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CookingCat Since: Jul, 2018
#337926: Nov 7th 2020 at 1:40:38 PM

I just hope they got rid of or changed the nuclear codes...

ChrispyBacon Since: Oct, 2020
#337927: Nov 7th 2020 at 1:46:13 PM

You know it's not over right? He'll contest it all the way to the Supreme Court. Hopefully ay least one of the Trumpwraiths will have at least a vestige of conscience. Gorsuch is the most likely. Also it'll help that most of the other Republicans in power probably won't back him.

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#337928: Nov 7th 2020 at 1:47:54 PM

[up][up]Even if we didn't have the precedent of them doing that with Nixon (and all the security steps involved with the football that someone here's explained before) I don't think Trump's smart enough to arbitrarily start a disaster like that as a Rage Quit.

He's too short-sighted, he's probably going to spend the rest of the presidency waging day-to-day legal/Twitter wars against whoever his most recent critic is as usual.

[up]With how many Republicans have already conceded the race I don't think any of them would want to keep the guy they're openly crossing in power, yeah. That's also why I don't see them re-nominating him at any point in the future, either.

Edited by NesClassic on Nov 7th 2020 at 1:48:15 AM

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Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#337929: Nov 7th 2020 at 1:48:52 PM

Its not like rural states don't have urban areas. Kentucky's Democratic Population exists in Louisville, Lexington, and Ashland. What I'm suggesting is there's no effort to register these votes, combat suppression, and energize them to vote for their interests.

Kentucky is the state with the 8th highest percentage of its population in rural areas, so It's not incorrect to question if voters in the cities you're talking about can change things.

I'll point this out in your favour though, the two states with the least urban population are Maine and New Hampshire.

Edited by Silasw on Nov 7th 2020 at 9:49:58 AM

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SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#337930: Nov 7th 2020 at 1:50:24 PM

At this point, the Trump supporters worry me more than Trump himself.

DeMarquis (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#337931: Nov 7th 2020 at 1:50:48 PM

The Trump campaign can and will sue everywhere they can possibly convince a judge to listen to them, but because the election really wasn't that close (it only seemed so because it took so long to count the ballots) they really don't have much chance of getting up to the SC. Be very surprised if that happens.

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Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#337932: Nov 7th 2020 at 1:56:28 PM

[up] Yeah, Trump may very well score a token victory on one point of order or another, but the fact is the election wasn't actually that close.

It wasn't a crushing landslide of blue what we were hoping for, but it's a far cry from a 2000 situation where a token victory on one point of order could actually swing the election.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#337933: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:01:09 PM

This is what happens when a blue wave and a red wave crash into each other.

archonspeaks Since: Jun, 2013
#337934: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:06:09 PM

I just hope they got rid of or changed the nuclear codes...

The nuclear codes are changed daily.

They should have sent a poet.
Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#337935: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:08:24 PM

[up][up] It'd be fascinating to see someone crunch the numbers and figure out what the map would look like if (R) turnout stayed relatively consistent from 2016 but was pitted against 2020 (D) turnout.

Edited by Falrinn on Nov 7th 2020 at 2:08:44 AM

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Happiness is a cup of tea
#337936: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:09:53 PM

Well, at least I can breathe easier. I kinda regret all the doomsaying and fretting I did earlier lol.

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Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#337937: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:16:15 PM

Yeah, Obama won against McCain. Though to be fair, Bush and McCain are from the same branch of conservatives.

I really don't know what the GOP was thinking, sending in another Neocon after public opinion of Bush was at an all-time low.

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MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
#337939: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:18:38 PM

By the way, can you imagine how much better the satire will be now?

Good satire exaggerates the problems with the thing it satirizes. But Trump was already exaggerated (Buying Greenland? Seriously!?) so there's nothing to exaggerate except his mannerisms. And there are only so many times you can make fun of somebody using the word "bigly".

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#337940: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:19:28 PM

Also slate ran a list of articles celebrating the end of the trump cabinet.

You can see an index of them all here

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#337941: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:19:33 PM

I'm trying to find news about what the rest of the Trump administration is doing but all I can find is Guilianni's stupid press conference.

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MichaelKatsuro Since: Apr, 2011
#337942: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:20:07 PM

Yeah, Obama won against McCain. Though to be fair, Bush and McCain are from the same branch of conservatives.
@Forenperser, did you mean to post this in the other thread?

Edited by MichaelKatsuro on Nov 7th 2020 at 11:20:49 AM

Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#337943: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:24:43 PM

A random observation on the Senate, I kind of wonder if it was a mistake to normalize directly funding Senate races across state lines.

While Senate elections are very much of national interest, no one actually likes a Senator who is perceived to be beholden to out-of-state interests so it's hard to say how much net benefit it actually gives unless the candidate is legitimately struggling to get their name out there.

A better use of cross-state cash might be organizations like Stacey Abrams's Fair Fight, whose focus is more on ensuring the people actually have a voice.

The Democrats didn't really have any notable red state Senate wins, but looking at the margins in Georgia it's clear that her voter initiates almost certainly made the difference. And if they are going to win one or both of the runoffs, they are going to make the difference again.

Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
Foreign Troper
#337944: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:24:49 PM

Guess so, yeah grin

A bit confusing^^

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Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#337945: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:25:04 PM

You know it's not over right? He'll contest it all the way to the Supreme Court. Hopefully ay least one of the Trumpwraiths will have at least a vestige of conscience. Gorsuch is the most likely. Also it'll help that most of the other Republicans in power probably won't back him.

This assumes it'll even reach the Supreme Court, his lawsuits haven't been taken remotely seriously in any of the states he's thrown them at. And even if it did reach it, the Supreme Court are sharp partisans but they are not beholden to Trump, they're not his judges, they're Mc Connell's judges.

The doomer supreme court scenario isn't realistic anymore. Multiple republicans have already accepted the loss including Mc Connell and Romney, they know that they still control the senate and can just play opposition for four years. They got everything they wanted from Trump so now they're tossing him overboard to get eaten by the sharks.

Edited by Draghinazzo on Nov 7th 2020 at 7:29:09 AM

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
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#337946: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:38:03 PM

I don't know, Biden is rather hard to caricature, at least without getting outright mean about it. He very much has the invisible accountant look. There's not much to go on with an elderly white man with white hair. They're a dime a dozen in Washington. He does have a few Bidenisms in his speech, but not really a stand-out voice or speech pattern you can imitate for laughs.

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A procrastination in of itself
#337947: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:40:16 PM

He's got a couple odd turns of phrase people can use, his stutter does give me a vocal thing people can riff off (though I'd rather they not for obvious reasons), his age has already been used as a comedy basis, physically you've got the sunglasses he often wears.

Also you can get semi-good comedy out of exaggerating how much he doesn't have distinctive features. Do sketches where people do mistake him for a random accountant, ect...

Edited by Silasw on Nov 7th 2020 at 10:41:25 AM

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nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#337948: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:41:01 PM

For the Senate, I've been crunching numbers, and R-D ticket splitting is dead this year. Dead everywhere with just a few exceptions*. The percentage of Trump voters who voted for a Democrat downballot (or vice versa) is <2% in nearly every state, with Mike Espy in Missisippi, Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire up on the higher end with ~3-4% crossover voting. Basically, Senate races are becoming more nationalized. Without Biden carrying the state, it was near impossible for any of the 5-6 longshot candidates to win in their redder states. Even Steve Bullock in Montana only got 1.5% from Trump voters.

Ticket-splitting has been on the decline for some time now, but it was at an all-time low this year. If the trend continues, it's really bad news for Democrats' long term prospects in the Senate. They're going to completely shut out of red states, which they need a few of to win a majority.


  • The main exception is Susan Collins in Maine, who got 7.1% points of Biden voters to vote for her.

Edited by nova92 on Nov 7th 2020 at 2:44:21 AM

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#337949: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:42:29 PM

I've seen Colbert's show do a version that plays off Biden falling asleep and being a bit confused. From what I understand, he does take naps during rallies and such, and he does make gaffes from time to time.

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Gaon Smoking Snake from Grim Up North Since: Jun, 2012 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
#337950: Nov 7th 2020 at 2:47:08 PM

Colbert's Biden seems to be more based on him rattling off arcane terms and calling everybody "Jack!".

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