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(THE DOW
JONES INDEX: 11/11/20…29,420.92;
11/4/20…27,847.66; 6/27/13…15,000.00) LESSON
for November 11, 2020 – “LAWYERS, GUNS and MONEY!” Well, it’s official… sort of… America has a new, no President. Months and years of nitpicking
and politicking boiled down to the showdown yesterday and when the dust had
settled, all that was revealed was more dust.
Ahead of us… days, perhaps weeks, of counting the votes, recounting
the votes and arguing over the process and the results in court. President Trump declared that
he had won another four years in his 2 AM tweet, which also contained the
escape route backdoor trapdoor that, if he did not win, it was because of
massive liberal fraud that would be combated in the courts and… with his
stand back to the armed militias upgraded to a stand by… in the streets. …and THAT WAS the WEEK THAT
WAS… ALPHA (the beginning of the end for Djonald
Unseated… ) WEDNESDAY As the morning of Election Day Plus One
dawned, Joe Biden held a two point lead in the
popular vote and had 225 electoral votes, compared with POTUS garnering
213. The immoral Mister Trump had
scored, at least, a moral victory in outperforming the rigged pinko polls and, more or less, duplicating the margins of
defeat and victory of 2016, give or take a fraction of a percentage point
which, in the case of the multiple swing states, has proven as troublesome to
all as to the alt-all.” (DJI
11/4/20) “We are now up BIG,” the President had
tweeted at 5:30 AM, “but they are trying to STEAL the election.” Protests continue overnight with the hot
spots being the usual places, plus Raleigh, NC. Long days of counting and recounting begin. A
riot was declared in Portland, Oregon, reported the A.P., and protesters took
to the streets in Seattle on Wednesday as people demanded that every vote in
Tuesday’s election be counted. “Hundreds were protesting in both cities
against President Donald Trump’s court challenges to stop the vote count in
battleground states.” (Election polling is facing yet another
reckoning following its uneven-at-best performance in this year’s voting, as
reported in the other Portland (Maine) Herald, “Although the outcome in the 2020
presidential race remained uncertain the next day, it was evident that polls
collectively faltered, overall, in providing Americans with clear indications
as to how the election would turn out.
And that misstep promises to resonate through the field of survey
research, which was battered four years ago when Donald Trump carried states
such as Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, where polls indicated he had
almost no chance of winning. Prominent, poll-based statistical forecasts also
went off-target in 2016.) Of the five key Eastern states, a burst
pipe in the enormous Atlanta polling and counting site delays count;
nonetheless, a Georgia recount looms.
Trump takes the lead in NC and Pennsylvania, but his 55-45% margin
there is deemed risky inasmuch as the uncounted votes are coming from
Philadelphia, its suburbs (with 80% registered Democrats) and
Pittsburgh. Trump holds narrow leads
in Michigan and Wisconsin, but Biden claims a lead in mail-ins in the former,
and violent Kenosha is still out among Cheeseheads. Even the President’s own aides call his
conspiracy theories wilder and wilder as the day drags on. The Senate stays stultified… Alabama flips
red as football coach Tommy Tuberville is elected easily, but astronaut Mark
Kelly bests two-time loser McSally to keep the tally even-steven. Media, left and right, agree
that the polling was disastrously wrong.
Rahm Emauel calls it worse than 2016,
credits Trump’s “sheer force of will” in what seems to be a winning
effort. Democrats, who’d hoped to win
five seats in Congress, are losing six and… in the interests of congeniality,
the dread AOC is heading towards re-election, and will be joined by Q-Anon
spokesperson Margery Taylor Green of Georgia.
Former Clinton manager Robbie Mook says
patience is critical” while Republican operative Terry Sullivan says that
legal cases are won over the airwaves. At 9AM, ABC shows silent
footage of a flag at half-mast (for whom, one asks) and then switches over to
Kelly (‘I believe in democracy!”) Ripa and Ryan
Seacrest. CBS pulls its election
coverage in favor of Judge Mathis, se only NBC follows the progress of the
counting. Some states that went for
Trump by a fraction of a point in 2016 are now going for Biden by a fraction
of a point, they allege. Peter
Alexander of the Today show says that, win or lose, “President Trump and his
policies are not going away.” The networks awake for the noon news –
Trump is now up by four percent in the popular vote. The Senate hangs in the balance in North
Carolina, Iowa and Maine… feisty females Joni (“Make ‘em
squeal!”) Ernst and now-and-again Trump dissenter Susan Collins fighting for
their political lives. Trump is called
the winner in Florida, cementing his lead by sweeping Miami and its
Commie-hating second and third generation Cuban exile community. He’s also holding his own among seniors and
chris Christie says that the President is “overperforming”. Trump’s lead swells to 14
points in Pennsylvania where former Governor Ed Rendell denies that Biden’s
anti-fracking stance will cost him the key Keystone State where counting all
the mail-in, absentee, military and provisional ballots is expected to last
at least until late tomorrow. “The lawyers are standing by,” warns ABC’s
Terry Moran, asking whether… if the election remains close…the Supreme Court
(with its spanking new justice Amy Coney Barrett) will order a stop to the
counting of late ballots as POTUS desires.
Virginia is called for Biden, Ohio falls into the Trump sack and
Wisconsin seems likely to follow… Milwaukee Democrats are underperforming and
Trump’s law and order message sweeps troubled Kenosha. But many mail-in ballots remain uncounted. Disputing Rendell, Moran also claims that
many of the towns in Western Pennsylvania, abandoned by the steel industry,
are being raised up by fracking. His
colleague Jonathan Karl notes that Trump still leads by 8% in Georgia, but
most of the uncounted ballot are in liberal (and black) Atlanta. They summon back Emanuel, who sagely
observes: “There are a lot of currents in this water.” Anchorman (and ex-Clintonian Press Secretary) George Stephanopolous
points out that, since the Democratic bounceback in
2018, Don Jones has seen an impeachment, Covid and
race riots which have left a lot of “stickiness” among both black and white
voters. He cites the “enthusiasm” gap
while virtual guest commentator Christie says that the
”energy” is there (but a manic voter and a tired voter’s votes still
count the same)… both, perhaps, unintentionally echoing a John Cale line from “Mercenaries… to wit: “you pay them just
enough to make them want to kill for you, but not enough to make them want to
die for you.” And the talking heads all agree that Biden
is riding the coattails (or spacesuit) of Mark Kelly, not the usual other way
around. At 12:30, Biden holds a
drive-in rally in Delaware with honking horns and uselessly flashing
headlights. “We feel good,” he says,
“we’re on track to win this election.
But we have to be patien, it’s not over
until every ballot is counted.” (Back
at the ABC studio, a virtual Chris Christie says that, despite all the
“energy”, the people “know that they’re not going to know tonight.” “We’re going to be here for at least a
week,” predicts a weary Emanuel. The last calls include Minnesota for Biden
and Indiana added to Florida for Trump. Throughout the afternoon, the states
dwindle down to a precious few… projectors’ projections call Biden wining
Michigan and Wisconsin, Trump winning Georgia and North Carolina, (In all four cases, the losers are
still hopeful). The pollsters and
pundits pass the day alleging that Arizona, Nevada and Pennsylvania will
decide the contest. Ballots in USPS
sorting facilities are being delayed and disqualified as accusations of fraud
grow bipartisan and bitter. Attorney
Jim Zirin says to expect a bitter and drawn out
legal battle. Democrats respond by
threatening to prosecute Trump’s pet Post Office Poobah
Louie DeJoy for corruption. Pennsylvania Gov. Casey, a Democrat,
predicts Biden will win his state by 100,000 votes. Just in time for the 6 PM news,
NBC projects Joe Biden being elected President. By 8:30 PM, NBC is also calling the race
for Biden. Nancy Pelosi hails “the
dawning of a new day of hope.” RINO
Republican Mitt Romney allows that Biden and Harris “are people of good will”
and, in their separate rallies, the ex-Vice pontificates that “the work of
the nation is not to fan the flames of conflict,” while his supporters sing
“Na na hey hey, good
bye.” Still not conceding, Trump
admits “winning is easy, losing is never easy – for me, it’s not. Then he goes to Virginia and plays golf
while, unnoticed and unobserved, White House swamp creatures are stealthily
updating their resumes. NBC’s Chuck Todd explains the station’s
call… “we were mathematically ready to declare Joe Biden President, but we
didn’t know which states” (would put him over the top). As the sun sinks into the Western sky,
Biden starts drawing up lists of candidates for his transition team and gives
Pennsylvania a final nudge by declaring that his hometown of Scranton “climbs
into your hear and occupies it.” Conspiracy theories start tweeting about
alien abductions. THURSDAY The
clock tolls midnight and Arizona is called for Biden, leaving four states in
doubt and legal jeopardy. Sleepy Joe goes to bed with 264 electoral votes, he
needs six more to win. Still out are
innumerable military and provisional ballots, but the race is pivoting
towards Biden as evidenced by the furios scurrying
of Trump’s lawyers as he continues to insist that the election is fraudulent.
“He loves to sue people,” opined opinionator Terry
Moran adding that the only legitimate hope for the man he, like most
mainstream mediots, called “alien” and
“un-American” would be a spike in Arizona’s mail-in ballots. Recounts, however loom in several states
and there are tales of armed Trumpish mobs
attacking masked voters, taking pictures at polling places and threatening
retaliation. Also
scurrying are pollsters, anxious (but not eager) to explain their epic
fail. Most fall back on the excuse
that the plague caused so many absentee, ealy and
write-in ballots that the process, if not the results, were compromised. “I know nothing, anchorlady
Gayle King demurs (not a dog whistle to the Millard Fillmore bitter enders…
as in N Ø…) adding: “Just when you think
you know, you don’t.” Rival pundit Matt Dowd disagrees: “Everybody
knows how this is going to end.”
Democrats and just plain Trump-haters professed to know, too, and
celebrations are held in the streets of Philadelphia, New York and San
Francisco. Black Livers said that the
minority turnout in Philly, Phoenix, Vegas and Atlanta redeemed the failures
of Miami… now George Floyed could breathe. Some credited Stacey Abrams for getting out
the vote and preventing suppression; Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John (“Hellboy”) Fetterman called
Trump’s resistance and summoning lawyers and street mobs a “last sad attempt”
which would fail because the President was “trying to argue with math.”
(Speaking of which, Andrew Yang declares that he will declare on
Monday that he was flying to Atlanta to do what he could on behalf of the two
challengers to Republican Senate seats, which January 5th runoff
vote will tip the Senate red or blue.) Trump
emerges from his White House bunker and declares: “If you count (only) the
legal votes, I won.” He cites
“historic interference” from “Big Tech, Big Media, Big Money…” and the un-Big
but indubitably phony polls, which he calls “suppression polls”. (The pollsters deny that they’re corrupt…
all but admitting that they were incompetent.) FRIDAY Sleepy Joe is harvesting the woke votes in
Georgia and Nevada, Trump closing in on closing out Arizona. But the big prize remains
Pennsylvania. With victory nearing,
the Secret Service ramps up its protection of Biden and Harris (thus setting
up a potential conflict, should Trump mobilize his Secret Service to attack
his enemies. Philadelphia police
investigate a plot to attack and maybe blow up ballot counting sites. The
lawyers readying to attack and to defend.
Lindsay Graham donates $500,000 to the President’ legal team. Rudy, presumably, says “Thanks!” MAGA-men turn up the heat, although some
Republicans are wavering, now that the election’s over. Don Junior and Erik threaten RINOs with
deeds unmentionable; Senators Graham and Cruz said to be “egging on
Trump. Chris Wallace compares the latter
to one of those Japanese soldiers hiding out on a deserted island 30 years
after the close of WW2 (although Tricky Ted may be doing so to facilitate Djonald Unknowing’s
self-immolation and clear a path for himself in 2004. Former Republican party boss Reince Priebus
says “The time for fraud is during recounts, when the ballots are pulled
out.” The two Georgia Senate seats are
called too close to call, and will proceed to runoffs on January 5th. SATURDAY Biden’s lead keeps growing and
the talking heads are talking about America having “chosen change”, but the
race is still not over. North Carolina
staying red due to Senate candidate Cal Cunningham’s last minute sexting
scandal The Chicago Tribune, at
12:25 PM, cites a tweet from the presumptive Vice President – elect that: “This
election is about so much more than Joe Biden or me. It’s about the soul of
America and our willingness to fight for it. We have a lot of work ahead of
us,” Harris admits. At 12:30 PM, they catch
up with President Trump while he is playing golf in Virginia and he alleges —
“without evidence” the Tribune opines — that “widespread fraud and
misconduct” occurred in the election. At
12:50
PM, they report that “Joe Biden is planning to address the
nation on Saturday night.” “The
outdoor stage in Wilmington features projections of the Biden-Harris logo,
colored lights and a line of towering American flags. Outside the security
fence, people were already arriving with Biden campaign signs and chanting,
“Joe! Joe!” and yelling, “We did it!” Cars in the area honked.” (See
the text – in reverse order – as Attachment Five, below) Out
West, people were dancing in the streets in liberal Northern California. As the news spread, however, many
residents took to the streets, singing, banging pots, honking horns and in one
case, singing “Happy Days Are Here Again.” (San Francisco Chronicle, 11/7) “In San Francisco, two masked
strangers high-fived with their elbows and exclamations of “All right!” and
“Finally!” The Bay Area was also celebrating as
its native daughter, Kamala Harris, became the first woman and first African
American to be elected to the vice presidency. “Kamala Harris has spent her life
making a difference and now she makes history,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom. “It’s
both fitting and phenomenal that the first woman and first person of color to
hold an elected office in the White House will be a favorite daughter of
California.” Poor Nancy! OMEGA (the end of the beginning; for Democrats, not an
upcoming tropical storm… yet…) Finally… ballot countings,
ravenous attorneys (neither side will be doing it for free), dangling chads
and a potentially hanging judge and jury in the Barrett SCOTUS… it’s time to
declare victory and celebrate (for the victors) and curse the night, the
voters and the mysterious fraudulent forces coast to coast for the
(President)… Uncle Joe has scheduled his
self-laudatory bragging for eight but, of course, hes
fashionably late, so the dead air is occupied (if not enlivened) by experts
from one medium or another… in the spirit of Trumpian
resistance, we go with the friends of Fox and its battered, tattered,
debate-disrespected anchor, Chris Wallace who, newly mindful of power
exercised arbitrarily, says: “In the
ten weeks left to trump, tere are a lot of things
he can do – appoitemnts, pardons..” and then he
cites the skyrocketing stock market which he attributes to electorate
splitting their tickets between Biden and Republican Senators who will act as
a check and balance to the mighty fist of Sleepy Joe. But the President-elect, Wallace pivots,
“prides himself on his ability to wheel and deal.” “If the Republicans win the two
(Georgia) runoffs,” Fox peanut Brett Baier holds
out hope, “Biden will face a hostile Senate.”
Mreover, “left and right House Democrats are
already at war,” he declares, trying to whip some life into the theory that
disillusioned Sanderistas will demonstrate their
anger by supporting Djonald Unhinged – a tactic
that didn’t exactly work on Tuesday. But fellow peanut Martha MacCallum trembles at the power of the Presidency,
which will “enable a flurry of Executive Orders” without Senate concurrence,
reversing Trump’s Executive Orders on issues like rejoining the Paris Climate
Change accords. In fact, Biden might
even be secretly welcoming the split because Mitchy
will give him protection from the crazies on his left flank. Wallace informs a questing
nation that Trump’s lawyers might fight on for weeks… a prospect that others
will take up once the present week begins… Token Fox moderate Juan
Williams notes that the President-elect has been attempting to restore trust
across partisan lines since first elected as America’s youngest Senator in
forty-eight years. “Joe’s a guy who’s
been hurt in life and has had to get off the mat.” “But,” warns Katie Pavlick, another Fox peanut, “… there are ar powerful people on the far left like AOC, who want to
punish Trump supporters, and…” But Katie goes no further, for
it is 8:28 PM and, resplendent in her white suffragette pantsuit (that looks
like-green under the lighting in Delaware), Vice-President Elect Kamala
Harris takes the stage. Paying tribute
to Rep. John Lewis, she proclaims: “Democracy is not a state, it is an
act. We the people have the power to
build a better future.” “You,” she adds, (addressing
the poll workers for… can we say it?... instituting ballot fraud somewhere,
somehow) ushered in a new day for America.” And then, going generic, adds:
“You voted. You chose hope, unity,
decency, science and, yes, truth. You
chose Joe Biden as the next President of America.” And, she adds: ‘jill
Biden will be an incredible First Lady.” “Black women,” she reminds the
drive-inners, “are the backbone of America… to the children: dream with
ambition and lead with conviction.
America is ready, and so am I.” Ready, that is, to introduce…
“President Joe Biden!” Bounding down the ramp as if to
spite the tired old man epithets tossed at him by the President, just a few
years his junior, Biden channels LBJ and, in fact, nearly all Presidential speechmakers
by addressing: “My fellow Americans…” “Folks, the people of this
nation have spoken… the most votes ever received: 74 million! “I pledge to be a President who
doesn’t see red and blue states, but only the United States.” He praises the middle class – not the rich,
of course, and nobody ever acknowledges the poor beyond a few platitudes and
promises, soon broken, and then his own famil. “Jill will make a great first lady, and
Kamala Harris is making history as the first (this, that, and several others)
in history… “America has bent the arc of
America towards moral (justice).” Citing the bible (or, maybe,
the Byrds) he quotes Ecclesiastes about “A Time to
Heal…” (prudently pivoting before reaching the charge to “refrain from
embracing”. “We have to get Covid under control,” he declares, promising to begin to
draw his “action blueprint” on Monday.
As to Congress and the still-uncosen Senate
and asking for the demonization to end now.
“Too many dreams have been deferred too long,” he adds, citing FDR,
JFK, Obama and… yes… to balance the scale, a Republican: Abe Lincoln. “Yes we can! “We stand at our inflection
(reflection?) point. We must restore
the soul of America. It’s time for our
better angels to prevail. We will lead
not from the example of our power, but from the power of our example… “Folks, I began thinking about
a hymn… ‘and He will raise you up on eagles’ wings’… my grandfather said
‘keep the faith’, my grandma said spread the faith’.” And the music resounds… Jackie
Wilson’s “Higher and Higher” (as good as, if not better than, the Clintons’
appropriation of Fleetwood Mac. Jill
dances. In comes the family. And Kamala and her family. And then… fireworks in the shape of
America… “The people have chosen
empathy,” MR concludes as Fox returns to Fight Night – a 46 second
heavyweight bout. Later, on Saturday
Night Live, host David Chappelle shakes his head, “White people don’t know
how to survive themselves.” And then, to applause as wild
as can be expected form
socially distant studio, he declares: “Trump is gone!” That racist, hilarious S.O.B.! “Trump getting the corona virus was like
Freddie Mercury getting AIDS. How did
he get that?” At least, for the next four
years, comedy… howsoever rarer… will remain un-pretty. ETA (back to reality, the law and Mother Nature) SUNDAY The Guardian U.K. actually discloses that Biden
underestimated the scope of his triumph… now with 74,857,880 popular votes to
70,598,535 for
the now-lame duck President (290 to 214 electoral, pending more counting,
recounting and potential legal challenges). The
Sunday morning talksters predict Biden will sign “a
flurry of Executive Orders” reversing many of Trump’s own EOs. An unemployed Pete Buttigieg
says that he’s secured a job with the transition team, Rep. Val Demings (D-Fl) predicts an
“aggressive” agenda. Now the
President-elect, Joe is congratulated by the British and East Indians, but
Brazil and Russia remain ominously silent.
Djonald Unhorsed tweets bitter tweets and
declares that “bad things happened”.
Mitt splits his loyalties and opines that Biden should be allowed to
appoint his own cabinet, unless he nominates “extremists”. George Stephanopoous
says that the closer Congressional split will help Biden “ditch those liberal
extremists. MONDAY President-elect Biden starts floating and vetting
potential Cabineteers and names thirteen experts to
his Plague Panel and says “we’ll follow the science” as Operation Warp Speed
starts to warp. Mexico and China join
Brazil and Russia in refusing to recognize or congratulate Uncle Joe. Republican James Clyburn predicts that the
left and moderate Democrats will scrap like cats in a sack and “ignore the
troubles in America”; the talking heads also quarrel: George Stephanopolous predicting “head snapping” changes, Jon
Karl retorting a return to reason will develop because “Biden knows Mitch
well.” Instead,
Djonald Unfriendly plots revenge, beginning with
the firing of Def Sec Mark Esper who wouldn’t
mobilize the military to gun down peaceful protesters, replacing him with a
naked (i.e. flamboyant) bigot. The
former First Sons encourage dead-ending, but Melania
waffles and flip-flops and fired aide Michael Cohen calls his ex-boss “a
loser” while, emerging from where he’s been all the while, The Mooch calls
him “a sore loser”. Abroad,
the Daily Mail U.K. reports that White House aides are spraying flowery
deodorants all around to mask the stench of rotting fast food platters while
the comedians are enjoying their last laughs for the next four years… President
Joe is dull, dull, dull and you can’t make fun of Kamala because she’s a
woman of color. Steve Colbert calls
Biden “the Vice so nice he’s going to the White House twice,” and pretends to
weep over the defeat of “the President-reject” because he’ll be losing the
butt of all of his jokes. But will
Fox give Rush or Sean or Hugh or even Geraldo a late night spot so the cruel
fun can slither on? TUESDAY Aygee BilBarr
the Barbarian vows to hold criminal investigations of (Democratic) electoral
fraud and force state certification boards to hold off on certification until
all the legal troubles are dissolved… until January… or March… or 2023
(during which time Trump, presumably would stay in office, tweeting and
repeating and cheating that ol’ Devil of
Democracy. POTUS doubles down on his
Pentagon purges… flushing so many aides and advisors down the Oval Office
Oubliette that only his immediate family remain, then replacing the heads of
the FBI and CIA with sycophants and loonies and causing serious journalists
to warn that serious consequences (like a war with Iran or nuclear scuffle
with Russia or China) might emerge.
Despite the President’s lawyers going 0 for 10 so far in their fraud
lawsuits (with dozens, if not hundreds, yet to be litigated), Sec. State
Pompeo jokes: “there will be a smooth transition… to Donald Trump’s second
term!” TODAY It’s Veterans’ Day. See state-by-key state results,
from Ballotpedia as Attachment Seven. Reactions, worldwide, ranged from
jubilation to jubilation as the friends of America, long disrespected, hoped
that President Biden would return at least a modicum of sanity to the
still-huge military and economic (if no longer moral) colossus, while our
enemies… accurately, as it turns out… saw only a harvest of chaos. Russia’s leading
news agency, Time reported, published an interview with
Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s foreign
intelligence service, the SVR, which helped orchestrate the Russian attempt
to interfere in the 2016 elections. “His prediction for the outcome of
the 2020 vote was
grim (at least for the damn Yankees), and he struggled to suppress a smile as
he delivered it. “No matter who wins,” Naryshkin said, “the
social crisis” in the U.S. will only deepen. Whoever loses will refuse to
accept the result, prompting “radicals to go out in the street.” And this was before Djonald
started firing his defense and intelligence chiefs, making Don Jones wonder –
what will the Russians do with their windfall, and how far will they go? “The Russians must be sitting back and thinking: This is beyond our
wildest dreams,” Time cited Marc Polymeropoulos,
who oversaw CIA operations in Europe and Eurasia before retiring in 2019.
“They must be handing out medals in the SVR headquarters by now. “It was always about tearing us down, finding a way to say, ‘the
American system is broken. It’s incompetent,’” said Polymeropoulos.
As long as the U.S. President continues to advance that message himself,
Putin and his spy chief can sit back and enjoy the show. Check that one off!
With the election almost
certainly lost, POTUS went into seclusion, save for his tweeting finger,
heaping so much vitriol on the electoral process that Twitter had to flag
four or five of his masterpieces with deep (state dept.) warnings.. (See more as Attachment Six) So – will President Trump
discover a modicum of interior grace, concede the election, return to
Mar-a-Lago and plot his return to power in 2024, or, maybe, start that cable
network he’s fantasized on, or just play golf? Or will Amy Coney Barrett cast
the deciding vote, invalidating the whole election and scheduling a do-over
in November, 2021, or 2022 or not at all – making Rudy Giuliani a
jurisprudential victor as improbable as Trump himself in the Presidential
races of 2016 and 2020? Or. after a wincing Chief
Justice Roberts dismisses Rudy’s papers and swear in Biden with a cough and a
snarl, will Trump barricade himself in the Oval Office behind a beautiful
wall of furniture and predecessorial portraits and lawbooks to hurl at the newly transitioned Secret Service
trying to break in? Will Uncle Joe
have to call the Orkin Man with his traps and
poisons to spray insecticide through he keyhole and
under the door until Djonald falls on his ample
backside, arms and legs waving feebly in the air like a gassed palmetto bug,
while the Pik-A-Lok Men
force the door and local Animal Control officers charge in, drag the
coughing, wheezing ex-President out, bundle him into a truck with a cage in
the back and transport him… not to Mar-a-Lago or even to the nearest large
toilet to be flushed away the way most dead insects are… but down the road a
ways to the Justice Department where newly appointed Acting Attorney General
AOC will slap on the steel bracelets and send him to the local DC lockup to
await trial? And how will this have come to
pass? After a short tip o’ the MAGA
cap to Camus – as we cannot forget that the plague plagues on at an even
higher rate than in the spring – we’ll append appropriate commentary to the
week’s events from an authority on fallen angels and demons from a century
ago… Sigmund Freud. The esteemed psychologist (and
nominal Jew, like Jared Kushner and Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff) pivoted political in 1930’s “Civilization and
It’s Discontents”, wherein the good Doctor scrutinized the authoritarian and
narcissistic personality (and there were plenty of these in Vienna and Berlin
in the first half of the 20th century) and came to the conclusion
that humanity was fatally flawed by its internal struggles between Eros and
Thanatos (or, as Woody Allen put it, “Love and Death” – ever vulnerable to,
by inference and Plautus, see below, devolving into wolves. Werewolves, in fact, if not of London, then
of Washington. And a few more
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Freud,
by the way, was a rabid anti-Communism, seeing no essential difference
between Russian Socialism and German National
Socialism. He was also a Social
Darwinist, of a sort, who probably would have supported Trump and, perhaps,
argued that the beleaguered (and presumably vanquished) politician had
presided over a strong economy, no major wars and – if there was inequality,
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Too bad the election didn’t occur
yesterday, instead of a week ago. Had he
possessed the capacity to reach Don Jones through reason, instead of tweeting
and blustering his way through the swamp he’d become a part and parcel of, he
might have picked off a few states that he’d won in 2016. The soaring Dow and tumbling unemployment
figures set the index off to a rare 100-plus point gain (although the
longer-term outlook is, as the doctors use their favorite word of the week,
“grim”.
Who will be Biden’s aides, advisers and Cabineteers, and what sort of counsel will they offer. We’ll take a look next week.
THE DON JONES INDEX
CHART of CATEGORIES w/VALUE ADDED to EQUAL BASELINE of 15,000
(REFLECTING… approximately… DOW JONES INDEX of June 27, 2013)
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See further indicators at The Economist – HERE!
ATTACHMENT ONE – from Fox News
Swing states – for all states, go here.
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
Arizona flipped 11 electoral votes Toggle Favorite |
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D Joe Biden |
1,663,460 |
49.41% |
R Donald Trump Incumbent |
1,651,923 |
49.07% |
O Jo Jorgensen |
51,060 |
1.52% |
CLOSEDPolls are closedReporting
99% in |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
29 electoral votes Toggle Favorite |
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R Donald Trump Incumbent |
5,658,847 |
51.24% |
D Joe Biden |
5,284,453 |
47.85% |
O Jo Jorgensen |
70,046 |
<1% |
O Howie Hawkins |
14,665 |
<1% |
O Roque De La Fuente |
5,951 |
<1% |
O Gloria La Riva |
5,688 |
<1% |
I Don Blankenship |
3,890 |
<1% |
CLOSEDPolls are closedReporting
99% in |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
16 electoral votes Toggle Favorite |
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D Joe Biden |
2,471,918 |
49.52% |
R Donald Trump Incumbent |
2,457,846 |
49.24% |
O Jo Jorgensen |
62,057 |
1.24% |
CLOSEDPolls are closedReporting
99% in |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
6 electoral votes Toggle Favorite |
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R Donald Trump Incumbent |
897,140 |
53.24% |
D Joe Biden |
758,352 |
45.00% |
O Jo Jorgensen |
19,587 |
1.16% |
O Kanye West |
3,203 |
<1% |
O Howie Hawkins |
3,068 |
<1% |
I Don Blankenship |
1,703 |
<1% |
O Roque De La Fuente |
1,078 |
<1% |
O Ricki King |
545 |
<1% |
O Brock Pierce |
543 |
<1% |
CLOSEDPolls are closedReporting
99% in |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
Michigan flipped 16 electoral votes Toggle Favorite |
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D Joe Biden |
2,790,648 |
50.56% |
R Donald Trump Incumbent |
2,644,525 |
47.91% |
O Jo Jorgensen |
60,287 |
1.09% |
O Howie Hawkins |
13,680 |
<1% |
I Don Blankenship |
7,223 |
<1% |
O Roque De La Fuente |
2,983 |
<1% |
CLOSEDPolls are closedReporting
99% in |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
10 electoral votes Toggle Favorite |
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D Joe Biden |
1,718,683 |
52.56% |
R Donald Trump Incumbent |
1,485,254 |
45.42% |
O Jo Jorgensen |
34,993 |
1.07% |
O Howie Hawkins |
10,042 |
<1% |
O Kanye West |
7,944 |
<1% |
O Brock Pierce |
5,660 |
<1% |
O Roque De La Fuente |
5,613 |
<1% |
O Gloria La Riva |
1,213 |
<1% |
I Alyson Kennedy |
644 |
<1% |
CLOSEDPolls are closedReporting
99% in |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
15 electoral votes Toggle Favorite |
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R Donald Trump Incumbent |
2,737,590 |
50.06% |
D Joe Biden |
2,664,380 |
48.72% |
O Jo Jorgensen |
47,696 |
<1% |
O Howie Hawkins |
11,954 |
<1% |
I Don Blankenship |
7,424 |
<1% |
CLOSEDPolls are closedReporting
99% in |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
6 electoral votes Toggle Favorite |
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D Joe Biden |
671,955 |
50.24% |
R Donald Trump Incumbent |
635,089 |
47.49% |
O Jo Jorgensen |
13,942 |
1.04% |
O None of these candidates |
13,422 |
1.00% |
I Don Blankenship |
2,954 |
<1% |
CLOSEDPolls are closedReporting
95% in |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
18 electoral votes Toggle Favorite |
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R Donald Trump Incumbent |
3,074,418 |
53.36% |
D Joe Biden |
2,603,731 |
45.19% |
O Jo Jorgensen |
65,069 |
1.13% |
O Howie Hawkins |
18,032 |
<1% |
CLOSEDPolls are closedReporting
96% in |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
Pennsylvania flipped 20 electoral votes Toggle Favorite |
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D Joe Biden |
3,390,729 |
49.82% |
R Donald Trump Incumbent |
3,336,751 |
49.03% |
O Jo Jorgensen |
78,174 |
1.15% |
CLOSEDPolls are closedReporting
99% in |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
38 electoral votes Toggle Favorite |
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R Donald Trump Incumbent |
5,865,913 |
52.17% |
D Joe Biden |
5,218,631 |
46.42% |
O Jo Jorgensen |
125,282 |
1.11% |
O Howie Hawkins |
33,150 |
<1% |
CLOSEDPolls are closedReporting
99% in |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
Wisconsin flipped 10 electoral votes Toggle Favorite |
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D Joe Biden |
1,630,570 |
49.57% |
R Donald Trump Incumbent |
1,610,030 |
48.94% |
O Jo Jorgensen |
38,415 |
1.17% |
O Brian Carroll |
5,253 |
<1% |
I Don Blankenship |
5,206 |
<1% |
CLOSEDPolls are closedReporting
99% in |
ATTACHMENT TWO – from RCP
Wednesday, November 11 |
Race/Topic (Click to Sort) |
Poll |
Results |
Spread |
Perdue +4 |
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Georgia
Senate Special Election Run-Off - Loeffler vs.
Warnock |
Loeffler +1 |
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Disapprove +5 |
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Disapprove +49 |
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Wrong Track +42 |
Monday, November 9 |
Race/Topic (Click to Sort) |
Poll |
Results |
Spread |
Wrong Track +23 |
ATTACHMENT THREE – Presidential election results, by
state, from Reuters
Solid
Democratic
Dem. |
Rep. |
% Exp. |
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64% |
34% |
95% |
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56% |
43% |
84% |
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57% |
41% |
95% |
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54% |
44% |
99% |
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57% |
41% |
90% |
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59% |
39% |
98% |
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65% |
33% |
93% |
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53% |
45% |
99% |
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55% |
42% |
97% |
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64% |
34% |
86% |
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56% |
40% |
98% |
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59% |
39% |
98% |
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54% |
44% |
99% |
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53% |
46% |
99% |
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54% |
44% |
91% |
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64% |
34% |
99% |
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60% |
39% |
99% |
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59% |
40% |
99% |
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66% |
31% |
99% |
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92% |
5% |
88% |
Lean
Democratic
Dem. |
Rep. |
% Exp. |
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50% |
49% |
98% |
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51% |
48% |
99% |
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49% |
49% |
98% |
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49% |
49% |
99% |
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50% |
48% |
98% |
Tossup
Dem. |
Rep. |
% Exp. |
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46% |
52% |
99% |
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48% |
51% |
99% |
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45% |
53% |
95% |
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49% |
50% |
98% |
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50% |
49% |
99% |
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45% |
53% |
98% |
Lean
Republican
None
Solid
Republican
Dem. |
Rep. |
% Exp. |
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37% |
61% |
99% |
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41% |
57% |
99% |
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41% |
57% |
99% |
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43% |
55% |
99% |
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37% |
62% |
99% |
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40% |
59% |
99% |
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36% |
62% |
98% |
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32% |
65% |
99% |
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38% |
58% |
99% |
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41% |
56% |
99% |
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35% |
63% |
99% |
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39% |
59% |
97% |
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39% |
59% |
99% |
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33% |
64% |
99% |
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30% |
69% |
99% |
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40% |
57% |
99% |
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36% |
62% |
99% |
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32% |
65% |
99% |
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27% |
70% |
99% |
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39% |
57% |
75% |
ATTACHMENT FOUR – from wiki, via various sources
Contested United States Senate Races
U.S. Senate |
Composition Before |
Seats Up For Election |
2020 Results |
Composition After |
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Democratic Caucus |
Republican Caucus |
Democratic Caucus |
Republican Caucus |
Democratic Caucus |
Republican Caucus |
Democratic Caucus |
Republican Caucus |
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47 |
53 |
12 |
23 |
13 |
19 |
48 |
49 |
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Alabama |
1 |
1 |
Doug Jones (D) |
Tommy Tuberville (R) |
0 |
2 |
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Alaska |
0 |
2 |
Daniel S. Sullivan (R) |
Daniel S. Sullivan (R) |
0 |
2 |
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Arizona |
1 |
1 |
Martha McSally (R) |
Mark Kelly (D) |
2 |
0 |
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Arkansas |
0 |
2 |
Tom Cotton (R) |
Tom Cotton (R) |
0 |
2 |
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California |
2 |
0 |
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2 |
0 |
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Colorado |
1 |
1 |
Cory Gardner (R) |
John Hickenlooper (D) |
2 |
0 |
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Connecticut |
2 |
0 |
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2 |
0 |
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Delaware |
2 |
0 |
Chris Coons (D) |
Chris Coons (D) |
2 |
0 |
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Florida |
0 |
2 |
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0 |
2 |
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Georgia |
0 |
2 |
Kelly Loeffler (R) |
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0 |
0 |
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Georgia |
0 |
2 |
David Perdue (R) |
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0 |
0 |
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Hawaii |
2 |
0 |
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2 |
0 |
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Idaho |
0 |
2 |
Jim Risch (R) |
Jim Risch (R) |
0 |
2 |
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Illinois |
2 |
0 |
Dick Durbin (D) |
Dick Durbin (D) |
2 |
0 |
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Indiana |
0 |
2 |
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0 |
2 |
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Iowa |
0 |
2 |
Joni Ernst (R) |
Joni Ernst (R) |
0 |
2 |
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Kansas |
0 |
2 |
Pat Roberts (R) |
Roger Marshall (R) |
0 |
2 |
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Kentucky |
0 |
2 |
Mitch McConnell (R) |
Mitch McConnell (R) |
0 |
2 |
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Louisiana |
0 |
2 |
Bill Cassidy (R) |
Bill Cassidy (R) |
0 |
2 |
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Maine |
1 |
1 |
Susan Collins (R) |
Susan Collins (R) |
1 |
1 |
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Maryland |
2 |
0 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
||
Massachusetts |
2 |
0 |
Edward J. Markey (D) |
Edward J. Markey (D) |
2 |
0 |
||
Michigan |
2 |
0 |
Gary Peters (D) |
Gary Peters (D) |
2 |
0 |
||
Minnesota |
2 |
0 |
Tina Smith (D) |
Tina Smith (D) |
2 |
0 |
||
Mississippi |
0 |
2 |
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) |
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) |
0 |
2 |
||
Missouri |
0 |
2 |
|
|
0 |
2 |
||
Montana |
1 |
1 |
Steve Daines (R) |
Steve Daines (R) |
1 |
1 |
||
Nebraska |
0 |
2 |
Ben Sasse (R) |
Ben Sasse (R) |
0 |
2 |
||
Nevada |
2 |
0 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
||
New Hampshire |
2 |
0 |
Jeanne Shaheen (D) |
Jeanne Shaheen (D) |
2 |
0 |
||
New Jersey |
2 |
0 |
Cory Booker (D) |
Cory Booker (D) |
2 |
0 |
||
New Mexico |
2 |
0 |
Tom Udall (D) |
Ben Ray Luján (D) |
2 |
0 |
||
New York |
2 |
0 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
||
North Carolina |
0 |
2 |
Thom Tillis (R) |
|
0 |
1 |
||
North Dakota |
0 |
2 |
|
|
0 |
2 |
||
Ohio |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
||
Oklahoma |
0 |
2 |
Jim Inhofe (R) |
Jim Inhofe (R) |
0 |
2 |
||
Oregon |
2 |
0 |
Jeff Merkley (D) |
Jeff Merkley (D) |
2 |
0 |
||
Pennsylvania |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
||
Rhode Island |
2 |
0 |
Jack Reed (D) |
Jack Reed (D) |
2 |
0 |
||
South Carolina |
0 |
2 |
Lindsey Graham (R) |
Lindsey Graham (R) |
0 |
2 |
||
South Dakota |
0 |
2 |
Mike Rounds (R) |
Mike Rounds (R) |
0 |
2 |
||
Tennessee |
0 |
2 |
Lamar Alexander (R) |
Bill Hagerty (R) |
0 |
2 |
||
Texas |
0 |
2 |
John Cornyn (R) |
John Cornyn (R) |
0 |
2 |
||
Utah |
0 |
2 |
|
|
0 |
2 |
||
Vermont |
2 |
0 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
||
Virginia |
2 |
0 |
Mark Warner (D) |
Mark Warner (D) |
2 |
0 |
||
Washington |
2 |
0 |
|
|
2 |
0 |
||
West Virginia |
1 |
1 |
Shelley Moore Capito (R) |
Shelley Moore Capito (R) |
1 |
1 |
||
Wisconsin |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
||
Wyoming |
0 |
2 |
Mike Enzi (R) |
Cynthia Lummis (R) |
0 |
2 |
These charts do not include state legislative special elections taking place in
13 states. Three of those states do not have regular state legislative
elections in 2020. Click here to learn more about state legislative special
elections.
ATTACHMENT FIVE – from the Chicago Tribune
12:50 p.m.: Biden to speak in Delaware
tonight
Joe Biden is planning to address the nation on Saturday
night.
His campaign announced that Biden and his wife, Jill, and
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff
will appear at a drive-in rally outside the convention center in Wilmington,
Delaware.
Biden clinched the White House over President Donald Trump
late Saturday morning with a victory in Pennsylvania, the state where he was
born. He later added Nevada to his column for a total of 290 electoral votes
with three states uncalled.
The outdoor stage in Wilmington features projections of the
Biden-Harris logo, colored lights and a line of towering American flags.
Outside the security fence, people were already arriving with Biden campaign
signs and chanting, “Joe! Joe!” and yelling, “We did it!” Cars in the area
honked.
—Associated Press
12:30 p.m.: Trump refuses to concede
election, promises legal challenges
President Donald Trump is not conceding to President-elect Joe
Biden, promising unspecified legal challenges seeking to overturn the outcome
of the race for the White House.
Trump said in a statement that “our campaign will start
prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld and the
rightful winner is seated.”
Trump was at his Virginia golf course when the presidential
race was called for Biden on Saturday. Biden clinched his victory with a win in
Pennsylvania, the state where he was born.
In recent weeks, Trump has alleged — without evidence —
widespread fraud and misconduct in the election.
His comments have drawn bipartisan rebuke from election
officials and lawmakers as dangerous attempts to undermine public confidence in
the vote.
—Associated Press
12:25 p.m.: Harris says the
administration has a lot of work to do
The presumptive Vice President-elect Kamala Harris says she
and the presumptive President-elect Joe Biden have a lot of work to do.
Harris made the comments in a tweet Saturday, shortly after
Biden clinched the presidency by winning Pennsylvania.
She says, “This election is about so much more than Joe Biden
or me. It’s about the soul of America and our willingness to fight for it. We
have a lot of work ahead of us.”
The California senator makes history with her election as
vice president. She is the first woman, the first Black person and the first
person of South Asian descent elected to the office.
Biden said in a statement Saturday, “With the campaign over,
it’s time to put the anger and the harsh rhetoric behind us and come together
as a nation.”
“We are the United States of America,” he wrote. “And there’s
nothing we can’t do, if we do it together.”
Biden made no mention of his opponent, President Donald
Trump, who has not conceded the race.
ATTACHMENT SIX – from the White House, via Twitter
Donald
J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
45th
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STOP THE COUNT!
Detroit Absentee Ballot Counting Chaos, Blocked Windows
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The Republican coalition is bigger, more diverse, and
more energetic than ever before—thanks to President
. His efforts to reach every demographic has positively
expanded the future of the GOP. Join me for a news conference starting soon.
Our lawyers have asked for “meaningful access”, but what
good does that do? The damage has already been done to the integrity of our
system, and to the Presidential Election itself. This is what should be
discussed!
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We have claimed, for Electoral Vote purposes, the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (which won’t allow legal observers) the State of
Georgia, and the State of North Carolina, each one of which has a BIG Trump
lead. Additionally, we hereby claim the State of Michigan if, in fact,.....
Official sources may not
have called the race when this was Tweeted
We are winning Pennsylvania big, but the PA Secretary of
State just announced that there are “Millions of ballots left to be counted.”
Wow! It looks like Michigan has now found the ballots
necessary to keep a wonderful young man, John James, out of the U.S. Senate.
What a terrible thing is happening!
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ATTACHMENT SEVEN – from Ballotpedia
This page has the
daily results summaries regarding the results of elections held on November
3, 2020.
Nov.
11
Results below updated
as of 2:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 11.
Who won the
presidency?
·
Joe Biden (D)
is the projected winner of the 2020 presidential election, according to a
consensus call from ABC News, CNN, Fox News, NBC News, and The New York Times.
Biden has won at least 279 electoral votes, putting him over the threshold of
270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency. President Donald Trump (R)
has won at least 217 electoral votes. The election is too close to call in
three battleground states—Arizona, Georgia, and North Carolina.
·
Earlier Wednesday, Trump was declared the winner of Alaska's
three electoral college votes.
What is the status of any lawsuits or recounts
·
Ballotpedia has tracked 21
proposed, initiated, or completed recounts as of Nov. 10. A proposed
recount is one in which either a candidate or an election official has
gone on the record saying that a recount will be requested or initiated.
An initiated recount is one that has formally begun. A
completed recount is one that has formally ended.
·
Ballotpedia has tracked two
presidential recounts—one is a proposed recount in Wisconsin, and the other is
the hand-count audit taking place in Georgia.
·
Ballotpedia has tracked 25
post-election lawsuits as of Nov. 10. These lawsuits span five states: Arizona,
Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. A majority of these
lawsuits—15—directly involve the presidential election. All have been filed by
the Trump campaign.
o Of these 15 lawsuits,
nine have been filed in Pennsylvania, two each in Michigan and Nevada, and one
each in Arizona and Georgia. None of these lawsuits have yet resulted in the
invalidation of ballots.
Who controls the U.S.
Senate?
·
Control of the U.S. Senate has
not yet been determined, and we might not know which party holds a majority
until January. So far, we've called 32 of the 35 races that took place.
Democrats had a net gain of one seat—they flipped two seats in Colorado and
Arizona, while Republicans flipped Alabama's seat. Based on results called so
far, the 117th Congress will have 49
Republican senators, 46 Democratic senators, and two independent senators that
caucus with the Democrats.
o Earlier Wednesday,
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) was declared the winner
of the U.S. Senate seat from Alaska
o Several outlets have
also called Sen. Thom Tillis (R) as having won re-election in North
Carolina.
o Georgia's special and
regular Senate elections are likely to head to runoffs. Those would take place
January 5th.
Who controls the House
of Representatives?
·
All 435 House seats were up for election. Ballotpedia
has called 417 of those, with Democrats winning 216, and Republicans winning
201. Democrats need two more seats to formally be called for them to maintain
their majority, and they are expected to do so.
·
Twelve seats have changed partisan control. Republicans gained 9
seats—eight from Democrats and one currently held by Libertarian Justin Amash, who didn't run for re-election. Democrats
gained 3 seats, one in Georgia and two in North Carolina. The Democratic
pickups were all in open-seat races. Click here to
see a chart listing the U.S. House seats that changed parties.
What happened in
state-level elections?
·
Heading into the 2020 elections, there were 36 state government
trifectas—the most since 2013. Republicans had 21 trifectas and Democrats had
15. The other 14 states had divided government, meaning neither party had a
trifecta.
·
Eleven states held elections for governor this year, while 44
held regularly-scheduled elections for one or both state legislative chambers.
·
Two trifectas have flipped from divided government to Republican
trifecta control. Republicans won the governorship in Montana and flipped the
New Hampshire state House and state Senate
·
Ballotpedia has not yet called
either the Alaska House of Representatives or the Arizona House of
Representatives.
What happened in state legislative elections?
·
State legislative elections were held for seats in 86 chambers
in 44 states.
·
Heading into the election, Republicans held majorities in 59
state legislative chambers, Democrats held majorities in 39, and the Alaska
House was under a power-sharing agreement.
·
Republicans flipped two chambers from Democrats and control of
two chambers remains too close to call
·
Even if control of both uncalled chambers flips, this will be
the fewest number of flipped state legislative chambers since 1944.
·
Based on races that have been called so far, Republicans have
won 2,372 state House seats to Democrats’ 1,975, with an additional 490 races
not yet called. Democrats held 290 of these seats before the election and
Republicans held 200.
·
Based on races that have been called so far, Republicans have
won 577 state Senate seats to Democrats’ 467. There are 94 races that are too
close to call—Republicans held 52 of these seats before the election and
Democrats held 42.
What happened in state
supreme court elections?
·
Twenty-nine states held state supreme court elections Nov. 3. In
those states, voters decided 69 seats.
o 40 seats were up for
direct election.
o 29 seats were up for
retention election.
o Seven new justices won
election to their state's highest court in those elections. Results in North
Carolina have not yet been called since ballots can still be received until
Nov. 12 and results cannot be verified until Nov. 24.
·
One justice lost retention election—Justice Thomas Kilbride (D) of Illinois. This is the first
time in Illinois history that a justice has lost retention election.
·
Michigan was the only state in which court control has changed
as a result of the Nov. 3 election. Before the election, the court was composed
of four justices who had advanced from Republican nominating conventions.
Justice Stephen Markman (R)
retired upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 years old and Elizabeth Welch (D)
(who had advanced from a Democratic nominating convention) won the seat. The
state supreme court in Michigan will now be comprised of four justices who were
nominated from Democratic conventions and three justices who advanced from
Republican ones.
Nov.
10
Results below updated
as of 12:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 10.
Who won the
presidency?
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) is the projected winner of the 2020
presidential election, according to a consensus call from ABC News, CNN, Fox
News, NBC News, and The New York Times. Biden was declared the
projected winner in Pennsylvania and Nevada on Nov. 7, which secured him at
least 279 electoral votes and put him over the threshold of the 270 electoral
votes needed to win the presidency. President Donald Trump (R)
has won at least 214 electoral votes. Races remain uncalled in Alaska, Arizona,
Georgia, and North Carolina.
Who controls the U.S. Senate?
Thirty-one of 35 Senate elections have
been called. Based on results known so far, the 117th Congress will have 48
Republican senators, 46 Democratic senators, and two independent senators that
caucus with the Democrats.
·
Three seats have changed partisan control:
o Tommy Tuberville (R)
defeated incumbent Sen. Doug Jones (D) in Alabama.
o Mark Kelly (D)
defeated incumbent Martha McSally (R) in Arizona's special
election.
o John
Hickenlooper (D) defeated incumbent Sen. Cory Gardner (R)
in Colorado.
·
Elections remained uncalled in Alaska, Georgia, and North
Carolina. Two Senate elections took place in Georgia—one regularly scheduled
election and a special election.
·
A runoff will likely take place in the special election for the
U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R). Four of the five national
outlets Ballotpedia is using to call races have
projected that Loeffler and Raphael Warnock (D) will
proceed to a runoff. Georgia's regular Senate election will advance to a runoff
if neither candidate receives a majority of the vote.
Who controls the House
of Representatives?
Control of the U.S. House has not been determined, although media outlets
project the Democratic Party will have a majority in the 117th Congress. Four hundred ten of the
435 races have been called, with Democrats having won 214 seats to Republicans'
196. According to Ballotpedia’s election calling
policy, 11 seats have changed party hands with Republicans winning eight of
those and Democrats three. On Monday, Carolyn Bourdeaux (D) defeated Rich McCormick (R)
in Georgia's 7th
Congressional District. Incumbent Rep. Rob Woodall (R),
who was first elected in 2010, did not run for re-election in 2020. Bourdeaux was the Democratic nominee in 2018 and lost the
general election to Woodall by 433 votes—50.1% to 49.9%. Click here to
see a chart listing the U.S. House seats that changed parties.
What happened in gubernatorial races?
Voters decided gubernatorial elections in 11 states
Nov. 3.
·
Greg Gianforte (R)
won Montana's gubernatorial election, becoming the first Republican to do so
since 2000. Gianforte’s win gives Republicans a state
government trifecta in Montana, their first since 2004. Montana’s 15 years
without a trifecta is the longest of any of the 14 states that currently has
divided government. Incumbent Steve Bullock (D) was prevented by term limits
from seeking re-election.
·
The other open gubernatorial office was in Utah. Gov. Gary Herbert (R)
did not run for re-election this year. Spencer Cox (R)
defeated Chris Peterson (D) and six other
candidates in that race. This is the 11th consecutive gubernatorial election
Utah Republicans have won; the longest currently-running winning streak
nationwide.
·
Nine incumbent governors, including six Democrats and three
Republicans, won re-election this year.
What were the notable
results in state-level down-ballot races?
·
Incumbent Kim Wyman (R) was declared the winner of Washington's Secretary of State election
over Gael Tarleton (D).
No Democrat has won election to the secretary of state's office in Washington
since 1960.
·
Molly Gray won
the race for lieutenant governor of
Vermont, succeeding David Zuckerman who was elected on both
the Progressive and Democratic tickets. Zuckerman did not run for re-election
this year.
·
Kristen Juras (R)
will be the next lieutenant governor of Montana. Juras
ran on a joint ticket with Greg Gianforte, who
won the state's gubernatorial election. Montana is one of eight states where a
lieutenant governor candidate is chosen by the gubernatorial candidate before
the primary and they run as a single ticket in both the primary and the general
election.
·
Shemia Fagan (D) was elected secretary of state in
Oregon. Incumbent Bev Clarno (R) did not run for
re-election, which Governor Kate Brown (D) made a condition of her appointment after
the death of former Secretary of State Dennis
Richardson (R). In Oregon, the secretary of state oversees the
Elections Division and is first in line for the governor's office in the case
of a vacancy.
There are two attorney
general elections that remain too close to call under our race-calling policy.
Both are in states where the incumbent attorney general is a Democrat—North
Carolina and Washington. There are no uncalled secretary of state races.
What is the status of trifectas?
Forty-four states held elections for
one or more trifecta offices. As a result of the 2020 election, we are
projecting 38 trifectas. Based on current projected results, Republicans have
gained two trifectas so far, for a total of 23, and Democrats retained all 15
of their trifectas.
·
Montana flipped from a divided government after Greg Gianforte (R) won the governorship, which had been held by
Democrats since 2004. Republicans retained control of both legislative
chambers.
·
New Hampshire flipped from a divided government after
Republicans took control of both the state Senate and House. Democrats had
controlled both chambers since 2018. Gov. Chris Sununu (R) won re-election.
Eleven states will
remain with divided government. The trifecta status of two states—Alaska and
Arizona—has not yet been determined.
·
o If Republicans pick up
a trifecta in Alaska and hold their trifecta in Arizona, they will have gained
a net three trifectas, leaving them with 24.
o If they lose their
trifecta in Arizona and do not gain one in Alaska, they’ll still have a net
gain of one trifecta based on their wins in Montana and New Hampshire and will
end up with 22.
o A split result in
Alaska and Arizona leaves Republicans with 23 trifectas.
What happened in state legislative elections?
Eight-six state legislative chambers across 44 states held elections for some or
all of their seats. Control of two chambers has still not been called—the
Alaska state House and Arizona state House. Two state legislative chambers have
changed party control. Republicans won control of the New Hampshire state House and Senate. Democrats had won partisan control
of both chambers in 2018. The remaining 84 state legislative chambers did not
see a change in partisan control.
What happened with statewide ballot measures?
Voters nationwide decided 120 statewide ballot measures in 32 states. As of
12:00 pm ET today, Ballotpedia had called 108 statewide
ballot measures, of which 82 were approved and 26 were defeated. The remaining
12 remained uncalled.
Here are some notable measures that we called over the weekend and on Monday
morning:
·
Utah Amendment G was
approved, receiving 53.5% of the votes recorded as of November 9. Amendment G
authorized the Utah State Legislature to use revenue from the state income tax
and intangible property tax to “support children and to support individuals
with a disability,” according to the amendment’s language.
·
Washington
Senate Joint Resolution 8212 was defeated, receiving 45.9% of
the votes recorded as of November 9. The ballot measure would have allowed the
state legislature to invest the Long-Term Care Services and Supports Trust
Account into stocks and other forms of investment.
·
Ballotpedia also called a
territorial ballot measure, the U.S. Virgin
Islands Constitutional Convention Question, as approved. The ballot
measure supported the territorial Legislature enacting a bill to convene a
constitutional convention to adopt the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin
Islands (or a portion of the act) as the Constitution of the Virgin Islands. As
of 2020, the U.S. Virgin Islands did not have a territorial constitution.
Instead, the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (ROAVI), a federal law
passed in 1954, effectively functioned as the territory's constitution.
Click here to see all
ballot measure election results, including other highlighted measures.
What happened in
notable local races?
·
George Gascón defeated
incumbent Jackie Lacey in the nonpartisan general election for
district attorney in Los Angeles County, the nation's largest local
prosecutorial district. Gascón served two terms as
San Francisco District Attorney in 2011 and 2015. Gascón
did not seek election to a third term for that office in 2019. Lacey was first
elected as Los Angeles County District Attorney in 2012 and was re-elected
unopposed in 2016.
·
Incumbent Ted Wheeler won re-election over Sarah Iannarone and write-in candidate Teressa
Raiford in the general election for mayor of Portland, Oregon. Wheeler
was first elected in 2016. He received support from groups including the local
branches of the SEIU and NAACP, as well as the Portland Business Alliance. Iannarone’s backers included Sen. Bernie Sanders and
the Oregon Progressive Party.
·
Daniella Levine Cava defeated Esteban Bovo Jr.—54% to 46%—to win the nonpartisan
primary for mayor of Miami-Dade County in Florida.
Nov.
9
Results below updated
as of 1:00 p.m. ET on Monday, November 9.
Who won the
presidency?
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) is the projected winner of the 2020
presidential election, according to a consensus call from ABC News, CNN, Fox
News, NBC News, and The New York Times. Biden was declared the projected
winner in Pennsylvania and Nevada on Nov. 7, which secured him at least 279
electoral votes and put him over the threshold of the 270 electoral votes
needed to win the presidency. President Donald Trump (R)
has won at least 214 electoral votes. Races remain uncalled in Alaska, Arizona,
Georgia, and North Carolina.
Who controls the U.S. Senate?
Thirty-one of 35 Senate elections have
been called. Based on results known so far, the 117th Congress will have 48
Republican senators, 46 Democratic senators, and two independent senators that
caucus with the Democrats.
·
Three seats have changed partisan control:
o Tommy Tuberville (R)
defeated incumbent Sen. Doug Jones (D) in Alabama.
o Mark Kelly (D)
defeated incumbent Martha McSally (R) in Arizona's special
election.
o John
Hickenlooper (D) defeated incumbent Sen. Cory Gardner (R)
in Colorado.
·
Elections remained uncalled in Alaska, Georgia, and North
Carolina. Two Senate elections took place in Georgia—one regularly scheduled
election and a special election.
·
A runoff will likely take place in the special election for the
U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R). Four of the five national
outlets Ballotpedia is using to call races have
projected that Loeffler and Raphael Warnock (D) will
proceed to a runoff. Georgia's regular Senate election will advance to a runoff
if neither candidate receives a majority of the vote.
Who controls the House
of Representatives?
Control of the U.S. House has not been determined, although media outlets
project the Democratic Party will have a majority in the 117th Congress. Four hundred ten of the
435 races have been called, with Democrats having won 214 seats to Republicans'
196. According to Ballotpedia’s election calling
policy, 11 seats have changed party hands with Republicans winning eight of
those and Democrats three. On Monday, Carolyn Bourdeaux (D) defeated Rich McCormick (R)
in Georgia's 7th
Congressional District. Incumbent Rep. Rob Woodall (R),
who was first elected in 2010, did not run for re-election in 2020. Bourdeaux was the Democratic nominee in 2018 and lost the
general election to Woodall by 433 votes—50.1% to 49.9%. Click here to
see a chart listing the U.S. House seats that changed parties.
What happened in gubernatorial races?
Voters decided gubernatorial elections in 11 states
Nov. 3.
·
Greg Gianforte (R)
won Montana's gubernatorial election, becoming the first Republican to do so
since 2000. Gianforte’s win gives Republicans a state
government trifecta in Montana, their first since 2004. Montana’s 15 years
without a trifecta is the longest of any of the 14 states that currently has
divided government. Incumbent Steve Bullock (D) was prevented by term limits
from seeking re-election.
·
The other open gubernatorial office was in Utah. Gov. Gary Herbert (R)
did not run for re-election this year. Spencer Cox (R)
defeated Chris Peterson (D) and six other
candidates in that race. This is the 11th consecutive gubernatorial election
Utah Republicans have won; the longest currently-running winning streak
nationwide.
·
Nine incumbent governors, including six Democrats and three
Republicans, won re-election this year.
What were the notable
results in state-level down-ballot races?
·
Incumbent Kim Wyman (R) was declared the winner of Washington's Secretary of State election
over Gael Tarleton (D).
No Democrat has won election to the secretary of state's office in Washington
since 1960.
·
Molly Gray won
the race for lieutenant governor of
Vermont, succeeding David Zuckerman who was elected on both
the Progressive and Democratic tickets. Zuckerman did not run for re-election
this year.
·
Kristen Juras (R)
will be the next lieutenant governor of Montana. Juras
ran on a joint ticket with Greg Gianforte, who
won the state's gubernatorial election. Montana is one of eight states where a
lieutenant governor candidate is chosen by the gubernatorial candidate before
the primary and they run as a single ticket in both the primary and the general
election.
·
Shemia Fagan (D) was elected secretary of state in
Oregon. Incumbent Bev Clarno (R) did not run for
re-election, which Governor Kate Brown (D) made a condition of her appointment after
the death of former Secretary of State Dennis
Richardson (R). In Oregon, the secretary of state oversees the
Elections Division and is first in line for the governor's office in the case
of a vacancy.
There are two attorney
general elections that remain too close to call under our race-calling policy.
Both are in states where the incumbent attorney general is a Democrat—North
Carolina and Washington. There are no uncalled secretary of state races.
What is the status of trifectas?
Forty-four states held elections for
one or more trifecta offices. As a result of the 2020 election, we are
projecting 38 trifectas. Based on current projected results, Republicans have
gained two trifectas so far, for a total of 23, and Democrats retained all 15
of their trifectas. .
·
Montana flipped from a divided government after Greg Gianforte (R) won the governorship, which had been held by
Democrats since 2004. Republicans retained control of both legislative
chambers.
·
New Hampshire flipped from a divided government after
Republicans took control of both the state Senate and House. Democrats had
controlled both chambers since 2018. Gov. Chris Sununu (R) won re-election.
Eleven states will
remain with divided government. The trifecta status of two states—Alaska and
Arizona—has not yet been determined.
·
o If Republicans pick up
a trifecta in Alaska and hold their trifecta in Arizona, they will have gained
a net three trifectas, leaving them with 24.
o If they lose their
trifecta in Arizona and do not gain one in Alaska, they’ll still have a net
gain of one trifecta based on their wins in Montana and New Hampshire and will
end up with 22.
o A split result in
Alaska and Arizona leaves Republicans with 23 trifectas.
What happened in state legislative elections?
Eight-six state legislative chambers across 44 states held elections for some or
all of their seats. Control of two chambers has still not been called—the
Alaska state House and Arizona state House. Two state legislative chambers have
changed party control. Republicans won control of the New Hampshire state House and Senate. Democrats had won partisan control
of both chambers in 2018. The remaining 84 state legislative chambers did not
see a change in partisan control.
What happened with statewide ballot measures?
Voters nationwide decided 120 statewide ballot measures in 32 states. As of
10:00 am ET today, Ballotpedia had called 107
statewide ballot measures, of which 82 were approved and 25 were defeated. The
remaining 13 remained uncalled.
Here are some notable measures that we called over the weekend and on Monday
morning:
·
Utah Amendment G was
approved, receiving 53.5% of the votes recorded as of November 9. Amendment G
authorized the Utah State Legislature to use revenue from the state income tax
and intangible property tax to “support children and to support individuals
with a disability,” according to the amendment’s language.
·
Washington
Senate Joint Resolution 8212 was defeated, receiving 45.9% of
the votes recorded as of November 9. The ballot measure would have allowed the
state legislature to invest the Long-Term Care Services and Supports Trust
Account into stocks and other forms of investment.
·
Ballotpedia also called a
territorial ballot measure, the U.S. Virgin
Islands Constitutional Convention Question, as approved. The ballot
measure supported the territorial Legislature enacting a bill to convene a
constitutional convention to adopt the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin
Islands (or a portion of the act) as the Constitution of the Virgin Islands. As
of 2020, the U.S. Virgin Islands did not have a territorial constitution. Instead,
the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands (ROAVI), a federal law passed in
1954, effectively functioned as the territory's constitution.
Click here to see all
ballot measure election results, including other highlighted measures.
What happened in
notable local races?
·
George Gascón defeated
incumbent Jackie Lacey in the nonpartisan general election for
district attorney in Los Angeles County, the nation's largest local
prosecutorial district. Gascón served two terms as
San Francisco District Attorney in 2011 and 2015. Gascón
did not seek election to a third term for that office in 2019. Lacey was first
elected as Los Angeles County District Attorney in 2012 and was re-elected
unopposed in 2016.
·
Incumbent Ted Wheeler won re-election over Sarah Iannarone and write-in candidate Teressa
Raiford in the general election for mayor of Portland, Oregon. Wheeler
was first elected in 2016. He received support from groups including the local
branches of the SEIU and NAACP, as well as the Portland Business Alliance. Iannarone’s backers included Sen. Bernie Sanders and
the Oregon Progressive Party.
·
Daniella Levine Cava defeated Esteban Bovo Jr.—54% to 46%—to win the nonpartisan
primary for mayor of Miami-Dade County in Florida.
Nov.
8
Results below updated
as of 11:00 a.m. ET on Sunday, November 8.
Who won the
presidency?
Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) is the projected winner of the 2020
presidential election, according to a consensus call from ABC News, CNN, Fox
News, NBC News, and The New York Times. Biden was declared the
projected winner in Pennsylvania and Nevada on Nov. 7, which secured him at
least 279 electoral votes and put him over the threshold of the 270 electoral
votes needed to win the presidency. President Donald Trump (R)
has won at least 214 electoral votes. Biden will be the oldest president to
take office on Jan. 20, 2021, at 78 years old. His running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.),
will be the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to serve as
vice president. Races remain uncalled in Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, and North
Carolina.
Who controls the U.S. Senate?
Thirty-one of 35 Senate elections have
been called. Based on results known so far, the 117th Congress will have 48
Republican senators, 46 Democratic senators, and two independent senators that
caucus with the Democrats. On Saturday, the consensus of media outlets we use
for calling races declared Sen. Susan Collins (R)
the winner over Sara Gideon (D) and five others in the U.S. Senate race in Maine
·
Three seats have changed partisan control:
o Tommy Tuberville (R)
defeated incumbent Sen. Doug Jones (D) in Alabama.
o Mark Kelly (D)
defeated incumbent Martha McSally (R) in Arizona's special
election.
o John
Hickenlooper (D) defeated incumbent Sen. Cory Gardner (R)
in Colorado.
·
Elections remained uncalled in Alaska, Georgia, and North
Carolina. Two Senate elections took place in Georgia—one regularly scheduled
election and a special election.
·
A runoff will likely take place in the special election for the
U.S. Senate seat currently held by Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R). Four of the five national
outlets Ballotpedia is using to call races have
projected that Loeffler and Raphael Warnock (D) will
proceed to a runoff. Georgia's regular Senate election will advance to a runoff
if neither candidate receives a majority of the vote.
Who controls the House
of Representatives?
Control of the U.S. House has not been determined, although media outlets
project the Democratic Party will have a majority in the 117th Congress. Three-hundred ninety-nine
of the 435 races have been called, with Democrats having won 204 seats to
Republicans' 195. According to Ballotpedia’s election
calling policy, 10 seats have changed party hands with Republicans winning
eight of those and Democrats two. Click here to
see a chart listing the U.S. House seats that changed parties.
What happened in gubernatorial races?
Voters decided gubernatorial elections in 11 states
Nov. 3.
·
Greg Gianforte (R)
won Montana's gubernatorial election, becoming the first Republican to do so
since 2000. Gianforte’s win gives Republicans a state
government trifecta in Montana, their first since 2004. Montana’s 15 years
without a trifecta is the longest of any of the 14 states that currently has
divided government. Incumbent Steve Bullock (D) was prevented by term limits
from seeking re-election.
·
The other open gubernatorial office was in Utah. Gov. Gary Herbert (R)
did not run for re-election this year. Spencer Cox (R)
defeated Chris Peterson (D) and six other
candidates in that race. This is the 11th consecutive gubernatorial election
Utah Republicans have won; the longest currently-running winning streak
nationwide.
·
Nine incumbent governors, including six Democrats and three
Republicans, won re-election this year.
What were the notable
results in state-level down-ballot races?
·
Incumbent Kim Wyman (R) was declared the winner of Washington's Secretary of State election
over Gael Tarleton (D).
No Democrat has won election to the secretary of state's office in Washington
since 1960.
·
Molly Gray won
the race for lieutenant governor of
Vermont, succeeding David Zuckerman who was elected on both
the Progressive and Democratic tickets. Zuckerman did not run for re-election
this year.
·
Kristen Juras (R)
will be the next lieutenant governor of Montana. Juras
ran on a joint ticket with Greg Gianforte, who
won the state's gubernatorial election. Montana is one of eight states where a
lieutenant governor candidate is chosen by the gubernatorial candidate before
the primary and they run as a single ticket in both the primary and the general
election.
·
Shemia Fagan (D) was elected secretary of state in
Oregon. Incumbent Bev Clarno (R) did not run for
re-election, which Governor Kate Brown (D) made a condition of her appointment after
the death of former Secretary of State Dennis Richardson (R).
In Oregon, the secretary of state oversees the Elections Division and is first
in line for the governor's office in the case of a vacancy.
·
There are three attorney general elections that remain too close
to call under our race-calling policy. All three are in states where the
incumbent attorney general is a Democrat—North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and
Washington.
What is the status of
trifectas?
Forty-four states held elections for
one or more trifecta offices. As a result of the 2020 election, we are
projecting 38 trifectas. Based on current projected results, Republicans have
gained two trifectas so far, for a total of 23, and Democrats retained all 15
of their trifectas. .
·
Montana flipped from a divided government after Greg Gianforte (R) won the governorship, which had been held by
Democrats since 2004. Republicans retained control of both legislative
chambers.
·
New Hampshire flipped from a divided government after Republicans
took control of both the state Senate and House. Democrats had controlled both
chambers since 2018. Gov. Chris Sununu (R) won re-election.
Eleven states will
remain with divided government. The trifecta status of two states—Alaska and
Arizona—has not yet been determined.
·
o If Republicans pick up
a trifecta in Alaska and hold their trifecta in Arizona, they will have gained
a net three trifectas, leaving them with 24.
o If they lose their
trifecta in Arizona and do not gain one in Alaska, they’ll still have a net
gain of one trifecta based on their wins in Montana and New Hampshire and will
end up with 22.
o A split result in
Alaska and Arizona leaves Republicans with 23 trifectas.
What happened in state legislative elections?
Eight-six state legislative chambers across 44 states held elections for some or
all of their seats. Control of three chambers has still not been called—the
Alaska state House and both chambers of the Arizona legislature. Two state
legislative chambers have changed party control. Republicans won control of the
New Hampshire state House and Senate. Democrats had won partisan control
of both chambers in 2018. The remaining 81 state legislative chambers did not
see a change in partisan control.
What happened with statewide ballot measures?
Voters nationwide decided 120 statewide ballot measures in 32 states. Here are
some notable results: California voters approved Proposition 22 by
a vote of 58% to 42%. Uber, Lyft, and Doordash
sponsored the ballot initiative to define app-based drivers as independent
contractors and not employees, as well as enact several labor and wage policies.
It was the first time voters addressed gig-economy policies through a statewide
ballot measure.
·
California voters rejected Proposition 25 by
a vote of 55% against and 45% in favor, which means voters chose to keep cash
bail for detained suspects awaiting trials instead of replacing it with risk
assessments. Proposition 25 was a veto referendum on Senate Bill 10 (2019). If
voters had upheld SB 10, it would have made California the first state to end
the use of cash bail for all detained suspects awaiting trials. Proposition 25
was one of four statewide veto referendums in the
country in 2020.
·
Illinois voters rejected the Illinois Allow
for Graduated Income Tax Amendment by a vote of 55% against to
45% in favor. The Illinois State Legislature proposed
the constitutional amendment to allow the state to enact legislation for a
graduated income tax. As of 2020, the state constitution required that the
state personal income tax be a flat rate. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D),
who advocated for a graduated income tax during his gubernatorial campaign,
provided most of the funds to the campaign backing the amendment. Ken Griffin,
the founder and CEO of Citadel, provided most of the opposition funds.
Together, the support and opposition campaigns have raised over $120
million—just over $60 million each.
·
Voters approved changes to state drug and criminal justice
policies in several states and in D.C.
o In Oregon, two ballot
measures—Measure 109 and Measure 110—were
approved by 56% and 58%, respectively. Measure 109 created a program for
administering psilocybin products, such as psilocybin-producing mushrooms and
fungi. Measure 110 decriminalized Schedule I-IV controlled substances, such as
heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamines.
o In Washington, D.C.,
voters approved Initiative 81 by
a vote of 76% to 24%. The measure declared personal possession and use of
all entheogenic plants and fungi to
be the lowest law enforcement priority. Entheogenic
plants and fungi include psilocybin mushrooms, peyote, and iboga.
o In Arizona, Montana,
New Jersey, and South Dakota, voters approved ballot measures to legalize marijuana.
Mississippi, along with South Dakota, also approved medical marijuana programs.
·
Voters in Oklahoma rejected a ballot initiative, State Question 805, that would have prohibited
the use of a person's past non-violent felony convictions to impose a greater
(enhanced) sentence when sentencing a person convicted of a non-violent felony.
Click here to see all
ballot measure election results, including other highlighted measures.
What happened in notable local races?
·
George Gascón defeated
incumbent Jackie Lacey in the nonpartisan general election for
district attorney in Los Angeles County, the nation's largest local
prosecutorial district. Gascón served two terms as
San Francisco District Attorney in 2011 and 2015. Gascón
did not seek election to a third term for that office in 2019. Lacey was first
elected as Los Angeles County District Attorney in 2012 and was re-elected
unopposed in 2016.
·
Incumbent Ted Wheeler won re-election over Sarah Iannarone and write-in candidate Teressa
Raiford in the general election for mayor of Portland, Oregon. Wheeler
was first elected in 2016. He received support from groups including the local
branches of the SEIU and NAACP, as well as the Portland Business Alliance. Iannarone’s backers included Sen. Bernie Sanders and
the Oregon Progressive Party.
·
Daniella Levine Cava defeated Esteban Bovo Jr.—54% to 46%—to win the nonpartisan
primary for mayor of Miami-Dade County in Florida.
Nov.
7
Results below updated
as of 9:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, November 7.
Who won the
presidency?
Media outlets have not predicted a definitive winner in the presidential
election. No new states were called for either candidate by Saturday morning.
The six remaining uncalled states according to Ballotpedia’s
election calling policy are Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina,
and Pennsylvania, as well as Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. Ballotpedia is tracking
litigation filed by the Trump campaign related to the
presidential election. Two cases in Georgia and Michigan were dismissed on
Thursday. In Pennsylvania, a state appellate court ruled candidates’
representatives could observe all aspects of the counting process from within 6
feet of election workers. Based on states called to date, Joe Biden (D)
has won 253 electoral votes to President Donald Trump’s (R)
213.
Who controls the U.S. Senate?
Thirty of 35 Senate elections have
been called. Based on results known so far, the 117th Congress will have 48
Democratic senators (including two independents who caucus with them) and 47
Republican senators.
·
Three seats have changed partisan control:
o Tommy Tuberville (R)
defeated incumbent Sen. Doug Jones (D) in Alabama.
o Mark Kelly (D)
defeated incumbent Martha McSally (R) in Arizona's special election.
o John Hickenlooper (D)
defeated incumbent Sen. Cory Gardner (R) in Colorado.
·
Elections remained uncalled in Alaska, Georgia, Maine, and North
Carolina. Two Senate elections took place in Georgia: one regularly scheduled
election and a special election.
·
A runoff will likely take place for Georgia's special Senate
election. Four of the five national outlets Ballotpedia
is using to call races have called incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler
(R) and Raphael Warnock (D) as proceeding to the runoff. Georgia's regular
Senate election will advance to a runoff if neither candidate received a
majority of the vote.
Who controls the House
of Representatives?
Control of the U.S. House has not been determined, although media outlets
project the Democratic Party will have a majority in the 117th Congress. Three-hundred ninety-three
of the 435 races have been called, with Democrats having won 201 seats to
Republicans' 192. According to Ballotpedia’s election
calling policy, 10 seats have changed party hands with Republicans winning
eight of those and Democrats two. Click here to
see a chart listing the U.S. House seats that changed parties.
What happened in gubernatorial races?
Voters decided gubernatorial elections in 11 states
Nov. 3.
·
Greg Gianforte (R)
won Montana's gubernatorial election, becoming the first Republican to do so
since 2000. Gianforte’s win gives Republicans a state
government trifecta in Montana, their first since 2004. Montana’s 15 years
without a trifecta is the longest of any of the 14 states that currently has
divided government. Incumbent Steve Bullock (D) was prevented by term limits
from seeking re-election.
·
The other open gubernatorial office was in Utah. Gov. Gary Herbert (R)
did not run for re-election this year. Spencer Cox (R)
defeated Chris Peterson (D) and six other candidates
in that race. This is the 11th consecutive gubernatorial election Utah
Republicans have won; the longest currently-running winning streak nationwide.
Nine other incumbent governors, including six Democrats and three Republicans,
won re-election this year.
What is the status of
trifectas?
Forty-four states held elections for
one or more trifecta offices. As a result of the 2020 election, we are
projecting 38 trifectas so far. Democrats retained all 15 of their trifectas.
Republicans have gained two so far, for a total of 23.
·
Montana flipped from a divided government after Greg Gianforte (R) won the governorship, which had been held by
Democrats since 2004. Republicans retained control of both legislative
chambers.
·
New Hampshire flipped from a divided government after
Republicans took control of both the state Senate and House. Democrats had
controlled both chambers since 2018. Gov. Chris Sununu (R) won re-election.
Eleven states will
remain with divided government. The trifecta status of two states—Alaska and
Arizona—has not yet been determined.
What happened in state legislative elections?
Eight-six state legislative chambers across 44 states held elections for some or
all of their seats. Control of three chambers has still not been called—the
Alaska state House and both chambers of the Arizona legislature. Two state
legislative chambers have changed party control. Republicans won control of the
New Hampshire state House and Senate. Democrats had won partisan control
of both chambers in 2018. The remaining 81 state legislative chambers did not
see a change in partisan control.
What happened with statewide ballot measures?
Voters nationwide decided 120 statewide ballot measures in 32 states. Here are
some notable results: California voters approved Proposition 22 by
a vote of 58% to 42%. Uber, Lyft, and Doordash
sponsored the ballot initiative to define app-based drivers as independent
contractors and not employees, as well as enact several labor and wage
policies. It was the first time voters addressed gig-economy policies through a
statewide ballot measure.
·
California voters rejected Proposition 25 by
a vote of 55% against and 45% in favor, which means voters chose to keep cash
bail for detained suspects awaiting trials instead of replacing it with risk
assessments. Proposition 25 was a veto referendum on Senate Bill 10 (2019). If
voters had upheld SB 10, it would have made California the first state to end
the use of cash bail for all detained suspects awaiting trials. Proposition 25
was one of four statewide veto referendums in the
country in 2020.
·
Illinois voters rejected the Illinois Allow
for Graduated Income Tax Amendment by a vote of 55% against to
45% in favor. The Illinois State Legislature proposed
the constitutional amendment to allow the state to enact legislation for a
graduated income tax. As of 2020, the state constitution required that the
state personal income tax be a flat rate. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D),
who advocated for a graduated income tax during his gubernatorial campaign,
provided most of the funds to the campaign backing the amendment. Ken Griffin,
the founder and CEO of Citadel, provided most of the opposition funds.
Together, the support and opposition campaigns have raised over $120
million—just over $60 million each.
·
Voters approved changes to state drug and criminal justice
policies in several states and in D.C.
o In Oregon, two ballot
measures—Measure 109 and Measure 110—were
approved by 56% and 58%, respectively. Measure 109 created a program for
administering psilocybin products, such as psilocybin-producing mushrooms and
fungi. Measure 110 decriminalized Schedule I-IV controlled substances, such as
heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamines.
o In Washington, D.C.,
voters approved Initiative 81 by
a vote of 76% to 24%. The measure declared personal possession and use of
all entheogenic plants and fungi to
be the lowest law enforcement priority. Entheogenic
plants and fungi include psilocybin mushrooms, peyote, and iboga.
o In Arizona, Montana,
New Jersey, and South Dakota, voters approved ballot measures to legalize marijuana.
Mississippi, along with South Dakota, also approved medical marijuana programs.
·
Voters in Oklahoma rejected a ballot initiative, State Question 805, that would have prohibited
the use of a person's past non-violent felony convictions to impose a greater
(enhanced) sentence when sentencing a person convicted of a non-violent felony.
Click here to see all
ballot measure election results, including other highlighted measures.
What happened in notable local races?
·
Incumbent Ted Wheeler won re-election over Sarah Iannarone and write-in candidate Teressa
Raiford in the general election for mayor of Portland, Oregon. Wheeler
was first elected in 2016. He received support from groups including the local
branches of the SEIU and NAACP, as well as the Portland Business Alliance. Iannarone’s backers included Sen. Bernie Sanders and
the Oregon Progressive Party.
·
Daniella Levine Cava defeated Esteban Bovo Jr.—54% to 46%—to win the nonpartisan
primary for mayor of Miami-Dade County in Florida.
Nov.
6
Results below updated
as of 9:00 a.m. ET on Friday, November 6.
Who won the
presidency?
Vote counting continued and media outlets have not predicted a definitive
winner. No new states were called for either candidate Friday morning. So far,
the five media outlets we're tracking have unanimously declared a winner in 44
states and Washington, D.C. The six remaining uncalled states according to Ballotpedia’s election calling policy are Alaska, Arizona,
Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, as well as Maine’s 2nd
Congressional District. Joe Biden (D) has won 253 electoral votes to
President Donald Trump’s (R) 213.
Who controls the U.S. Senate?
Control of the U.S. Senate has not been determined and no new Senate races were
called as of Friday morning. Six races, all with Republican incumbents, have
not been called by a consensus of media outlets. Those races are in Alaska,
Arizona, Georgia's regular and special Senate elections, Maine, and North
Carolina. Some media outlets have called the race in Arizona for Mark Kelly (D)
and in Maine for Sen. Susan Collins (R), although neither has
met our race calling policy. Collins’ Democratic challenger Sara Gideon conceded
the race Thursday afternoon.
A runoff will take
place for Georgia's special Senate election. Four of the five national outlets Ballotpedia is using to call races have called incumbent
Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R)
and Raphael Warnock (D) as proceeding to the
runoff. Georgia's regular Senate election will advance to a runoff if neither
candidate received a majority of the vote.
The composition of the
Senate excluding those seats is 47 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and two
independents who caucus with the Democrats. Republicans and Democrats have each
flipped one seat—a Republican gain in Alabama and a Democratic one in Colorado.
Who controls the House of Representatives?
Control of the U.S. House has not been determined, although media outlets
project the Democratic Party will have a majority in the 117th Congress. Three-hundred ninety-one
of the 435 races have been called, with Democrats winning 201 seats to
Republicans' 190. Republicans have flipped eight seats, and Democrats flipped
two, according to Ballotpedia’s election calling
policy.
What is the status of trifectas?
Two trifectas have flipped from divided government to Republican trifecta
control—in Montana and New Hampshire. No trifecta changes resulted from race
calls as of Friday morning.
What happened in state legislative elections?
At this time, two state legislative chambers have changed party control, the
state House and state Senate in New Hampshire.
Nov.
5
Results below updated
as of 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, November 5.
Who won the presidency?
Vote counting continued and media outlets have not predicted a definitive
winner. No new states were called for either candidate during the day Thursday.
So far, the five media outlets we're tracking have unanimously declared a
winner in 44 states and Washington, D.C.. The six
remaining uncalled states according to Ballotpedia’s
election calling policy are Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina,
and Pennsylvania, as well as Maine’s 2nd Congressional District. Joe Biden (D)
has won 253 electoral votes to President Donald Trump’s (R)
213.
Who controls the U.S. Senate?
Control of the U.S. Senate has not been determined and no new Senate races were
called during the day Thursday. Six races, all with Republican incumbents, have
not been called by a consensus of media outlets. Those races are in Alaska,
Arizona, Georgia's regular and special Senate elections, Maine, and North
Carolina. The composition of the Senate excluding those seats is 47 Republicans,
45 Democrats, and two independents who caucus with the Democrats. Republicans
and Democrats had each flipped one seat—a Republican gain in Alabama and a
Democratic one in Colorado. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine)
has been projected to win re-election by four outlets.
Who controls the House of Representatives?
Control of the U.S. House has not been determined, although media outlets
project the Democratic Party will have a majority in the 117th Congress. Three-hundred seventy-five
of the 435 races have been called, with Democrats winning 192 seats to
Republicans' 183. Republicans have flipped five seats, and Democrats flipped
two, according to Ballotpedia’s election calling
policy.
What is the status of trifectas?
Two trifectas have flipped from divided government to Republican trifecta
control—in Montana and New Hampshire. No trifecta changes resulted from race
calls during the day Thursday.
What happened in state legislative elections?
At this time, two state legislative chambers have changed party control, the
state House and state Senate in New Hampshire.
Results below updated
as of 9:30 a.m. ET on Thursday, November 5.
Who won the presidency?
Counting of absentee and mail-in ballots continued in the evening and
overnight. Media attention focused on the remaining states which are
uncalled—Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. No
new states were called by all five of the national news outlets we use for our
coverage (ABC News, CNN, FOX News, NBC, and New York Times). Joe Biden currently
has 253 electoral votes. Donald Trump has 213.
Who controls the U.S. Senate?
No new Senate races were called since our last update. Six races, all with
Republican incumbents, remain uncalled at this time—Arizona, Georgia's regular
and special Senate races, Maine, Michigan, and North Carolina. The composition
of the Senate excluding those seats is 47 Republicans, 45 Democrats, and two
independents who caucus with the Democrats.
Who controls the House of Representatives?
Vote counting is still ongoing in many U.S. House races. Under our policy for
calling races, we have identified five districts won by Republicans that
currently have Democratic incumbents (IA-01, MN-07, NM-02, OK-05, and SC-01).
We have identified two districts won by Democrats that currently have
Republican incumbents (NC-02 and NC-06). While some media outlets have made
projections in other races that would result in those seats flipping party control,
those decisions have not been agreed upon by all five outlets. Heading into the
election, the partisan composition of the House of Representatives was 232
Democrats, 197 Republicans, one Libertarian, and five vacancies.
What is the status of trifectas?
Heading into the 2020 elections, there were 36 state government trifectas—the
most since 2013. Republicans had 21 trifectas and Democrats had 15. The other
14 states had divided government, meaning neither party had a trifecta. Two
trifectas have flipped from divided government to Republican trifecta control,
as Greg Gianforte won the governor's race in
Montana and Republicans flipped both the New Hampshire state House and Senate.
What is the status of triplexes?
Two trifectas have flipped from divided government to Republican trifecta
control—Montana as a result of Republicans flipping the governor’s office and
New Hampshire as a result of Republicans flipping control of both the state
House and Senate.
What is the status of state executive races?
Aside from Republicans winning control of the governor’s office in Montana, the
only top-four, state executive office that has changed party control is in
Oregon, where Shemia Fagan (D) won the election for
secretary of state. Incumbent Bev Clarno (R) did not
run for re-election.
What are the results in high-profile ballot measures?
Since our last update, Nevada voters approved four ballot questions that
would do the following: recognize the marriages of couples regardless of
gender; revise duties of the State Board of Pardons Commissioners; create a
constitutional right to certain voting procedures and policies; and require electric
utilities to acquire 50% of their electricity from renewable resources by 2030.
A fifth measure—concerning the constitutional status of the Board of Regents—is
still too close to call. In Rhode Island, voters decided a measure to remove
"Providence Plantations" from the state's official name.
Nov.
4
Results below updated
as of 6:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, November 4.
Who won the presidency?
The presidential election is too close to call in four battleground
states—Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Three
jurisdictions—Alaska, Nevada, and Maine’s 2nd Congressional District—have not
yet been called by all five national news outlets we’re using for our coverage
(ABC News, CNN, FOX News, NBC, and New York Times). Michigan and Wisconsin were
both called for Joe Biden. Biden has 253 electoral votes. Donald Trump has
213.
Who controls the U.S. Senate?
Thirty-five of 100 U.S. Senate seats were up for election in 2020. Heading into
the election, Republicans had a 53-47 majority. Eight of the Senate races we
identified as battlegrounds have been resolved with no change in party
affiliation. Seven of those seats were Republican holds and one was a
Democratic hold. Republicans and Democrats have each flipped one seat—a
Republican gain in Alabama and a Democratic one in Colorado. Although we don’t
have a consensus from five race-tracking outlets, Sen Susan Collins (R-Maine)
has been identified as the projected winner by four outlets. Five other
battleground races are still uncalled—Arizona, Georgia's regular and special
Senate races, Michigan, and North Carolina.
Who controls the House of Representatives?
Vote counting is still ongoing in many U.S. House races. Our race-calling
policy has resulted in Republicans flipping four seats and Democrats two. While
some media outlets have made projections in other races that would result in
those seats flipping party control, they have not been agreed upon by all five.
What is the status of trifectas?
Heading into the 2020 elections, there were 36 state government trifectas—the
most since 2013. Republicans had 21 trifectas and Democrats had 15. The other
14 states had divided government, meaning neither party had a trifecta. Two
trifectas have flipped from divided government to Republican trifecta control,
as Greg Gianforte won the governor's race in
Montana and Republicans flipped both the New Hampshire state House and Senate.
What is the status of triplexes?
Heading into the election there were 36 state government triplexes—19 Republican
triplexes and 17 Democratic ones. So far, new triplexes were created in two
states that are currently under divided triplex control. Montana will become a
Republican triplex, as they won the governor's race and maintained control of
the secretary of state and attorney general offices. Oregon will become a
Democratic triplex as that party flipped the secretary of state's office and
maintained control of the attorney general's office. There was no gubernatorial
election, and Gov. Kate Brown is a Democrat.
What is the status of any noteworthy recounts or lawsuits?
President
Trump's campaign announced that it would seek a recount
in Wisconsin. According to
state law, candidates may not officially request a recount until after the
certification of results. The state's certification
deadline is Dec. 1. The deadline for
a presidential campaign to request a recount in Wisconsin is 5:00 p.m. on the
business day after certification. Also, the Trump campaign asked the U.S.
Supreme Court to intervene in a pending lawsuit over the Pennsylvania Supreme
Court's order extending the receipt deadline for mail-in ballots to Nov. 6.
Results below updated as of 5:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday, November 4.
Who won the presidency?
Media outlets have not projected a definitive winner. Neither candidate has
conceded, with both candidates expressing confidence that the results lean in
their favor. President Donald Trump (R) had won states totaling
213 electoral votes to Joe Biden’s (D) 220. Ten states remained uncalled, according
to Ballotpedia’s election calling policy. Both
candidates spoke to their supporters in the early morning hours.
Who controls the U.S. Senate?
Control of the U.S. Senate as a result of the 2020 elections had not been
determined. Elections in seven states remained too close to call. Races had
been called by five media outlets for 11 Democrats and 17 Republicans. Two
seats switched parties: Tommy Tuberville (R) won Doug
Jones’ (D) seat in Alabama, and John
Hickenlooper (D) won Cory Gardner’s (R)
seat in Colorado. The seven states that have not been called yet are Georgia
(both regular and special elections), Arizona, Alaska, Maine, North Carolina,
and Michigan.
Who controls the House of Representatives?
Media outlets project the Democratic Party to maintain control of the U.S.
House. The partisan composition of the House of Representatives before the
elections was 232 Democrats, 197 Republicans, one Libertarian, and five
vacancies. Here are a few of the seats that have flipped so far:
·
MN-07: Michelle Fischbach (R)
won Collin Peterson’s (D) seat
·
NC-02: Deborah Ross (D) won George Holding’s (R)
seat
·
NC-06: Kathy Manning (D) won Joseph Haywood’s (R)
seat
·
OK-05: Stephanie Bice (R) won Kendra Horn’s (D)
seat
What is the status of
trifectas?
The pre-election trifecta count is 36 (21 for Republicans and 15 for Democrats)
with 14 states having divided governments. While final control of most state
legislative chambers is too early to call, if we assume that no state
legislative chambers flipped outside those we identified as battlegrounds, we
can project that Republicans have likely gained a trifecta in Montana. Greg Gianforte’s (R) election as the state’s
first Republican governor since 2004 brings an end to 15 years of divided
government, assuming Republicans maintain their state legislative majorities.
Democrats held their trifectas in Colorado and Delaware, while Republicans held
their trifecta in Arkansas. Kentucky, Massachusetts, and North Carolina
remained under divided government. Democrats did not pick up a trifecta in
Vermont, where Gov. Phil Scott (R) won re-election. Similarly, Republicans
missed a chance to pick up a trifecta in North Carolina with the re-election
of Roy Cooper (D).
What are the notable ballot measure results?
·
California voters approved Proposition 22,
which defines app-based transportation (rideshare) and delivery drivers as
independent contractors and adopts labor and wage policies specific to
app-based drivers and companies, 58% to 42%.
·
Colorado voters approved Proposition 118 in
a vote of 57% to 43%. The measure establishes a paid family and medical leave
program in Colorado to provide 12 weeks (up to 16 weeks in certain cases) of
paid leave funded through a payroll tax to be paid for by employers and
employees in a 50/50 split.
·
Mississippi voters approved Measure 3 to
adopt a new official state flag 70% to 30%. The new flag, as designed by the
Commission to Redesign the Mississippi State Flag, may not contain the
Confederate Battle Flag and must include the words "In God We Trust."
·
New Jersey voters approved a constitutional amendment, New Jersey
Public Question 1, Marijuana Legalization Amendment (2020), to
legalize marijuana. New Jersey is the first Mid-Atlantic state to legalize
marijuana.
·
Oregon voters approved Measure 109 in
a vote of 56% to 44% according to unofficial election night results. It will
permit licensed service providers to administer psilocybin-producing mushroom
and fungi products to individuals 21 years of age or older.