2020 U.S. Presidential Election - Took place November 3, 2020. Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden assumed office January 20, 2021.

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Biden plans to assert control if he's declared president-elect

He'll begin forming his government, and won't yield to doubts President Trump might try to sow.
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If news organizations declare Joe Biden the mathematical president-elect, he plans to address the nation as its new leader, even if President Trump continues to fight in court, advisers tell Axios.

Why it matters: Biden advisers learned the lesson of 2000, when Al Gore hung back while George W. Bush declared victory in that contested election, putting the Democrat on the defensive while Bush acted like the winner.

So if Biden is declared the winner, he'll begin forming his government and looking presidential — and won't yield to doubts Trump might try to sow.

  • Biden's schedule for Tuesday includes a clue to this posture: He "will address the nation on Election Night in Wilmington, Delaware."
Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon told reporters Monday that even if all the votes aren't counted tonight, the campaign should have "a very good sense of where we're headed":

  • "We're not really concerned about what Donald Trump says. ... We're going to use our data, our understanding of where this is headed, and make sure that the vice president is addressing the American people."
To show momentum, Biden may begin transition announcements quickly, starting with senior staff appointments.

  • That way, core aides won't have to worry about their own jobs, but will immediately be able to get to work.
Biden plans to adopt what one confidant called "a healing tone," and begin talking about the path forward in battling the coronavirus.

  • Look for Biden to embrace science, and talk up the role of Dr. Anthony Fauci, after Trump threatened Sunday to try to fire the trusted official.
From there, the transition would move with unprecedented speed:

  • Biden had eight years in the White House, and he's surrounded by aides with decades of government experience.
  • So the transition has made the most thorough agency-by-agency preparations in history, including offices no one's thinking about.
Biden has blueprints for staffing every single agency, and has extensive plans for executive orders, including ones to undo Trump actions.

  • Look for Biden to send all-business signals: He won't pack the courts, and is unlikely to push for repeal of the Senate's filibuster rule and its 60-vote requirement anytime soon.
  • Instead, look for Biden to push to pass as much as possible under the banner of budget reconciliation, which requires just a simple majority.
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This is fucking sedition.
 
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Random Internet Person said:
Went to the site and saw this.

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Can you really win a state with these individual cities/counties?
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Depends on the state.

With Oregon, it's because Portland is a major city and the rest of the state is very thinly populated. Stuff like this is where guys like MovieBob get their "ghoul wasteland" rhetoric from and with states like New York and Virginia, it's because there's usually one or two metropolitan areas that are so massive that they pretty much offset the rest of the state no matter what (NYC for New York, DC/NoVA suburbs and Richmond for Virginia)

California's like a mix of both these phenomenons where you have the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay metro areas being utterly massive AND the red counties being very sparsely populated

Ita Mori said:
Just voted in NJ.
I cannot believe in this solid blue state I'm seeing so many Trump flags. I know flipping NY and CA are pipe dreams, but can the puffy Cheeto do damage in NJ; the third dumpster state?
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I think NJ will go blue but I could maybe see it go light blue and that could help Trump with popular votes

Are there any state offices or House seats up for grabs in New Jersey this year? I know the gubernatorial elections in New Jersey are the year after the presidential one, same as Virginia.

Disc said:
For you to believe that Trump can win, you kinda have to assume most polling data is bullshit. Them being off by a quarter mil is not at all impossible.

With that said, if Vir-fucking-ginia goes red, not only would that suggest a complete blowout but that will make it vastly easier to determine what song to play over crying democrats.

It'd be...

almost heaven.
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Nah, that's West Virginia (which was a blue labor union stronghold most of its history and only recently went solid red)

If Virginia goes red, THIS is the song you've got to play. Especially in light of how BLM destroyed Richmond worse than General Grant did and Northam's blackface scandals and subsequent jogger pandering

 
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Well just voted the line wasn't that long. Granted it was 8 something in the morning. I voted for Trump and straight Republican for all the other people for office. There was one local Republican who wasn't being challenged.

I hope Trump wins and we don't relay on just Pennsylvania. Also the possible Virginia could possibly go back to red (through i won't keep my hopes up) is very interesting. Also New Jersey becoming light blue would probably scare the living crap out of dems.
 
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Kacho said:
No wait at all since my precinct is pretty tiny, in and out in 5 minutes. Went around the corner to get some anti-gay chicken for breakfast and my chicken biscuit ended up being free for whatever reason. All in all not a bad day so far.
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The cashier saw the look in your eyes and knew you had just voted for Trump.

Free biscuits for patriots.
 
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Meanwhile, on /pol/...

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Just got back from voting. I was involved in GG tangentially due to it being my industry, but I still believed (due to osmosis) that Trump was a racist. When he won though, I wasn't upset, and a fellow friend and I were baffled at the others melting down and crying. We talked about how the president doesn't affect the country much, referencing Obama, as neither of us had been affected by him at all.

I had considered voting for Gary, but changed my mind since the state I lived in at the time was a solid color. Didn't think it was worth the effort.

In 2017 I got peak transed, and it led me to learn about how much the media lied (which I will admit that having to learn the lesson after GG was a bit embarrassing). I then started reading A&H and the comments there, and I got on the Trump train and never looked back.

I went from not caring about politics at all, to actively discussing it with my dad. I made a comment about Pelosi around my sister, and she was boggled that I talked about politics.

No matter what happens, it was truly an honor to be here with everyone. I have become so much more informed, actively making sure that I do my part to stop the red menace that is communism and Marxism, and it is all thanks to y'all. <333

USA USA USA USA USA
 
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New Vegas odds have Biden's lead lessening and it hasn't even been 6 hours yet. Trump is narrowing the gap

Current odds have Biden at -185, which means you need to bet $185 to see $100 return.

Bookies are also favoring Florida and Georgia for team Trump.

EDIT: Updated as soon as I posted, Biden odds dropped YET AGAIN. Now at -160 while Trump rose to +120 from his previous wager of +140
 
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Curious Addie said:
Biden campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon told reporters Monday that even if all the votes aren't counted tonight, the campaign should have "a very good sense of where we're headed":
  • "We're not really concerned about what Donald Trump says. ... We're going to use our data, our understanding of where this is headed, and make sure that the vice president is addressing the American people."
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Not sure if I am interpreting this incorrectly.

They haven't named any other person in this article bar Biden, are they implying that he's actually going to be the 'vice president' and not the president?

I know there have been a few slip ups already from Harris herself, this seems out of place within the context of the article.
 
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annoyingfuck said:
Not sure if I am interpreting this incorrectly.

They haven't named any other person in this article bar Biden, are they implying that he's actually going to be the 'vice president' and not the president?

I know there have been a few slip ups already from Harris herself, this seems out of place within the context of the article.
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They already call Biden "the vice president" because that was his most recent title.


Is electioneering illegal?

Biden holding rallies today in PA, Kamala in Michigan.
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As long as you're far enough away from a polling place, it's fine.
 
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annoyingfuck said:
Not sure if I am interpreting this incorrectly.

They haven't named any other person in this article bar Biden, are they implying that he's actually going to be the 'vice president' and not the president?

I know there have been a few slip ups already from Harris herself, this seems out of place within the context of the article.
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Because these sanctimonious fart-huffers think they're the government-in-exile against Cheeto Benito.
 
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