All purpose news and politics thread part VI: This Is Not The Time For Posing

[Username taken]

Yahoo's electoral map has Biden currently ahead but ending in a trump win.

They might be wrong because Michigan is now 50/50 and Biden is leading in Nevada, Wisconsin and Arizona.

Biden wins these states and he's won the election. That's not even taking into account the possibility of Pennsylvania swinging back to Biden.

There's a reason why Trump is freaking out and is already talking about going to the Supreme Court.

[ChangingStation]

I woke up this morning at 5am. Not that I wanted to. But because my aunt was running around the house ranting and raving about Biden. he is stealing the election. All those vote for Trump that have just been thrown out and now one doing anything about it. All the mail in voting fraud. How could any political party be happy when they cheated a great man to win? The country is doomed. Socialist nightmare coming and Biden is going to do what Pelosi and Sanders tell him. ETC...

I am in for a very fun day.

Honestly I'm tempted to tell people stuck dealing with Trump family members to continue to ask them this one question constantly, "why do you think that?" As they explain more and more, their answers dive deeper and deeper into the heart of the matter until they struggle to explain themselves. It's non-confrontational, and it doesn't seem like you're treating them with contempt.which

There was this one person on Twitter who was saying Biden was lying and going to destroy freedom, and as I kept asking her to elaborate, she revealed that she was angry about him being utterly unclear on whether he supported fracking or not. When I explained what I read about his stated position, she was grateful and just ignored that he did nothing while on the Senate about it, to which I noted it only relatively recently became an issue. She ended up liking the comment and we said no more. That was just yesterday.

[kidfresh512]

Michigan is going Biden the outstanding votes are Detroit and Wayne County. There is nothing left in WI that can go trump

[shooshoomanjoe]

They might be wrong because Michigan is now 50/50 and Biden is leading in Nevada, Wisconsin and Arizona.

Biden wins these states and he's won the election. That's not even taking into account the possibility of Pennsylvania swinging back to Biden.

There's a reason why Trump is freaking out and is already talking about going to the Supreme Court.

He already won AZ and WI and NV will only give him 16 electoral votes to the 238 he currently has.

[Username taken]

He already won AZ and WI and NV will only give him 16 electoral votes to the 238 he currently has.

Wisconsin hasn't been called. Trump has even closed the gap again on that state.

Wisconsin will give Biden 10 (that moves him to 248), Nevada 6 (that moves him up to 254) and Michigan 16 (270)..this gives him the win.

If Biden gets a swing in Pennsylvania, then he doesn't need Michigan because he's flipped Arizona.

[JCAll]

He already won AZ and WI and NV will only give him 16 electoral votes to the 238 he currently has.

Michigan is the other 16, that puts him at exactly 270.

[worstblogever]

I'm glad I could tell folks to take some deep breaths last night.

Smokin' Joe Biden's got this.

[kidfresh512]

Michigan is the other 16, that puts him at exactly 270.

Yup. He doesnt need Penn even though there is apparently 1.4 million votes left there and they favor Biden. He would need over 700k of that (Philly, Pittsburg) they favor Biden. He would need over 700k of that

[Revolutionary_Jack]

I'm glad I could tell folks to take some deep breaths last night.

Smokin' Joe Biden's got this.

Are you sure?

No setup here, just asking plainly.

[numberthirty]

Are you sure?

No setup here, just asking plainly.

While I see where you are coming from, let's not jinx anything.

A win way tighter than the one folks were crowing about will still be a win(hopefully...)

[Username taken]

It really does say a lot about the state of the country that the incumbent President is on "pins and needles" during an election night. And is losing "bigly" in the popular vote.

It really does show how unpopular Trump really is.

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

Crazier things have had happened.

It’s not even crazy. Biden should win Wisconsin. Is trending decent in Nevada. Like a 3rd of PA is mail in and it’s heavily Biden. This going to just come down to the wire

[numberthirty]

And seriously?

Biden needs to forget giving Republicans a spot in his administration, and give Jo Jorgensen that spot.

She might wind up dragging him across the finish line.

[babyblob]

Honestly I'm tempted to tell people stuck dealing with Trump family members to continue to ask them this one question constantly, "why do you think that?" As they explain more and more, their answers dive deeper and deeper into the heart of the matter until they struggle to explain themselves. It's non-confrontational, and it doesn't seem like you're treating them with contempt.which

There was this one person on Twitter who was saying Biden was lying and going to destroy freedom, and as I kept asking her to elaborate, she revealed that she was angry about him being utterly unclear on whether he supported fracking or not. When I explained what I read about his stated position, she was grateful and just ignored that he did nothing while on the Senate about it, to which I noted it only relatively recently became an issue. She ended up liking the comment and we said no more. That was just yesterday.

I did ask her this several times. I dont any more. her only answers are clichés and talking points from Fox news. She has no idea what he really stands for. All she knows is he is not Trump (Who is the greatest president in history) And that he is of course a hardcore socialist, Pelosi's puppet, Hunter's emails Blah Blah, Blah....

She cant defend anything. She is like a parrot just repeating everything Fox news says.

[Panfoot]

It really does say a lot about the state of the country that the incumbent President is on "pins and needles" during an election night. And is losing "bigly" in the popular vote.

It really does show how unpopular Trump really is.

I don't know, it's still a way closer race than it has any right to be, plus could you imagine it being this close without a pandemic? No matter who wins or loses at this point I think it's still a deeply troubling just how many people are still for Trump after everything he's done, even during a goddamn plague.