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

[skyvolt2000]

A spokesperson for MJ Hegar has told WFAA Hegar called Sen. John Cornyn to concede the U.S. Senate race.

Gov. Greg Abbott has already congratulated Cornyn, saying, "I know [Cornyn] will continue to be a powerful voice for Texans in the United States Senate."

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/po...a-f7c3c8f6c5a1

[Username taken]

Eh ... looking at the trends, I think Trump is getting reelected.

His ground game is beating Biden's and the Latinx vote is going towards Trump pretty hardcore.

That being said, Florida is the new Texas and Texas is the new Florida.

Exactly this.

And he’s somehow performing better this time than the last time.

But like i said some days back, if Trump does indeed win it means that some pollsters are done. Because if Trump wins Michigan it means there’s been a catastrophic polling error there (which is something Michael Moore had been screaming about in the run-up to the elections).

[shooshoomanjoe]

As for Puerto Rico?

Yeah.

While I'm not going to say "Don't...". be careful what you wish for.

I don't believe Puerto Rico is entitled to an electoral vote but there are plenty of Puerto Ricans in the contiguous United States and I doubt they've forgotten 3000 Puerto Ricans died because trump didn't want to give them aid when Hurricane Maria hit.

[numberthirty]

Democrats have had way too much vote entitlement over the last two elections. It doesn’t work out.

I still hope Biden wins, but this really is showing that a lot of Biden’s strength is completely manufactured in certain areas.

Fingers crossed.

That said, it is like they learned right around "Nothing..." from how well Sanders did during the primary.

Someone is trying to tell them something. At some point, I'd hope they will think over actually listening.

[PaulBullion]

Still hopeful, but this should not even be close with a historically bad president.

[GindyPosts]

Still hopeful, but this should not even be close with a historically bad president.

I think this is proof as to how powerful Trump's cult of personality is.

[numberthirty]

Exactly this.

And he’s somehow performing better this time than the last time.

But like i said some days back, if Trump does indeed win it means that some pollsters are done. Because if Trump wins Michigan it means there’s been a catastrophic polling error there (which is something Michael Moore had been screaming about in the run-up to the elections).

Moore is gonna rightly go ham if it plays out the way he had feared.

Again, fingers crossed.

[PaulBullion]

The Latin vote so far makes me nervous about Arizona.

[BeastieRunner]

Statistically speaking a tie is in play but the state delegations in the House still favor the Rs, so Trump wins that, too.

We just might get a new VP that the Dems pick if that take the Senate.

Right now is is almost a toss up Biden/Trump.

It probably will end in court if Biden wins but if Trump wins, I don't see the Dems fighting it.

[C_Miller]

The Latin vote so far makes me nervous about Arizona.

Different groups. Anti-Socialism plays hard with the Latin voters in South Florida. It's not going to play the same with those in Arizona.

[shooshoomanjoe]

I think there's mainly Mexican-Americans in AZ. We don't like trump.

[Joker]

Why would the Dems fight it? They don’t fight for anything.

[skyvolt2000]

Still hopeful, but this should not even be close with a historically bad president.

You are trying to bring logic into a conversation.

The issue is you don't have folks using LOGIC.


https://www.nbcdfw.com/investigation...nties/2471970/

New numbers from local county elections offices show tens of thousands of absentee ballots have still not been returned in the four major DFW counties, raising questions about whether some close local races could take longer to call as counties wait for more mail ballots to arrive. In Texas, absentee ballots can be accepted until 5 p.m. the day after the election, as long as they were postmarked by Election Day.

On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service to sweep all mail facilities to make sure any missing ballots are delivered.

In Dallas County, 30,000 ballots, about a third of all absentee ballots the county sent to voters, had not been returned as of Tuesday morning.

[Username taken]

The trends right now aren’t looking good at all for Biden.

I’m really shocked but this could be an electoral landslide for Trump unless things starting turning around.

And turning around fast.

[InformationGeek]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Lindsey Graham wins reelection to U.S. Senate from South Carolina.