It shouldn't be this close.

[TDale313]

I still think we’ll pull this out, but omfg, how can so many people still be voting for this monster and this party?!? I just... I don’t get it.

[flying_wahini]

1. I'm not believing this either. I wanna see the proof.

And GD electoral college too.

[MissB]

2. I don't feel the doom I felt in 2016.

Close is what it is.

But look at Texas and how that is changing every 2-4 years. It won’t be long before that is not a reliably red state. (Still somewhat hopeful that will be this year but I haven’t seen updated numbers for Tx).

[yellowdogintexas]

17. TExas is so close right now you can't see daylight

but the counts from the polls are not all in However early voting in the metro areas went heavier for Joe than for Hillary.

THe night is not over yet but Texas is really looking bizarre right this minute

[ElementaryPenguin]

3. Putin.

That's how.

[coti]

4. This is called cheating.

What we're seeing isn't mathematically possible.

[Dustlawyer]

21. Plus the power of the propaganda from the RW media cult leaders.

[jimlup]

5. Most of the vote by mail is not in

sit tight... the celebration is still pending....

I'm trying to drink water. I know I need it.

[Vivienne235729]

6. It's not. We haven't even gotten to our blue states. Take a deep breath.

We have a lot more real estate to get to that's ours.

[Ninga]

7. There are many of us who join you in being dismayed. Just. Unbelievable.

[Hoyt]

8. I believe like you - can't believe this many voted for that POS - but GOPers are saying the same

about us. Doesn't bode well for getting much done for awhile. But, we still have House and odds of Biden winning appear in our favor.

[Claustrum]

9. If we don't understand it for 2 elections in a row, we really need to start listening to the other

side. Their message seem to resonate more than ours.

Maybe Trumpers are too hard to listen to. Then we should at least find some independent and see why they lean republicans.

Personally, I think we are a bit weak on economic message. We could hammer controlling COVID leads to opening economy and getting everyone back up and running. But instead, we only focus on the deaths. I am not saying deaths aren't important. But like the first debate, Biden only talked about COVID in the public health aspect and completely ignored the economic aspect. He did much better at the second debate and the other town halls but he (and us as well as a whole party) should place more emphasis on economic issues.

[StarryNite]

15. What is tRump's economic message? He has no plan.

But he has cultivated a huge cult of people who literally worship him. This is some seriously creepy shit!

[Claustrum]

20. You are right. And we saw it in the polls.

Trump went from polling 60/40 to 51/49 on the economic issue. I just think we need to hammer it harder and people will start trusting us on the economic issue. We just focus a lot more (maybe it's the media directing it) social issue and less on economic issues. Trust me, I think we are actually the ones with the economic plans. But general public has this wrong impression that republicans are better. It needs us doing better on our messaging.

Like I said, attack Trump's non-COVID response not only on causing 230k deaths. But also that it's preventing us from reopening our economy and getting back to a "new normal" life. We would feel much better going out if our COVID infection rate is under 1% rather than 20%+. I just don't see any democrats (on the media or in debates) making these arguments. You have to spell it out to people so they can connect the dots.

[StarryNite]

10. In a lot of ways this is worse because we have seen

what that horrible orange monster has done during the past 4 years. How can anybody think our country is doing well under his lack of leadership? He's morally corrupt. He has absolutely no integrity. There is nothing good about him...nothing.

[marylandblue]

11. I think about that often, and I think it comes down to liberals rosy view of humanity.

We think people are better than they really are. They see what's wrong with Trump, it just doesn't bother them. We tend to get all moralistic about why they do it. But when half the country is okay with it, moralism is pointless. They are going to do it whether you approve or not.

[zipplewrath]

12. Surprised by high Covid areas

It's really hard to fathom how those areas can be so supportive of him. Just goes to show that people don't really pay attention.

[cureautismnow]

13. Really. Did Dump's Approval Rate ever go over 50%?

How does he get 50% of the vote anywhere with higher disapproval rates than approval rates?

[Claustrum]

23. Because national approval rating is different from state approval rating?

[mindem]

14. It's a mystery

These people are voting to get rid of social security, medicare, ACA, and any number of other things. Plus, they are voting for herd immunity and continued extraction of wealth from the middle class and the poor by the overly privileged.

[KentuckyWoman]

16. Anything over about 500 votes is unbelievable

There is just no excuse for anyone to support Trump beyond his most loyal family and suck ups.

[Brainfodder]

18. Stupidity and/or years of brainwashing by Hannity and such?

The stuff they say about democrats, if believed, we are horrible!

[LuvNewcastle]

19. It really disgusts me that it's this close.

After all the shit Trump has pulled in the past 4 years, there are still this many people who want to see more of it. I understand now why the White House has been fortified and all of those businesses in large cities have been boarded up. This is going to be another really close election, and there are going to be some very angry people, regardless of the outcome. This isn't going to be over for days, and I'm not liking the vibe I'm getting this time.

[Meadowoak]

22. Russian hackers.

[onetexan]

24. we are a divided nation, almost 50/50. Many people don't seem to admit that.