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CHAOS: NO WINNER in 2020 Trump vs Biden
At this moment, there is no winner of the 2020 presidential election. Votes across the country continue to be counted, including in the crucial swing states of Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina and Nevada. At the moment, Joe Biden is up 248 electoral votes to Donald Trump’s 214 in a race to 270. Biden is currently the favorite to win but Trump still has some possible paths to victory. There’s a decent chance we’ll know the results in the next twenty-four hours. Joe Biden has been saying publicly that he believes he is in the lead and on the path to victory. Donald Trump is claiming without evidence that the election is being stolen from him. The Trump campaign has announced they want to launch recounts and court battles to fight it out.
The projections that this race would be a landslide blow-out win for Joe Biden were clearly wrong. Biden still has a chance at a decisive victory, but he did not carry Florida, Texas, Ohio, and Iowa, as some Democrats had hoped. The popular vote is trending in Joe Biden’s favor and whatever the final number is, it will be an all-time record. There are a number of reasons to be optimistic about a Joe Biden victory, but it’s not over yet. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is having a meltdown on Twitter, pushing lies and unfounded conspiracy theories.
WARNING: Donald Trump Declares Victory Despite Not Winning
In perhaps his most authoritarian moment yet, Donald Trump proclaimed himself to be the winner of the 2020 election early this morning when zero media outlets came anywhere near calling the race for him. In fact, when Trump started speaking at 2:00 am eastern, the race was trending more and more into Joe Biden’s direction. Trump claimed that he had the election in the bag because he was able to pull off victories in Ohio, Florida, Iowa, and Texas. Trump complained about Fox News calling the race in Arizona for Biden. He also perceived improving signs for the Biden campaign to be proof that the election was being stolen from him.
This is an unprecedented moment in our history and even if Joe Biden gets to 270 electoral votes over the next few days, Trump is going to fight it to the end. If Biden can’t pull off a near-sweep among the remaining swing states, this election could be decided by the courts. If it goes to the Supreme Court, brand new justice Amy Coney Barrett might be the deciding vote in Trump’s favor. We predicted this could happen and indeed it has begun.
2020 RESULTS: Joe Biden's Multiple Paths to Beating Trump
Joe Biden is in the driver’s seat to win the 2020 presidential election but Trump still has a shot. Biden at this point in the race has more paths to victory. Now that Wisconsin has been called by the Associated Press, Biden is essentially down to having to win two more states. The most likely Biden wins in the states remaining are in Michigan and Nevada, which together would guarantee him 271 electoral votes. Biden is currently behind in Pennsylvania and Georgia but the ballots not yet counted in those states are going to be to Biden’s advantage because of the mail-in vote. Time will tell if Biden can lock it in or if Trump can pull off another comeback.
--More on the show:
--Joe Biden behaves like a normal adult in speaking to supporters on election night, not declaring a premature victory or asserting fraud without evidence
--Whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden ultimately become President, the country is heavily screwed
--Hundreds of thousands of ballots might be missing after the Postal Services misses a deadline to sweep facilities for missing ballots
--Donald Trump suggests that results are fraudulent as his early leads in Wisconsin and Michigan have evaporated as mail-in ballots are counted
--A record 1.5 million people joins our 2020 election results live stream across YouTube, Twitch, and Facebook. Thank you!
--On the Bonus Show: More 2020 election results, ballot initiatives, Pat's insane night, much more...
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