When will we know whether Harris or Trump won? : bbc

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I usually wait until Jan 6. If there are riots in D.C. the Dems won...

[–] qevlarr 10 points 1 month ago

Small price to pay. The first time around, Trump wielded the powers of government like a kid that found its dad's gun

[–] jordanlund 13 points 1 month ago

Polls close at 8 PM local time in each state and counting begins immediately after.

I'm a mod of lemmy.world's politics community and I'll be tracking it through the night:

Realistically once Pennsylvania is called, that will pretty much decide it. It will be super hard for whoever loses PA to end up winning. There ARE paths, it's just far tougher.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

lol, we still don't know who actually won the 2000 election, so I'm going to put my money on "never".

[–] qevlarr 21 points 1 month ago

I think we do know it was Gore. The Supreme Court and Republican plants in Florida stole that election but people weren't paying enough attention and thought that level of corruption wouldn't happen here. Surprise! It did happen

[–] grue 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Researchers eventually figured out it was Gore.

[–] JusticeForPorygon 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't tell the Supreme Court

[–] j4k3 2 points 1 month ago

Potato supreme

[–] bamfic 2 points 1 month ago

In 2021 i did not celebrate till after jan 21. This time too

[+] [email protected] -11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who cares .... at this point the US is basically just one never ending election cycle. As soon as one ends they start campaigning as if the next is going to happen next month when it's four years away. They never seem to care what government does after it's elected and treat elections like some kind of sporting event where they cheer for their team to win the championship and some magical democracy trophy.

[–] jordanlund 8 points 1 month ago

US elections happen every 2 years. Non-Presidential elections aren't as sexy, but all 435 House seats are up for election every 2 years. Around 1/3rd of Senate seats as well as they have a 6 year term.

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