The GTP Unofficial 2020 US Elections Thread

[Danoff]

Edit: Danoff Trump has nothing to do with it man. Y'all stop acting like I actually like him.

Whether you like him has nothing to do with what I'm saying. You seem to hate information, and it is what Trump has been preaching. That can reach you even if you don't like him.

I still would like an extended warranty for my 30 year old car too!

Extended warranties are scams.

 

[huskeR32]

I've never received a phone call from a pollster asking my opinion.

Same for the vast majority of people. That's... kinda the point of polling?

 

[Tornado]

Extended warranties are scams.

I see someone has never owned an Audi.

 

[Joey D]

Extended warranties are scams.

*Laughs in Volvo owner*

 

[Danoff]

I see someone has never owned an Audi.

*Laughs in Volvo owner*

Alright alright... let me modify that statement slightly. 3rd party extended warranties offered via unsolicited phone call (which is what we were talking about) are scams.

 

[TexRex]

...the grapes would be so sour that the whole space-time continuum would be enveloped in vinegar.

I like this...a lot.

 

[ryzno]

Extended warranties are scams.

I know, I was joking. I thought y'all would've gotten that by me saying how they hang up. I look at it as trolling the troll.

And I am open to information. Y'all have changed my mind a number of times.

 

[huskeR32]

And I am open to information.

Well, polls are information. That you never personally get asked to contribute to them doesn't make them any less so.

 

[Jezza819]

I know, I was joking. I thought y'all would've gotten that by me saying how they hang up. I look at it as trolling the troll.

And I am open to information. Y'all have changed my mind a number of times.

Do you answer the calls that come in saying "unknown name" or are from a different area code than yours? I don't which is probably why I've never been asked to participate in any kind of political poll. Once I get home at night that "do not disturb" feature gets turned on or either the ring tone gets muted so I can still see on the screen if it's a legitimate call or not.

 

[Keef]

Just did an AP/University of Chicago political poll this afternoon. This was the first election poll I've ever seen or responded to. The questions were the typical "what's the most important issue", "who did a better job", "did you vote and how", etc. It actually reminded me that I did not vote in the 2018 midterm election because I was on the road and couldn't reliably get an absentee ballot to wherever I was travelling at the time.

 

[Jezza819]

Just did an AP/University of Chicago political poll this afternoon. This was the first election poll I've ever seen or responded to. The questions were the typical "what's the most important issue", "who did a better job", "did you vote and how", etc. It actually reminded me that I did not vote in the 2018 midterm election because I was on the road and couldn't reliably get an absentee ballot to wherever I was travelling at the time.

How did the phone number show up?

 

[Keef]

How did the phone number show up?

The poll was online and I was selected randomly by a mail flyer with a PIN number to access to the poll. I'm not the type to answer unknown calls so I never would've answered a phone poll anyway.

 

[Jezza819]

The poll was online and I was selected randomly by a mail flyer with a PIN number to access to the poll. I'm not the type to answer unknown calls so I never would've answered a phone poll anyway.

Me either. A co-worker of mine loves to answer those calls just so he can mess with them. He got one last night right before we went home that said his Apple account had been frozen because his credit card info was wrong or expired or something. He started asking them if it could be due to how many adult video websites he had given his credit card info, etc., etc. He had them going for about 10 minutes or more

 

[Morgoth_666]

I have a land line without caller ID so I get poll calls every now and then. I never participate though. Which of course serves to remind us that polls only gauge the opinions of those who respond to polls... honestly or dishonestly.

 

[ryzno]

Do you answer the calls that come in saying "unknown name" or are from a different area code than yours? I don't which is probably why I've never been asked to participate in any kind of political poll. Once I get home at night that "do not disturb" feature gets turned on or either the ring tone gets muted so I can still see on the screen if it's a legitimate call or not.

I do if I have the time to waste, it's usually the warranty people, sometimes it a Vietnamese person(selling illegal pharmaceuticals) who doesn't speak English at all, a coworker and I love messing with them since he speaks Vietnamese. The rest it's usually just dead silence till they hang up.
I'm too lazy to block the numbers. I will say over the years of trolling them I get a lot less calls.
I mute my phone at night too.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Who do you guys think I should vote for?

 

[Northstar]

Who do you guys think I should vote for?

Kodos.

 

[ROAD_DOGG33J]

Who do you guys think I should vote for?

Don Blankenship

 

[Blitz24]

Who do you guys think I should vote for?

@TB.
I would put @Terronium-12 but he'd just put announcing the upcoming year's F1 champion in a yearly speech in February.

 

[Liquid]

Who do you guys think I should vote for?

America.

 

[polysmut]

Who do you guys think I should vote for?

A candidate who meets your standards to do the job well. Not just adequately, aim high. And who has policies you want to see effected. You may need to shop around a bit.

 

[Dotini]

After the election, there is a timeline for the states and the Electoral College to follow. Members of both the Senate and the House have expressed concerns that the 2020 election results will be subject to delays in the counting process and from legal challenges. Both branches have introduced bills to extend the "Safe Harbor" deadline, but are languishing in committee. If a state's results cannot be legally certified by Dec 8th, it might appear that the work of the EC proceeds without that state's vote applying.

December 8, 2020: The “Safe Harbor” Deadline

The U.S. Code (3 U.S.C. §5) provides that if election results are contested in any state, and if the state, prior to election day, has enacted procedures to settle controversies or contests over electors and electoral votes, and if these procedures have been applied, and the results have been determined six days before the electors’ meetings, then these results are considered to be conclusive, and will apply in the counting of the electoral votes. This date, known asthe “Safe Harbor” deadline, falls on December 8 in 2020. The governor of any state where there was a contest, and in which the contest was decided according to established state procedures, is required (3 U.S.C. §6) to send a certificate describing the form and manner by which the determination was made to the Archivist as soon as practicable.

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF11641

 

[Joey D]

Who do you guys think I should vote for?

Kanye West, he's the candidate god wants apparently.

 

[GranTurNismo]

Kanye West, he's the candidate god wants apparently.

Because God told him once in 2015 while Kanye was showering that it's his calling to be the President.

On a more serious note, if Kanye wasn't a celebrity or billionaire and we saw this behavior, we'd all instantly assume he's deeply mentally ill and feel sympathy for him. But because he's a famous person, it seems that many people consider this behavior as just part of his personality or "vibe", or even what makes him a musical genius.

 

[Blitz24]

Because God told him once in 2015 while Kanye was showering that it's his calling to be the President.

On a more serious note, if Kanye wasn't a celebrity or billionaire and we saw this behavior, we'd all instantly assume he's deeply mentally ill and feel sympathy for him. But because he's a famous person, it seems that many people consider this behavior as just part of his personality or "vibe", or even what makes him a musical genius.

He is deeply mentally ill. That's not even a question.

 

[GranTurNismo]

He is deeply mentally ill. That's not even a question.

I know.

 

[Liquid]

Poor people are ill.
Rich people are eccentric.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

A candidate who meets your standards to do the job well. Not just adequately, aim high. And who has policies you want to see effected. You may need to shop around a bit.

Ooof. My slogan is pretty much "aim low"

 

[Biggles]

I notice that - at the minute - the right to open carry at polling stations in Michigan has been upheld in spite of an acknowledgement that it might lead to voter intimidation & 73% of Michiganders are opposed to it.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/lo...rt-appeals-open-carry-polls-legal/6075907002/

 

[Danoff]

I notice that - at the minute - the right to open carry at polling stations in Michigan has been upheld in spite of an acknowledgement that it might lead to voter intimidation & 73% of Michiganders are opposed to it.

https://www.freep.com/story/news/lo...rt-appeals-open-carry-polls-legal/6075907002/

We already have votes from over 50% of registered voters. Apparently 79 million ballots have been cast as of right now. The total expected turnout is like 150 million. We still have 5 days left. I don't know what percentage are going to vote on election day, but it's not most... not by a long shot.