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Roland99

(53,342 posts)
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 08:08 PM Nov 2020

'Our map has expanded' in final days of the race: Biden campaign senior adviser

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/map-expanded-final-days-race-144749236.html
With just two days to go until Election Day, Biden campaign senior adviser Anita Dunn expressed confidence in the Democratic nominee's path to 270 electoral votes and argued that their map has "expanded."

"As we've gotten closer to the election, instead of the number of contested battleground states shrinking, which is normally what you see at this point in the campaign ... the number is actually expanded, so that we're now campaigning also, in Georgia, in Iowa, in Ohio," Dunn told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos on "This Week."

Pressed on whether she believes the race will be decided on election night, Dunn said she did not know for sure. She singled out Pennsylvania, a battleground state critical to both campaigns' path to victory, as a state where the result may take a few days to determine.

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"Obviously three big battleground states may be slower to count their votes. Pennsylvania in particular," Dunn said. "But, Georgia and North Carolina and Florida are all states that I think we can reasonably assume we're going to hear results from either election night or early the next morning."



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Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
6. Since 1992, Democrats have won Florida 3 times, republicans have won it 4 times.
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 09:41 PM
Nov 2020

If not for some left leaning voters wanting to “send a message” in 2000 and 2016, Democrats would have likely won Florida five times and republicans two times since 1992. So the state is ours if we stay grounded and fully back our nominee.

 

beachbumbob

(9,263 posts)
7. yep, same could be said for Ohio, both state are in play and all we need to do ti win is vote and
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 06:57 AM
Nov 2020

be sure the votes are counted

JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
8. Don't forget Democrats that voted for Bush or Trump
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:12 AM
Nov 2020

308,000+ Democrats voted for Bush in Florida. In 2016 there was at least 6 million Obama-Trump voters.

If there was a full statewide recount of Florida Gore would have won.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
9. There have been a number of studies that showed that
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:15 PM
Nov 2020

if there had been a full recount in 2000, Bush would have still won, although by around 600 votes instead of over 900. The “I’ll show them” crowd cost Gore Florida in 2000, and subjected the nation to horrors that we are still partially suffering from (the massive debt that Bush ran up handicapped what President Obama could do, for instance).

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
3. Sen. Harris was in Gwinnett County Georgia again today
Sun Nov 1, 2020, 08:18 PM
Nov 2020

having a huge rally. People who couldn't drive in lined up on medians with Biden Harris and Ossoff signs.

Gwinnett county is NE of Atlanta. Very diverse population: Korean, Chinese, Indian, Black, Vietnamese, Hispanic, etc. Has one of the best school systems in the state, if not the best. Has been gradually turning Blue.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
10. My guess as to the final results is...
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:23 PM
Nov 2020

(D/R)
Electoral 290/163
Senate 52/48
House 197/154




(I s'pose I just wanted to put that in writing somewhere and check it against the final results... if I'm within 3% either way, I reward myself by going off my diet and eating any damn thing I want to for one 24-hour period)

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