# Count down to December 19th ... Electorial College voting day **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 10, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359 "2016-11-10T14:31:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/161 "2016-12-19T18:03:30Z")
First votes are in:[Electoral College vote updates and voting schedule - CBS News](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/electoral-college-state-by-state-voting-schedule/) Last Updated Dec 19, 2016 11:39 AM EST > [@](#): > > UPDATE: The states voting in the 10 a.m. ET and 11 a.m. ET hours have completed their voting, and the totals so far reflect the Election Day outcome. The count now stands at 55 votes for Donald Trump and 27 for Hillary Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/162 "2016-12-19T18:11:42Z")
It’s so weird that this is getting reported like election night. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/163 "2016-12-19T18:23:57Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > It’s so weird that this is getting reported like election night. Hope springs eternal… ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/164 "2016-12-19T18:25:51Z")
We’re like 90 minutes away from President Trump now, right? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/165 "2016-12-19T18:29:08Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > The movie’s worth a look - British romantic schmaltziness and jokes with a Christmas backdrop - and will make the SNL skit all the funnier for you. I was able to watch the relevant scene on Youtube. The funniest thing about it was the comment at the top of the page: “Which episode of _The Walking Dead_ was this?” But yeah, it put the SNL skit more in context. That’s some pretty creepy stalking… ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/166 "2016-12-19T18:58:22Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > It’s so weird that this is getting reported like election night. Yes it is … > [@John\_Mace](#): > > Hope springs eternal… Yep! [http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/breaking-news-election-2016?ocid=iehp](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/breaking-news-election-2016?ocid=iehp) Live no less ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/167 "2016-12-19T20:49:49Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > You described Trump’s views as “openly racist.” > > So how would you describe an actual open racist…? Any time you place someone into a class of people, there are likely going to be others in the group who are more extreme. That is the nature of grouping. Harry Hooper and Babe Ruth are both Hall of Famers. Arguably the most important thing Hooper ever did is help convince management to make Ruth a full-time outfielder. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Quatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc8723/32.png) [@Mr\_Quatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Quatro)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/168 "2016-12-19T22:21:27Z")
I’m going to go out on a limb here and call it for Trump lol: [MSN](http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-latest-trump-at-268-electoral-votes-clinton-at-166/ar-AAlKhsj) The Latest: Trump at 268 electoral votes, Clinton at 166 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QoQZ0qmf-mk/maxresdefault.jpg "Willie Nelson - The Party's Over") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoQZ0qmf-mk) ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/169 "2016-12-19T23:27:07Z")
Great. America had an opportunity to head this off at the pass, and muffed it. The world is doomed. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/170 "2016-12-19T23:32:09Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Great. America had an opportunity to head this off at the pass, and muffed it. The world is doomed. Did you _really_ want the GOP to complain about their “stolen election” for the next thousand years?? Best to let them hoist themselves by their own collective petards. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/171 "2016-12-19T23:42:28Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Did you _really_ want the GOP to complain about their “stolen election” for the next thousand years?? Yes. Though all I think needed to happen was that Trump was kicked out of the running. Almost any other Republican President is preferable. I’m not even American, I’m worried about the impact this will have on the rest of the world. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/172 "2016-12-19T23:52:16Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Great. America had an opportunity to head this off at the pass, and muffed it. The world is doomed. It’s OK, C3PO. It’s OK. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/173 "2016-12-20T16:17:26Z")
Well, the electors did pretty much what everyone expected of them yesterday: [http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/19/politics/electoral-college-donald-trump-vote/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/19/politics/electoral-college-donald-trump-vote/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359/174 "2016-12-20T21:05:22Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Did you _really_ want the GOP to complain about their “stolen election” for the next thousand years?? > Best to let them hoist themselves by their own collective petards. The trouble with that stance is that we will _all_ be losing life and limb when those petards go off. ‘Having to listen to GOP complaints’ doesn’t really compare, in degree or kind, to the sum of human misery that this development will cause. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/count-down-to-december-19th-electorial-college-voting-day/771359.md?page=8)