The United States Presidential election thread.

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[Rebel]

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[Islander]

[Easy-X]

Biden would be the oldest president the US has ever had but it's not like he's going to be in the position very long.

Roll on 20 years of President Harris...
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It wouldn't be so bad if it were actual Communism* but it'll be the same old crony capitalism, just a change of hats from red to blue.

*Okay, apart from the millions murdered in the 20th century. Jeez! Why do ppl go so hung up on that?!
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[mentalboy]

Looks like my county has returned Trump (57% at the moment, with only the odd mail-in ballot outstanding and not enough to give it to Biden). Nothing unexpected.

The incumbent mosquito man got to keep his post and the highly respected elections supervisor stays.

The only unexpected bad news is that the Republican lawyer on the school board who tends to keep the board from going too far right has been trounced by a 'right wing of the right wing' accountant. She's a Covid denier and is pushing for removal of the mask mandate in schools, which might well happen sooner rather than later. She also has issues with the quality of substitute teachers, ordinarily not a bad thing to have issue with but if you are going to quarantine your staff then it helps if someone is there to step in and it's not as though there's a glut of subs at the moment. Mind you, if you deny that Covid is a thing then I don't suppose there is any need to quarantine any staff.

Edit: 79.77% turnout in the county, late ballots should see 80%, not bad at all!
Looks like Florida is going for Trump, Biden won Miami-Dade but his margin should have been much bigger, that is good news for those rooting for a Trump national win...
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[Polarbear]

Biden is leading at the moment, I think. I'm not that sure how it all works.

Front page of the Daily Star The standard of journalism is stunningly bad in the UK.

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[Diggs]

You have to laugh at Trump's speech this morning. In one breath he said that if Biden loses, the Democrats will contest the result in court. In the next breath he says that the election is rigged and that the Republicans will contest it in court.

This is why I am glad we let the Yanks have their own country...
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[Kris]

All this goes to show is ,you can't win an election just by slagging off the other side. You have to have a strong argument for voters.

Biden's plans for the US was tax everyone with money, re-route a portion of police funding into 'other places' and increase social security payments.

$30bn fund to tackle the "racism [that] exists in the US and must be dealt with through broad economic and social programmes to support minorities - and a pillar of his "build back" programme"

Increase payments to NATO, expand Obamacare ($2.25 tn), undo Trump's immigration plans at the Mexican border and to protect the 'dreamers' - people brought illegally to the US as children who were permitted to stay under an Obama-era policy - as well as ensure they are eligible for federal student aid.

Remind me again why Americans should vote for Biden?

Oh yeah, Trump's a racist....
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[Polarbear]

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"It's going down to the wire!" "Could go either way!" "Trump falsely claims fraud!"

Nice to see the partisan nature of BBC News shining through That being said their coverage is up to date and they have an excellent map, stats, etc. which is more than can be said for CNN.

No, the more accurate headline would be "Trump set to win in landslide!" but you'd have to go so Far Right you'd fall off the edge of the world before stumbling over such an article. All the Republican states have gone red, all the Democrat states have gone blue but the swing states have almost all gone Trump's way.

The only state to look at is Pennsylvania. It's heading red so far but both sides have been mouthing "election fraud" on this one for the past week.
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[Kawasaki Jimbo]

Manchild Trump was always on standby to cry "cheated!" but as I understand it they've handed him the opportunity early. Some States changing their own rules late in the day, pausing the count and accepting late-arriving postal votes. Despite appearances the boy who cried wolf may have a fair point this time.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/28/politics/north-carolina-supreme-court-nine-days/index.html

[woo]

why are the presidents usually always old people who look like there at deaths door, to me someone in the 50s would appear better but in their 70s..........come on its just weird
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[Lord Percy]

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[Lord Percy]

Poignant comment I've just seen elsewhere:

"Trump is the only person who can simultaneously claim he's winning and say it's a fraudulent election 🤡"

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If this election result is disputed, there's only one sensible way to sort it.
Biden and Trump in the Octagon! No holds barred! Last man standing wins!
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