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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#336851: Nov 2nd 2020 at 8:44:35 AM

And while this is only a personal anecdote, I have found that yard signs are not a particularly reliable measure of electoral success.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#336852: Nov 2nd 2020 at 8:45:56 AM

One could hope Biden could start chipping away at it, but there was no such promise in his campaign.

Biden said he would appoint a bipartisan commission to look at judicial reform a few days ago, so that's at least one thing.

carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#336853: Nov 2nd 2020 at 8:49:15 AM

[up][up] One would hope. In Appalachia, a Biden/Harris sign is an invitation to have your house burned down.

Edited by carbon-mantis on Nov 2nd 2020 at 11:49:22 AM

Galadriel Since: Feb, 2015
#336854: Nov 2nd 2020 at 8:54:22 AM

[up][up][up] They’re not. They’re a drain on a campaign’s budget and don’t help voter turnout - in 2008 a lot of Obama campaign volunteers online would encourage people who asked for a sign to phone bank instead.

Edited by Galadriel on Nov 2nd 2020 at 11:54:59 AM

Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
I actually wanted to be Resileaf
#336855: Nov 2nd 2020 at 8:56:12 AM

Yard signs look like the most useless things ever. It doesn't help anyone and only shows that you're into politics to fight the other party.

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#336856: Nov 2nd 2020 at 8:57:44 AM

Reminds me of the xkcd bumper sticker that just read "Opinions!"

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#336857: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:00:07 AM

Yard signs got even worse when Trump-Cultists discovered how they can turn Trump-signs into booby-traps by lining them up with razor blades at the edges and then plant them at the "democrat" lawns, causing physical damage on whoever comes to remove them without knowing better...

Seriously, this is sicker than the "razor in the apple" urban legend that goes around when Halloween comes around...

Scarecrow4774 from In Wonderland Since: Mar, 2017 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#336858: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:01:21 AM

[up] Wait, what?

“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” - Lewis Carroll
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#336859: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:02:01 AM

Biden said he would appoint a bipartisan commission to look at judicial reform a few days ago, so that's at least one thing.

I'm just saying Satan would be a terrible advisor to take into account when reforming the Ten Commandments. Don't pat yourself on the back for including him.

We're assuming "Comically evil" Satan. First person to bring the ACKSCHUALLY SATAN WAS COOL GUY ALL FOR SCIENCE shtick gets a boot to the head.

Edited by Aszur on Nov 2nd 2020 at 11:05:41 AM

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#336860: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:02:41 AM

[up][up] There was a case that was reported about a political yard sign being rigged with razors in the news, I recall, during these last four years...

Awful story, (severed fingers involved.)

Edited by TitanJump on Nov 2nd 2020 at 6:02:50 PM

RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#336861: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:03:08 AM

They also did it on public property, which not only gets democrats but also public workers.

News link.

EDIT: Well, not public property, but too close to the road.

The owner's defence is "my signs were stolen". So... you'd slice off people's fingers? Idiot.

Edited by RainehDaze on Nov 2nd 2020 at 5:08:03 PM

MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
#336862: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:16:44 AM

"Resileafs will look up and shout

So, could we realistically say that this election is the Republicans' final chance to be elected with the way demographics are changing and that's why they're so desperate to steal it so they can prevent future elections from going the Democrats' way?'
And I'll look down, and whisper
Haha, no.

On-topic, yes, yard signs do seem a bit pointless, proselyting-wise.

Edited by MichaelKatsuro on Nov 2nd 2020 at 6:17:45 PM

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#336863: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:17:58 AM

Incidentally Biden is campaigning today in Ohio. So if we lose it, it won't be for lack of trying.

MrHellboy The Shadow from A world of my own Since: Dec, 2017 Relationship Status: Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free
The Shadow
#336864: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:23:28 AM

I've been fooling around with 538's little election prediction tool and I found that if Biden wins all the states Clinton won in 2016 plus just PA, MI and WI, even that guarantees a likely win.

Makes me feel a little better

The hardest thing in this world is to live in it.
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#336865: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:23:41 AM

Reminder this sort of stuff happens at risky states such as North Carolina.

Remember kids: don't organize people for voting if you're too black and poor. Otherwise you get maced!

I mean it literally, children. You're getting maced.

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#336866: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:30:41 AM

See, I think that Biden should consider campaigning a bit in Alaska and Montana (and Michigan).

Reasoning:

  • There are competitive House and Senate races there, and Democrats will need all Senate seats they can get.
  • In case the Electoral College gets bogged down, the House of Representatives could vote on the president but such a vote occurs on a per-state basis, not a per-member one. And while Democrats currently hold the majority of House seats they only have a minority of state delegations and thus not the majority in this vote. Winning these two House seats is only worth 2 House seats, but they are worth 2 full House delegations in a presidency vote.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Galadriel Since: Feb, 2015
#336867: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:30:59 AM

[up][up][up]I know that; it’s PA that worries me.

Edited by Galadriel on Nov 2nd 2020 at 12:31:17 PM

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#336868: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:35:49 AM

Arizona and North Carolina can probably make up for PA, if the worst occurs there and Trump gets a narrow win. And Florida looks close but promising to, and if Biden takes Florida its all but over.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#336869: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:36:47 AM

It wouldn't surprise me if the Dems won Arizona, Sinema won a senate seat there in 2018.

Scarecrow4774 from In Wonderland Since: Mar, 2017 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
#336870: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:37:17 AM

So North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida are the ones to watch tomorrow night?

“We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” - Lewis Carroll
Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#336871: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:38:00 AM

Arizona and Texas as well but if the race is close it might take until wednesday morning or a bit longer.

Edited by Draghinazzo on Nov 2nd 2020 at 2:38:15 PM

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#336872: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:39:41 AM

Biden and Kelly have been up in Arizona for much of the year, its a narrow but consistent lead.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Galadriel Since: Feb, 2015
#336873: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:40:32 AM

I don’t trust Florida, not after 2000 and 2004 and their record of electoral shenanigans. Dems should never rely on Florida for a win.

It’s funny to think back that in 2004 OH and FL were the defining swing states, and now the Dems can lose both of them and still win pretty easily. The blue trend of the southwest (NM and CO are reliable blue now, NV a smaller blue lean, and AZ a potential pickup) and Virginia (Bush won it by 8 points in 2004) has made a big difference for the Democrats. And NC was nowhere close to being a swing state back then.

Meanwhile, the Midwest keeps getting redder.

Edited by Galadriel on Nov 2nd 2020 at 12:41:51 PM

BrainSewage from that one place Since: Jan, 2001
#336874: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:41:51 AM

Here in Wisconsin, the polls may have us leaning toward Biden, but the old Rust Belt bitterness still makes me nervous. A lot of people forget that outside of Madison and Milwaukee, the state is pretty heavily red.

How dare you disrupt the sanctity of my soliloquy?
RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#336875: Nov 2nd 2020 at 9:42:12 AM

At this point, it's down to hoping, I guess... the waiting's the worst part.

It's been fun.

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