Current Affairs The 2020 United States Presidential Election

[tsubaki]

Why did they not make postal votes have to come in pre election?

Why give Trump an opportunity for thos nonsense?

There was absolutely no need to extend past polling day

other than Trump deliberately sabotaging the USPS

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

Why did they not make postal votes have to come in pre election?

Why give Trump an opportunity for thos nonsense?

There was absolutely no need to extend past polling day

They do have to come in (or at minimum, depending on the state, be postmarked) on or before Election Day. The issue is that (mostly Republican) legislatures beat back legislation to allow counting to happen before Election Day in states like PA... precisely to set up this sort of scenario.

 

[Death]

Bred. .

You’re just unfamiliar with Dublinese. Now let me weasel out of this argument in peace and get talking about the election.

 

[AmericasToffee]

I didn't even see what Trump said. It's probably for the best.

 

[TN Toffee]

Had no idea they hadn't already factored them in.

I did wonder why Trump was kicking off - assumed it was paranoia around some of the very close calls but it'll be them post votes then.

It’s different in every state. Some states pretty much had all their mail in votes counted prior to yesterday, and other places like PA weren’t even allowed to open the envelopes and start counting until yesterday morning.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

I’m astounded that in a country so vast and diverse Biden was the only candidate the Democrats could come up with.

He wasn’t. There were 20 odd candidates. Biden was the one seen BY VOTERS (supported by pretty consistent data) as being the one with the best chance of beating Trump

 

[TN Toffee]

I didn't even see what Trump said. It's probably for the best.

Definitely for the best. Wish I could somehow unsee it.

 

[tsubaki]

He wasn’t. There were 20 odd candidates. Biden was the one seen BY VOTERS (supported by pretty consistent data) as being the one with the best chance of beating Trump

absolutely - but again, that a late 70s ex VP was the best candidate is the sign of a party with deep issues (issues that needed to be fixed post 2016)

 

[Sassy Colombian]

I didn't even see what Trump said. It's probably for the best.

It is for the best indeed. Your ears don't deserve to hear such atrocities.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

It’s different in every state. Some states pretty much had all their mail in votes counted prior to yesterday, and other places like PA weren’t even allowed to open the envelopes and start counting until yesterday morning.

Ah.

Who do you reckon will see it out/win?

 

[Death]

It’s close I don’t know why people are throwing in the towel on Biden.

 

[BirkenheadBlue]

absolutely - but again, that a late 70s ex VP was the best candidate is the sign of a party with deep issues (issues that needed to be fixed post 2016)

I think the more egregious problems are with they system they’re all working within, rather than the party. The GOP has HUGE systemic advantages currently.

 

[Connor]

Why did they not make postal votes have to come in pre election?

Why give Trump an opportunity for thos nonsense?

There was absolutely no need to extend past polling day

I take it that you haven’t been following along for the last few weeeks TT?

Trump, literally, prevented the posties from doing their jobs

 

[Prevenger17]

It’s close I don’t know why people are throwing in the towel on Biden.

Me neither. This is going to the wire, people just need to ignore the screeching baboon in the White House and wait for the results, as hard as that is

 

[Gareth Gibson]

Your takes have been, I’m sorry mate, dreadful all night.

The most likely way Trump could win now is by cheating and somehow getting courts to throw out legitimate ballots without them being counted.

Biden has won Arizona and is favoured to flip Georgia. PA has TWO MILLION uncounted early votes which so far have broken something daft like 80/20 to Biden.

Are you saying Biden is the most likely of the two candidates to win then?