Election night was Tuesday, November 3, and we...still don't know the outcome. In the year of a global pandemic and a strong turnout of mail-in voting, we knew this long, painful
process was a big possibility. We hoped for a quick and easy election night, and some of us ignored the experts who said we would get no such thing.
This experience is similar to a COVID-19 test: the doctor tells you it's going to be uncomfortable, and you think 'Nah, I'll be fine. What's seven seconds with a stick up my nose?'" The next minute you've pulled your car to the side of the road because your eyes are watering so hard it looks like you've just watched The Notebook for the first time. It's 2020, OK? COVID-test analogies are all I've got.
So, here we are. It's Saturday morning, and we are still staring at Steve Kornacki as he hugs a map of the U.S. and carefully does the math for a new batch of Pennsylvania votes.
If it weren't for social media, we would have nowhere to put our anxiety and general angst right now. On election night, I did three loads of laundry at 1 A.M. If I didn't have countless memes and TikToks, I'd still be in that laundry room, mindlessly washing sweaters until they faded into nothing.
Here are some of the best 2020 election-week (month, year, century?) memes that are getting us through right now.
It just occurred to me that this election is following the plot of The Notebook:
- A white house
— Toby Herman (@tobyherman27) November 5, 2020
- Mail that wasn’t received
- A lot of fighting
- It wasn’t over
- It still isn’t over pic.twitter.com/5fXL0Qx2Nb
think of them as tantric election results
— Cameron Esposito (@cameronesposito) November 7, 2020
Nevada is the star of the internet this week
Me looking into the Nevada Board of Elections office rn pic.twitter.com/Ej5IsktgYp
— Julie Klausner (@julieklausner) November 5, 2020
— Jessica Valenti (@JessicaValenti) November 5, 2020
We’re told Nevada is just spraying perfume on each of the remaining ballots. Then all that’s left is to kiss them.
— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) November 7, 2020
nevada rn opening each ballot pic.twitter.com/oayAfoyS1x
— lisa ❀ (@chalawesome) November 5, 2020
Nevada counting ballots pic.twitter.com/GC85ZFZdMd
— Liz Jenkins (@ej11lizzie) November 5, 2020
"Nevada can you please hurry up and count the votes?!"
Nevada: pic.twitter.com/ItzKhzm4Td
— Beau (@beausoup) November 5, 2020
Georgia and Pennsylvania making that flip like:
Oh, Georgia said: pic.twitter.com/IildRDOobQ
— IG: JontaOHT (@jontaoht) November 6, 2020
GA and PA seeing each other turn blue pic.twitter.com/K7ubB8bCLL
— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) November 6, 2020
Georgia on my mind pic.twitter.com/QKvOjA2LL0
— John Legend (@johnlegend) November 6, 2020
Giving credit where credit is due to Stacey Abrams:
Thank you @staceyabrams
— Jordan Peele (@JordanPeele) November 6, 2020
One key difference between North Carolina and Georgia is that North Carolina did not have @staceyabrams
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) November 7, 2020
Listen to @staceyabrams imparting wisdom in a NYC apartment 2 years ago pic.twitter.com/2keVmzqYgZ
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) November 7, 2020
Me waking up to news that Georgia has turned BLUE?!????!! COUNT EVERY VOTE ???? come on GA pic.twitter.com/FsFWf2Bttg
— icy girl shay ❄️? (@3xnori) November 6, 2020
GEORGIA IS ABOUT TOOOO pic.twitter.com/8G8cUj49Y1
— Erin. (@elyte4real) November 6, 2020
Me waking up to news that Georgia has turned BLUE?!????!! COUNT EVERY VOTE ???? come on GA pic.twitter.com/FsFWf2Bttg
— icy girl shay ❄️? (@3xnori) November 6, 2020
This beautiful video
I audibly gasped at 1:47 ? pic.twitter.com/LtLvWtLDXv
— Mike Tague (@rhymeswithbeg) November 6, 2020
This post will be updated, as will the election results...eventually. Stay tuned!