RESULTS thread

[notsopicky]

I thought this thread was a good place to put this little gem:

Tuberville in Alabama (Auburn coach, won Doug Jones' seat) tweeted: "The election results are out of control. It’s like the whistle has blown, the game is over, and the players have gone home, but the referees are suddenly adding touchdowns to the other team’s side of the scoreboard."

I responded: "Wait, what? You mean the MAILED-IN VOTES? To use your analogy, they ARE touchdowns scored...(wait for it)...DURING THE GAME! And you are about to be a sitting senator? Disgraceful. My best Civics teacher buddy will gladly send you ALL of his lessons. Seems like you need them."

[ellipses84]

I’ve been checking AJC for Georgia updates. I was up late working since I’ve been so distracted this week. I was so excited to see it flip blue! There’s 8k+ overseas ballots to count and the deadline to receive them is tomorrow. Mix of military and ex-pats but they’ve already counted around 17k+ that we’re previously received. I’m not sure how they were weighted. There were only around 5k overseas military ballots for GA in 2016 and this year is like twice the number of total overseas votes.

www.ajc.com/politics/election-results/


The 2020 info is dated, but this talks about all the 2016 overseas stats for states not called yet.

www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2020/11/04/there-are-still-tens-of-thousands-of-military-absentee-ballots-yet-to-be-counted/

[bowies]

I know correlation doesn’t equal causation, but it remains very curious that the Senate Republicans still willing to publicly flagellate themselves for Trump are the ones who ran against him for the nomination in 2016. Whoever gathered the oppo that he’s holding should just drop it into the public sphere for the good of the nation. I’m assuming this would be Cohen.

[SusanBAnthony]

Nov 5, 2020 22:47:55 GMT -5 bimbi284 said:

Nov 5, 2020 22:45:36 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

Are you judging.... ?!?!

Not at all! I’m honestly curious cuz I’ve never heard of this before.

I'm pages late but I also had white wine and whiskey last night, seperately!

[eddy]

Lord have mercy, day 4

Do we think it will be called today?

Look all I am saying is it is Friday. It is beautiful and I am ready to celebrate. Someone, please we are begging you. Make this happen.

Shout out to those poll workers!

OH! I should go make sure my Kamala "I'm Speaking" shirt is clean from Tuesday.

[hulley]

Morning! I slept a few hours and so happy to see GA turn blue

[heat40]

This damn roller coaster is so tiring. I’m a zombie right now. Good morning!

[bowies]

Nov 6, 2020 5:34:43 GMT -5 imimahoney said:

I'm really hoping Abrams can help with the senate runoffs. They seem a lot less likely to go the Dem way but her organization is a force.

Georgia Dems finally have proof of their numbers and their power. It will be tough but momentum is on their side.

[pugz]

How many outstanding in PA?

[beerlover]

Nov 6, 2020 7:12:15 GMT -5 pugz said:

How many outstanding in PA?

163K left to count, 50K of that is in Philly according to CNN.

Also 35K in Allegheny County that they can't start counting til 5pm.

[cville]

Nov 6, 2020 7:11:04 GMT -5 bowies said:

Nov 6, 2020 5:34:43 GMT -5 imimahoney said:

I'm really hoping Abrams can help with the senate runoffs. They seem a lot less likely to go the Dem way but her organization is a force.

Georgia Dems finally have proof of their numbers and their power. It will be tough but momentum is on their side.

YES.

Years and years and years of "demographics are on our side" (all over the country) means little when it FEELS like there's an insurmountable GOP wall. Showing that it can be done I hope begets more people showing up because they believe!

[chickadee77]

Nov 5, 2020 23:12:12 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Nov 5, 2020 23:06:57 GMT -5 lemoncupcake said:

And bakery fresh tortillas and tortilla chips at the store - they’re still hot!

*rubbing it in*

HEB was my college grocery store. I really wish they’d make it to north TX.

Central Market is HEB owned. A little higher end (read: more expensive) but will get the job done! (Not sure where you are, but they're in DFW)

[eddy]

How many ballots were counted in PA yesterday?

[RoxMonster]

Friday sounds like a good day to get some final numbers. Let's do this!

[cville]

Nov 6, 2020 5:24:42 GMT -5 morecoffeeplease said:

I’m sad John Lewis isn’t here to see this.

So true. He made this possible.

And I'm happy that Jimmy Carter is.

[pmwife]

Nov 6, 2020 7:16:07 GMT -5 beerlover said:

Nov 6, 2020 7:12:15 GMT -5 pugz said:

How many outstanding in PA?

163K left to count, 50K of that is in Philly according to CNN.

Also 35K in Allegheny County that they can't start counting til 5pm.

Why not start counting until 5pm?

[beerlover]

Nov 6, 2020 7:27:48 GMT -5 pmwife said:

Nov 6, 2020 7:16:07 GMT -5 beerlover said:

163K left to count, 50K of that is in Philly according to CNN.

Also 35K in Allegheny County that they can't start counting til 5pm.

Why not start counting until 5pm?

Because of a court order. This article explains why! www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-local/2020/11/05/Allegheny-County-35000-incorrect-ballots-not-counted-election-2020-vote-mail-in-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh/stories/202011050144

[muffin0]

We are watching Mr. Wizard on YouTube. He reminds me of Biden - it's making me extra happy. 

(Please tell me Mr. Wizard hasn't been outed as a racist, pervert or disgusting human being, I mean tell me but I'm going to cry) 

[gt7301b]

I know it has already been said, but can we give another shout out to Stacey Abrams and all the work she has done on the ground in GA. She is a national treasure.

[abs]

Good Morning!! Let's goooooo.

I am equally parts excited about seeing Georgia flip while I was sleeping and also disgusted by my FB feed to see how many people think Biden is stealing the election. Texas has a lot of a lot a lot of work to do y'all. I don't know how a place with HEB and such good food can suck go bad.

Anyway. One step at a time. Today, let's win!

[bowies]

TODAY IS THE DAY!

[cous0226]

Nov 6, 2020 7:44:36 GMT -5 bowies said:

TODAY IS THE DAY!

yes because Jake Tapper and Anderson are on and it's super early for them lol 

[mrssandro]

There a more blue bubbles popping up all over in Texas. Even Tarrant County turning blue. But its such a mixed bag. The margin I feel will land at like 4% and four years ago it was 9%. We are almost there.

Also I am happy I deactivated FB the night after election because I don't have to listen to dumb people who don't understand democracy.

Also it made my morning to see Georgia turn hopefully PA is not far behind.

[msmerymac]

Nov 6, 2020 7:21:16 GMT -5 eddy said:

How many ballots were counted in PA yesterday?

At least 300000. There are 160000 left, including 44,000 in Philadelphia and 30,000+ in Allegheny county.

With 75% or more of those mail in ballots and Trump’s current lead around 18k, Biden should end with close to 100,000 more votes.

[msmerymac]

I decided I had to use my gritty mug today
!

[thelurkylulu]

WINTER IS COMING TODAY, MOTHER F%CKERS!!!
💙❄️💙❄️💙❄️💙❄️💙❄️

[laladypoet]

Nov 6, 2020 8:02:04 GMT -5 msmerymac said:

I decided I had to use my gritty mug today!

I will need one of these. This is fantastic.

[thelurkylulu]

Please don’t make me scroll back through this post. Does anyone have the link handy for the GA letter writing? I want to share it with a local group I am in.

[icedcoffee]

Does John King ever sleep?

[aspentosh]

Because I am nerd, I've been tracking data. Arizona is a concern, I know, but this is making me a little hopeful:

time % rep Biden votes Biden % Trump votes Trump % new vote for each % for trump
9:00 PM 87 1,496,619 50.3 1,439,786 48.3 27278 38835 58.7% trump
8:00 AM 90 1,532,062 50.1. 1,485,010 48.5 35443 45224 56% trump

I am not sure if this formatting will come through, but I am tracking new vote increases for each candidate. So from 9pm to 8am there were a total of 80667 new votes, of which trump got 45224 or 56%. This is below the threshold he needs to win in order to overtake AZ. I think last night Chuck Todd said with the remaining ballots trump would need to win AT LEAST 58.5% of the remaining ballots to overtake. So, slightly good news, though obviously still close.

ETA: Oh yeah, the formatting was lost. Oh well. Hopefully my description makes sense. lol