2020 US Elections | Biden certified as President | Dems control Congress

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So GA will be blue for the first time since Clinton, right? I thought they were uber-conservative regarding abortus and stuff? Did the shooting of Arbery and BLM make that much of a difference in the end?
 

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So GA will be blue for the first time since Clinton, right? I thought they were uber-conservative regarding abortus and stuff? Did the shooting of Arbery and BLM make that much of a difference in the end?
Stacey Abrams deserves a lot of credit for it.
 

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Looks like another batch of votes came in in Georgia, 210 for Biden, 30 for Trump.
 

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CNN really make it dramatic enough to keep watching don't they :lol:
 

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So GA will be blue for the first time since Clinton, right? I thought they were uber-conservative regarding abortus and stuff? Did the shooting of Arbery and BLM make that much of a difference in the end?
This is actually a really good article for how Georgia turned blue. How Stacey Abrams Is Turning the Tide in Georgia

What she helped do turning a stolen election, voter gerrymandering, suppression into this is remarkable. Along with changing demographics in the state is what made this possible.
 

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These news channels are just boring now. They all know, and have for about a day, that this is done and could be called.

Ironically, the one state which is genuinely still to be decided is the one lots have already called - Arizona. Absolutely no idea why people jumped the gun on this.
 

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These news channels are just boring now. They all know, and have for about a day, that this is done and could be called.

Ironically, the one state which is genuinely still to be decided is the one lots have already called - Arizona. Absolutely no idea why people jumped the gun on this.
AP has a near 100% hit rate on their calls. It was indeed premature but I think they'll end up being right in the end.

Don't think they can call PA while Trump is still ahead.
 

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Didn't expect to pull off GA. PA is also in the bag then considering the batches left. With AZ and NV he'll make it a sweep.
 

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240 votes in a batch? Have they literally just got one person sitting there counting them.
 

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These news channels are just boring now. They all know, and have for about a day, that this is done and could be called.

Ironically, the one state which is genuinely still to be decided is the one lots have already called - Arizona. Absolutely no idea why people jumped the gun on this.
They're not going to call Pennsylvania while Trump is still in the lead no matter how hard it's trending towards a big Biden win. That'll set the nutjobs off even more. The less contested it is, the better.
 

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Someone knowledgeable: what are the chances of the Dems pushing through big changes that would shift the balance of power electorally during a possible Biden presidency, e.g - legislative representation for the District of Columbia, reforming the Electoral College, statehood/voting rights for US territories like Puerto Rico?

Do mainstream Dems want these things/see them as achievable and desirable? What would be required to achieve them in terms of votes in the state and federal legislature/courts?
 

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Didn't expect to pull off GA. PA is also in the bag then considering the batches left. With AZ and NV he'll make it a sweep.
It’s going to make the court route impossible for Trump. One tenuous case against a single state I could imagine, there’s no way he will win multiple states in court.
 

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Someone knowledgeable: what are the chances of the Dems pushing through big changes that would shift the balance of power electorally during a possible Biden presidency, e.g - legislative representation for the District of Columbia, reforming the Electoral College, statehood/voting rights for US territories like Puerto Rico?

Do mainstream Dems want these things/see them as achievable and desirable? What would be required to achieve them in terms of votes in the state and federal legislature/courts?
Entirely depends on the Senate. Unlikely though anyway as Biden is going to be working doubly hard to unite the country.
 

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Someone knowledgeable: what are the chances of the Dems pushing through big changes that would shift the balance of power electorally during a possible Biden presidency, e.g - legislative representation for the District of Columbia, reforming the Electoral College, statehood/voting rights for US territories like Puerto Rico?

Do mainstream Dems want these things/see them as achievable and desirable? What would be required to achieve them in terms of votes in the state and federal legislature/courts?
Close to zero if the the senate situation stays as it is. This will be a brutally frustrating Presidency for Biden.
 

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Someone knowledgeable: what are the chances of the Dems pushing through big changes that would shift the balance of power electorally during a possible Biden presidency, e.g - legislative representation for the District of Columbia, reforming the Electoral College, statehood/voting rights for US territories like Puerto Rico?

Do mainstream Dems want these things/see them as achievable and desirable? What would be required to achieve them in terms of votes in the state and federal legislature/courts?
Someone not knowledgeable: seems rather unlikely since Reps are still controlling Senate and Supreme Court.
 

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PA expected in the next hour or two according to their SoS.
 
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