The Vox take soothes the soul on where we stand tonight.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

Joe Biden breaks record for most votes ever in a presidential election

Biden has broken the votes record set by Obama in 2008.

By Anna North on November 6, 2020 7:39 pm

Joe Biden has defeated President Trump to become the next president of the United States. And he’s gotten the most votes of anyone ever to run for the US presidency.

With more than 74 million votes so far, Biden broke the record previously set by President Barack Obama, who received about 69.5 million votes to win in 2008. The 74 million number puts Biden at more than 50 percent of the popular vote, with President Trump taking 48 percent. Trump has now also passed the 70 million mark.

The 2020 election is on pace for a record turnout, with at least 159.8 million Americans voting, according to NBC. That’s the highest turnout rate among eligible voters since 1900. This has bolstered both candidates.

Both parties will surely parse the meaning of Tuesday’s results in the days and weeks ahead, but one thing is clear: Even in the midst of a pandemic, American voters came out in unprecedented numbers to make their voices heard.

Biden paid tribute to that fact in a speech to the American people on Wednesday. “Yesterday once again proved that democracy is the heartbeat of this nation,” he said. “Here the people rule. Power can’t be taken or asserted. It flows from the people, and it is their will that determines who will be the president of the United States and their will alone.”

https://www.vox.com/2020/11/4/21550081/joe-biden-record-votes-2020-election-trump

[Jamastiene]

1. Were they the first to call it?

I know they were one of the first.

I figured out why MSM still isn't calling it. They found out they can't start in on their "the Democrats need to do some soul searching" narrative they tried to start in on, because things changed. They are pouting. That's all this is with the major news networks. They can't browbeat Democrats and they were so hoping to start in with that. They got stopped pretty quick and they they are still pouting about it. No one can convince me they are not pouting right now.

[JonLP24]

2. Vox uses Decision Desk HQ

Decision Desk HQ was the first to call Pennsylvania and the winner. Business Insider also uses Decision Desk HQ so they called it too.

[Jamastiene]

4. Thank you.

I know they were the first I saw, but did not know who was officially the first.

[Nimble_Idea]

3. wp

[SleeplessinSoCal]

5. The Network heads are of two minds. Maybe three.

They know the polling was way off. The pandemic has caused the slow count of mail in ballots. And 2016 must still sting.

Also they must love the drama. More than the sanctity of their responsibility as the fourth estate.

[Cha]

7. Does the media ever tell trump and his

cult that they'd need to do some "soul searching" if they had any?

[JonLP24]

8. +1000

[Jamastiene]

10. I have never heard them tell Trump or his cult that.

I have never heard the media EVER tell any Republicans that. They do that to Democrats any time we either lose or don't win by a huge landslide. It's like they can't wait to browbeat us any chance they get. I can't believe Republicans call MSM, "the liberal media." They are STILL, right now, interviewing oodles of Trump MAGAts on their networks, after Trump has clearly lost. Don't they want to hear what our side thinks at all? Apparently, not.

[Princess Turandot]

6. With heavily populated California and New York still showing a good sized unreported %..

...Biden's number will likely go up considerably before this is over.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

9. and we got to start counting earlier this election.

Still hundreds of thousands uncounted in just Orange County, where it took two weeks to tabulate the votes to rid us of Rohrabacher. Did you know Darrel Issa is back?