GET OUT: US politics November 2020

uh oh, trump's already working on pissing off his competitors and/or burning bridges:

Trump was due to go on Mark Levin's radio show but Levin said he was told "by the forces that be" that Trump could not appear on Election Night

"I will definitely deal with this in the days ahead, that I will tell you," Levin said

POTUS was just on Scranton radio ~ 30 mins ago

— Jordan Fabian (@Jordanfabian) November 3, 2020

couldn't have happened to a worse human being, other than rush limbaugh

bumped by a loser

humiliating, n’est-ce pas?

usually just post infrequently on threads about metal and ymo-adjacent music but these threads have been informative and therapeutic for me to check in on as well. bless you all and hold on to your butts, tonight is gonna be a wild one for sure. (think I'm gonna watch the possessor instead of the turnouts myself tho, not real body horror feels more appealing & manageable than way too real existential horror rn)

And now it really begins:

USPS turned down a federal judge’s order this afternoon to sweep mail processing facilities serving 15 states after the agency disclosed that more than 300,000 ballots nationwide could not be traced. https://t.co/DuWYK50ZWd

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) November 3, 2020

indiana went for obama? that’s stunning to me.

the other day i turned down a federal judge’s order to turn myself in for wire fraud. i figured, let’s be cool

Wow that's gonna mess this race up with him siphoning votes

THANKS OBAMA

xxp in '08 but not '12

That Levin thing's great. Everybody getting set to devour their own.

what changed? they’re like literally 2-1 for trump in 2020

xpost

Ummm Miami vote is not looking good

yeah not good

the needle is up for those with the stomach

worse than 2016?

FL needle is real. NC and GA are just based on the polls.

Trump opens as a clear favorite in Florida, especially after the Miami-Dade early vote. https://t.co/0eHcRERtfF

— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 4, 2020

Nope, decided I really can't do the needle again this time.

Clinton won Miami-Dade ~63-34%. https://t.co/EgRHxBw64u

— Osita Nwanevu (@OsitaNwanevu) November 4, 2020

I don’t feel good

That said Florida is pretty fucking weird, I never really counted on it

my mom is reacting to ever bit of news with texts
i gotta watch some bluey now

medicare for all
social security birth to the earth

we’re going to crush this fool. we’re going to grind him into the sand! it’s all going to work out!

evening all, had been saying trump would win florida but seeing those miami dade numbers did return me to the 2016 "it's happening" wave of terror

Yeah I’m getting major flashbacks right now, i know I should calm down but I’m fucking terrified

might be a good time to do a fresh "which state sucks the most" poll next week

i'm drinking more than is my wont tonight. i'm in that "playoff hockey" type of mood.

and thanks for the love everyone.

Are there any of those mouseover-per-county maps which also show 2016 results?

Donald Trump only got ~334k votes in Miami-Dade in 2016. Already, with 84% of the vote in, this year he's drawn ~457k.

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) November 4, 2020

fuck

nice to see tina daheley on bbc news. come a long way since newsbeat!

i guess that latinos por donal tron ad worked

— joolsd (@joolsd) November 4, 2020

Will Smith is cancelled

On balance I distinctly remember a lot of articles saying Miami was a big problem and I’m guessing it was reflected in the polls?

is there anything to keep in mind with early/mail voting in FL? are they already counted, i guess?

It's coming in? Biden's overperforming everywhere but Miami-Dade.

The Broward vote is monstrous.

The trick in Florida is to peck away at Trump's numbers in red counties.

It’s gonna be the fucking panhandle again

Guys it’s ok we are getting through this and will come out on top.

<3

Figure on a long night and possibly a long week if the blue wave isn't massive.

Either the needle is very wrong or Florida is pretty much a lost cause. I wouldn’t invest too much emotional energy in it.

NYT is calling FL for Trump

More worrying is they're now forecasting a narrow Trump victory in NC as well (small sample ~5%)

Sorry, ^^^ in GA not NC.

fuck

gonna be okay. hang tight.

FYI, fuck Trump.

let’s hold hands and promise not to spiral yet

Realizing with a pretty major jolt that anything less than a full-on landslide is going to offend me to the deepest level, even if Biden pulls it out.