Biden Defeats Trump to Become Next President

by mmm_grayons on 11/7/2020, 4:32:44 PM with 70 comments

  • by Red_Leaves_Flyy on 11/7/2020, 4:44:27 PM

    I hope the runoffs in Georgia swing blue. A Republican controlled Senate will stall our recovery from trump for at least a couple more years.

  • by ihuman on 11/7/2020, 5:11:04 PM

    There are other threads with a lot of points, but they've been flagged. I'm assuming this one will be flagged too.

    NY Times https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25016070

    CNN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25015967

  • by qz2 on 11/7/2020, 5:11:26 PM

    Phew. As a U.K. citizen I look forward to our government shitting itself next.

  • by ColanR on 11/7/2020, 5:08:43 PM

    So what does this mean for potential recounts? Would they still mean anything, or is it pretty much known at this point?

  • by sidpatil on 11/7/2020, 4:37:01 PM

    This is a projection.

    edit: I was wrong. Headline is accurate.

  • by rdiddly on 11/7/2020, 6:18:20 PM

    Is dang out of bed yet? All the flagging going on is childish.

  • by alangibson on 11/7/2020, 5:18:55 PM

    Aaaand flagged. FYI there's an active campaign going on to flag every thread calling Biden the winner

  • by alangibson on 11/7/2020, 5:06:37 PM

    I've seen several posts calling Biden the winner get flagged. Let's see how long this one hangs around.

    Edit: Looks like even a simple statement of fact on this topic gets downvoters. Anyone care to state their reasons?

  • by briantakita on 11/7/2020, 5:43:03 PM

    Dewey defeats Truman

    Madame President

  • by ivraatiems on 11/7/2020, 5:12:32 PM

    It'll take a while for the media to decide what narrative to settle on about how and why this happened, but to be honest, I don't think we should overthink it:

    America has many systematic and cultural problems, and a deep divide about how it ought to be governed, and by who. Ultimately, though, a slim majority of voting Americans were not willing to tolerate the level of severe mismanagement of government that Donald Trump delivered, particularly over the last year with regards to coronavirus.

    I think this says much less about us - good or bad - than we'd like it to. Personally, I am relieved, but I know the societal problems in this country will continue. I wish Joe Biden and Kamala Harris good luck, but I am not going to be cutting them a break, either.

    We still have to decide what sort of country we want to be.