2020 US General Election Thread XII: The End

[Kowani]

Impossible. Ben Garrison showed me that Trump is a mighty chad with impeccable posture and lots of sharp angles!

It was like 3 weeks ago when I learned he was a real person.

I'd like to link Ben's take on the election but that would be a bad idea

[Telconi]

Because President Hillary Clinton

and that would not have been a bad thing

It absolutely would have. But you support bad things.

[Rusozak]

Why can't your country be like all the other developed ones and use a popular vote?

Because the US is unique amongst developed nations and it being different is arguably a feature, instead of a flaw.

Did you just pull the Bethesda "It's not a bug, it's a feature" defense for the whole U.S. being the way it is?

[Picairn]

Because the US is unique amongst developed nations and it being different is arguably a feature, instead of a flaw.

American Exceptionalism: Basically "La la la! I can't hear you!"

[Nakena]

Well, if they had remembered to rake the forest floors, just rake the floors, that's what they always say, rake the floors, Finland does it.

I was a wildland firefighter in 2016 and I lived in Paradise. Can confirm we did not rake the forest. You can blame the fire on me.

Would have cutting down it all somehow helped it?

[Major-Tom]

It was like 3 weeks ago when I learned he was a real person.

I'd like to link Ben's take on the election but that would be a bad idea

I'll search for it myself, good call.

[San Lumen]

and that would not have been a bad thing

It absolutely would have. But you support bad things.

No

[Cultural Posadism]

It was like 3 weeks ago when I learned he was a real person.

I'd like to link Ben's take on the election but that would be a bad idea

Too horny for main.

[Kowani]

THe fucking New York Post turned on him-

[The Commonwealth of Tennessee]

Trump is steadily growing in Arizona.
https://results.arizona.vote/#/featured/18/0

[Saiwania]

The person with the most votes not winning is a bad thing.

Its not if the other person won more states. It's bad enough that New York for example, is solid red but almost always appears solid blue because of solely NYC. The popular vote is used at the more local level, so that should be sufficient.

[Myrensis]

On the flip side, why should rural voters have a disproportionate amount of power in choosing who runs the executive, as compared to city voters?

Flipping the side again... when the urban demographic are accustomed to majority popular vote privileges, equality in political voice feels like oppression.

Very close, just replace 'urban demographic' with 'white conservatives ', and and add 'basic civil rights' to 'political voice'.

[Picairn]

It absolutely would have. But you support bad things.

President Clinton would have been absolutely better than President Trump, but I guess you value money and guns more than civil rights.

[Nagakawa]

It was like 3 weeks ago when I learned he was a real person.

I'd like to link Ben's take on the election but that would be a bad idea

You mean the photocopy machine cartoon?

At this point I'm convinced that Garrison's career as a cartoonist is just a front for him to share his fetishes with the world.

[Jolthig]

Apparently there have been attempts to get rid of the electoral college in the past. Problem is, both parties can't agree on how to do so. So....politics. that's why.

[Thermodolia]

Wait really? Fuck remind me to stay south

For your own viewing pleasure at some point, see what Sacha Baron Cohen learned about Kingman, in Mohave.

Whoo boy

[San Lumen]

The person with the most votes not winning is a bad thing.

Its not if the other person won more states. It's bad enough that New York for example, is solid red but almost always appears solid blue because of solely NYC. The popular vote is used at the more local level, so that should be sufficient.

Land doesnt vote. People do.

[The Giant Space Wyrm]

The United States is indeed very unique in that it has formed a cult of personality around the working-class needing to work even harder for even less.

[Telconi]

Why should California's residents decide the outcome for the entire country? The EC is supposed to be a compromise between accepting simple majorities as counted whilst still allowing for the possibility that enough other states can win out despite having fewer people.

Maybe California should split itself into 68 states with the population of Wyoming, each with 3 EVs and 2 senators?

That would be amazing.

[Thermodolia]

Going, going, going.... most likely blue

Trump is 49.5% and Biden 49.3% really close! Come on Georgia, flip!

Actually it’s less than that. Trump only leads by .1%

[Major-Tom]

I'd like to link Ben's take on the election but that would be a bad idea

You mean the photocopy machine cartoon?

At this point I'm convinced that Garrison's career as a cartoonist is just a front for him to share his fetishes with the world.

Just googled it, Jesus fucking christ....

[Telconi]

It absolutely would have. But you support bad things.

President Clinton would have been absolutely better than President Trump, but I guess you value money and guns more than civil rights.

How can someone value civil rights more than civil rights?

[Jolthig]

Trump is 49.5% and Biden 49.3% really close! Come on Georgia, flip!

Actually it’s less than that. Trump only leads by .1%

Right. Its very close. Hope biden side wins

[Major-Tom]

The United States is indeed very unique in that it has formed a cult of personality around the working-class needing to work even harder for even less.

At a certain point, deep diving into the electorate here is more of a study of fascinating sociology and less so of electoral politics and constituency groups.

[Saiwania]

Land doesnt vote. People do.

People don't vote, states do. People vote for what a state should do.