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- Bennn-2
i really dont get the political system in the US. When i look at this, Biden seems to be leading good, but everyone seems to think Trump is about to win.
- In the Electoral College system, each state gets a certain number of electors based on its total number of representatives in Congress.sted
- Each elector casts one electoral vote following the general election; there are a total of 538 electoral votes.sted
- The candidate that gets more than half (270) wins the election.sted
- so Biden has a good advance with 209, right?Bennn
- right now yes. the confusion is about the electoral college vs popular vote.
you can lose the popular and still be a president if you got enough electoral votessted - i seeBennn
- No. 209 isn’t good. Texas is 39. Ohio and Michigan and Pennsylvania add up to another 40-50. Trump will probably win.monospaced
- ah yeah u right about that i was just addressing the current situation and not look into what's leftsted
- If he gets those big ones it’s over. And it’s looking like he will. This sucks.monospaced
- So why does everyone tell people to vote if it’s the electoral college fuckery that makes or breaks the presidency? Fucking hell.NBQ00
- Trump will win with 290Krassy
- doggydoggdog0
Biden seems so old in that quick speech he gave tonight.
- yeahsted
- sadly both of them sum up the state of America to a T. Fresh blood in 4 years is way overdue.inteliboy
- Biden was way past his bedtimeKrassy
- He needs to find some energy from somewhere before his 2024 bidFax_Benson
- instrmntl3
Democrats new a reboot.Get rid of anyone over 50.
- prophetone0
‘Hey guys I already won ok, stop counting, we also had to cancel our tremendous amazing party plans, continuing to count votes is a fraud against the country ok, I’m taking this all to the supreme court guys. Peace out.’
- Continuity4
Are we seeing this 'red mirage' everyone's been warning about? Because, from where I sit, Biden is losing hard.
- doggydoggdog0
Was this what it felt like when Bush was running against Kerry?
- Goretank02
- Bush vs Kanyenb
- Not really, at least Bush was semi-competent, but the results being so close did. Why Gore didn't fight is beyond me.formed
- Yes. It was pretty nerve wracking.MondoMorphic
- It was a different time, formed.MondoMorphic
- doggydoggdog0
The election is always close:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19…
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- Bennn4
Can we say FUCK THE SURVEYS! They're shit.
I never understood how they can extrapolate a result by asking a questine to 1,000 persons.
- For sure. Even if Biden wins, they were pretty useless.MondoMorphic
- yuekit0
Look at the betting odds over the past day. It has flipped back and forth multiple times
- Bennn2
Kamala Harris would be a much better President than Joe Biden in reality
- wasn't that the plan?fadein11
- And would essentially be the reality. Biden is a marionetteMondoMorphic
- I was voting for her. Joe would have been the oldest president ever and I’m not really sure he’ll still be alive for 4 to 8 years.fooler
- If Biden wins, the plan was/is that he will resign in February and Kamalka will be prez for 4 yearsKrassy
- nb4
This woman was elected by about 3:1 votes in her favor.
This is a Republican member of Congress.
The candidate, Marjorie Taylor Greene, suggested that Muslims do not belong in government; thinks black people “are held slaves to the Democratic Party”; called George Soros, a Jewish Democratic megadonor, a Nazi; and said she would feel “proud” to see a Confederate monument if she were black because it symbolizes progress made since the Civil War.
Oh and she shared a stage with someone “from” QAnon so that she could explain to people that Qanon had some really great ideas and spreading some truths.
GOP leaders have “distanced themselves” but uh hey this person is in your political party guys.
- nb5
I survived 4 years of trump and can easily survive four more.
Not that I want to.
But I feel really bad for people who are working who just can’t keep and are under water financially. Trump would be terrible for them. I know a lot of them votes for him because they want someone to save them and they don’t know who to turn to... but still. It’s not the upper class that suffers under trump.
It’s the little people.
- I feel sorry for the families of the 200,000+ dead from covid. That is horrific.inteliboy
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- and its the ''little people'' who votes for him massively, go figureBennn
- fadein112
I'm reading from various sources that it's looking like Biden scraping a win.
Thoughts?- Ariz, Wis and Mich win it don't they?fadein11
- It may not even be scraping. I think the nature of the election, with mail in votes reported later, played a trick on people.yuekit
- yep, heavily weighted towards dem. as an outsider looking in it really does explain Trump's earlier hissyfit.fadein11
- I'm not 100% confident yet. But if it does happen it's gonna be entertaining as hell to go back and read peoples' comments at various points.yuekit
- how is this a surprise to anyone esp him? he kicked and screamed about mail in votes are fraudulent, doesn’t work, don’t trust etcprophetone
- he said mail in votes will be catastrophic - his words. So how is it a surprise to him esp in the thick of election...prophetone
- And how is it shocking that the majority of mail-ins are prob dem bc they ignore the bs and simply mailed their stuff inprophetone
- While many reds were being brainwashed and convinced mail in voting could not be trusted, that was fraudulent, don’t do it etcprophetone
- I mean he literally addressed the world last night proclaiming that he should have won, counting the rest of the votes = fraud, etcprophetone
- So if he wins the tears ‘n tweets will stop, and counting those final votes was necessary!... if he loses, it’s all a big fraud... the democratic processprophetone
- face_melter-1
And you can bet your heart-shaped ass that she is expecting one too.
