Current Affairs The 2020 United States Presidential Election

[Alan Whittle]

The counting has been far too slow and is giving fuel to the conspiracy rubbish. They knew they had lots of postal votes so should have had more staff available to count.

This is the equivalent of us not having final results from a general election by Sunday morning.

If you are responsible for one of these counts you are going to make sure every i is dotted and every t is crossed before you announce.A silly error could lead to a visit from a man with an assault weapon.

 

[peteblue]

If you are responsible for one of these counts you are going to make sure every i is dotted and every t is crossed before you announce.A silly error could lead to a visit from a man with an assault weapon.

...or a dodgy ginger hairstyle

 

[dublinbluenose]

 

[DanEFC92]

When's the next expected update

 

[Connor]

I never understand this viewpoint. There is nowhere near a majority appetite in the US for a progressive president. The democrats are Tory lite at best. You will not win 50% of the vote in that country with somebody who’s properly progressive.

Wouldn’t be so sure about that

 

[dublinbluenose]

I never understand this viewpoint. There is nowhere near a majority appetite in the US for a progressive president. The democrats are Tory lite at best. You will not win 50% of the vote in that country with somebody who’s properly progressive.

Who is the last proper progressive candidate to run ?

 

[catcherintherye]

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It never stops does it. A year of deciding who will run for President then an Age of Presidential electioneering, postal voting, voting in person then never ending counting. Then comes the legal challenges and fortunes to be made by Lawyers, finally deciding who will lead the country, but they don’t get in until January. The outgoing President gives amnesty to all his nefarious mates and finally leaves. The new President gets the White House cleaned and moves in with a completely new team who have to undergo scrutiny before appointment. Then the calls for impeachment start by the losing Party and stop any business getting through, then a year or two later it all starts again.....

I am not pro Trump (as most have gathered!) but the system seems really archaic to me. I am not just blaming the Democrats for that (I actually believe it was Republicans who blocked allowing votes to be counted before, which seems really odd behaviour). However, from the outside it looks like it needs overhaul.

I genuinely can't believe there isn't a single method of voting, across all states. Results start getting announced, while people are still voting elsewhere. That just seems really odd. No idea who it even benefits, which is kind of good, because I can at least be impartial in saying it seems odd.

All of the above can be true, while also acknowledging what Trump is doing is very dangerous. I think it's important to say, to a degree one leads to the other. If you have an opaque system, don't be surprised when a charlatan comes along to try and game that system.

To his credit, Biden seems a very reasonable man. There are lots of reasonable people in the GOP. You hope they can get their heads together, and update a system that looks more akin to the 21st century, Not in a way that benefits either side, something where both sides probably have to give a little on.

The last few days have been a farce really.

 

[catcherintherye]

I never understand this viewpoint. There is nowhere near a majority appetite in the US for a progressive president. The democrats are Tory lite at best. You will not win 50% of the vote in that country with somebody who’s properly progressive.

The counter to this might be, that the Republicans have just bombarded people that the Marxist left is standing against them, and a record number of people have voted for them. So clearly for some people there is an appetite for more radical politics.

 

[Alan Whittle]

 

[sageyefc]

lol

 

[Tramps_mate]

Unfortunately I can see us all having to put up with Trump for years yet, barring illness or whatever.

He'll be commenting loudly on everything Biden does and he'll get full media coverage too because he's great copy.

And he'll run again in 2024.

Nah he'll be in jail within months...

 

[Chewbacca]

Never been able to understand how Americans get so emotional over patriotism.

They have nothing else*

*apart from muscle cars

 

[davek]

They have nothing else*

*apart from muscle cars

 

[Brennan]

Wouldn’t be so sure about that

You’re conflating progressive policies with a progressive candidate.

The counter to this might be, that the Republicans have just bombarded people that the Marxist left is standing against them, and a record number of people have voted for them. So clearly for some people there is an appetite for more radical politics.

Not really. The country is split down the middle at nearly every election. People voting for Biden did not think he’s a socialist.

 

[Chewbacca]

Americans are generally right wing or ultra right wing