@PugloverDebbie Technically I'm one, from 2 years ago

I just want to see Republicans lose Iowa. That'd be fucking funny.

Me, fast-forwarding through all the boring state calls, "Yes, yes, we knew that already, let's get to the good part."

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@ianrosewrites Here's me, near Minneapolis, staying up until like 3 a.m. most election nights.

In case anyone is wondering, in answer to the question, "Why can't Americans have nice things?"

The Senate.

The fucking Senate.

That's why we can't have nice things.

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Senate majority feels like a dream at this point, Dems basically almost need to run the table, but it's still in reach, so I'll maintain optimism.

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OH NO NOT MISSISSIPPI I REALLY THOUGHT WE HAD A SHOT

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(yes, a nothingburger)

@philip_cardella I think the red mirage is going to play a part and we're going to hear a lot of groaning over the next couple hours.

@philip_cardella I guess they figured county by county maps were too hard, and they have all these little separate dots but none of them are actually different.

The red states are usually pretty easy calls, but until fair California logs her electoral votes, we'll likely see an initial "win" for Reps. There will also be a 'red mirage' as the early votes skew Republican from rural areas, while votes from the cities start slowly (or perhaps quickly) eroding those counts.

At least if things work the way they have in the past.

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If you're wondering if you should take a nap and check in later, you probably should.

The really interesting stuff starts later in the night. Though with the AP deciding they are going to call races with 0% of the vote counted thanks to their magic vote survey thingie, maybe we'll wrap this whole thing up in time for bedtime.

But I wouldn't count on it.

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@rwg @lmorchard Cheers, I find that this is the best way to handle an election evening. Whether it's for celebratory or numbing effects.

I'm not going to CW everything tonight of all nights, just set your filters to ignore for #uspol or just mute me for 24 hours. I'll try to remember to include the hashtag. Not for discoverability, just for filters.

I'll also try to limit the conversation to a single thread.

AP is like, "Fuck it, we're getting results TONIGHT even if we have to work some magic."

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"As you can see, with 0% of all precincts reporting, we're winning. Stop the count!"

Totally sarcastic there, fuck Kentucky, it's an expected outcome.

OH NO NOT KENTUCKY NOOOOOO

If the nazis were like, "Fuck yeah, Kamala Harris!" as well, I'd accept your argument that "both parties are exactly the same."

But they're not, now are they?

Getting a lot of "Don't fuck this up, America" energy today.

@weyoun6 Well, it's kind of how I felt about Clinton in 2016.

We were told "Vote for Clinton, because she's the ONLY HOPE we have against Trump" and she couldn't beat the worst, least-qualified political candidate in history. So clearly that wasn't true. She wasn't the only hope, she was a bad candidate being forced through by the Democratic party. And I was afraid that would happen with Biden.

But he stepped down, and with Trump the bar has only sunk lower since then, he's only become more repugnant, and Harris ran a better campaign than Clinton. So there's every reason to be hopeful about the outcome today.