# \* \* \* ! Official 2016 US Presidential Election Day Thread ! \* \* \* **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 7, 2016, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947 "2016-11-07T14:05:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/261 "2016-11-09T00:32:34Z")
> [@choie](#): > > I’m feeling ill too. What the fuck is with Virginia. > > Ooh. Clinton just jumped ahead by 50K votes. Some big counties must’ve come in. > > BTW, trivia note: Turns out Trump voted in MY POLLING PLACE. So that was my district booing him, woohoo! I missed him by five hours, apparently. (That explains why there were so many news vans around, as I mentioned back at 6am.) > > Still nauseous though. This night is going to add to my ulcer. (And my weight too… nervous eating like crazy!) Don’t worry about Virginia. Most of the areas reporting early are rural. So far, no numbers from Richmond, and only a few from Northern Virginia and the Norfolk / Virginia Beach / Hampton area, which is where most of the Democratic votes are. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/262 "2016-11-09T00:34:58Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Am I the only one who watches the results come in via Google? > [@Riemann](#): > > How do you do that? Just type “2016 election results” into the search bar. Google updates things every 30 seconds. You can click on the states to see which counties have reported in and which way they voted overall. There are also other stats and poll results. They’ve been doing this since at least 2012; I don’t remember if they were doing it back in 2008 but I think they were. It’s my preferred way of watching the results come in when coupled with an active SDMB thread such as this one. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/263 "2016-11-09T00:35:09Z")
It is nerve-racking to see Trump with 24 EVs and Hillary with just 3. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/264 "2016-11-09T00:35:10Z")
MSNBC: HRC did better with White non-college voters than Barack Obama did in 2012, in North Carolina. Trump’s lead: 40% Romney won this group by 49% ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/265 "2016-11-09T00:35:35Z")
> [@Fretful\_Porpentine](#): > > Don’t worry about Virginia. Most of the areas reporting early are rural. So far, no numbers from Richmond, and only a few from Northern Virginia and the Norfolk / Virginia Beach / Hampton area, which is where most of the Democratic votes are. What I’m hearing is that Clinton/Trump are over/underperforming Obama/Romney in the counties they are ahead in. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/266 "2016-11-09T00:36:00Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > It is nerve-racking to see Trump with 24 EVs and Hillary with just 3. Right? Where’d I leave the whiskey? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/267 "2016-11-09T00:37:31Z")
Based on exit polling on MSNBC, I think Hillary wins NC but might lose OH by a hair. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/268 "2016-11-09T00:37:46Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Typically arrogant Canadian. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/PhilMhanley/status/796114347160379392) Well it’s good to know Canada has elections now. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/269 "2016-11-09T00:38:01Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > The banner says 50/50, but [this article](http://election.princeton.edu/2016/11/08/final-mode-projections-clinton-323-ev-51-di-senate-seats-gop-house/) from the early AM says 51/49, so it’s probably what’s being referenced. Not sure if banner ever changed - was asleep when article posted. Thanks! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/270 "2016-11-09T00:38:13Z")
If she wins NC and FL I can go to bed. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/271 "2016-11-09T00:39:15Z")
This is nervewracking. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/272 "2016-11-09T00:40:07Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Just type “2016 election results” into the search bar. Google updates things every 30 seconds. You can click on the states to see which counties have reported in and which way they voted overall. There are also other stats and poll results. They’ve been doing this since at least 2012; I don’t remember if they were doing it back in 2008 but I think they were. It’s my preferred way of watching the results come in when coupled with an active SDMB thread such as this one. I prefer [Bing]([National - Search](https://www.bing.com/search?q=National) Presidential Results&p1=%5Beleconv+keys%3D%22result/president/US%22+scn%3D%22results%22%5D&FORM=ELRACE) ---
**Author:** ![BigDadWolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@BigDadWolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigDadWolf)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/273 "2016-11-09T00:40:10Z")
Checking in to agree. I need a stiff drink. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/274 "2016-11-09T00:40:32Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > It is nerve-racking to see Trump with 24 EVs and Hillary with just 3. Way too early to be getting nervous :). Give it a couple of hours before you decide to start panicking - watch the big fat county returns, not the state returns. ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/275 "2016-11-09T00:40:32Z")
If you have access, watch or stream CNN, John King is doing a great job explaining away the apparent early successes for Trump in states like FL & VA, and he was right on the money in 2012. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/276 "2016-11-09T00:40:33Z")
HuffPo has nice results. They tell more about where each state is in the process: [2016 Presidential Election](http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2016/results/president) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/277 "2016-11-09T00:41:31Z")
Be cool everyone, early FL returns are in the Pensacola area, Dem areas in VA are later to come in. I think she wins FL and possibly NC, if so then it’s party time. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/278 "2016-11-09T00:42:09Z")
When do other East coast states begin reporting? ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/279 "2016-11-09T00:42:28Z")
it seems odd to me that with electronic voting there should be any delay in results reporting. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/280 "2016-11-09T00:42:42Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Just type “2016 election results” into the search bar. Google updates things every 30 seconds. You can click on the states to see which counties have reported in and which way they voted overall. There are also other stats and poll results. They’ve been doing this since at least 2012; I don’t remember if they were doing it back in 2008 but I think they were. It’s my preferred way of watching the results come in when coupled with an active SDMB thread such as this one. very cool, thanks [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=13) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=15)