DON JONES INDEX…

 

GAINS POSTED in GREEN

LOSSES POSTED in RED

 

 

 

11/11/20… 13,638.31                       11/4/20…   13,523.33               

6/27/13...    15,000.00

 

 

 

(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 micro-conclusions, such as are explicated below…

 

 

 

 

NOVEMBER 4 – NOVEMBER 10

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

 

       Infected:  9,@

               Dead:  235,761

                  Dow:  28,390.18

 

Biden promises that he will immediately form a plague task force to replace Operation Warp Speed.  Stress said to be swelling… Cardi B rambles while smoking three cigarettes at a time, other partisans said to be self-medicating by drugs and alcohol, gluttony or immersing themselves in yoga.

   Lady Gaga’s father on the airwaves, promoting Trump.  Partisans battle in the street with knives and baseball back – New York sanitation trucks blockade Trump Tower, allegedly to deter terrorists.

 

(Men – and, of late, women, too) are not gentle creatures, who want to be loved and who, at most, can defend themselves when attacked; they are, on the contrary,  creatures among whose instinctual endowments is to be reckoned a powerful share of aggressiveness.  As a result, their neighbor is, for them, not only a potential helper or sexual object, but also someone who tempts them to satisfy their aggressiveness on him, to exploit his capacity for work without compensation, to use him sexually without his consent, , to seize his possessions, to humiliate him, to cause him pain, to torture and to kill him.  Homo homini lupus.  (‘Man is a wolf to man.’ – Plautus)

 

Thursday, November 5, 2020

 

       Infected:  9,606,502

               Dead:  235,761

                  Dow:  28,390.18

Biden wins Wisconsin and Michigan – only six states left out.  He has won the most popular votes ever, but Trump leads with 23 states to 22.  Left wing election riots in Portland (Or), right wingers storm Michigan courthouses – MAGAmen say that votes for Trump were discarded all over the nation.

   At 6:45 PM, Trump makes a speech calling for supporters to keep fighting.  He is declared the victor in North Carolina.

   Tuesday declared the first 100,000 new plague cases day, topped by 102,000 on Wednesday.  Plague sends Italy back into lockdown.

 

Civilized man has exchanged a portion of his possibilities for happiness for a portion of security.  We must not forget, however, that in the primal family, only the head of it enjoyed this instinctual freedom; the rest lived in slavish suppression.  In that primal period of civilization, the contrast between a minority, who enjoyed the advantages of civilization, and a majority who were robbed of those advantages was, therefore, carried to extremes.”

 

Friday, November 6, 2020

 

Infected:

Dead:

Dow:

Votes remain uncounted but even wildest-eyed Republicans backing away from allegations of fraud.  MAGA mobs accused of hypocrisy for armed intimidation of Pennsylvania poll workers into stopping the count while Arizona militias order the counters to keep counting.  Unbothered by bullets, a Missouri poll worker drops dead after breaking quarantine.

   CDC warns that going to work is twice as dangerous as staying at home.  Many doctors say the plague prognosis is “grim”.  “Every state but Louisiana is spiking,” says Dr. Ashish Jah, who recommends a National Plan.  Others advise that states should re-open schools but close bars.

 

“(The delusional mind) regards reality as the sole enemy and the source of all suffering, with which is impossible to live, so that one must break off all relationships with it if one is to be, in any way, happy… (But) whoever, in desperate defiance, sets out on this path to happiness will, as a rule, attain nothing.  Reality is too strong for him.  He becomes a madman… (who),  like a paranoic, corrects some aspect of the world which is unbearable to him by the construction of a wish and introduces this delusion into reality.

 

Saturday, November 7, 2020

 

       Infected:  9,

               Dead:  2@

                

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sunday, November 8, 2020

 

       Infected:  9.861,998

               Dead:  2@

                 

 

Biden’s lead still growing despite rumours that poll workers are infecting voters and everybody will die!  Health officials warn that Tuesday’s long lines at the polls were Super Spreader events. Despite lockdown, El Paso positivity rate hits 24% while the CDC predicts 250K deaths by Thanksgiving (not really such a big leap).  Multiple medical experts lobbying for Biden jobs and funding are heard chanting: “All hands on deck!” in unison while Trump’s Chief of Staff Mark Meadows gets it.

 

It might be assumed that the death instinct operated silently within the organism towards its dissolution, but that, of course, was no proof.

 

America (and Canada) mourn the death of Alex Trebek – remembered as a decent man.  “I’m a reasonably nice guy,” he says in his last interview, “I don’t malign people.”  Tributes pour in from winners, losers and Pat Sajak.  “What more, 2020?” asks Robin Roberts.

   The maligning is all on Sunday talkshows and election soundbites.  Indecent Fox correspondent Dana Perino praise Trump’s reticence, but Gerald Seib of the Wall Street Journal calls his silence “ominous and his postponing concession will put his real achievements” at risk.  And Mitch McConnell says: “I’m going to be either the majority or minority leader – and majority is better!”

 

There are a few men from whom their contemporaries do not withhold admiration, although their greatness rests on attributes and achievements which are completely foreign to the aims and ideals of the multitude.  One might easily be inclined to suppose that it is after all only a minority which appreciates these great men, while the large majority cares nothing for them.”

 

 

Monday, November 9, 2020

 

        Infected:  9.220.993

                Dead:  231,353

                   Dow:  26,925.05       

   

Biden calls the President-reject’s conduct “embarrassing” to America and then appoints his blue ribbon panel as American plague cases pass the 10 million mark... over 100,000 in the last five days.  43 states spiking – Utah re-mandates masks, nursing home deaths up 400%.

   Pfizer (the Viagara folks) claim their new vax is 90 percent effective (as opposed to the acceptable 50%).  Dr. Richard Besser predicts a wide release by summer, 2021.  Teachers protest dirty doctors who write back-to-school notes for plague-y kids while scammers are setting up fake testing sites to harvest information and money.

   Post-election plague rage: Corey Booker (the Bookerman), cities commercials comparing him to Willie Horton, denies that he’s the Boogeyman.  As Trump lawyers up, Rudy G. holds a rally at the Four Seasons – but it’s not the luxury hotel, but a landscaping warehouse between a crematorium and adult bookstore.  He blames his client’s loss to Sleepy Joe on dead (uncremated) people voting.

   Sleepy Ben Carson, HUD Secretary, gets it.

 

This danger (of civilization’s collapse) is most threatening where… individuals of the leader type to not acquire the importance that should fall to them… I shall avoid the temptation of entering a critique of American civilization; I do not wish to give an impression of wanting to employ American methods.”

 

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

 

          Infected:  9,358,469

                  Dead:  23@

                     Dow:  27,480.03

   

Trump’s firings of National Security chiefs continues… FBI and CIA decimated and even conservatives starting to worry what happens if predators like Russia, China, even Iran, start a war. Under the lame duck’s orders, the General Services Administration refuses to cooperate with Team Biden. 

   With another daily record, 135,000 new cases and all fifty states spiking into the Red Zone, Dr. LaPook hails Pfizer vax development in 2 mos. Versus 3 for Zika and 20 for SARS but warns America will face a “supply issue” because they can make only 20 million doses per month and it must be stored at minus 94 degrees.  Dr. Fauci says he’ll serve on both Biden’s task force and Operation Warp Speed (if The Donald doesn’t fire him).  Dr. Somebody predicts the plague will crest on January 20 (as Biden is inaugurated… or not)

 

We cannot fail to recognize that satisfaction of the (sadistic) instinct is accompanied by an extraordinarily high degree of narcissistic enjoyment, owing to its presenting to the ego with a fulfillment of the latter’s old wishes for omnipotence…

   (T)he narcissistic man, who inclines to be self sufficient, will seek his main satisfactions in his internal mental processes; the man of action will never give up the external world, on which he can try out his strength.

 

 

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, well that was just the way of the world.

 

 

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)

See a further explanation of categories here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                            ECONOMIC INDICES (60%)

 

DON JONES’ PERSONAL ECONOMIC INDEX (45% of TOTAL INDEX POINTS)

 

 

CATEGORY

VALUE

BASE

 

RESULTS

 

SCORE

SCORE

      OUR SOURCE(S) and COMM

  INCOME

(24%)

6/27/13

LAST

CHANGE

NEXT

11/4/20

11/4/20

  OUR SOURCES and COMMENTS

 

 

Wages (hourly, per capita)

9%

1350 pts.

10/7/20

+0.12%

11/18/20

1,406.48

1,408.18

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/wages  24.82

 

Median Income (yearly)

4%

600

11/4/20

+0.12%

11/18/20

651.65

652.31

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    34,525

 

Unempl. (BLS – in millions

4%

600

9/30/20

-14.49%

11/18/20

253.87

290.66

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000   6.9%

 

Official (DC – in millions)

2%

300

11/4/20

-15.05%

11/18/20

310.52

357.58

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    10,887

 

Total. (DC – in millions)

2%

300

11/4/20

 -5.81%

11/18/20

295.66

312.84

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    18.468

 

Workforce Participation

Number (in millions)

Percentage (DC)

2%

300

11/4/20

 

+1.49%

+0.89%

 

11/18/20

309.37

312.13

In 149,914 Out 100,027 Total: 249,941

http://www.usdebtclock.org/  59.98

 

WP Percentage (ycharts)*

1%

150

11/4/20

 -0.49%

11/18/20

151.71

152.45

http://ycharts.com/indicators/labor_force_participation_rate  61.70

 

 

   OUTGO

(15%)

 

 

Total Inflation

7%

1050

10/7/20

+0.2%

11/18/20

1,027.54

1,027.54

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm     +0.2 nc

 

Food

2%

300

10/7/20

+0.1%

11/18/20

284.41

284.41

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm         0

 

Gasoline

2%

300

10/7/20

+0.1%

11/18/20

371.47

371.47

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm     +0.1

 

Medical Costs

2%

300

10/7/20

+0.1%

11/18/20

289.08

289.08

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm         0

 

Shelter

2%

300

10/7/20

+0.1%

11/18/20

295.81

295.81

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm         0 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   WEALTH

(6%)

 

 

Dow Jones Index

2%

300

11/4/20

  +7.13%

11/18/20

299.82

321.19

https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/index/DJIA  29,420.92

 

Sales (homes)

Valuation (homes)

1%

1%

150

150

11/4/20

 +9.00%

 +0.39%

11/18/20

183.35

169.25                

183.35

169.25                 

https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics

     Sales (M):  6.54 Valuations (K):  311.8

 

Debt (Personal)

2%

300

11/4/20

 +1.60%

11/18/20

281.42

276.92

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    63.069

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   NATIONAL

(10%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues (in trillions)

2%

300

11/4/20

+0.58%

11/18/20

290.88              

292.58              

debtclock.org/       3,441

 

Expenditures (in tr.)

2%

300

11/4/20

+0.41%

11/18/20

225.49

224.57

debtclock.org/       6,633

 

National Debt (tr.)

3%

450

11/4/20

+0.36%

11/18/20

341.10

339.86

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    27,239

 

Aggregate Debt (tr.)

3%

450

11/4/20

+2.96%

11/18/20

382.36

371.05

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    85,187

 

 

  GLOBAL

(5%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Debt (tr.)

2%

300

11/4/20

  -0.014%

11/18/20

291.33              

291.29              

http://www.usdebtclock.org/   7,096

 

Exports (in billions – bl.)

Imports (bl.)

Trade Deficit (bl.)

1%

1%

1%

150

150

150

11/4/20

11/4/20

11/4/20

  +2.62%

   -0.50%

   -5.01%

11/18/20

11/18/20

11/18/20

148.52

141.99

104.96            

148.52

141.99

104.96            

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html   176.4

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html   240.2

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/index.html     63.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOCIAL INDICES (40%)   

 

ACTS of MAN

(12%)

 

 

 

World Peace

3%

450

11/4/20

-0.3%

11/18/20

415.60

414.35

Plague ra-ravages Europe… 21 nations spiking.  Italy goes back into lockdown.  Peruvian President ousted over his mishandling of the plague and Thai riots over Covid incompetence imperil the monarchy.  Protests wrack Armenia after peace treaty with Azarbaijan.

 

Terrorism

2%

300

11/4/20

+0.2%

11/18/20

272.54

273.09

Feds discover 27 instance of Iranian evil and worriers worry over the decimation of America’s National Security apparatus.  But George Stephanopolous says that foreign interference is “the dog that didn’t bark”.

 

Politics

3%

450

11/4/20

+0.5%

11/18/20

464.41        

466.73        

Growing possibility of a Democratic Presidency and a Republican Senate sends the stock market soaring.  Backlog of 40,000 small business relief applications prompt Washington to hire more investigators while advocates cite unspent CARES money.  GM to add 3,000 tech jobs.

 

Economics

3%

450

11/4/20

+0.1%

11/18/20

396.37        

396.77        

Chairman Jerome Powell of Fed says that, despite the Wall Street uplift, another stimulus would help the Main Street economy.  California voters say that Lyft and uber drivers are independent contractors and not employees… this no minimum wage, no healthcare, no benefits etc.  On the other hand, five more states legalize marijuana and Oregon legalizes cocaine and heroin.

 

Crime

1%

150

11/4/20

-0.2%

11/18/20

269.97

269.43

Louisiana cop killer arrested in North Dakota.  Vegas copycat shoots three at Circus Circus.  Salt Life co-founder arrested for killing his 18 year old girlfriend.  Robot kills worker at Ajia factory – company is sued but the robot goes free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACTS of GOD

(6%)

(with, in some cases, a little… or lots of… help from men, and a few women)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Environment/Weather

3%

450

11/4/20

   -0.2%

11/18/20

437.41

436.54

Hirricane Eta dumps forty inches of rain on Nicarague, weathermen worry as it curves back and strike Florida.  Theta becomes record 29th named storm and Iota clocks in at 30th.  After weeks of rest, California wildfires flame up, but die down after first rain in 172 days.  Blizzards strike Midwest, record heat bakes East.

 

Natural/Unnatural Disaster

3%

450

11/4/20

   -0.3%

11/18/20

419.84

418.58

Etas toll: over fifty in Nicaragua.  Indonesian volcano is rumbling.  Ford recalls 375K defective Explorers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIFESTYLE/JUSTICE INDEX  

(15%)

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Science, Tech, Education

4%

600

11/4/20

+0.1%

11/18/20

641.25

641.89

Smart Phone app V-SAFE allows CDC to monitor vaccine safety.

 

Equality (econ./social)

4%

600

11/4/20

+0.5%

11/18/20

573.38

576.25

Kamala’s ascension celebrated by women, blacks, Asians and people fed up with Mike Pence.  Record 106 women (about 25%) elected to Congress.

 

Health

 

             

 

 

           Plague

4%

600

11/4/20

 +0.2%

 

 

     

 

+1.0%

11/18/20

502.81

 

 

 

 

 - 498.50

 

503.82

 

 

 

 

 - 493.51

 

FDA to reveal first Alzheimers’ drug in two decades.  Maker Biogen’s stock soars.  Romaine lettuce yanked for E-coli.  Vegans celebrate as McDonald’s creates McPlantburgers and Pizza Hut issues Bayond Meat pizzas.  (But will they contain cheese and continue to exploit cows?)

 

Biogen vaccine called 90% effective; FDA also greenlights Eli Lilly’s antibody treatments.  Italy begins drive-by oxygen treatments. 

 

Freedom and Justice

3%

450

11/4/20

    nc

11/18/20

444.37

444.37

Killer cops in George Floyd case to be tried together in Minneapolis.  SCOTUS begins hearings on repealing Obamacare with justices Roberts and Kavanaugh on the fence.

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS and TRANSIENT INDEX        (7%)

 

 

 

 

 

Cultural incidents

3%

450

11/4/20

      -0.4%

11/18/20

481.62

479.69

RIP Jeopardy host Alex Trebek.  NBA announces they’ll start their new season around Christmas.  Notre Dame upsets NCAA #1 Clemson, then delirious fans hold a Super Spreader bash – many of next week’s games cancelled, and also most Veterans’ Day parades.  Whitney Houston and Notorious B.I.G. elected to Hall of Fame.

 

 

Miscellaneous incidents

4%

450

11/4/20

     -0.1%

11/18/20

462.30             

461.84             

Whale eats, then spits out, two women.  Grocers are re-imposing toilet paper rationing.  Gayle King says “we’re all looking for the light at the end of the tunnel,” unfortunately that light is also Death.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Don Jones Index for the week of November 4th through November 10th, 2020 was UP 114.98 points.

 

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ATTACHMENT ONE – from Fox News

 

Swing states – for all states, go here.

 

 

Candidates

Votes

%

Arizona flipped

11 electoral votes Toggle Favorite

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

%

Florida

29 electoral votes Toggle Favorite

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

%

Georgia

16 electoral votes Toggle Favorite

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

%

Iowa

6 electoral votes Toggle Favorite

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

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

%

Minnesota

10 electoral votes Toggle Favorite

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

%

North Carolina

15 electoral votes Toggle Favorite

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

%

Nevada

6 electoral votes Toggle Favorite

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

%

Ohio

18 electoral votes Toggle Favorite

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

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

%

Texas

38 electoral votes Toggle Favorite

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

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

Georgia Senate Run-Off Election - Perdue vs. Ossoff

Remington Research (R)

Perdue 50, Ossoff 46

Perdue +4

Georgia Senate Special Election Run-Off - Loeffler vs. Warnock

Remington Research (R)

Loeffler 49, Warnock 48

Loeffler +1

President Trump Job Approval

Economist/YouGov

Approve 46, Disapprove 51

Disapprove +5

Congressional Job Approval

Economist/YouGov

Approve 14, Disapprove 63

Disapprove +49

Direction of Country

Economist/YouGov

Right Direction 22, Wrong Track 64

Wrong Track +42

 

Monday, November 9

 

Race/Topic   (Click to Sort)

Poll

Results

Spread

Direction of Country

Rasmussen Reports

Right Direction 36, Wrong Track 59

Wrong Track +23

 

 

 

 

ATTACHMENT THREE – Presidential election results, by state, from Reuters

 

Solid Democratic

Dem.

Rep.

% Exp.

Calif.

64%

34%

95%

N.Y.

56%

43%

84%

Ill.

57%

41%

95%

Va.

54%

44%

99%

N.J.

57%

41%

90%

Wash.

59%

39%

98%

Mass.

65%

33%

93%

Minn.

53%

45%

99%

Colo.

55%

42%

97%

Md.

64%

34%

86%

Ore.

56%

40%

98%

Conn.

59%

39%

98%

N.M.

54%

44%

99%

N.H.

53%

46%

99%

Maine

54%

44%

91%

Hawaii

64%

34%

99%

R.I.

60%

39%

99%

Del.

59%

40%

99%

Vt.

66%

31%

99%

D.C.

92%

5%

88%

Lean Democratic

Dem.

Rep.

% Exp.

Pa.

50%

49%

98%

Mich.

51%

48%

99%

Ariz.

49%

49%

98%

Wis.

49%

49%

99%

Nev.

50%

48%

98%

Tossup

Dem.

Rep.

% Exp.

Texas

46%

52%

99%

Fla.

48%

51%

99%

Ohio

45%

53%

95%

N.C.

49%

50%

98%

Ga.

50%

49%

99%

Iowa

45%

53%

98%

Lean Republican

None

Solid Republican

Dem.

Rep.

% Exp.

Tenn.

37%

61%

99%

Ind.

41%

57%

99%

Mo.

41%

57%

99%

S.C.

43%

55%

99%

Ala.

37%

62%

99%

La.

40%

59%

99%

Ky.

36%

62%

98%

Okla.

32%

65%

99%

Utah

38%

58%

99%

Kan.

41%

56%

99%

Ark.

35%

63%

99%

Miss.

39%

59%

97%

Neb.

39%

59%

99%

Idaho

33%

64%

99%

W.Va.

30%

69%

99%

Mont.

40%

57%

99%

S.D.

36%

62%

99%

N.D.

32%

65%

99%

Wyo.

27%

70%

99%

Alaska

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

Democratic Caucus

Republican Caucus

Democratic Caucus

Republican Caucus

Democratic Caucus

Republican Caucus

Democratic Caucus

Republican Caucus

47

53

12

23

13

19

48

49

Alabama

1

1

Doug Jones (D)

Tommy Tuberville (R)

0

2

Alaska

0

2

Daniel S. Sullivan (R)

Daniel S. Sullivan (R)

0

2

Arizona

1

1

Martha McSally (R)

Mark Kelly (D)

2

0

Arkansas

0

2

Tom Cotton (R)

Tom Cotton (R)

0

2

California

2

0

 

 

2

0

Colorado

1

1

Cory Gardner (R)

John Hickenlooper (D)

2

0

Connecticut

2

0

 

 

2

0

Delaware

2

0

Chris Coons (D)

Chris Coons (D)

2

0

Florida

0

2

 

 

0

2

Georgia

0

2

Kelly Loeffler (R)

 

0

0

Georgia

0

2

David Perdue (R)

 

0

0

Hawaii

2

0

 

 

2

0

Idaho

0

2

Jim Risch (R)

Jim Risch (R)

0

2

Illinois

2

0

Dick Durbin (D)

Dick Durbin (D)

2

0

Indiana

0

2

 

 

0

2

Iowa

0

2

Joni Ernst (R)

Joni Ernst (R)

0

2

Kansas

0

2

Pat Roberts (R)

Roger Marshall (R)

0

2

Kentucky

0

2

Mitch McConnell (R)

Mitch McConnell (R)

0

2

Louisiana

0

2

Bill Cassidy (R)

Bill Cassidy (R)

0

2

Maine

1

1

Susan Collins (R)

Susan Collins (R)

1

1

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 President of the United States of America

 

Donald J. Trump’s Tweets

 

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

 

Nov 5

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Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

 

Nov 5

STOP THE COUNT!

 

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

 

Nov 4

Detroit Absentee Ballot Counting Chaos, Blocked Windows and Observers https://breitbart.com/politics/2020/11/04/watch-detroit-absentee-ballot-counting-chaos-as-workers-block-windows-bar-observers/… via

@BreitbartNews

 

 

Detroit Absentee Ballot Counting Chaos, Blocked Windows and Observers

Absentee ballot counting in Detroit was in chaos as hundreds of unofficial Republican observers converged on the counting location.

breitbart.com

 

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

 

Nov 4

Demands Arise for PA Attorney General to ‘Step Aside‘ https://breitbart.com/politics/2020/11/04/demands-arise-pa-attorney-general-step-aside-hes-trying-steal-pennsylvania-trump/… via

@BreitbartNews

 

 

Demands Arise for PA Attorney General to 'Step Aside'

Calls for Pennsylvania AG Josh Shapiro to "step aside" or resign are rising after he urged voters to seek election help from Democrats.

breitbart.com

 

Donald J. Trump Retweeted

 

 

Kevin McCarthy

@GOPLeader

 

Nov 4

The Republican coalition is bigger, more diverse, and more energetic than ever before—thanks to President

@realDonaldTrump

. His efforts to reach every demographic has positively expanded the future of the GOP. Join me for a news conference starting soon.

 

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

 

Nov 4

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!

 

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

 

Nov 4

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Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

 

Nov 4

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

 

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

 

Nov 4

We are winning Pennsylvania big, but the PA Secretary of State just announced that there are “Millions of ballots left to be counted.”

 

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

 

Nov 4

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!

Donald J. Trump

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They are finding Biden votes all over the place — in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. So bad for our Country!

 

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Nov 4

WHAT IS THIS ALL ABOUT?

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How come every time they count Mail-In ballot dumps they are so devastating in their percentage and power of destruction?

 

 

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.

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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.

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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.