The Morning Dispatch: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over

The Biden cakewalk polls predicted has turned into a nailbiter.

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Happy Wednesday! Spoiler alert: We don’t know who the next president will be, and we don’t know who will control the Senate. But we will soon. As A.A. Milne wrote in The House at Pooh Corner, “There is no hurry. We shall get there some day.”

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  • Last night’s results showed a far tighter race between President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden than polls had predicted. Trump notched wins in Texas, Ohio, and Florida; Biden secured victories in Arizona and Minnesota. Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania remain too close to call.

  • Democrats are expected to hold the House of Representatives, but Republicans will narrow the gap after surprise pickups in some formerly heavily Democratic areas like Miami.

  • Control of the Senate remains up for grabs after Democrats knocked off incumbents in Arizona and Colorado while Republicans struck back in Alabama and held off strong challenges in Iowa, Montana, Kansas, and South Carolina. Republicans Susan Collins in Maine and Thom Tillis in North Carolina are looking strong, but their races are still too close to call.

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    David Chen

    Serious question, but when does everyone think the risk of election violence is largely over? I've been camping out at work overnight.

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  2. JayG

    Republicans: Stop counting votes where Trump is winning!

    Also Republicans: Continue counting votes where Trump is losing!

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    Jen

    Trump campaign has now filed a lawsuit to pause vote count in GA. Is he worried about losing that state too?

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    1. Ingenero.lux

      I suspect he’s just preparing a narrative. He may be worried, but I suspect he’d file a lawsuit in Alabama if it hadn’t been card yet.

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      1. Ingenero.lux

        *called

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    Jen

    Josh Kraushaar predicts Biden’s margin in PA will be greater than WI or MI. Hence why Trump campaign trying so hard to keep ballots from being counted.

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    Angie

    https://theweek.com/cartoons/947844/political-cartoon-trump-biden-2020?utm_campaign=cartoon_newsletter_20201104&utm_source=cartoon_newsletter&utm_medium=emai

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    P. Kenny

    I'm glad it will be very close.
    To win big, the Democrats only needed to do one thing: not be too crazy. At least until after the election.

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    1. JayG

      They did that, and got a ton of votes (Biden got more votes than Hillary) but Trump fired up his based as well (and conspirational Latinos in Florida who believed utter nonsense based on out of context experience from totally unrelated countries that doesn't hold up as a comparison unless you're ignorant about the details)

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    Scarlette Tarte

    One thing I want to do before I forget is to thank all the Republicans who worked to get Biden elected, and who voted for him. I know there were many of you. It is a hard thing to do to vote against what you think policy wise is best for the country. It takes a lot of integrity and moral fortitude to stand against the tide of your own "side".

    From the bottom of my heart, I appreciate it. And although I hope we never have to go thru someone like Trump on the LEFT being elected, if it happens, I will remember, and hope I have the integrity to stand with you.

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    1. deathtomcmansions

      Good on you Scarlette! Thank you very much. I'm not the type who sticks the word "hugs" all over the place, but "HUGS." And I think you will have the integrity!

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    Hrodland

    God or the Fates may have inflicted the cruelest punishment on Trump, if Biden wins with just Michigan and Nevada.

    Trump will brood and complain about this squeaker until the day he dies. He will be mumbling about how he was robbed when he gets wheeled into the nursing home.

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    Hrodland

    Rather like the Martians in "The War of the Worlds," our embarrassment seems to have been brought down by the tiniest of creatures.

    covid-19

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    1. Jackson

      Yeah, I think it's fair to say he's have been re-elected otherwise. Or if he had taken it seriously.

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      1. Jackson

        *he'd

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    DougAz

    Biden with MI and AZ - add NV - gets him 270 and the win...
    Gulp
    Trump at 269 :( --
    I fear we will see the worst of Trump, Republicans and their attorneys...

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    1. deathtomcmansions

      GA is not an impossible Biden win and for that matter neither is NC. Outside odds but not tiny -- there are some really blue area votes still counting. And the delta has tightened up in GA, to <60K with est 200K outstanding votes.

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      Mudskipper

      I think Biden has a reasonably good chance of winning Pennsylvania, given where the outstanding votes are.

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