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Old 04-11-2020, 06:21 PM   #1
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i,m a trump guy. trump has won florida.

if biden won, usa will get punished for voting in a weak leader.
if biden won, who know bidens views on china ( the country that has later shown it duplicity) . and lets hope biden doesn't go soft on china.
If you are a “Stralyan” you have your priorities wrong.

Just be thankful we have our “Westminster system” mate, and silly old men don’t get the accolades they want by running around the country talking BS
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I've got splinters from sitting on the fence

I am amazed about how invested people get and treat these blokes like super stars with merch and signs and going to rallies etc. Even funnier for those diehards who are not even a US citizen. It is quite a circus.

Might be because you don't have to turn out the vote in Australia. Honestly can't see any polly around here getting any crowds other than members and volunteers.

As for the polls, methods are important but garbage in, garbage out. I think it's pretty ****en soft to lie about your voting intentions instead of just saying none of your business.
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I've got splinters from sitting on the fence

I am amazed about how invested people get and treat these blokes like super stars with merch and signs and going to rallies etc. Even funnier for those diehards who are not even a US citizen. It is quite a circus.

Might be because you don't have to turn out the vote in Australia. Honestly can't see any polly around here getting any crowds other than members and volunteers.

As for the polls, methods are important but garbage in, garbage out. I think it's pretty ****en soft to lie about your voting intentions instead of just saying none of your business.
Merrica, It’s all quite comical.

Idiots voting for Idiots.

And the idiots that run their pre election Polls need to be sacked forever.
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Looks like Biden getting trumped. 280 Vs 259 split??

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Imagine if voting was all electronic. The result would be known at 00:00:01 am.
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So it looks like a close one, but Biden looks to be in a better position at this stage
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Imagine if voting was all electronic. The result would be known at 00:00:01 am.
That would require an Internet connected system and the trust is not there for that yet I reckon.

They are still flat out trying to get people to exercise their right to vote in the first place and it seems to me they do everything to make it hard. Honestly we don't know how good we have it here.

Some will moan about having to vote but our only obligation is to turn up and mark our name off and frankly given how easy it is to vote here, there is little excuse.

Everytime I have thought it was a waste of time I still figure it is better to vote for what I thought was the less **** candidate.

I did get fined once (2016 ACT election) because I got on it hard the night before. $20 is nothing given what I spent on the ****
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Not quite crickets, but there is a double-drummer just outside my back door which is deafening! I’ll have AUS over USA any time, thanks.
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Not quite crickets, but there is a double-drummer just outside my back door which is deafening! I’ll have AUS over USA any time, thanks.
What a ****ed up country that is.

I’ve lived there, believe me it is.
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One of my closest friends here in Sydney, is a non-white (olive-skinned) American. He much prefers Australia, although he saw it as his duty to vote.
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My take, reading behind the lines from the way Trump has reacted, his people have crunched the numbers and he will get overrun in Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The postals are running 3-4 to one in favour of the democrats. If he truly thought he would win he would sit and wait.
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My take, reading behind the lines from the way Trump has reacted, his people have crunched the numbers and he will get overrun in Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The postals are running 3-4 to one in favour of the democrats. If he truly thought he would win he would sit and wait.
I was kinda hoping Trump would refrain from claiming victory but once again he has set it up to be a stolen election even though they are 'winning'

I fail to understand why people can accept an election result that favours them if they win after they claim it is rigged

I am hoping for a decisive win either way to put the loonies on both sides back in their box so I don't have to hear about this **** every day this week but it's going to take a long time due to postal votes. What's the hurry, he is still president until January.

I mean here in Australia we were not expecting the last federal election result (though plenty will claim otherwise) but no one has questioned the actual legitimacy of it and most people can understand why it went that way whether they think it should or not.
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My take, reading behind the lines from the way Trump has reacted, his people have crunched the numbers and he will get overrun in Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. The postals are running 3-4 to one in favour of the democrats. If he truly thought he would win he would sit and wait.
The postal vote was not that strongly swung towards Biden in the other states, wasn’t far off 50:50 according to Sky, Pennsylvania was 3-1 Biden though.
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The postal vote was not that strongly swung towards Biden in the other states, wasn’t far off 50:50 according to Sky, Pennsylvania was 3-1 Biden though.
when the Georgia count was at 87% it was Trump 2269000 to 2020000 (249k in front) now at 94% 23800000 to 22780000 ( half the remainder counted) 102k in front) if the last 6 percent carries on the same ratio, Biden will get home by 20 thousand votes. Put $10 on Biden an hour ago as they had him at $2.65 and Trump at $1.30.

We will see if I am right!!
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when the Georgia count was at 87% it was Trump 2269000 to 2020000 (249k in front) now at 94% 23800000 to 22780000 ( half the remainder counted) 102k in front) if the last 6 percent carries on the same ratio, Biden will get home by 20 thousand votes. Put $10 on Biden an hour ago as they had him at $2.65 and Trump at $1.30.

We will see if I am right!!
Where abouts are you keeping track of the numbers Tweeked?
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Where abouts are you keeping track of the numbers Tweeked?
I took a couple of screen snapshots of a few swing states , nothing too technical!! Biden just past Trump in Wisconsin - his “ we won but were robbed” speach is making more and more sense.
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Bit of a worry with Biden cuddling his dead son, then being told it's his grand daughter today. Couldn't they find a candidate a bit younger. He has had quite a few of them moments over the election build up.............
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Bit of a worry with Biden cuddling his dead son, then being told it's his grand daughter today. Couldn't they find a candidate a bit younger. He has had quite a few of them moments over the election build up.............
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The problem is Trump has put so much effort into undermining postal votes how can you win off the back of them (assuming that is what happens) and then claim it as legitimate with a straight face We'd have to see the final postal vote count vs in person to see the impact but so far we know postal votes will be huge.

At least for Biden he could claim it even if there would be plenty who question it.

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Michigan had Trump 320k in front with 70% counted, at 80% 220k in front, he will probably just hold on there.
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It will be interesting to see the riots after this. How many cities will burn, how many people will be shot. It won't be pretty.
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It will be interesting to see the riots after this. How many cities will burn, how many people will be shot. It won't be pretty.
I hope that does not eventuate but a close result either way does give me the feeling it will. How sad.
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Trump is a worried president atm hence the reason why he has lawyers at the ready to dispute the result of the election if it does not go his way.

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Trump is a worried president atm hence the reason why he has lawyers at the ready to dispute the result of the election if it does not go his way.
Don't kid yourself. The Dems also have a team of lawyers ready to go.

This will be dragged through the courts by both sides. It's the american way.
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Lawyers will make a few Bob by the sounds of it... Fascinating to see whether state electoral laws are overturned..
American politics is nothing if not interesting....just lets hope people don't die out of it by the time the President takes office (new or old) on Jan 20...
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Don't kid yourself. The Dems also have a team of lawyers ready to go.

This will be dragged through the courts by both sides. It's the American way.
Correct, so much for a United States of America and this can be blamed on that megalomaniac Trump.
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Hopefully the Republicans hold onto the Senate. Then they can block some of the bat**** crazy ideas the Dems want to implement.
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Sportsbet already paid out Biden backers.

Note they also paid out on Labor the last election lol.
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Hopefully the Republicans hold onto the Senate. Then they can block some of the bat**** crazy ideas the Dems want to implement.
Mate, I think you’re caught up (and preoccupied) in some bat **** crazy **** that’s not happening in Australia.

Calm down and enjoy your car.

“Stralya” mate, not bat **** crazy “Merrica”
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I forgot, sorry mate, maybe those “Socialist evil” Democrats will come up with something like “Medicare”, or real “unemployment benefits”, or Tax relief for people with lower incomes.

Mmmmmmm, that sounds familiar.

“Stralya” mate.
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