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

[JCAll]

I'm not so sure. It seems like Trump is only doing worse in the suburban areas, which were he (and his people) began to trend down in 2018. It's also possible that Biden would have been more successful if he could have run a more robust campaign. Since they were taking COVID seriously, it really tied a hand behind their backs.

Plus, Trump was able to politicize the virus early. Something he definitely used to his advantage.

[numberthirty]

Ok, just looked at Georgia again and it's getting freaking tight!

I can see why Trump hasn't gone tweet crazy (outside of the bullshit he was screaming about a few hours back).

If Biden should pull that out, Democrats should probably buy the Libertarians beers for the rest of the year.

[JCAll]

I disconnected from social media around six last evening, watched no news and followed no election results so I could sleep overnight, but I couldn’t anyway, now I wake up to this madness. What the hell has happened to this country?

Maybe we never woke up and are still in the nightmare.

[Gray Lensman]

If Biden should pull that out, Democrats should probably buy the Libertarians beers for the rest of the year.

I prefer Mead.

[Sacred Knight]

I think even Bush/Gore had a projected winner by this time. I mean, obviously there were the recounts that followed and a strung out process, but at least a projection. This has to go down as the closest election I've ever watched.

[numberthirty]

I prefer Mead.

You're in Georgia?

(Joking... Just saying that I tend to doubt that they are the "Mead..." type down there.)

[Sacred Knight]

Think I'll turn the channel if Trump's gonna speak. You know what its going to be. He's going to just bitch and moan and say if things were done "fairly" he'd have won already. In no mood for his bitch ass crying.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Maybe we never woke up and are still in the nightmare.

Perhaps that’s the case. Dammit, this is no way to live! I just want the craziness to fucking end! PLEASE!

[Steel Inquisitor]

Trump saying he wants to go to the Supreme Court, of course he does.

[JCAll]

Perhaps that’s the case. Dammit, this is no way to live! I just want the craziness to fucking end! PLEASE!

I know that feeling. I haven't slept in days, and probably won't tonight. I want it over so badly.

[worstblogever]

Popular vote count:

Biden- 65,041,273
Trump- 63,319,781

1.7 million vote difference. When it's all said and done, it could reach as far as 3 million votes.

Don't forget California counts LATE. For weeks.

When all is said and done, it's gonna be 4-5 million.

[Darkspellmaster]

I disconnected from social media around six last evening, watched no news and followed no election results so I could sleep overnight, but I couldn’t anyway, now I wake up to this madness. What the hell has happened to this country?

Apparently a lot of Latino voters were targeted on What'sapp with a whole QAnon campaign with a lot of disinformation about a number of issues. Seems like Whatsapp tried to slow it down as it was you could send 200 messages out via a forward system and then they cut it down to 5 and now if it's overly shared it's down to 1 to 1 but it seems a lot of people from South American countries and Cuba were targeted by the "Evil of Socialism" and "Child predatory rings" and other stuff that makes them freak out. Apparently this was used also by the Bolsonaro campaign.

[kidfresh512]

I laid down for a bit but got back up. The senate map is just depressing. I mean wow. Seriously what more could have been done? Millions upon millions and its not like the candidates were crap in the tight races.

People just seem to buy into the Dems "liberal" socialism stuff way more than we thought.

[JackDaw]

Trump saying he wants to go to the Supreme Court, of course he does.

Just listened to the Donald on BBC..

One second he’s complaining about Democrats going to court if they lose...improper use of the law. The next second he saying he’s going to Supreme Court himself, effectively to stop votes being counted.

Don’t large majority of people spot the inconsistency?

On balance...the Donald seems convinced he’s won.

I’m amazed.

[ChangingStation]

Apparently a lot of Latino voters were targeted on What'sapp with a whole QAnon campaign with a lot of disinformation about a number of issues. Seems like Whatsapp tried to slow it down as it was you could send 200 messages out via a forward system and then they cut it down to 5 and now if it's overly shared it's down to 1 to 1 but it seems a lot of people from South American countries and Cuba were targeted by the "Evil of Socialism" and "Child predatory rings" and other stuff that makes them freak out. Apparently this was used also by the Bolsonaro campaign.

Yeah, that makes sense. Not just a matter of disenfranchisement, but rumour and gossip spreading. To fight this in the future, Democrats need to send their own messages warning of potential misinformation on WhatsApp groups.