[Politics] 2020 US election - Joe Biden vs Donald Trump

[Bold Seagull]

Betfair has them increasingly neck and neck.

 

[Mellotron]

Biden now narrowing the gap in Michigan - it's going to be a close one.

Just 74k behind and getting closer, with around 7-10% still to report.

 

[Stat Brother]

The only parts of your prediction I am not so convinced about is that the courts will automatically back Trump and that he'll be able to whip up substantial chaos in the meantime.

It's ddefinitely the plan, now being put into execution, but I am not so sure on either count.

The courts have been set to 'win' this for the Republican party.
It's a 10 year plan coming to fruition for now.

Whether it does our not, who knows, but this has been the plan all along.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Trump will not give up until every avenue has been explored, every single little bit of anything has been checked and rechecked . . . . he's not interested in politics, its just like a week at a casino, he just wants to win, by hook or crook, and it's highly likely he will.

Someone on the radio said that with Trump saying the election is rigged and the nation has been cheated, Putin and the Xi will be able to say to their people 'see what chaos the silly system in the US generates - we do things so much better here'.

 

[FatSuperman]

The courts have been set to 'win' this for the Republican party.
It's a 10 year plan coming to fruition for now.

Whether it does our not, who knows, but this has been the plan all along.

If they pull this off, then what do you think Trump will do over the next four years to enable a third term? Perhaps have the senate suggest a lifetime leader amendment, so he can truly be like the Putin, Jinping, Mugabe et al?

 

[Gwylan]

What does make things very confusing is when different media outlets have different results.

At this point in time, the BBC has Biden with 224 EC votes while the Guardian has 238. It makes it hard to work out what's going on

 

[Mellotron]

Biden now narrowing the gap in Michigan - it's going to be a close one.

Just 74k behind and getting closer, with around 7-10% still to report.

60% of very blue Detroit still to report...

 

[LlcoolJ]

Wisconsin just went blue. But by 0.3%. It's so close....

 

[nicko31]

Biden now odds on as Wisconsin goes blue. Mesmerising this market.

So close, could be only a few thousand in it

 

[darkwolf666]

The Orange One will need to be dragged kicking and screaming from his office... He ain't going quietly...!

 

[bhafc99]

Biden ahead by about 11,400 votes, with 32,000 votes still to be counted.

These 32,000 votes are coming from Green Bay – a traditionally Democratic district.

So it's Biden's, just the technicalities to complete.

Technicalities being…

Wisconsin’s recount rules… If a candidate comes within 1 percentage point of the winner, the candidate may request a recount. (The threshold was narrowed after Jill Stein's 2016 recount.) There is no trigger for an automatic recount.

 

[Bold Seagull]

The Orange One will need to be dragged kicking and screaming from his office... He ain't going quietly...!

If defeat looks likely, it may well be the Republicans doing the dragging. Trump is only concerned with himself and right now, the Republican party will already be thinking about future elections.

 

[The Wizard]

What a clown show, trust an American election to turn into an entertainment show, just waiting for the huge on screen overlay adverts and mascots.

That being said it really isn’t funny because I can’t imagine the civil unrest and carnage across America that’s about to ensue.

 

[keaton]

What does make things very confusing is when different media outlets have different results.

At this point in time, the BBC has Biden with 224 EC votes while the Guardian has 238. It makes it hard to work out what's going on

I don't know if the BBC has a major lag or the Guardian are going too early but they've not been close at any point in the last 4 hours

 

[Randy McNob]

Biden's winning this NSC poll. I want the voting to stop....

 

[Machiavelli]

one of the worse trends of recent years is people being told they voted wrong. not a discussion to convince them of the alternative, just that they are wrong.

Couldn't agree more. The left need to realise that they need to develop a coherent narrative that can win round those that used to be banker-voters. Calling them stupid or wrong is never going to work, it'll just put them off even further.

 

[dwayne]

Biden now fave with the bookies [emoji383]

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[Simster]

The market on Betfair puts Trump's odds as high as they've been since I woke up this morning. As low as 1.5 an hour ago, they are now hovering between 2.18 and 2.32.

 

[Hugo Rune]

The blue wave is coming (Atlanta, Milwaukee, Detroit etc).

Get ready.

 

[Lenny Rider]

What happens if they get 269 electoral college votes each?