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Election Day voting in U.S. unfolds generally smoothly with some scattered issues and delays

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What up, all! I am predicting a Harris-Walz win today.

13 ( +25 / -12 )

Glad to hear that it’s going smoothly so far.

But I can imagine that today will be the Black Friday of the voting season in terms of disinformation.

You’re sure to see it here today from the usual suspects. All accusations with no proof.

And I guess that when the polls close, Trump will declare himself the winner and demand a halt to the counting.

Still, hoping for — but not expecting —continued smooth sailing.

5 ( +13 / -8 )

Election Day voting in U.S. unfolds generally smoothly with some scattered issues and delays

Long day and night ahead and good luck to the poll workers.

The absence of any significant, widespread problems has not stopped Trump, the Republican nominee, or the RNC, which is now under his sway, from making numerous claims of fraud or election interference during the early voting period, a possible prelude to challenges after Election Day.

Intimidation of people in minority areas by GOP 'poll watchers' has been an issue for decades.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/georgia-north-carolina-early-voting/

2 ( +11 / -9 )

Think about it: a human's connection to his pet, the happiness it brings, and the simple pleasure of caring for an innocent creature - these are the very values the Far Left despises. 

You're joking, right?

Go Harris! Go party of sanity!

6 ( +18 / -12 )

High on my list are reproductive rights for women, voting rights, support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion, and just a general repudiation of fascism, authoritarianism, patriarchy, and the landed gentry, but I repeat myself. We aren't going back to the Trump ways. We are going to bury the MAGA movement. It won't happen this year or the next, but it will happen.

5 ( +12 / -7 )

Keep on dreaming, that's not what exit polls shows.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/us-election-2024-result-donald-trump-is-winning-six-battleground-states-exit-poll-shows/articleshow/114893039.cms

-13 ( +7 / -20 )

Odds on a Trump win are growing by the hour.

-15 ( +11 / -26 )

What up, ffs. Do you personally think Trump is going to win?

3 ( +9 / -6 )

I'm predicting a Harris win.

6 ( +14 / -8 )

I'm predicting a Harris win.

@Underworld - as am I. EC will likely be close, but the PV will not be.

4 ( +9 / -5 )

It's time to face reality, exit polls already shows theirresult

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-election-2024-donald-trump-leads-kamala-harris-in-all-swing-states-6938403

-12 ( +4 / -16 )

I'm betting it takes competence to stop a war but I am also ready with popcorn to watch your side try.

Can you kindly point to the wars started/participated in during the Trump administration?

Anything?

-11 ( +6 / -17 )

The “red mirage” has started. The same as Election Day 2020.

If anyone is up for a challenge, I would propose ignoring the two who always come in tandem. All talk, no proof.

Doing that might keep this thread open longer, which is a good thing.

Have a good day, everyone.

5 ( +10 / -5 )

Thanks for giving us great Japanese news. You cover this election more than the one here in Japan

-14 ( +4 / -18 )

where is that poll lady that said Trump would lose Iowa? I bet we never hear from her again...

-10 ( +5 / -15 )

Harris doesn't have a chance.

Time to cry

-10 ( +8 / -18 )

How you doing, FizzBit? What's your prediction?

8 ( +11 / -3 )

What up, all! I am predicting a Harris-Walz win today.

you mean hoping? she has very little chance

-11 ( +4 / -15 )

Dango bong - I guess I am putting you in the 'Trump' column. Thanks for making a prediction.

6 ( +9 / -3 )

Blue or red, everyone should respect the poll workers who have to contend with all kinds of people who show up during this contentious election. They are ordinary citizens doing their job so don't go around making lies that endanger their lives.

11 ( +12 / -1 )

Democrat supporters have been high on hopium for some time now, but people in the know know it's all over for them, and the come-down is going to be very painful. The Democrats picked a dud candidate, a phoney in every way who couldn't connect with swinging voters and has alienated a good proportion of the party's traditional base too.

-11 ( +5 / -16 )

Bad Haircut - So you think Trump will win?

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UChosePoorlyToday  07:57 am JST

Bad Haircut - So you think Trump will win?

I think so, but no idea what the margin will be.

-5 ( +3 / -8 )

Thanks for your prediction, Bad Haircut!

1 ( +6 / -5 )

Wishing all US citizens the best for their country today.

Hope it goes positively.

11 ( +13 / -2 )

First results in KY and IN starting to come in now.

5 ( +7 / -2 )

If Trump wins then the crazy leftiiiiies will do anything and everything to sabotage it

But Trump already said after voting that whatever be the out come he will be the first to accept it. And he already urged all his supporters to be calm and peaceful. No violence .. he clearly said it now.

-7 ( +5 / -12 )

Anyone that spent enough time here at JT could also be forgiven for believing Harris is a shoe in. The real world out there however may have something very different to say. We have seen about a 4:1 bias in favor of the democrats just with checking likes/dislikes for the comments. Makes you wonder the gaijin demographicin Japan. Is it all the cosplayers and anime folk?

Hehe, just teasing.

We shall see. Go democracy!

-4 ( +6 / -10 )

Our MAGA-friends here are responding as typical for those ensconced within the alt-reality far-right bubble....

This will end the same as 2020 - they'll be fed a steady diet of "Trump winning" falsehoods - until their "decision desk" weights in and kills all the fun with a gut check back to reality...

Then the whining starts, actually it's already started...and we'll see if the MAGA-masses take out their guns and start a full-blown violent insurrection...

4 ( +10 / -6 )

trump did not say he would accept the results.

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Wishing all US citizens the best for their country today.

Hope it goes positively.

Appreciate that.

-6 ( +5 / -11 )

trump did not say he would accept the results.

Will the left accept a Trump win, I didn’t anything from the left. Nothing

-11 ( +3 / -14 )

trump screaming on social media already about “massive cheating” in all caps.

election people and police say they have idea what he’s talking about.

7 ( +9 / -2 )

"Voting went smoothly until it started to appear, based on exit interviews, that many people had voted for Kamala Harris. At this point every federal and local judge and sheriff got a text message from the GOP, which simply stated "you know what to do and we know where you live"".

1 ( +6 / -5 )

But Trump already said after voting that whatever be the out come he will be the first to accept it.

That is not what he said. He said he would only accept the results if the elections were fair. The last elections were fair, and he still denies those results. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/02/politics/donald-trump-accept-2024-election-results/index.html

3 ( +8 / -5 )

Blacks , Hispanic and Gays and Asians, African, Caribbean,Indians,Native American White European and Whites and other minorities will usher Harris to victory,their is not enough White Republican to ever win the Presidency again in America

-4 ( +4 / -8 )

“Even now, a solid majority of Republicans believe Trump's lie that Biden was not legitimately elected, despite reviews, audits and recounts in the battleground states that all affirmed Biden's win.”

The ‘Arizona audit’ by the cyber ninjas cost 9 million dollars only to conform a Biden win.

4 ( +7 / -3 )

musk and trump huddling down together, sending army of paid “volunteers” to cure ballots with problems only if they are for trump.

4 ( +7 / -3 )

The last plea of desperation...

"A Donald Trump Election Day text blast came tinged with desperation—the GOP nominee’s campaign team slammed his own supporters for not turning out in great enough numbers four years ago to earn victory over Joe Biden.

“If just 1% more of President Trump’s supporters responded to texts like this in 2020, we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in today,” read the campaign text, sent out this afternoon. “The fact is, Democrats have the money, the media, and the full weight of the DC establishment behind them. And at this moment, the Democrat Machine is out in full force for Kamala. She will have gained millions of votes by the time you’re done reading this message. If we’re going to keep up, we need you to show up and vote.”

“Please don’t be the reason we wake up tomorrow with President-Elect Kamala Harris,” the text added. “Doing nothing is not an option.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/panicked-trump-team-sends-text-223337902.html

Just like he has done all through his campaign - he "blames" and insults those he is trying to court...

It's a sure sign he knows he's lost - just as his own internal polling has told him...

Just wait MAGA-friends, the first thing he'll do when he realizes he's lost is double-down on calling you "basement dwellers" and blame YOU...

3 ( +7 / -4 )

trump screaming on social media already about “massive cheating” in all caps.

That's why they have lawyers on standby and some lawsuits have already been filed.

election people and police say they have idea what he’s talking about.

Depends on who you are asking. The police are not there to be political under any circumstance, they can't even say whom they are voting for, and that is a good thing for them to be neutral.

-10 ( +3 / -13 )

Still very early for any predictions, but .......

VP Harris will soon Madame President and Trump experience a humiliating defeat!

Mark my words!

@marc laden,

"he already urged all his supporters to be calm and peaceful"

Isn't that what he also said in other words on 6 January?

@false

"Odds on a Trump win are growing by the hour."

Where did you find that? Any insider information or just spreading MAGA propaganda?

2 ( +7 / -5 )

As far as it is actually possible to see this neutrally, I think it could be argued that this isn't about who's the better candidate, as it is about which party has the superior (effective) strategy.

The republican strategy is hardly a secret: try and stop people voting and rely on litigation, disinformation, negativity, and so on, to keep the voting numbers down.

The democrat strategy is to encourage as many people to vote as possible.

So basically it comes down to turnout: who can control the level of turnout better?

5 ( +8 / -3 )

Blacks , Hispanic and Gays and Asians, African, Caribbean,Indians,Native American White European and Whites and other minorities will usher Harris to victory,

Not necessarily, she has been losing a lot of minority votes 6-8% is very bad for her which is something that hasn't happened ever for a Democrat.

their is not enough White Republican to ever win the Presidency again in America

That is not true, you still have more whites, but you also have some whites in rural areas that don't get out and vote and that is why the reason to push these people to get them out to vote, but adding the growing number of Black and Latino men voting helps Trump

-9 ( +3 / -12 )

On the theory that the closer the election gets, the wilder the trolls are, I now predict that we will see people claiming that Trump has won California and New York.

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We have seen about a 4:1 bias in favor of the democrats just with checking likes/dislikes for the comments. Makes you wonder the gaijin demographicin Japan.

A majority of foreigners in Japan from Western countries educated to university level and possess passports, which puts them in the demographic of those more likely to support the Democrats.

4 ( +8 / -4 )

Interesting to note that Nate Silver gave Harris, very slightly higher odds of winning at his last prediction. Essentially a toss up.

4 ( +7 / -3 )

I’m with her.

Go Kamala!

6 ( +10 / -4 )

Blacks , Hispanic and Gays and Asians, African, Caribbean,Indians,Native American White European and Whites and other minorities will usher Harris to victory,their is not enough White Republican to ever win the Presidency again in America

All those races vote for Trump too.

-5 ( +4 / -9 )

E-voting has to be the dodgiest system in the world! So easily hacked and changed. Hard paper voting is the only non questionable system.

Whilst scary as hell I think Trump is a shoe in!

-4 ( +5 / -9 )

A majority of foreigners in Japan from Western countries educated to university level and possess passports, which puts them in the demographic of those more likely to support the Democrats.

Not me! I know a lot of college educated Americans that live here and voted for Trump.

-5 ( +4 / -9 )

Why don't they hold voting on the weekend? Surely it would be easier for people to go!?

-4 ( +5 / -9 )

That's why they have lawyers on standby and some lawsuits have already been filed.

Before a single election is called.

5 ( +8 / -3 )

Not me! I know a lot of college educated Americans that live here and voted for Trump.

I've met two (who openly stated that they were Trump supporters) in twenty years of living here. The great majority of Americans I've met here hate him.

3 ( +8 / -5 )

The current Repub party supports racism, spreading misinformation, suppression of women's right, suppression of foreigners rights, stealing government documentation, values money and guns over life and safety and the list could go on even longer

5 ( +7 / -2 )

Blacks , Hispanic and Gays and Asians, African, Caribbean,Indians,Native American White European and Whites and other minorities will usher Harris to victory,

Not necessarily, she has been losing a lot of minority votes 6-8% is very bad for her which is something that hasn't happened ever for a Democrat.

He'll next tell us that E. Jean Carroll, Liz Cheney, and Mike Pence will all be voting for Trump...

And the Palestinians will all vote for Netanyahu...

Welcome to MAGA-election-delusion...

5 ( +8 / -3 )

Landslide incoming!

-4 ( +8 / -12 )

E-voting has to be the dodgiest system in the world! So easily hacked and changed.

There isn't any "evoting" system in the US. This doesn't happen. Rightwing nonsense.

Hard paper voting is the only non questionable system.

Oh really? I guess you're unaware what happened during the 2000 elections. Great point!

2 ( +8 / -6 )

Landslide incoming!

For Harris, sure. No one wants poor old Donald.

-1 ( +8 / -9 )

Before a single election is called.

If you see any irregularities, absolutely

-7 ( +3 / -10 )

The current Repub party supports racism, spreading misinformation, suppression of women's right, suppression of foreigners rights, stealing government documentation,

Wrong on every single point.

values money and guns

Dems value money, conservatives value the Second Amendment

over life

No, that is why we love the Second Amendment

and safety and the list could go on even longer

And still can't touch the Blue list extension.

-8 ( +3 / -11 )

Sanjinosebleed

Why don't they hold voting on the weekend? Surely it would be easier for people to go!?

Which is why the GOP doesn't want it. They prefer if fewer people vote.

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bass4funk

Before a single election is called.

If you see any irregularities, absolutely

What irregularities have you seen and in which states have court cases been filed?

8 ( +10 / -2 )

Leftist tears coming soon.

-10 ( +4 / -14 )

I just love it when Fox News face-plants...

"A Republican Trump voter stunned **Fox & Friends Tuesday morning when he told the conservative morning chat show that he believes Kamala Harris is going to win North Carolina in the presidential election.**

The show sent the co-host of its weekend edition, Will Cain, out to a diner in Concord, North Carolina that was packed with MAGA diehards optimistic about the prospects of former president Donald Trump.

When Cain asked everyone present to raise their hand if they thought the Republican nominee was going to win their state, every single person extended an arm upward.

Except one. A Trump-loving man named George.

“I’ve been to the polls two or three times with my children who are first time voters—and they voted the correct way,” noted George, emphasizing his staunch Trump support. “And every time I was there I was outnumbered 20, 30 to one and in some cases it was worse than that.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-friends-diner-segment-backfires-when-trump-voter-gives-candid-prediction/

And just like that truth gets injected into the far-right fantasy bubble...

Fox News crashing and burning - just like their preferred candidate...

8 ( +10 / -2 )

What irregularities have you seen and in which states have court cases been filed?

Not me, get real other people and it doesn't matter what you believe, that is irrelevant, what is however relevant is that lawyers are present and the GOP is on it, not like last time and that helps to stop or correct any irregularities, so that is a good thing.

-8 ( +3 / -11 )

can't wait for trump to be inaugurated jan 20th.

he slaps huge tariffs on the rest of the world. inflation skyrockets in about 4 months as americans start paying for it in higher prices.

the stock market crashes as elon musk makes good on his promise to collapse the economy and bring financial pain to everyone in the u.s. (except tesla)

construction, agriculture and food production collapses as immigrants are rounded up and deported.

fox news blames the mess on liberals.

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bass4funk

What irregularities have you seen and in which states have court cases been filed?

Not me, get real other people and it doesn't matter what you believe, that is irrelevant, what is however relevant is that lawyers are present and the GOP is on it, not like last time 

What do you mean? There were over 60 challenges to the election by Trump last time.

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It is always funny when all the Americans I meet say that they hate Trump, but when it comes time to vote they always vote for him. He seems to be the popular choice so far in the results.

-8 ( +3 / -11 )

bass4funk

What irregularities have you seen and in which states have court cases been filed?

Not me, get real other people and it doesn't matter what you believe, that is irrelevant, what is however relevant is that lawyers are present and the GOP is on it, not like last time and that helps to stop or correct any irregularities, so that is a good thing.

So you know nothing about irregularities or where court cases have been filed. LOL.

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Well, the day has come, the most decadent media show on the planet will begin...

Who will win? It is not known which of the two is worse, but it is preferable for Kamala to win, however if the little narcissist Trump does not accept his defeat he could start a civil war..

That is the overrated "democracy" of the US..

Let the circUS begin !!!..

-5 ( +2 / -7 )

Florida and Georgia results starting to come in!

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What do you mean?

What do YOU mean?

There were over 60 challenges to the election by Trump last time.

I am not talking about last time.

So you know nothing about irregularities or where court cases have been filed. LOL.

I don't need to; that's the lawyer's job. I am just glad that they are present and can immediately jump into action.

-8 ( +2 / -10 )

don't wear yourselves out. it'll likely be days before the results are known. it took four days after in 2020.

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bass4funk

There were over 60 challenges to the election by Trump last time.

I am not talking about last time.

Really, because you said:

* that lawyers are present and the GOP is on it, not like last time *

4 ( +6 / -2 )

Peter Neil

don't wear yourselves out. it'll likely be days before the results are known. it took four days after in 2020.

2020 was unusual. Many mail-in votes due to Covid. Took a lot longer than normal.

5 ( +6 / -1 )

Well, Trump has given his supporters marching orders....

"Former President Trump railed against Fox News on Tuesday morning for playing clips of a speech Oprah Winfrey gave in support of Vice President Harris.

Calling Oprah a “divider” who should be “ashamed of herself,” Trump took aim at the top-watched cable news channel for covering the talk show host’s remarks.

“You know who else should be ashamed of themselves is Fox,” Trump told reporters as he was voting in Florida on Friday morning. “‘Cause I’ve seen Oprah on Fox about 50 times making the same statement, and I think it’s a disgrace.”

Trump added “everybody thinks Fox is so pro-Trump. They’re not pro-Trump at all.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-rips-fox-news-election-185918710.html

There you have it MAGA-friends - Trump has spoken - time to turn off Fox...they're the "enemy"...

Wonder if we'll see all those Fox links from them like we've seen in the past few days?

ROFL...

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Really, because you said:

 that lawyers are present and the GOP is on it, not like last time 

You were talking about the lawsuits of 2020, I was not talking about 2020

-8 ( +1 / -9 )

Trump will once again lose the popular vote.

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The 2020 court cases cost Rudy Giulianihis cash and career and Trump never paid him.

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burgers and beers

Whomever wins, it will be good to have the election circus finally over and out of the way.

Who do you predict will win?

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Meanwhile Lord Putin and Lord Xi watching the show going according to their world plans..

https://tenor.com/es/view/freezer-drink-wine-gif-13816684

-10 ( +0 / -10 )

Trump will once again lose the popular vote.

Not so sure about that, he is not doing too bad with them

-8 ( +2 / -10 )

People won’t vote on the weekend.

college and pro football games all day.

-9 ( +3 / -12 )

It is interesting that things that would be declared major problems, signs of the population viewing the ENTIRE GOVERNMENT as unrepresentaive, or even a dictatorship if they occurred in half a dozen countries are magically minor issues and the work of isolated deluded extremists because they happen in the US.

-5 ( +1 / -6 )

Trump will once again lose the popular vote.

DeLorean time machine?

-5 ( +3 / -8 )

burgers and beers

Who do you predict will win?

It's very tight so could be either. Since it's too close to call, no prediction from me.

That's no fun...

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Why the vote is Tuesday goes back to 1845, when agricultural drove the economy, going to church was big, and it sometimes took a day or so to ride to a polling station. Wednesday was market day for the farmers, so it made sense to let people travel Monday to vote on Tuesday. Also, early November is after the harvest, so.

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wallaceToday  09:14 am JST

Trump will once again lose the popular vote.

How sure are you of that?

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Cards fanToday  08:45 am JST

Landslide incoming!

For Harris, sure. No one wants poor old Donald.

Not even the D insiders believe that. But you're welcome to your opinion.

-7 ( +2 / -9 )

Odds increasing for a Trump win as results come in.

-4 ( +3 / -7 )

uh oh leftists.

Both betting markets just surged Trump yugely,

25% of Black men in Georgia for Trump.

-7 ( +3 / -10 )

wild predictions of a Trump landslide

”wild” prediction. lol

-7 ( +3 / -10 )

Trump wins Florida +10

so much for polls

-8 ( +2 / -10 )

musk and trump huddling down together, sending army of paid “volunteers” to cure ballots with problems only if they are for trump.

the stock market crashes as elon musk makes good on his promise to collapse the economy and bring financial pain to everyone in the u.s. (except tesla)

Elon Musk, the genius engineer, physisist and enterpreneur, the lover of the planet, is doing his best to save the USA and the whole of mankind.

-2 ( +4 / -6 )

Through four years of election lies and voting-related conspiracy theories

Pretty much one-sided lying, especially if you believe the results of many court cases, which the Trump backers, among them some US Americans, refuse to accept in part because of their hatred for the country. Conspiracy theories have long been used by despots to rile up their respective bases, telling them those that are not willing to follow the despot and obey his thugs are 'enemies within'. Then the despots promises his followers he'll solve the problems many have created for themselves. I believe one candidate, the gross liar, told his rally followers they'll be making more money soon if he's elected, earth forbid.

3 ( +6 / -3 )

Bad Haircut

They/them must be upset

-7 ( +2 / -9 )

If anyone is up for a challenge, I would propose ignoring the two who always come in tandem. All talk, no proof.

Good idea, Norm. As for real info, I’m all up for it. I also want to see this thread still open after lunchtime.

Anybody else in with Norm?

4 ( +6 / -2 )

reality time.

Imagine being this overconfident when the majority of polls show Trump losing.

Down in NC. Down in Pennsylvania. Down in Michigan.

Humble yourself.

5 ( +8 / -3 )

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