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In response to "Sorry to impose, guys, but can someone walk me through the Math of why I should be 80% optimistic right now?" by Marlowe

Biden needs 46 Electoral Votes based on what CNN has called. He currently has leads on 47 Electoral Votes and remaining vote count should favor him. -- nm*

Posted by Dano (aka dano) Nov 4 '20, 07:48

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OK, thanks all. Any way to get a bit more of a leeway, since faithless electors, for instance? (NM) - Marlowe Nov 4, 07:51 12
- States can legally tell faithless electors to get fucked now, thanks to a SCOTUS case. -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 07:56 7
  - Of all the features (some would say bugs, but whatever) of the US electoral system, this* is what mostly boggles my mind. - Marlowe Nov 4, 08:01 6
    - It was so if the people made a terrible decision the electors could “correct” it. - spamlet Nov 4, 08:13 3
      - Too sad that nobody could correct *that* terrible decision. Either you are a effing democracy or you aren't. (NM) -- nm - Marlowe Nov 4, 08:26 2
        
        We're not -- nm - oblique Nov 4, 08:28 1
        
        Correct, we're a Republic of states. Until 1912 the Senate wasn't even directly elected. -- nm - spamlet Nov 4, 08:45
    - It's what you'd get if you let loose a bunch of 18th century intellectuals/drinking society to design a decision system. -- nm - Reagen Nov 4, 08:06 1
      - hilarious -- nm - mud Nov 4, 08:07
- There are other states where he is currently trailing but could win based on the remaining vote counts. (Pennsylvania is the big one). -- nm - Dano Nov 4, 07:55 3
  - PA numbers: 1M+ votes still to be counted. Trump leads by 500K votes. Mail-in trend is 70% Biden so far. PA is very much a possibility -- nm - decline Nov 4, 08:05 2
    - WI+MI. Screw PA :) -- nm - oblique Nov 4, 08:05 1
      - I hope that's the case -- nm - decline Nov 4, 08:07

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