DU political experts or anyone, is there any chance Biden could reach 270 by tonight?

[mtnsnake]

Or is everything on hold until tomorrow?

It's going to be hard to go to bed again not knowing for sure that we are positively absolutely without a shadow of a doubt going to put this thing away, at least for me it will be hard.

[dsc]

1. Depends on how fast GA counts and how fast AZ counts

AZ is supposed to a data dump at 9. If that dump gives Biden the state then he would just need GA. I don't know what GA is thinking in terms of time table. Apparently NV is a no go.

[SheltieLover]

3. GA supposed to finish tonight

Sorry I haven't seen a timeframe.

[wishstar]

4. Fulton Co. Atlanta Ga. elections supervisor said they will be finished by midnight

and other counties of the state presumably have fewer ballots than Fulton and could also come in by midnight. John King of CNN stated that it is feasible for Biden to close the gap since these outstanding absentee ballots will overwhelmingly favor Biden.

[triron]

29. Under 38 K difference now.

[LostOne4Ever]

2. I am no expert

But from the sites I am looking at it could go joes way if Nevada and Arizona are called for him tonight.

I think that would put him at 270.

[SheltieLover]

5. NV will announce tomorrow morning.

Not sure what delay is.

[soothsayer]

13. Tomorrow at noon

[SheltieLover]

14. Ty

I thought itwas 9am, but that's Judge Sullivan's time for dejoy.

[soothsayer]

15. Ha! I think at one point it was 9, then tonight, now noon

I just want to get Joe to that magic number soon as humanly possible. Come on, man!

[PatSeg]

17. We're getting closer

AND Trump isn't moving at all!

[SheltieLover]

40. He's going to be moving out of OUR WH!

[PatSeg]

42. Oh yes he is!

Can't come soon enough!

[SheltieLover]

43. Ikr!

[SheltieLover]

18. Ikr!

Maybe GA will drive the stake in the confederacy's heart tonight!

[soothsayer]

20. Here's hoping!

[SheltieLover]

23. Absolutely!

[bigtree]

37. 9am out west

...

[AngryOldDem]

31. IIRC, they have a lot of mail-in ballots that came in this week.

They will be the last to get counted.

[C Moon]

38. Without adding in some paranoia views as to why they are doing this...

maybe it's because they fear their may be people celebrating in the streets, riots, etc
Or maybe they are hoping to let another state put Biden over the top.

[dsc]

6. I actually left out PA

but they said at the beginning that they wouldn't be done till Friday. But if his lead is what people are thinking it might be PA may get called tonight if enough vote comes in.

[BumRushDaShow]

21. I don't think they will call PA tonight

We are just over halfway done the mail-in ballots but I have been watching the stream and I may be wrong, but it looks like they are also tabulating some of the voting machine cartridges (am guessing that's what they are) that hold the completed paper ballots from "in person" voting on the ES&S ExpressVote XL machines. Could be from some that hadn't been done yet yesterday (there are 1703 divisions this year so with 2 machines per division, that's a lot of machines to do! ).

[dsc]

22. well yeah that would make the Friday timeline or at least a late Thursday one way more likely

[BumRushDaShow]

28. I watched the presser the Gov. & SOS had this evening

and I think they said they were running a bit ahead. I think they may try to get something more definitive in by tomorrow but then it would still be missing any military/overseas ballots, so I think the are trying to balance calling it for expediency vs making sure what is called includes all the votes (which might not happen tomorrow).

6:15 pm EST presser (can click on that to watch the recorded event) -

Link to tweet

TEXT

Office of the Governor
@GovernorsOffice
🔴
LIVE NOW: @GovernorTomWolf and @PAStateDept provide an evening update on Pennsylvania’s general election.

Watch online: http://governor.pa.gov/live.
En español: http://pacast.com/live/es.
Watch on Facebook:
Election Update
Join us as we provide updates on Pennsylvania’s general election.
facebook.com
6:17 PM · Nov 4, 2020

When the city last updated, the GOP Commissioner on the Elections Board tweeted this -

Link to tweet

TEXT

Commissioner Al Schmidt
@Commish_Schmidt
Moments ago, we updated our results page to include more than 47,000 mail-in votes cast by Philadelphia voters, with many more yet to count. You can follow our results page here: http://results.philadelphiavotes.com
3:57 PM · Nov 4, 2020

[LeftInTX]

35. The ES people took off from San Antonio to Philadelphia this morning.

They were down here.

We tabulate everything fairly early here. Early vote results are released as soon as the polls close.

[PTWB]

7. If we win AZ and GA we win regardless of NV or PA or NC

[maxsolomon]

11. don't hold your breath for Georgia.

NV is what's going to end it.

GA would be icing on the cake, but I have no faith in it.

[PatSeg]

24. Actually, I'm really hoping for Georgia

as it might mean we could pick up a senate seat there as well- Jon Ossoff.

[maxsolomon]

25. Sure, have hope.

but not faith. It's been too red too long. It has to show me 1st.

[PatSeg]

41. Yes it has been

but it does appear to be in play this time. Hardly an easy win, but it is possible.

[Botany]

8. yes

n/t

[mtnsnake]

9. Thanks!

[whttevrr]

10. GA for the win!

It would be great if GA pushed Biden to 270!

[Initech]

12. My dad has a friend who knows people in the Nevada county registrar's office.

They said no new information until tomorrow.

[brooklynite]

16. Georgia or Arizona need to announce numbers tonight.

[Mr. Ected]

19. Or is it Georgia AND Arizona?

I don't think we'll get the results from Georgia until tomorrow morning. Then it'll be a race to the finish line between GA and NV.

[mtnsnake]

26. Another question:

If nothing is called by 1 AM EST, do you think it's safe to get some shuteye without fear of missing out on anything that could happen between 1 AM and 8 tomorrow morning, or is it possible that they could announce another state during those hours in the middle of the night?

[H2O Man]

30. It is safe.

Very slim chance of a late night announcement of consequence.

[mtnsnake]

32. ahhh, thank you, H20 Man

[H2O Man]

33. Sure thing.

There is, of course, an almost certainty of insane brat tweets from Trump late into the night, and starting early in the morning.

[MerryBlooms]

39. Get some sleep, some self care... Luxurious shower, or hot soak. Massage your hands and feet,

comfort food, etc...

[Niagara]

27. There was an interesting OP posted earlier today.

A timeline of remaining results.

https://democraticunderground.com/100214445953

[AngryOldDem]

34. Damn...this is killing me.

I was doing pretty well for most of the day, but now my nerves are kicking in big time, especially when Steve starts playing around with his map.

[MerryBlooms]

44. I haven't listened to Steve since last night. I decided it was too much like self harming myself.

Took today to help a friend in her yard, my sister made comfort food for supper, and I'll take a hot soak to soothe sore muscles. We're watching local news and will probably watch our usual Jeopardy, etc... or a movie, as I don't think President Biden will be announced tonight. Try to do some self care and lower your stress level. Take care of you.

[SKKY]

36. If GA and AZ can sort their shit out, yea, probably.