2020 US Elections

[Prestwich_Blue]

Am I the only one who thinks that Trump maybe has a point about mail-in ballots? Surely, like here, if they've not been received by election day then they shouldn't count. And they should be counted on the night.

 

[kaz7]

No ! The only other thing he says is tremendous !

Bad, bad man /thing. The biggest and best in the history of the world , Ventilators and his latest one is lady GAGA

He is up to toddler level speaking now

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

I hope to fuck this isn't City v Wigan all over again.

:(

Don't forget that the incumbent manager got sacked to be replaced by someone less abrasive after that game.

 

[mexico1970]

Trump is cooked he'll lose this election IMO, however the American public are in for a shitstorm whatever the end of the night brings.

The only hope is a Biden win and a healing that'll take time.

 

[aguerrrroooooooooooo]

Interesting take from one of the US bankers who reckons the stock markets have had enough of him.

The Stock Market Is a Strong Election Day Predictor

History shows the sitting president, or the party controlling the White House, has a clear advantage when the market rallies in the months preceding Election Day.

www.wsj.com

 

[kaz7]

Am I the only one who thinks that Trump maybe has a point about mail-in ballots? Surely, like here, if they've not been received by election day then they shouldn't count. And they should be counted on the night.

But he has taken tons of mailboxes out of dem states to hold them up and make it harder for them, seems this may have backfired a bit

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

I like you.

Most people do.

 

[Ric]

The mind plays tricks and sometimes we are all guilty of seeing what we want to see and perceiving things because we desire them. It’s why most City fans think Laporte is better than Van Dyke; and with Liverpool fans vice versa.

And in saying what I’m about to say I’m conscious that I’ll inviting a degree of ridicule, but I’ve looked at the polls, and tried to read the mood music in the US, and attempted to weigh 2016 into the calculation, and considered the likely significance of the levels of postal voting and the overall turnout (which is going to be high) and I believe that Trump is going to get soundly beaten.

Maybe not quite Walter Mondale in ‘84, but around 200 electoral college votes is my prediction.

I very much hope you’re right.

 

[AlgarveBlu]

DB trying to cut their position on his loans - they must know it’s a PR disaster if he hasn’t got the presidency to spin on

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Am I the only one who thinks that Trump maybe has a point about mail-in ballots? Surely, like here, if they've not been received by election day then they shouldn't count. And they should be counted on the night.

You're not the only one, but this is worth a read:

FACT CHECK: Trump Falsely Claims That Votes Shouldn't Be Counted After Election Day

"I think it's terrible when we can't know the results of an election the night of the election in a modern-day age of computers," Trump said. But the vote totals are never fully counted the same day.

www.npr.org

I'd add -- the last time you voted, how many issues/offices did you vote on? Last week I voted on 28 (ten candidates and 18 propositions/measures to study). Trump's comments on "you could have voted a month ago" are stupid. I couldn't have. Also, we have six hours of time zone differences in this country. Polls close at 7 or 8 pm local time. States have forever run elections differently. Just California counts probably near as many ballots as the entire UK (I'm guessing). I don't know if you have mail-in voting over there; here, it's different for each state. Like with my taxes, I can't control the mail, so if they're postmarked in time, they count as on time, not when they're received by the IRS or Franchise Tax Board. Obviously COVID changes processes that allow for maximum access to the ability to vote this year in particular.