2020 Election Thread

[AmareIsGod]

[In2ition]

BUSTED? Why the numbers behind Mitch McConnell's re-election don't add up
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/12/why-th ... nt-add-up/

I was pretty skeptical of McConnell's win. I guess this is feeding that skepticism, haha.

[Cap]

The Dems are now at 94% to take the Senate on Polymarket.

[3rdside]

The Dems are now at 94% to take the Senate on Polymarket.

Let's go Georgia - Stacey Abrams needs to be put on Mt Rushmore if it happens.

[Wally_West]

[Wally_West]

[Nodack]

The Dems are behind in both races and the polls are closed.

[3rdside]

The GOP you mean? NYTimes getting close to calling both of them for the D's.

[3rdside]

MSNBC says it's the R's who have the lead .. weird

[Wally_West]

Ossoff and Warnock are going to win. The remaining count is projected heavy Dem. Loeffler and Perdue are in the lead for now but that will change really soon. Another embarrassment for Trump.

[Wally_West]

[3rdside]

I get it now - data models (NYT, The Economist) predicting wins based on projections, not who's leading rn

[Wally_West]

[Wally_West]

Warnock is now ahead by 30k. It might take Ossoff a little longer but he should take the lead before the end of the night.

[Nodack]

If it’s like the last election they count the in person ballots first and then go to the mail in ballots. I don’t know about Georgia but, if that’s the case then we should see the Dems surge at the end and claims of fraud by a certain group of people.

[3rdside]

Overall lead down to 15k for Purdue .. Steve Kornacki live on MSNBC keeps freezing, everyone's tuning in.

[3rdside]

456 vote lead for Purdue only with 4 big D areas left to count.

[Nodack]

Pence informed Trump that he can't block Biden's win
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/05/politics ... index.html
Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday told President Donald Trump that he does not have the authority to block certification of President-elect Joe Biden's win when Congress meets to count electoral votes, sources told CNN.

Trump, who already had turned up the pressure on Pence to steal the election, warned him that it would be politically "damaging" for Pence to refuse to block certification, according to a source familiar with the conversation.

"The New York Times report regarding comments Vice President Pence supposedly made to me today is fake news. He never said that. The Vice President and I are in total agreement that the Vice President has the power to act," Trump said.

In the meantime, a source close to Senate GOP leadership and familiar with the thinking inside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's orbit said the prevailing view is that Pence's role is "ceremonial" and nothing more.

The President is now angry with Pence following their meeting, a source close to the White House said. Trump may "lash out" at his vice president on Wednesday morning during a speech at a rally staged to support the President's attempts to overturn the election, which is taking place near the White House grounds.

"I think he will lash out pretty quickly" at Pence, the source said of Trump's speech. White House officials say Trump will speak at the Ellipse 11 a.m. ET Wednesday, just as Pence is set to preside over the counting of the electoral votes.

We will find out tomorrow if the NYT’s is lying or Trump is lying. My money is on Trump being the liar like he always is. Pence has already said he doesn’t have the authority and will not contest the election. Pence is Trumps last arrow in the quiver and the arrow is broken. Tomorrow is the certification of the electoral votes and Trump will go ballistic around 11 AM DC time. I will pop some corn.

[Wally_West]

[Superbone]

I’m not holding my breath but damn, there’s a good chance.