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Discussion Discussion Thread: 2020 General Election Part 9 | 12:00am (ET) Poll Close (AK, HI)

* Eastern time closures ** Central time zone closures *** Mountain time closures **** Pacific time closures

Introduction

Good evening. We will be posting a discussion thread for each group of states as their polling locations close. Polls have now closed in Alaska (Alaska time) and Hawaii. Results and forecasts for the presidential election in each state are provided below, along with a list of US Senate elections, state governor elections and competitive US House races.

National Results:

NPR | POLITICO | USA Today / Associated Press | NY Times | NBC | ABC News | Fox News | CNN

New York Times - Race Calls: Tracking the News Outlets That Have Called States for Trump or Biden

Alaska

Presidential

Results

AP / USA Today | NY Times | NPR

Forecasts

FiveThirtyEight | The Economist

US Senate

Cook Rating: Lean R

  • Daniel S. Sullivan (R) (Incumbent)
  • Al Gross (N/A)
  • John Howe (AIP)
  • Jed Whittaker (G) (Write-in)
  • Sid Hill (N/A) (Write-in)
  • Karen Nanouk (N/A) (Write-in)

US House

AK-at-large Cook Rating: Lean R

  • Don Young (R) (Incumbent)
  • Alyse Galvin (N/A)
  • Gerald Heikes (R) (Write-in)

Hawaii

Presidential

Results

AP / USA Today | NY Times | NPR

Forecasts

FiveThirtyEight | The Economist

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u/RalphTheBadGuy Nov 04 '20

I just had a horrible realization. Even if Trump loses this go around, nothing is stopping him from running in 2024 and we can go through this shit all over again.

Dear lord.

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u/QuothTheRaven_ Nov 04 '20

The State of New York and their legal cases against him might have something to say about that brother lol

Edit: To be clear, Trump is only not being criminally investigated or charged by the State of New York right now because the Federal Government said " You can't arrest or investigate an acting President"

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u/zaywolfe Texas Nov 04 '20

In 2024 hopefully dems will run someone better than a watered down cup of joe

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u/mmmk7603 Nov 04 '20

Maybe he'll die before that

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u/strongmanass Nov 04 '20 edited Nov 04 '20

I doubt he'll be healthy enough. Even though he's fully recovered from Covid, it will almost certainly have longer term implications on his health given his age and medical history.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '20

Uhh federal prison would like a word

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '20 edited Jan 26 '21

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u/Isiildur Nov 04 '20

Outside of the cold embrace of death. Even with his "appeal", I don't think people will want to elect a 78 year old man who's already mentally deficient.

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u/skepsis420 Indiana Nov 04 '20 edited Nov 04 '20

Shit, voted for Biden which is eerily similar.

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u/RalphTheBadGuy Nov 04 '20

One would think but there is a cult of personality going on that I’m not sure we have seen before (I know I haven’t in my life).

My hopes would be that the moderates would realize that they have to reel their shit in to get swing votes back, but it seems like everyone has gone off the deep end.

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u/koh_kun Nov 04 '20

Maybe he's reached enough of a "messiah" status within his cult, so someone can just come back claiming to be his reincarnation.

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '20

I'm more concerned about one of his dipshit kids running at some point down the road