November 04, 2020
Pod Save America
“Nauseously optimistic.” (Election update)
In This Episode
Jon, Jon, Tommy, and Dan discuss the clusterf*ck of an Election Night that has ended with votes still being counted in several states, and Joe Biden on the cusp of defeating Donald Trump.
Show Notes
Where are we right now?
- WaPo: Presidential election hangs in balance as Trump falsely asserts fraud and makes a claim of victory
- Politico: Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania take center stage
- Vox: What we know — and don’t know — about the presidential election results so far
- WaPo: Here’s what we know about key states that are still counting ballots
- WaPo: How Trump or Biden could win – The remaining paths to victory, updated as results come in
- New Yorker: The Fight Over Election Results Begins
- NYT: Americans Conclude an Election Like No Other, and It’s a Tight One
- WaPo: Presidential election hangs in the balance in a country convulsed by crisis
- Politico: Trump and Biden may be in limbo for days
- NYT: Despite Fears of Violence, Election Day Proceeds Smoothly as Millions Line Up to Vote
- Politico: After dire warnings, Election Day voting issues are ‘isolated and sporadic’
- CNN: Millions of votes still being counted as contest between Trump and Biden narrows to key states
- CNN: Crush of mail-in ballots slows count in key states
- NYT: Will Biden’s Focus on the ‘Blue Wall’ States Win Him the Election?
- WaPo: A stomach-churning night of counting leaves the outcome in the balance
- WaPo: Biden says he is confident of victory but asks supporters to have patience as votes are counted
- Vox: In election night speech, Biden says he’s “on track” to win the 2020 election
- Politico: Biden: The election ‘ain’t over until every vote is counted’
- Vox: Trump signals he’s counting on the Supreme Court to help him steal the election
- The Atlantic: The Nightmare Is Here
- New Yorker: The Worst-Case Election Scenario Is Happening
- WaPo: With final outcome uncertain, Trump unleashes an assault on integrity of the U.S. election system
- Recode: Twitter and Facebook both label Trump’s post baselessly asserting that the election is being “stolen”
- Politico: Fox News defends calling Arizona for Biden after pushback from Trump team
- WaPo: Biden campaign manager calls Trump claims on ballots ‘outrageous, unprecedented and incorrect’
- CNN: Trump’s call to halt vote counts is his most brazen swipe at democracy yet
- Omaha World-Herald: Joe Biden picks up 2nd District electoral vote; Trump wins the other four Nebraska votes
- NYT: Nebraska Election Results: Second Congressional District
- USA Today: Nebraska and Maine’s district voting method could be crucial in this election. Here’s why
- NBC News: These 2 congressional districts could decide the election. Biden is up in both.
- The Hill: Nebraska district couple prove pivotal for Biden in November
- NYT: Can Biden Regain Lost Ground With Latinos?
- NBC News: Trump cultivated the Latino vote in Florida, and it paid off
- CNN: More Latino voters support Trump in 2020 than 2016, but young Americans favor Biden, early CNN exit polls show
- The Atlantic: What Liberals Don’t Understand About Pro-Trump Latinos
- NBC News: NBC News Exit Poll: Latino voters show small shifts in some Sun Belt states
- Reuters: Trump showing new strength with Latinos, losing some older voters: exit polls
- Vox: How Latinos in Miami-Dade County helped Trump win Florida
- The Nation: By Ignoring Latino Voters, Biden Has Made the Election Too Close
What comes next and what do we fight for?
- WaPo: Pennsylvania’s governor pleads for patience as GOP mounts challenges
- Vox: Pennsylvania is shaping up to be a decisive 2020 state.
- The Hill: Key Pa. county suspends vote counting until 10 a.m. Wednesday
- ABC News: Why Pennsylvania won’t finish counting absentee ballots until Friday at the earliest
- Politico: Election-related legal wrangling underway in Pennsylvania, Nevada
- Yahoo News: Pennsylvania Republicans are already trying to cast doubt on the state’s election results
- CNBC: Biden now leads Trump in Wisconsin as tight race comes down to wire in Rust Belt
- CBS: Results from Milwaukee County give Biden narrow lead in Wisconsin
- AP: Biden, Trump locked in tight race in Wisconsin
- Vox: Wisconsin is still counting its votes. Vox has live results.
- NYT: Georgia Presidential Election Results
- USA Today: Closely watched Georgia still up in the air in the presidential race; one Senate race headed to runoff
- AJC: Fulton, Gwinnett counties struggle to count absentee ballots
- WRAL: Tillis declares victory in North Carolina’s US Senate race
- WCNC: Tillis claims victory, Cunningham silent as NC race for U.S. Senate still too close to call
- The News Observer: All eyes on North Carolina as Trump, Tillis come from behind in pivotal races
- Vox: Michigan is still counting its votes. Vox has live results
- Detroit News: Trump leads in Michigan; confident Biden asks nation to be ‘patient’
The Senate
- WaPo: Republicans and Democrats in all-out fight to hold Senate majority
- NYT: Mark Kelly Defeats Martha McSally in Crucial Arizona Senate Race
- Axios: Mark Kelly unseats Republican Martha McSally in Arizona Senate race
- AP: Democrat Mark Kelly wins US Senate race in Arizona
- Vox: John Hickenlooper just clinched a key Senate seat for the Democrats in Colorado
- Politico: Hickenlooper beats Gardner, gives Senate Dems pickup in Colorado
- Coloradoan: Colorado voters have changed since Gardner, Hickenlooper were last up for election
- Coloradoan: How Cory Gardner, John Hickenlooper differ on the big issues this election
- Vox: Former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville flips Alabama Senate seat back to Republicans
- Vox: Lindsey Graham has defeated Jaime Harrison, keeping his South Carolina Senate seat
- Politico: Graham fends off Harrison in South Carolina Senate race
- Daily Beast: Lindsey Graham Fends Off Historic Challenge From Jaime Harrison in South Carolina
- Texas Tribune: John Cornyn defeats MJ Hegar to retain U.S. Senate seat
- Vox: Sen. John Cornyn has fended off Democrat MJ Hegar to win reelection in Texas
- Politico: Cornyn wins reelection in Texas
- Courier Journal: McConnell defeats Democrat McGrath to keep his seat in the Senate
- Vox: Mitch McConnell gets 6 more years
- Newsweek: What Polls Say About Mitch McConnell vs Amy McGrath With Less Than 24 Hours to the Election
- AP: GOP’s Marshall wins Kansas Senate seat as Trump wins state
- NYT: Joni Ernst Wins in Iowa, Frustrating Democrats’ Push for Senate Majority
- Roll Call: How the 10 most vulnerable senators fared on election night
- Bloomberg: Republicans Hold Iowa Senate Seat With Ernst Victory
- Axios: GOP Sen. Steve Daines wins re-election in Montana, AP projects
- NYT: Democrat Warnock Leads Loeffler as Georgia Senate Race Heads to Runoff
- CNBC: Georgia Senate special election result projected to go to a runoff, Democrat
- Warnock advances
- AJC: Georgia has two runoff election dates after the general election
- NPR: ‘More Conservative Than Attila The Hun’: Kelly Loeffler’s Push To Keep Senate Seat