2020 US Election Thread

[The Batlord]

It's certainly what the polls say and it sounds like there aren't the ignored weaknesses that Hillary had but Trump's still an encumbent with a rabid following while Biden barely campaigned and has little enthusiasm behind him so I remain cautiously optimistic at best.

[OccultHawk]

Nate Silver said on This Week he’s giving Biden a 90% chance but he went on to explain 10% **** happens a lot (I figure 10% of the time myself).

No predictions here. I’m not predicting immediate violence either way either. I am predicting violence this winter though.

[jwb]

I think there's a decent chance some **** is going down. Especially if the election is contested which, unless Biden wins in a landslide, seems likely.

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by jwb

I think there's a decent chance some **** is going down. Especially if the election is contested which, unless Biden wins in a landslide, seems likely.

If it starts looking like a Ceausescu thing I’m going to DC even if I have to take greyhound without a mask. If Trump gets dragged out in the streets I’m going to be at “Woodstock” if you get my drift.

[jwb]

Nah that ain't happening lol

Took the US air force and months of civil war for Gaddafi to be dragged out in the streets.

If you are inclined towards safety, I would avoid any demonstrations around this time.

If you're a thrill seeker, however then have at it. I'm a thrill seeker myself but I doubt if anything will happen locally and I can't be bothered to travel.

But yeah more likely the cops are going to be doing their fair amount of violence in response, if anything happens.

I could be completely wrong but it just seems like the country has been a tinderbox of civil unrest for the last year or so and so I think there's definitely a potential there.

[SGR]

Any reason Trump wouldn't invoke the insurrection act after the votes are cast?

[WWWP]

Will anyone even know if I don't vote

[OccultHawk]

Originally Posted by SoundgardenRocks

Any reason Trump wouldn't invoke the insurrection act after the votes are cast?

idk

If you are inclined towards safety, I would avoid any demonstrations around this time.

I’m definitely inclined toward safety but FOMO might win this one.

Will anyone even know if I don't vote

I saw an ad on YouTube that said we can’t see who you voted for but we can see if you voted. If that’s true I’m not sure. I guess someone can or you could vote twice.

I’m not voting btw.

[Lisnaholic]

Originally Posted by jwb

I think there's a decent chance some **** is going down. Especially if the election is contested which, unless Biden wins in a landslide, seems likely.

Yep, that's why one anti-Trump pundit hopes for a blue vote "too big to rig, too real to steal." Behind the scenes, I think there's a majority of Republican governors/election officials/ biased judge panels that will not be squeamish about sabotaging unfavourable election results on any pretext.

Trump's sent out the message, so they know what's expected of them:-

The President's maneuvering ... is taking place ahead of a court hearing in Texas Monday morning on a Republican request to throw out 127,000 drive-thru votes in a key county. The case is one of a growing number of GOP legal gambits to jam up vote counting or reject ballots and comes amid new concerns that the Postal Service, after reforms initiated by its new pro-Trump CEO, may struggle to deliver a deluge of mail-in ballots before counting deadlines.

On Sunday, the President stoked fears of a disputed election that could have corrosive long-term effects by raising the false argument that results not declared on an election night were somehow illegitimate.

"I think it's a terrible thing when people or states are allowed to tabulate ballots for a long period of time after the election is over because it can only lead to one thing, and that's very bad. You know what that thing is. I think it's a very dangerous, terrible thing," Trump told reporters.
In another ominous comment, the President said that as soon as voting was over in states like Pennsylvania, "We're going in with our lawyers,"

(source: CNN website)

[Lucem Ferre]

I voted for Trump.