19 » by Pointgod » Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:15 am

thebuzzardman wrote:Oh boy! A continuation so I can get to see right wing news sources telling me what criminals the Bidens are, to cover up what criminals Trump and his collection of r*tard offspring are. Can't hardly wait.

At least this sh*t will be over with and we can kind of sort of get back to being a normal, but f*cked up country, or just get on with being a right wing dictatorship f*cked up country.


Never forget that last year someone was trying to sell Biden emails and even RUDY! passed on them because it wasn’t credible. Now this is just the remix, picking up the scraps from the 2019, putting them into a blender and trying to sell a bull smoothie.

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Post#20 » by Pointgod » Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:24 am

HarthorneWingo wrote:OMG, what a POS the orange goo is


Jesus Trump is such a childish ****. And like he literally doesn’t remember things he’s said. He’s gaslighting, attacking the interviewer, classic abuser tactics. This interview is a disaster for Trump.

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