Election Night (+4) in America - Result: Biden Elected President (4 Viewers)

[GrandAdmiral]

I'll probably be flipping between CNN, NBC, and probably PBS if they have coverage.

What station you got?

 

[UriUT]

The original, of course

I haven't seen either in a very long time. I had to youtube the remake and that andean pipe music reminded me of my freshman year at UT where there was a band that played that type of music. I ended up missing class and sat there for a good few hours.

 

[Xeno]

Yeah Trump only won in 2016 by an average of 25k votes in three states... But wow this Biden win- if he wins- is gonna be razor thin... just saw where he’s leading in NV (i think) by like 4K votes, out of however many million votes they cast.. it’s insane, and the Electoral College has GOT to go.

You must have been looking at Georgia. Biden's up 22,657 in Nevada right now and the vast majority of ballots left to be counted are in Clark County where Las Vegas is which leans Democrat.

 

[Taurus]

Yeah Trump only won in 2016 by an average of 25k votes in three states... But wow this Biden win- if he wins- is gonna be razor thin... just saw where he’s leading in NV (i think) by like 4K votes, out of however many million votes they cast.. it’s insane, and the Electoral College has GOT to go.

Absolutely. How much of a gap between the popular vote and the EC are we going to tolerate?
It's government by the People, not the Empty Land.

 

[Xeno]

Absolutely. How much of a gap between the popular vote and the EC are we going to tolerate?
It's government by the People, not the Empty Land.

We'll never be able to get rid of the EC. We desperately need the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to go into effect.

 

[wardorican]

 

[Maxp]

Trump could have won this election by 50,000 votes and lost the popular vote by 6+ million votes. Time for a new system.

 

[Xeno]

Trump could have won this election by 50,000 votes and lost the popular vote by 6+ million votes. Time for a new system.

Status of National Popular Vote Bill in Each State

Alaska Alabama Arkansas Arizona California Colorado Connecticut DC Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Iowa Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Massachusetts Maryland Maine Michigan Minnesota Missouri Mississippi Montana North Carolina North Dakota Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New...

www.nationalpopularvote.com

This is our best chance given the current state of our federal legislature.

 

[not2rich]

We'll never be able to get rid of the EC. We desperately need the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to go into effect.

I voted for it in Colorado. Even if we can't get the popular vote, at least change the EC system to a proportional system per state instead of winner take all.

 

[Taurus]

I voted for it in Colorado. Even if we can't get the popular vote, at least change the EC system to a proportional system per state instead of winner take all.

Proportional by population, not I repeat, not by congressional districts.

 

[superchuck500]

You must have been looking at Georgia. Biden's up 22,657 in Nevada right now and the vast majority of ballots left to be counted are in Clark County where Las Vegas is which leans Democrat.

Yep. Biden has 5 digit leads in NV, AZ, and PA.

 

[JRad]

Electoral College has GOT to go.

We'll never be able to get rid of the EC. We desperately need the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact to go into effect.

I want to get an actual thread going on it once the election stuff dies down, but yes to both.

It’s absurd someone can lose the popular vote and win the election. Once, ok, maybe that’s a fluke, but not multiple times. Then you have Biden, who will probably have at least a 5 million popular vote edge, sweating it out.

If Republicans can’t win without it, maybe they should appeal to more people.

 

[Xeno]

I want to get an actual thread going on it once the election stuff dies down, but yes to both.

It’s absurd someone can lose the popular vote and win the election. Once, ok, maybe that’s a fluke, but not multiple times. Then you have Biden, who will probably have at least a 5 million popular vote edge, sweating it out.

If Republicans can’t win without it, maybe they should appeal to more people.

Why do that when you can just do this instead?

 

[gummbo]

The EC is the closest thing the republicans have Gerrymandering, this is the only way they can win the presidency.

 

[J-DONK]

The EC is the closest thing the republicans have Gerrymandering, this is the only way they can win the presidency.

I blame brain dead Democrats. They could have passed a bunch of stuff to help them keep power in 2008/9. A big one would be proportional representation for the house.

 

[MT15]

Another humorous distraction while we wait for “the call”

Trump backers tricked into joining ‘Gay Communists for Socialism’ on Facebook

‘Stop the Steal’ group acquired 40,000 members after a similar group was shut down, then changed its name without explanation

www.theguardian.com

 

[BayouSAINTJoe]

I voted for it in Colorado. Even if we can't get the popular vote, at least change the EC system to a proportional system per state instead of winner take all.

Every state has to do it.... otherwise you're just helping the minority party. And I don't see La, MS, AL, TN, SD, ND......signing on to do the same, ever

 

[MT15]

I did see a comment from some pundit saying that as Texas continues to go blue, Republicans will be the ones wanting to abolish the EC. So maybe if Dems just wait a few more years, everyone can agree and it can get done.

 

[samiam5211]

I think when the popular vote and electoral college get so out of wack it tells us something is wrong.

I think the rural/urban disconnect in our society that the EC is pointing out to us is more important to fix than the EC.