A Political Thread pt. 2

[Gavin]

BBC talking that the counting of the absentee ballots could take up to Friday... There must be a lot of postal votes.

Raab acting like an arse on BBC. Won't comment on Trump's word as claims it's media commentary on the election.

 

[Which Tyler]

Dominic Raab seems to think that Donald Trump is a media commentator, and that the BBC are actively campaigning for Biden by asking him to comment on Trump's speech

 

[ncurd]

Asking for the supreme court to stop counting....fuuuuu

Luckily I do think the majority of the supreme court aren't that corrupt and it's unlikely to work.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Placed a cheeky £10 on Biden at 7/4
**** gonna be narrow as **** but honestly good odds for it with the mail ballots to come in.

 

[ncurd]

TBH it's slightly heartening that he's resorted to this talk as it suggest he knows he's lost if they are counted.

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

TBH it's slightly heartening that he's resorted to this talk as it suggest he knows he's lost if they are counted.

Yeh that's my feeling

 

[McTallshort]

Ohio is Red. Normally this state is the one that signals the election result.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Placed a cheeky £10

Was considering this,
Don't know what the fractional is but bet365 have him as 3.00

Edit: or at least they did last I checked, dropped to 2.6 now

 

[Gavin]

Placed a cheeky £10 on Biden at 7/4
**** gonna be narrow as **** but honestly good odds for it with the mail ballots to come in.

Did the exact same.

 

[ncurd]

Ohio is Red. Normally this state is the one that signals the election result.

Whilst it's true it predicted every election result for some time the Democrat result except in the Obama blowouts has traditionally been quite soft (you have to go back to Lyndon B. Johnson to find one who got over 50% of the vote). There's a reason pundits aren't putting too much heed into this time around it was always lost (along with Florida) in a tight election. Ohio and Florida turning blue would of been indicators of a thumping Biden win.

NyTimes still think Georgia will vote Biden (they sent Atlanta counters home apparently).

 

[ncurd]

In a slight tangental note I wish the BBC would be a alot clearer in their headlines when it came to this country.

US Election 2020: Tense wait as US election winner remains unclear

With millions of ballots yet to be counted, the focus is on Midwestern states like Michigan and Wisconsin.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Not Mike Brown's Sock]

I called this going to the supreme court last week.

It's gonna be a shitshow

 

[Gavin]

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Tempted to slap another tenner on Joe.

 

[ncurd]

Biden now ahead in Wisconsin, deep breaths people....

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Another noob US politics question:

Electoral college: do they split their votes based on the vote share of their state, or does the winner just get the whole lot?
i.e. WI is currently 49.4 vs 49.1%, with 10 votes. Is that 5 a piece? 6 vs 4? Or do all 10 go to the winner?

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Tempted to slap another tenner on Joe.

Fek it I did

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Fek it I did

Aye,
Bet365 suspended betting then came back with Biden 2.30, so I jumped on that

 

[Which Tyler]

Another noob US politics question:

Electoral college: do they split their votes based on the vote share of their state, or does the winner just get the whole lot?
i.e. WI is currently 49.4 vs 49.1%, with 10 votes. Is that 5 a piece? 6 vs 4? Or do all 10 go to the winner?

Winner gets it all
.

Except Maine and Nebraska, which go by region

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Aye,
Bet365 suspended betting then came back with Biden 2.30, so I jumped on that

Yeh odds have shrunk a lot in the last 5 mins or so.
UK press seem behind the press in this currently.