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Election Day 2020

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Master Baiter, Nov 3, 2020.

  1. rocketsjudoka

    rocketsjudoka Contributing Member
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    There is one way you have a unified system. Do away with the Electoral College and have a national election..
     
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    That would require a change to the constitution.

    The whole reason we have the system we do - from the electoral college to letting the states run their elections, was as a protection against a demagogue. In fact, the founding fathers didn't trust the people to directly elect a president because they feared someone could sway the people with rhetoric. And they didn't want congress to do it either and have a president who was weak and answered to congress. So they came up with this system. But then the states made the popular vote decide the president anyway.
     
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  3. RayRay10

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    This would be fascinating and might work

     
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    I am seeing the tally on Arizona and the remaining votes increased from 211k to 250k. I am curious why it hasn't been called back, seems like it could go Trump and he has been making gains here.
     
  6. Reeko

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    these people can’t even grasp that in-person votes were counted 1st, and then mail-in ballots were counted which would of course heavily favor Biden in most instances because Democrats made it a point of emphasis to promote mail-in ballots while Trump actively discouraged his base from doing so...these mail-in ballots are also coming from big cities or Dem leaning counties

    if they had counted mail-in ballots 1st, Biden’s leads would be looking so big Trump would be on suicide watch

    this sh*t isn’t hard to understand...it’s basic reasoning and critical thinking
     
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    Yea good point and can’t just trash the electoral college of that line of thinking . I just hate how there is a non standardized way of processing ballots and the sequence involved
     
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    The longer these clowns don't call this race the more worried i get. someone in the media needs to call the race and stop thinking about ratings.
     
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    I think a lot of states also counted early voting after Election Day votes too.
     
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    ive had run ins with all races (no one is perfect) but even i get held to higher standard than fu*cking president..f*uck that we are better than that and we showed that by ending this nightmare at one term.

    trump got schooled by a old dude that was in retirement and pulled out of a closet

    its actually pretty fu*cking hilarious..and he did it with a black chick no less

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    shout out to first female and first black and asian vice president.

    this is history folks
     
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    Feels like then Rockets are up by 6 with 30 seconds to go in the game and somehow they manage to lose the game.
     
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    We just need a speeding car to barrel thru them haha jk
     
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    Republicans are ignorant about what’s going on, and then just scream conspiracy

    it’s like me not knowing the rules to something even tho they’re obvious, so I just claim the other side is cheating because I don’t understand what’s happening
     
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    Haha if people’s lives are saved and economy goes well there are no losers. Nothing traitor about political belief preferences
     
  19. RayRay10

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    Trump’s pull is slowing down...not high enough to win him Arizona.

     
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