General Politics Discussion VIII [ARCHIVED] • Page 489

tradition/courtesy dating to the 1900 election when william jennings bryan did it

no he's not

 

Ah the classic declare victory then refuse to appear in public strategy, tried and true.

 

Even at like a 2:1 ratio (probably closer to 2.6), he'll win by a bunch.

 

I know Nevada is going to update some tonight, but do we have any idea as to when?

 

Purely tradition. The states certify the votes and when they do, that's that. Doesn't matter what the President says at that point, the EC is the EC.

 

i didnt even know santorum was a commentator on cnn till today. what a joke that network is smh

 

Dipping into an area I probably should stay out of, I'd offer that the term LatinX is well intentioned and would be positively received or at minimum tolerated by more open minded or informed people.
Coming from outside the community, I suspect it can feel like an attack on a language and thus culture.

 

how does this account for different parts of the state?

Sure, Biden is winning 78% of the mail in ballot so far. But that might not be enough if lots of the mail in ballot so far has been from Philly and Pittsburgh, and more of the remaining mall in ballots are from elsewhere.

 

I'm curious to see what other counties Biden can flip in PA. Erie maybe.

Unfortunately doesn't look like Berks or Lancaster will flip. I had hopes. My trump loving uncle lives in Berks. The city of Reading is heavily latino, and it's surrounded by red.

 

Even the mail in ballots from elsewhere should skew Biden though, Repubs were much more likely to vote in person than mail.

 

They were saying on CNN last night that they expect Erie to flip. I'd imagine that Bucks will flip its current result, too.

 

Lol at Jake Tapper calling Rudy’s press conference “something out of a Coen brothers movie”

 

yeah they skew towards Biden. But probably not at an 80/20 rate.

 

Yeah I just meant from 2016. Bucks and Lehigh better fucking flip back to blue, HRC carried those both.

 

He's going to keep winning the mail in ballots by a good margin. Dems voted by mail by a much higher margin than Republicans in PA. As we're seeing.

 

Harsh but true

 

He could win them by 63% and still end up winning. Biden has a wide margin of leeway with how those end up.

 

It’s a courtesy thing, which Trump will not do. Technically, if Biden wins, it doesn’t matter anyway because Trump’s orange ass is out January 20th regardless.

 

Double Quarter-Pounders

 

By my count, there are less than a handful of deep red counties with any meaningful vote that are left. Even if they vote at their current margins (which they won't), it won't be enough.

 

and he definitely should be able to do at least that with what's left