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The Daily PollTHOUSANDS OF AMERICANS will take to the ballot box today to decide the next president of the United States, in one of the tightest races for the White House in recent memory.
All fifty states will cast their vote in the knife-edge race, with the last polls closing in Alaska and Hawaii at 6am Irish time.
Counting can take several days, but it’s these seven swing states – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – that hold the keys to the Oval Office, and many will stay up to see how these States play out.
While the winner has sometimes been declared on election night, this year’s tight contest could mean a longer wait – either way we’ll be keeping you up to date with our live coverage throughout the night.
So today we want to know: Will you stay up to follow the US election?
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Two cheeks of the same ar%%hole. All those years pretending to be someone else.
It’s like being 12th on a panel of 12 for a public sector job…if absolutely nobody else wants this job your our man so congratulations!
@Dan The Man: Still get paid the same!
A rigged voting system, people do not understand the process. This is how the crooks keep creeping back in.
@Basildon Joe: an open and democratic voting system, that only an absolute moron would fail to understand.
@Johnny Wilson: I don’t think you understand the implications here.
@Basildon Joe: the system has been explained ad nauseum in the media all week
@Basildon Joe: Please explain these “Implications” to me. I am fascinated.
@Dave G Doe: replying to yourself using another account ,creep ⚠️
@Johnny Wilson: it’s the best democratic and open system. But if your elected on the twelfth count then you’re scraped by.
@Basildon Joe: you and your various other IDs use misinformation to deliver sow doubt about our democratic system. Harming one of the pillars of civic society is pretty traitorous IMO.
@Name: Agreed. His manipulation of these comments sections (as Basildon Joe and Dave G Doe in this thread) is an affront to free speech, and the Journal ought to do something about it, but won’t.
@Basildon Joe: how braind dead are you?
So ff fg again why don’t they just rename and become one party instead at this stage
@John Reynolds: It’s the same reason corporations collect (buy up) brands.
Proctor and Gamble own both Tide and Ariel.
They aim to get your custom no matter what you buy.
For the elucidation of Professors Gail McElroy and Michael Gallagher a candidate who eventually meets the quota still scapes through, no matter how valid their electon.
These are clearly two different things.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: If there are 4 seats up for grabs in a constituency then why not the top 4 in the vote get elected. It would save so much time on 15th and 16th counts. The way it is now plays into the bigger parties hands. Why do we need to reach a quota? It’s not real democracy.
So in essence, I have more than one vote.
@AnthonyK: no you don’t. Your vote will only be used once. Maybe it’ll be for your 1st preference maybe it’ll be your 8th who knows.
If you get in on first or twentieth count, makes no difference. You in. That PR system. Better than first past the post single seat constituencies. Remember Thatcher got huge majority with 33% of the votes..
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