It's been three days now

[davidwilford]

Hopefully we'll find out soon if Biden gets to 270 Electoral College votes, but otherwise Democrats did not do so well around the country, and did not win Senate races in Maine or North Carolina that they needed to win to take control of the Senate. Democrats also lost seats in the House but should still have a majority at least. It's clear to me that despite Trump's unpopularity that issues like defunding the police hurt Democrats overall and the antifa types are not winning votes for Democrats in purple districts. Frankly, we'll be fortunate if Biden prevails.

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[quadong]

"Defund the Police" was/is the stupidest slogan. Talk about drawing a target on your own back. I know that "Shift Social Work Out Of The Police Department" isn't as catchy, but at least it's actually saying what it means. "Demilitarize the Police" would also have been a good rallying point, although it's a different focus.

Then there's Facebook and Twitter doing just exactly the minimum they think they can get away with, with respects to reducing the spread of disinformation. Their entire business model relies on allowing outrage to spread (regardless of truth), so they are never going to actually stop it. They just want to delay getting regulated.

It looks like Biden is probably going to win, and that there probably isn't going to be a coup by Trump supporters, although it's alarming how many of them clearly would support one. We keep the house, we don't get the Senate, there will be no bipartisanship in the Senate (Susan Collins will continue to pretend, but always vote with the Republicans), but the executive branch, for better or for worse, can do a lot without them.