OMG It’s November 1st - Election News/Chat

[Velar Fricative]

The battleground counties within battleground states:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/politics/battleground-states-trump-biden.html

[mockingbird]

Can I please hibernate until January? All that red makes me anxious

[pugz]

😱😱😱😱😱 2 more daysssssssss

[Velar Fricative]

Nov 1, 2020 8:54:38 GMT -5 mockingbird said:

Can I please hibernate until January? All that red makes me anxious

Remember, land doesn’t vote!

[mockingbird]

Nov 1, 2020 8:56:38 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Nov 1, 2020 8:54:38 GMT -5 mockingbird said:

Can I please hibernate until January? All that red makes me anxious

Remember, land doesn’t vote!

I mean, if you factor in the electoral college, it kind of does.  I feel like between that and all the voter suppression, I am feeling so paranoid and defeated.  And the escalation of behaviors by Trump supporters has me feeling kind of defeated too.  It's like, they really can get away with anything.  

I obviously woke up a big ball of sunshine.  I didn't even do anything for Halloween, which is my favorite holiday by far, because I just feel so defeated and anxious.

[Velar Fricative]

Nov 1, 2020 8:59:05 GMT -5 mockingbird said:

Nov 1, 2020 8:56:38 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Remember, land doesn’t vote!

I mean, if you factor in the electoral college, it kind of does.  I feel like between that and all the voter suppression, I am feeling so paranoid and defeated.  And the escalation of behaviors by Trump supporters has me feeling kind of defeated too.  It's like, they really can get away with anything.  

I obviously woke up a big ball of sunshine.  I didn't even do anything for Halloween, which is my favorite holiday by far, because I just feel so defeated and anxious.

I mean land doesn’t vote within a state, not EC-wise.

[Jalapeñomel]

If Trump loses, will he even go until January 20th? Or will he quit and pull a Steven Segal and move to Russia immediately?

[formerlyak]

Nov 1, 2020 9:23:58 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

If Trump loses, will he even go until January 20th? Or will he quit and pull a Steven Segal and move to Russia immediately?

A girl can dream

[mockingbird]

Nov 1, 2020 9:18:20 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

Nov 1, 2020 8:59:05 GMT -5 mockingbird said:

I mean, if you factor in the electoral college, it kind of does.  I feel like between that and all the voter suppression, I am feeling so paranoid and defeated.  And the escalation of behaviors by Trump supporters has me feeling kind of defeated too.  It's like, they really can get away with anything.  

I obviously woke up a big ball of sunshine.  I didn't even do anything for Halloween, which is my favorite holiday by far, because I just feel so defeated and anxious.

I mean land doesn’t vote within a state, not EC-wise.

I know, I'm just being pessimistic and grumpy.  I'll try to drink some coffee and be less bitchy...

[mockingbird]

Nov 1, 2020 9:23:58 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

If Trump loses, will he even go until January 20th? Or will he quit and pull a Steven Segal and move to Russia immediately?

omg, that would be the best case scenario.  If he stays he's going to incite absolute chaos.  If he ups and runs away, hopefully his cult will be too adrift to be as much trouble.

[isabel]

I can’t believe it’s almost here! I’m feeling oddly just a little bit excited today. I don’t really know why. I’ll be devastated if Biden doesn’t win regardless, so may as well enjoy this little dose of optimism I’m having.

[pugz]

Nov 1, 2020 9:48:44 GMT -5 isabel said:

I can’t believe it’s almost here! I’m feeling oddly just a little bit excited today. I don’t really know why. I’ll be devastated if Biden doesn’t win regardless, so may as well enjoy this little dose of optimism I’m having.

I kind of feel this way this morning too, maybe it's that extra hour of sleep, lol.  October felt SO LONG. I'm glad to turn over to a new month for a variety of reasons today. 

[pugz]

Also the targeted ads I am getting are so wrong right now. The jerk candidate that is smearing my local candidate with absolute lies. Guess the data mining gods don't know I work for his opponent. Also he is wearing a mask in the ad which is a joke because he had COVID in the spring and never wore a mask and he ONLY TOLD THE REPUBLICANS in the house that he had COVID, not the democrats.

[morecoffeeplease]

If anyone is looking to donate this morning I donated here. It’s for GOTV in the Miami Dade area

[RoxMonster]

I'm texting again today and also calling some local voters to ballot chase and make sure they have dropped off their mail-in ballot.

I feel like I just have pent-up energy I need to get out at this point. Texting doesn't start until noon; it's too early right now to call people. I may start cleaning my house just to have something to keep my anxious energy at bay, and you know it's bad when I voluntarily decide to clean my house just for kicks.

[jennybee1018]

Nov 1, 2020 10:06:39 GMT -5 pugz said:

Nov 1, 2020 9:48:44 GMT -5 isabel said:

I can’t believe it’s almost here! I’m feeling oddly just a little bit excited today. I don’t really know why. I’ll be devastated if Biden doesn’t win regardless, so may as well enjoy this little dose of optimism I’m having.

I kind of feel this way this morning too, maybe it's that extra hour of sleep, lol.  October felt SO LONG. I'm glad to turn over to a new month for a variety of reasons today. 

I'm here too!!! I'm starting to feel a bit more confident but also ridiculously nervous and anxious, and then if I think about Biden/Harris winning, I want to cry happy tears. I'm a hot mess all over the place.

If Trump does lose, I pray he runs out the door on November 4 so Biden can get in there and take over the Covid 'task force'. I hate that if Biden does win, he'll most likely still have to wait until he's sworn in to take any serious action.

[MixedBerryJam]

I’m not sure how to even articulate my concerns. My brother is a huge and very accurate and insightful politics junkie and I’ve always believed him and he’s rarely wrong and he’s super confident that Biden will win. In the beforetimes that would comfort me but now just can’t let go of my dread. Bc Trump is straight up cheating. But let’s say Biden wins anyway. Let’s even say the senate flips blue. THEY ALL STILL HAVE UNTIL J JANUARY TO FUCK SHIT UP. And l let’s say Biden wins and the senate doesn’t flip, then they ‘ll fuck shit up for the next four years. There is no limit to the harm they can do.

And even if Biden wins and the senate flips and everyone acts responsibly during the lame duck period (I was half expecting spellcheck to change that duck to fuck) there’s no telling what the administration might set on fire as they walk out the door.

[Velar Fricative]

Yeah, even if Biden wins I’m concerned about the covid response from it through 1/20. Trump’s done a whole lot of nothing on covid, so why would that change? Or, he could be such a sore loser that he will purposely assist only the states that voted for him. Not that that will make a dent in anything. But, if he wins...it still won’t change.

I so wish Biden could take the reins immediately after the election is officially called. It’s going to be a horrible November covid-wise anyway since hospitalizations and deaths lag (and they’re astronomical even now). And it’s not like Biden has some magic touch that can make this quickly go away, but some action will be better than nothing.

TBH, I wouldn’t be shocked if, say, Kemp, Noem, DeSantis, etc. and any other vehemently pro-Trump Governor is reluctant to even work with Biden on solutions. So the country will still be a hot mess.

[aspentosh]

I have to say, camping was just what I needed this weekend. It was so cold but I got my mind off the election and I needed it.

But then I come back to crap like this and it makes me so angry: www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/video-trump-supporters-tried-to-run-biden-bus-off-road-1084484/

Trump supporters trail the Biden/Harris bus and it makes me so angry that they put lives at risk. Fine, protest or counter protest. We all have that right. But you do not have a right to make someone feel fear for their life.

[babsbunny]

If trump wins <ducks>, I want the Dems to persue revoking his security clearance by uncovering who he owes money to and when it comes due. People in massive debt should not know national secrets.

[jaycee]

I'm feeling very cautiously optimistic about a Biden win too. I'm normally not an optimist - I like to call myself a realist, but I'm feeling better about it lately.

One thing that helped me: a strategist that works for the Biden campaign spoke at our county democrats zoom meeting last week. He said they have record breaking fund raising and they are spending great amounts of money on lawyers that are working insane hours to anticipate all the legal angles Trump could take with this and preparing their responses. The strategist said there is almost no legal ground he can have. He was very confident that the polls are correct. He said they've changed how polls are interpreted in the past four years and the technology has gotten much better.

[rubytue]

I’m feel pretty hopeful on a Biden win. And very fearful of the time between now and January. Those trump truck parades, that look so much like ISIS trucks... scary. Even in my blue state, because I’m in a very red area. Trump flags waving on both sides of me.

What is troubling me this morning... it seems that the covid response is looking like his downfall. 200,000 dead for people to wake up and see this abomination. I’m glad they did take the blinders off, but look at the cost.

[seeyalater52]

Nov 1, 2020 11:11:44 GMT -5 jennybee1018 said:

Nov 1, 2020 10:06:39 GMT -5 pugz said:

I kind of feel this way this morning too, maybe it's that extra hour of sleep, lol.  October felt SO LONG. I'm glad to turn over to a new month for a variety of reasons today. 

I'm here too!!! I'm starting to feel a bit more confident but also ridiculously nervous and anxious, and then if I think about Biden/Harris winning, I want to cry happy tears. I'm a hot mess all over the place.

If Trump does lose, I pray he runs out the door on November 4 so Biden can get in there and take over the Covid 'task force'. I hate that if Biden does win, he'll most likely still have to wait until he's sworn in to take any serious action.

Wait what? If Trump were to peace out after losing the election, Biden wouldn’t just become president early. Pence would become president until Biden is sworn in on the normal schedule. While Trump is a petty little manchild, there’s no way the entire Republican party is going to just let Dems take control months before their scheduled time to transition.

[moreace01]

Nov 1, 2020 8:54:38 GMT -5 mockingbird said:

Can I please hibernate until January? All that red makes me anxious

i thought this was a really interesting read re: how the intensity of colors and where they are on the spectrum can make us see things that aren't necessarily there (not sure if this has been posted already?). www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/30/opinion/election-results-maps.html

[wanderingback]

Nov 1, 2020 12:03:47 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Nov 1, 2020 11:11:44 GMT -5 jennybee1018 said:

I'm here too!!! I'm starting to feel a bit more confident but also ridiculously nervous and anxious, and then if I think about Biden/Harris winning, I want to cry happy tears. I'm a hot mess all over the place.

If Trump does lose, I pray he runs out the door on November 4 so Biden can get in there and take over the Covid 'task force'. I hate that if Biden does win, he'll most likely still have to wait until he's sworn in to take any serious action.

Wait what? If Trump were to peace out after losing the election, Biden wouldn’t just become president early. Pence would become president until Biden is sworn in on the normal schedule. While Trump is a petty little manchild, there’s no way the entire Republican party is going to just let Dems take control months before their scheduled time to transition.

Yeah I think people are going a little too far with their "what if" scenarios. I know we're living in bizarre times, but come on, Trump is not going to move to Russia on Nov 4 and Biden move in the White House like no biggie, what's up guys!

[redheadk]

I voted by drive-through voting which may get thrown out now so I have to go request a provisional ballot and vote on Tuesday. Super fucking angry. At least I have time. A few friends who are doctors in the Texas Med Center are also going to squeeze this into their already long, full days.

[rubytue]

Nov 1, 2020 12:08:45 GMT -5 redheadk said:

I voted by drive-through voting which may get thrown out now so I have to go request a provisional ballot and vote on Tuesday. Super fucking angry. At least I have time. A few friends who are doctors in the Texas Med Center are also going to squeeze this into their already long, full days.

That is such BS! I know I could look this up, but what is the justification just throwing out all those ballot?! Because they weren’t in a building? WTeverlovingF?!

[meganew]

Nov 1, 2020 12:20:08 GMT -5 rubytue said:

Nov 1, 2020 12:08:45 GMT -5 redheadk said:

I voted by drive-through voting which may get thrown out now so I have to go request a provisional ballot and vote on Tuesday. Super fucking angry. At least I have time. A few friends who are doctors in the Texas Med Center are also going to squeeze this into their already long, full days.

That is such BS! I know I could look this up, but what is the justification just throwing out all those ballot?! Because they weren’t in a building? WTeverlovingF?!

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Someone linked the actual filing complaint (I think that’s what it’s called?) and reading through it was infuriating. It’s such obvious bullshit.

[Jalapeñomel]

Nov 1, 2020 12:08:44 GMT -5 wanderingback said:

Nov 1, 2020 12:03:47 GMT -5 seeyalater52 said:

Wait what? If Trump were to peace out after losing the election, Biden wouldn’t just become president early. Pence would become president until Biden is sworn in on the normal schedule. While Trump is a petty little manchild, there’s no way the entire Republican party is going to just let Dems take control months before their scheduled time to transition.

Yeah I think people are going a little too far with their "what if" scenarios. I know we're living in bizarre times, but come on, Trump is not going to move to Russia on Nov 4 and Biden move in the White House like no biggie, what's up guys!

I know that Pence would take over if Trump left, but I can totally see Trump getting pissed off and then scared he’s gonna go to jail, and go to a country that will harbor him forever. Nothing left for him here, he’s been president, he can go there, still not pay taxes or face consequences and walla!

[rubytue]

meganew, thanks! I’ll look around and try to find it. I know I was being lazy just asking. Part of that is me just seething with rage and wanting to scream into the void.

And, for those of us fearful about magat reactions: thehill.com/homenews/campaign/523078-study-warns-five-states-at-high-risk-for-election-related-armed-violence-by