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James Woodcock
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| Posted: 31 October 2020 at 6:42am | IP Logged | 1
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Leigh and Kevin - I know he stutters, but I'm not convinced
this was that. nor do I think he was mentioning the host.
The sentence was 'Four more years of George ...of George
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That looked like my mother in law to be honest.
I don't think he is as big a risk as Trump is, but I do
believe the risk is there.
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Brian Miller
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| Posted: 31 October 2020 at 5:39pm | IP Logged | 2
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With these huge numbers of early voting, I’m wondering if it’s simply all
the people that are going to vote and no one shows up on Election Day
or if the doors will be blown off the polling places with so many people
showing up to vote.
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James Woodcock
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I saw today that early voting was @ 66% of the total 2016 vote already.
That’s incredible.
These all get counted right?
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Neil Lindholm
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| Posted: 31 October 2020 at 8:53pm | IP Logged | 4
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I think the election results will be a complete victory for the Democrats, given these kinds of numbers. My (perhaps naive) hope is that the American people are sick and tired of Trump and his shenanigans and are coming out to vote in massive numbers to ensure he and his ilk are gone for good.
Remember Reagan's unbelievably decisive victory in 1984. Won't be that thorough of a spanking but hopefully something similar will happen.
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Jason Czeskleba
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| Posted: 31 October 2020 at 9:43pm | IP Logged | 5
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James Woodcock wrote:
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Not if the Republicans have their way. If the election is close, there's going to be drives to get ballots thrown out in any swing state won by Biden. Here's an example. |
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Kevin Brown
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The voter suppression is what scares this piss out of me. Especially with the massive amounts of votes already "in the system".
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James Woodcock
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I was being sarcastic to be honest. I’m seriously worried that votes will
not be counted, that counting offices will be stormed, that polling
stations will Have armed terrorists present.
Look, I recently saw a picture of someone with a bible in one hand & a
rifle in the other.
If that person was a Muslim with a copy of the Koran, they would be
called an Islamist terrorist. I see no difference to a ‘Christian’ acting the
same & intimidating people.
Likewise, I see the surrounding of the Biden campaign bus by the
Trump supporters yesterday as an act of terrorism.
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John Harrison
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| Posted: 01 November 2020 at 1:33pm | IP Logged | 8
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I think the election results will be a complete victory for the Democrats, given
these kinds of numbers. My (perhaps naive) hope is that the American people
are sick and tired of Trump and his shenanigans and are coming out to vote in
massive numbers to ensure he and his ilk are gone for good.
******
Neil, way too much of middle America along w the South are die hard Trump
supporters. They worship and defend him more than the Christ they worship.
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Joe Zhang
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I want a Biden victory, followed soon by Harris taking over. America needs a leader who is at least competent minded. I fear that Biden will want to hold onto the presidency as long as he can, to protect his family from the emerging Ukraine and China corruption scandal. His son is an absolute leech.
Edited by Joe Zhang on 01 November 2020 at 5:37pm
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Brian Miller
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Or, how about just intimidating the people in charge of the early voting
ballots?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2020/10/31/trump-bi den-
live-updates/
QUOTE:
Trump campaign sought sensitive ballot security information
from Pa. county, alarming commissioner
The Trump campaign sought highly sensitive information about voting
security measures in at least one Pennsylvania county this week,
alarming the head commissioner, who said he wasn’t comfortable
responding to the request.
In an email sent Tuesday and later reviewed by The Washington Post,
the Trump campaign asked officials in Cumberland County for the
names of people who transport ballots and voting machines once polls
close, the names of people who have access to the ballots afterward,
and the precise locations where the ballots are stored, including room
numbers.
The bullet-point questionnaire, sent from a campaign volunteer’s Gmail
account, also sought answers on more generic issues such as where
ballots are counted and whether information is wiped from voting
machines. The email was first reported by the Sentinel newspaper.
County Commissioner Gary Eichelberger, a Republican, called the
request intrusive and said that responding might disrupt election
administration in the Republican-leaning county of 253,000.
“Our responsibility is to protect the integrity and security of the
election,” he told The Post on Saturday. “I don’t know if the Trump
campaign understands that, but they’re asking to do our job as the
board of elections. And that’s our job, not their job.” He said he’d never
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Peter Martin
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| Posted: 02 November 2020 at 2:28pm | IP Logged | 11
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Maybe we should have an election thread?
It seems the Democrats have a lock on the popular vote. If they do end up winning the popular vote, that will be seven times from the last eight elections. Given the inconsistency of that being reflected in the actual election result illustrates the rottenness of the electoral college.
Edited by Peter Martin on 02 November 2020 at 2:29pm
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Jason Czeskleba
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| Posted: 02 November 2020 at 4:07pm | IP Logged | 12
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The average of polls currently has Biden ahead about 51% to 43% in the popular vote. If somehow he manages to lose the Electoral College, he will likely set a new record for largest popular vote victory by an Electoral College loser. In each of the four previous elections in which a popular vote winner has lost the Electoral College, the margin between popular vote totals has never been more than 2.1% (which it was in 2016). The prior elections were even closer: 1876-1%, 1888- .8%, 2000- .5%. The fact that someone might win the popular vote by 5% or more and yet "lose" the Electoral College is indeed disgusting.
Edited by Jason Czeskleba on 02 November 2020 at 4:08pm
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