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What will be the results of todays vote?

  • Trump wins big

    Votes: 11 14.1%

  • Trump wins small

    Votes: 12 15.4%

  • No decision by tomorrow morning

    Votes: 29 37.2%

  • Biden wins small

    Votes: 17 21.8%

  • Biden wins big

    Votes: 9 11.5%
  • Total voters
    78
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Rack

Rack

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Binman4OSU said:
I agree. Lockdowns, Fear and Anarchy have all happened under the Trump admin. If you do not like how things are going now. Then VOTE to change them!
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In other words you want us to vote for the party who props protestors/rioters/statue topplers/vandals and city burners up and supported that? AND when they are arrested they bail them out to go do more of the same. That's not voting for freedom when you conceded to lawlessness you invite more of the same every time it's politically expedient. DESPITE Trump this is the EASIEST vote of my entire lifetime....sans Reagan vs Mondale.

Biden's just a placeholder for the Democrats...
 
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Rack

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311Cowboy said:
If you have to be confronted with "facts" to know selling weapons to North Korea is bad you don't belong as the POTUS.
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He thinks out loud...are you really not aware of that fact? He's not selling weapons to North Korea... Btw, it's better than the guy who is having trouble (Bless his heart) thinking at all.
 
Binman4OSU

Binman4OSU

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Rack said:
In other words you want us to vote for the party who props protestors/rioters/statue topplers/vandals and city burners up and supported that? AND when they are arrested they bail them out to go do more of the same. That's not voting for freedom when you conceded to lawlessness you invite more of the same everytime it's politically expedient.
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If you are voting for a party, then you are doing it wrong. I will be voting for many different candidates across parties. Party Line voting is about the dumbest idea on the planet
 
Rack

Rack

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Binman4OSU said:
If you are voting for a party, then you are doing it wrong. I will be voting for many different candidates across parties. Party Line voting is about the dumbest idea on the planet
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Voting for a platform is what I do...the platform I vote for happens to be the one that is the closest to my views. You be you...I'll vote for policy and platform EVERY time. I'll vote for life over death...for freedom over fear...for policy over politics...for peace over war...for lower taxes over high taxes...for state and local over federal. It's an easy choice for me.
 
Cody51

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How crazy will it be if the National polls are correct and trump still wins. 54/46 split on the national vote but trump still wins electorally, imagine the unrest if that happens.
 
UrbanCowboy1

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Cody51 said:
How crazy will it be if the National polls are correct and trump still wins. 54/46 split on the national vote but trump still wins electorally, imagine the unrest if that happens.
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That...wouldn't be good. That might be a worst case scenario. The last time that many people felt like their vote wouldn't effect anything they tried to leave the country en mass.

It would also mark 7 out of the last 8 elections that the Dems had won the popular vote but lost the electoral college. Damn near 40 years with the R's only win being in 2004.
 
Rack

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UrbanCowboy1 said:
That...wouldn't be good. That might be a worst case scenario. The last time that many people felt like their vote wouldn't effect anything they tried to leave the country en mass.

It would also mark 7 out of the last 8 elections that the Dems had won the popular vote but lost the electoral college. Damn near 40 years with the R's only win being in 2004.
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If they actually did leave the country in-mass...are you saying that wouldn't be good? :rolleyes:
 
UrbanCowboy1

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cableok said:
You might one to re-research your statement.
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Ok,

Popular Vote winners:

1988: Bush (R)
1992: Clinton (D)
1996: Clinton (D)
2000: Gore (D)
2004: Bush (R)
2008: Obama (D)
2012: Obama (D)
2016: Clinton (D)
2020: Biden (D) - Per scenario in post

I think that's 7 out of 8 from 1992 through 2020, so we're good there.
And the near 40 years would be from 1988 - 2024 (36 years) with the only win in that timeframe being Bush 2004. Unless you want to start counting from 1992, (32 years).

Did I miss something? (to be clear, this is a sincere post, not sarcasm)

EDIT: I think I see the problem. I wasn't clear in my original statement, it should have just ended with "The D's won the popular vote", not and "lost the electoral college". If that were the case it would just be R's all the way through. My intent was to show that the R's have only won a single popular vote over a long period of time - which is pretty crazy to me. I hadn't realized it had swung like this for so long.
 
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cableok

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UrbanCowboy1 said:
Ok,

Popular Vote winners:

1988: Bush (R)
1992: Clinton (D)
1996: Clinton (D)
2000: Gore (D)
2004: Bush (R)
2008: Obama (D)
2012: Obama (D)
2016: Clinton (D)
2020: Biden (D) - Per scenario in post

I think that's 7 out of 8 from 1992 through 2020, so we're good there.
And the near 40 years would be from 1988 - 2024 (36 years) with the only win in that timeframe being Bush 2004. Unless you want to start counting from 1992, (32 years).

Did I miss something? (to be clear, this is a sincere post, not sarcasm)

EDIT: I think I see the problem. I wasn't clear in my original statement, it should have just ended with "The D's won the popular vote", not and "lost the electoral college". If that were the case it would just be R's all the way through. My intent was to show that the R's have only won a single popular vote over a long period of time - which is pretty crazy to me. I hadn't realized it had swung like this for so long.
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I was responding to first sentence “It would mark 7 of last 8 elections that Dems had won the popular vote but lost the electoral college”.
I thought you were stating of the last 8 times the Dems won the popular vote they lost the electoral college all but once. I read that too literal.
You were saying of 2 of the last three times a R won the Presidency, they lost the popular vote.
 
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gundysburner

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cableok said:
I was responding to first sentence “It would mark 7 of last 8 elections that Dems had won the popular vote but lost the electoral college”.
I thought you were stating of the last 8 times the Dems won the popular vote they lost the electoral college all but once. I read that too literal.
You were saying of 2 of the last three times a R won the Presidency, they lost the popular vote.
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"Let's eat kids!"

"Let's eat, kids!"
 
pokes16

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Cody51 said:
How crazy will it be if the National polls are correct and trump still wins. 54/46 split on the national vote but trump still wins electorally, imagine the unrest if that happens.
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Better question, what happens to professional pollsters if Trump wins the popular vote...
 
wrenhal

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gundysburner said:
Rack said:
If this happens man the s*it is going to hit the media fan...you think they would actually learn they don’t know what they are doing or their polls or admit they are a massive disinformation campaign IF that happens?
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The push for national popular vote will not die, book it.

If I hear another co-worker spout off on this & oddly enough, daylight savings time, again this week I may just use some PTO.
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Hey now. I think dst should be gone..... But I think the electoral college works just fine.

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wrenhal

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In line to early vote in Stillwater. Been about just over an hour. Inside, but looks like it might still be another half hour. Grouping us by 14.

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wrenhal said:
Hey now. I think dst should be gone..... But I think the electoral college works just fine.

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Lol, I've had a coworker talk about it every day this week, just dying for the rest of us to chime on & really get worked up about it. I was just ignoring it yesterday & she zeroed in on me & said something like 'does dst not really bother you, too?' I just said 'No, I really don't have the energy or desire to care that much about it.'
 
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