U.S. Politics, November 2024: GARBAGE DAY!!

"I've seen enough"

Shit, I'll call it right now.

there you go

fuck NYT but they just posted an update detailing all of the dwindling crowds Trump has had, including not being able to fill Fiserv, or Dorton Arena, so he's probably going to start ranting and raving about them in the next few hours.

(we in this thread had already talked about this crowds, because we're ahead of the curve)

the final vote tally should be around Feb. 23.

2026...

What red-blooded American male doesn’t want a beautiful woman instead of an ossified elderly male who wears a wig, makeup and high heels?

— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖_𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@SundaeDivine) November 4, 2024

wtf does that Nate Silver post even mean?

What is the soonest the race could realistically be called tomorrow night?

― Cow_Art, Monday, November 4, 2024 3:24 PM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

When the needle is too drunk and passes out in a closet.

this just in. old guy sounds nuts. let's go there live...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxK3Sfiw86w

wtf does that Nate Silver post even mean?

― Raising Azure Asia (President Keyes), Monday, November 4, 2024 3:28 PM bookmarkflaglink

he's basically saying it's pretty close to 50/50....but is nudging Kamala's way.

50/50 is still a coin toss natch

gonna be so weird when Deputy Dog wins tomorrow in a surprise write-in upset

wtf does that Nate Silver post even mean?

― Raising Azure Asia (President Keyes), Monday, November 4, 2024 3:28 PM (fifty-eight seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

it means hed bet $120 to win $100 on harris to win
hed bet $100 to win $110 on trump to win
and $100 to win $500 neither candidate above 50% win probability (tho not sure what he means by win probability here)

blathering about football kick-off rules

fuck NYT but they just posted an update detailing all of the dwindling crowds Trump has had, including not being able to fill Fiserv, or Dorton Arena, so he's probably going to start ranting and raving about them in the next few hours.

(we in this thread had already talked about this crowds, because we're ahead of the curve)

― Kurt Dandruff (Neanderthal), Monday, November 4, 2024 2:26 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

just for reference I tried to find clips of the final rallies of Bob Dole, John McCain, and Mitt Romney

they all were way more lively and well-attended than what you're seeing from Trump now

idk if I've ever seen a presidential candidate generate noticeably *less* enthusiasm in the final week. feels like an ominous sign for anyone but maybe even moreso the dude whose entire political identity revolved around these fucking rallies

I watched about a minute of that live rally against my better judgement. Don't know why it was surprising to hear he still doesn't pronounce Kamala correctly

I watched 30 seconds of that livestream and it was too much

He’s basically wearing a mud mask while attendees hold pink “Women for Trump” signs behind him

fantasizing about the Penn State wrestling team having a rumble with "The Migrants"

one of the reporters covering these said it's really striking and pretty much all the media folks are talking about, even in 2022 he was able to fill these types of venues

I went to Georgia to doorknock with the Athens dems ...

Thanks for doing this! The People's Republic of Athens may not be typical of the state as a whole but I'm grateful for the effort.

wtf does that Nate Silver post even mean?

LOOKIT MEEEEE (please please please look at me)

freeway update

Freeway tells LeVar Burton, “Yeah I grew up off you,” and starts singing the “Reading Rainbow” theme song pic.twitter.com/yiAAwmcf7M

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) November 3, 2024

why is @SundaeDivine kinkshaming?

is this the first Presidential election where if one candidate loses, his life basically ends

― Kurt Dandruff (Neanderthal), Monday, November 4, 2024 2:19 PM (twenty-five minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Richard Bachman's The Farting Man

Freeway and LeVar Burton… man.

In today's installment of "the polls are bullshit (but can still be hilarious sometimes)", NBC news posted a national poll where Harris's share of the black vote is 87%, and Trump's is... 9%.

Black men for Trump! It's totally a real thing that deserved literally hundreds of articles!

Schoolly D or no credibility, Kamala!

otm

The audience at this rally is looking bored.

(Trump's, that is)

Silver should start a project with that Democratic data guy who lost his project because he was a gambling addict.

Hannity & Colmes for the gambling app era

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwUUZ8aDDMY

What is the soonest the race could realistically be called tomorrow night?

― Cow_Art, Monday, 4 November 2024 bookmarkflaglink

Might go on for weeks yet ;-)

Does Trump have any entertainers or bands to add some supplemental appeal for the people attending his rallies these days? Some kind of Ted Nugent imitators or sub-Nashville superpatriotic one-hit wonders who'll consent to appear on the stage for him?

afaics, he's the sole attraction and a piss-poor one at that. It's all a hash of aging material, like a hack Vegas comedian who appeared twice on Tonight when Johnny Carson was the host and now can barely attract the attention of the nickel slots players.

i can't explain it but this is like an Escher drawing

So I'm thinking about this....... for as stupid and incoherent Kamala Harris is and as trash as Walz is, and despite the fact that Kamala Harris is the only Democratic Nominee to not have actively campainged in a Primary (the most undemocratic shit ever, and really says alot…

— Azealia Banks (@azealiaslacewig) November 4, 2024

https://i.imgur.com/fgUTrtth.jpeg

is this good for the day before the election in a swing state you absolutely must win

That's a masterpiece of posting xp

everyone waiting with bated breath for Azealia Banks to chime in, she finally dropped a truth bomb

The everyday American is too sick/obese/distracted/transgendered to fight a war and win.

omfg lmao

I see Azealia has heard of the word 'tantamount' but has forgotten what it means. But, she is quite the prose stylist!

Freeway and LeVar Burton… man.

man I just fuckin started crying. Burton seeing how his work lives on in others. got me

Whoopi Goldberg has said some of the dumbest shit on American network television, and that REALLY, REALLY says something. I can’t believe I loved her one woman Broadway show directed by Mike Nichols

Azelia would've gotten foreign policy in a Trump admin. Real opportunity missed.

Whoopi’s brain melted in the green room, making nice with the centrists.

Reuters: US Election updates: 'It's ours to lose,' Trump says during his final rounds

That's what we're all hoping for

Whoopi has now spent the great majority of her adult life living in Hollywood among the sort of people who are allowed to come into contact with and speak to established stars. It does weird things to you.

yes, trump did end his rally by dancing to y.m.c.a. just now.

always weird to me that trump never got the memo that you are always supposed to end a speech with "god bless you and god bless the united states of america" when you are running for president and were an actual president. just another way that he is "quirky".

its also very weird that Trump's signature song/dance combo involves a song which already has a signature dance and is a de facto gay anthem

And he’s doing this essentially in blackface

What a country!

These are some times some key states were called by AP in 2020 after polls closed

Eastern Time: State
00:19: Ohio
00:21: Iowa
00:35: Florida
01:06: Texas
02:51: Arizona
14:16: Wisconsin
17:58: Michigan

Just hoping I can fall asleep before midnight and make it til at least 5am