2020 US Election Thread

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by Exo

They literally do not understand how things work.

I’m afraid they do know. They want it in the Trump stacked courts.

[Marie Monday]

It seems like every news source reports slightly different numbers, it's confusing as hell

[WWWP]

I've been disengaged since yesterday. I dont want to see it, I already know how it ends. I'm just here for the aftermath.

[Marie Monday]

Originally Posted by WWWP

I've been disengaged since yesterday. I dont want to see it, I already know how it ends. I'm just here for the aftermath.

With a Trump win and irreversible doom? I hope not, but I'm not optimistic
I was blissfully disengaged but I'm getting sucked in

[OccultHawk]

The Trump campaign said it filed lawsuits Wednesday in Pennsylvania and Michigan, laying the groundwork for contesting the outcome in undecided battleground states that could determine whether President Donald Trump gets another four years in the White House.

Suits in both states are demanding better access for campaign observers to locations where ballots are being processed and counted, the campaign said. The campaign also is seeking to intervene in a Pennsylvania case at the Supreme Court that deals with whether ballots received up to three days after the election can be counted, deputy campaign manager Justin Clark said.

The campaign said it is calling for a temporary halt in the counting in both states until it is given “meaningful” access in numerous locations and allowed to review ballots that already have been opened and processed. Trump is running slightly behind Democratic nominee Joe Biden in Michigan. The president is ahead in Pennsylvania but his margin is shrinking as more mailed ballots are counted.

We’ll see. If he can get things tied up in the courts we got huge problems.

Sorry to be a broken record.

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by Marie Monday

With a Trump win and irreversible doom? I hope not, but I'm not optimistic

As of right now, the stats on CNN look quite favourable to Biden:

Joe Biden is closing in on 270 [electoral college votes]
Biden : 253
Trump: 213

I was blissfully disengaged but I'm getting sucked in

Why fight it?

[Marie Monday]

Is it really that likely that his lawsuit request will be granted? I mean, the whole undemocratic attitude is scary either way

[OccultHawk]

Let me just ask...

how many thousands of absurd “that will never work - that will never happen” things has Trump pulled off

He never fails.

All the way back to openly admitting he obstructed justice to Lester Holt right on television. Right there that should’ve been prison. Hundreds if not thousands since then.

Of course he doesn’t need to win the election to stay in power. We’ve never had the courage to stop anything he does. From obstructing justice to breathing infected covid on people. It’s the worship of authority and position.

Seriously - I hope I’m wrong. I really do.

[Marie Monday]

Originally Posted by OccultHawk

Let me just ask...

how many thousands of absurd “that will never work - that will never happen” things has Trump pulled off

He never fails.

All the way back to openly admitting he obstructed justice to Lester Holt right on television. Right there that should’ve been prison. Hundreds if not thousands since then.

Of course he doesn’t need to win the election to stay in power. We’ve never had the courage to stop anything he does. From obstructing justice to breathing infected covid on people. It’s the worship of authority and position.

Seriously - I hope I’m wrong. I really do.

I know, that's why I'm worried anyway

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by jwb

They won't go their own way because that just splits the left and helps the right. Same with the libertarians on the other side. That's what I mean when I say the system inherently favors two party rule.

I see your point, but that's a political calculation that any splinter group makes. Perhaps they are thinking ahead to being the small group that swings a lot of big decisions between the two big boys.
Also, I'm not really sure, but I think in the UK they sometimes enter into local non-contesting pacts, so as not to split the support of a party they sympathize with. (Please don't google me on that!)