U.S. Presidential Election

[stuartbert two hats]

6 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

I’ve got some great pills that will keep you awake half of the night 

I've taken today off work because I needed to rest for non-election reasons. This is all I need!

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, crazyfool1 said:

my plan much like stu above is go to bed as normal probably wake up at some point and check my phone .... then realise its nearly 5 and I haven't slept well ...get up for work and either go to work very grumpy or just mildly grumpy 

Yeah, not exactly a plan, more an admission that my plan of getting a good night's sleep is doomed to failure.

[efcfanwirral]

1 hour ago, found home in 2009 said:

A while back I remember watching the news and they had footage from America where some white racists had turned up to "defend" a statue from BLM protestors. Then a black militia turned up to defend the BLM protestors. Both sides looked like proper armies.

I remember watching it and thinking that country is heading for a civil war. Seeing that video reminded of it. You don't need to board up buildings before an election result in any stable democracy.

I genuinely think we might be seeing the equivalent of Rome falling in our live time in terms of American world domination ending and I don't think it's going to be pretty.

They won't go quietly though - at the first serious sign of internal conflict they'll take that anger and push it outwards. I just hope we don't get caught up in whatever that entails...

[Ayrshire Chris]

25 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I'm going to try to get sleep as normal, get up for a piss and then fail to sleep for the rest of the night.

Sounds just like me, it’s only at Glastonbury I don’t need to get up and go to the bog thanks to the en suite comfort bottle.  I’ve never waited up for a US election before but will watch this one even if it’s just to watch the republican faces when Hopefully trump gets ousted. 

Edited November 3, 2020 by Ayrshire Chris

[Ozanne]

I’ll be getting to bed around 8, set an alarm for half 1 and see how much sleep I get. Should be fun! I can’t wait to live blog along with you guys. 

[priest17]

I'm gonna get hammered watching the city match, wake up late hungover, see this thread has a billion new pages, groan and reluctantly check the news.

[philipsteak]

I genuinely don't know whether this is made up, or he's just repeating something Trump has said

[Suprefan]

Oh, a section for us yankees to talk about the shit show? See you on the other side. And I voted last week during early voting btw. 
 

 

[steviewevie]

1 hour ago, Fuzzy Afro said:

My plan exactly. I often wake up around 3am-4am for a piss so I’ll probably just put the telly on then. 

The 4am piss is really annoying, I'm glad others suffer from this too. I'll probably not be able to get back to sleep after that without checking...

[steviewevie]

 

[Ozanne]

AOC is just great. 

[steviewevie]

1 minute ago, Ozanne said:

AOC is just great. 

President in 2032?

[steviewevie]

Just now, steviewevie said:

President in 2032?

Her against Ivanka Trump.

[Ozanne]

1 minute ago, steviewevie said:

President in 2032?

I’d love that, just so it pissed off all the right people. 

[steviewevie]

2 minutes ago, Ozanne said:

I’d love that, just so it pissed off all the right people. 

She's really smart, she is progressive, she has principles and genuinely really cares, and..she's... pretty.

[Ozanne]

Just now, steviewevie said:

She's really smart, she is progressive, she has principles and genuinely really cares, and..she's... pretty.

I like how she genuinely seems like she cares about her constituents.

[Ozanne]

https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/articles-reports/2020/11/02/trump-biden-voters-shy?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=website_article&utm_campaign=shy_trump_voters

No evidence that shy Trump voters are anymore than shy Biden ones. 

[jparx]

AOC 🥰

[Gnomicide]

6 hours ago, Punksnotdead said:

I won't be staying up as I have my 2nd heart operation early Thursday morning, so I need my sleep. Not sure which I fear most: dying on the operating table or 4 more years of Trump! 😄

Best of luck.

Incidentally, I always think of these when I see your user name, did you ever see Punk's Not Dad at Glastonbury? 

[Mattymooz]

I mean, the 2016 polling was actually pretty accurate on a national level iirc (definitely within the limits of error), it just didnt factor in the Electoral College messing things up.

I'm debating staying up, but equally a lot of the swing states probably aren't going to be declaring for another week or so (as far as I am aware, the only swing states we are expecting to hear results from tonight really are Florida, Arizona and North Carolina? All the rest werent allowed to start counting early and postal votes before today/yesterday so will take a while for them to verify and count everything)

[Radiochicken]

What’s better drama for my buck:

Option A: Stay up till 3am

Option B: Start at 3am

[kingbadger]

Is there an exit poll or similar that we can look forward to at least? Would like to stay up for it but if it's only a few key states declaring today then not sure if it's worth it.

[FloorFiller]

8 minutes ago, Radiochicken said:

What’s better drama for my buck:

Option A: Stay up till 3am

Option B: Start at 3am

Start at 3am. You’ll get a far better picture of what’s actually gonna happen - things will largely just be getting started before then.

Edited November 3, 2020 by FloorFiller
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[Radiochicken]

1 minute ago, FloorFiller said:

Start at 3am. You’ll get a far very the picture of what’s actually gonna happen - things will largely just be getting started before then.

Awesome - cheers!

[Chapple12345]

3 minutes ago, kingbadger said:

Is there an exit poll or similar that we can look forward to at least? Would like to stay up for it but if it's only a few key states declaring today then not sure if it's worth it.

There isn't an exit poll but you will continue to have projections through the night where it gives you a reliable idea of who's going to win and where