Will someone explain to me (like I'm stupid) what a runoff is?
2020 US Elections | Biden certified as President | Dems control Congress
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I thought it was a Democrat cry until I realised I'd misread it....
Don't know if this is on here already so apologies if so
No chance. In 4 years from now he'll be even more of a demented, incoherent shambles than he is now - that's if he lives that long. And there's all the court cases to come against him and his businesses.
that’s doable based on the postal vote percentages so far
I think its another election from scratch.
A state sets its rules for winning the seat at a certain threshold to be called the winner outright. So in GA for example its 50% in the Purdue Ossoff race. One has to get over 50% to win the seat outright and avoid a runoff. If one doesnt get the 50 % there will be a seperate election date scheduled where voters come vote again specifically for that.
Those usually have lower turnout because they arent tied to the larger General election or Midterm. The hope for democrats in this case is the voters realize that they DESPERATLY need those Senate seats for a potential Biden presidency and they come turnout and get the votes this time.
Basically, but between only those two candidates. I may be mistaken but there were likely some other candidates in that race that meant no clear winner could be declared, so they reduce it to the top two and try again.
edit: in that race someone needed to get over 50% and neither of them achieved that.
Whats been the talk on AZ?
They should have counted the votes by now.
When no candidate wins 50%+ of the votes, the two top placed candidates face off against each other in another election. Seems to be rare in the US, though.
Rick Santorum is a grown-ass wad of frothy discharge sitting there in a suit and fecking Converse sneakers. Why do CNN think he's still relevant?
Rick Santorum is such a goddam fecking weasel
Lost. Latinos made the difference.
Balance
He'll be 80 so surely not.
Who lost it?
I was worried it'd be too obvious!
WI_Red, if you survive two days without sleep, you'll survive my lame attempts at humor.
No, converse.
Relax, there is no news out of AZ.
Maybe, and perhaps the last few years of both British and American politics have left me overly pessimistic.
However, nothing about Donald Trump’s character, ethics and values has turned off the 70 million ish people that voted for him this time, what makes you think their standards would be higher in four years? Especially if running against Harris who probably wouldn’t attract as many as the white male population as Biden has.
Sorry, should have used white text. I was just picking up a joke from the previous page. AZ Alkmaar lost in the EL.
Modern life is shit so I fully expect Trump to live for at least another 30 years
Has there been any updates at all or just nothing to substantial enough?
Always get him confused with Nick Santora.
Honestly I d rather have him there than still active in politics.
Definitely. Policy wise he's an unbelievable nutter.
I don’t think there had been anything substantial.
Trump: “don’t use mail in ballots”
GOP: “you can’t count mail in ballots until after the polls close”
Trump & GOP: “WhY aRe ThErE nO tRUmP mAiL bAlLoTs”
GOP: “you can’t count mail in ballots until after the polls close”
Trump & GOP: “WhY aRe ThErE nO tRUmP mAiL bAlLoTs”
Biden camp said earlier they think their lead will be cut in the next batch of votes counted in AZ I think because it's from rural areas.
But that people shouldn't panic because they expect to stretch their lead again after that and ultimately they're confident they'll win the state.
This was on CNN about 2 hours ago.
Git!!Sorry, should have used white text. I was just picking up a joke from the previous page. AZ Alkmaar lost in the EL.
and this is what i meant yesterday when i said that the only sad thing that Trump loses is that Biden wins
Democrats must have much better candidates than Biden
The best thing about all of this is that there's a chance that Trump will lose all of his assets to pay back his loans and deal with the amount of civil cases brought against him. Very, very small chance, but it'll help me sleep tonight.
Probably already posted but made me laugh
This question is so poorly worded, how on earth was this allowed?
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