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Can US elections be over please? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by horse_tranquilizers@sh.itjust.works to c/casualconversation@lemm.ee

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I get it, 50% residents of one of the most influential countries on earth will be very upset, with a lot of geopolitic consequences.

But for some, we cant change the outcome in anyway, I hate the way content even on the Fediverse becomes. Yes its important but man. I was all into 2016 elections but it doesnt really change anything anyway. Americans go vote and all, though.

I just wanna talk about kernels and factorio, man

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[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

One more day. Just one more day. Election day is tomorrow, and by the early hours of the morning after, it'll all be over.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 week ago

No it won't. The bullshit will continue with all the election denialism, the rhetoric and violence. Not to mention an the Republican state governors that will fuck shit up.

It ain't over.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

That bullshit will continue, but the obsession of the upcoming election will die down. For those of us who are interested in politics, it will remain an active time; for the majority of people, and thus the constant, annoying buzz of election articles on here, it'll be over.

[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

i dunno... one thing about trump: he's basically guaranteed ratings for the media--ALL of it. and he's pretty much a bottomless supply of absolutely apeshit bonkers headlines which will probably only increase regardless of the outcome of tomorrow

[-] melonman@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

This is unfortuantely going to be dragged out for weeks while counts are finalized and certain candidates start claiming victory fraudulently. Just like the last election 🙄

[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Do you know when the first reliable results will come in?

I bet it will be quite late over here in the EU though 😔

Edit: thank you both, guess I'll see the results in the morning :-) or if I go pee in the middle of the night 😋

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Depends on how close it is. 2020 was a bit chaotic on account of COVID; 2012 and 2016 were both decisively called before 5 AM EST.

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

The first polls on the East Coast close at 2000, which will be 0100 Wednesday morning in the UK, 0200 CET.

It will take a while to count up all the votes, though, particularly in states where they don't start counting the mail-in vote until the election closes. I bet when you wake up on Wednesday we still won't really know.

[-] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 1 week ago

Well, they'll know how a lot of places will go, but this one will be probably close enough that I doubt that we'll be able to make a solid call on the election as a whole very early.

And always possible that there could be a Florida "hanging chads"-style challenge and effort to trigger recounts in any place that winds up extremely close in results, so that might extend it.