# \* \* \* ! 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:** 15
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/281 "2016-11-09T00:42:47Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > This is nervewracking. In Australian elections it would be all over already, whoever leads after 5% or so wins. But I know nothing of US elections so it’s going to be a rollercoaster. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/282 "2016-11-09T00:42:59Z")
I still feel that this is Hillary’s night. What is utterly depressing for a Republican though is the sense that any sane Republican candidate would have won this election. Damn Trump to hell. ---
**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, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/283 "2016-11-09T00:44:07Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > it seems odd to me that with electronic voting there should be any delay in results reporting. They still have to be certified, etc. ---
**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, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/284 "2016-11-09T00:44:24Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > it seems odd to me that with electronic voting there should be any delay in results reporting. One thing is that big precincts might not be closed even when the closing time hits. The last time I worked polls in Ohio, we had to then get the machines to the county seat. They were not networked, and I think that’s still true. ---
**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, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/285 "2016-11-09T00:44:28Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > I still feel that this is Hillary’s night. What is utterly depressing for a Republican though is the sense that any sane Republican candidate would have won this election. Damn Trump to hell. I am not seeing it, at least not yet. HuffPo is showing Hillary slipping further back in the popular vote with each update. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/286 "2016-11-09T00:44:39Z")
I’ll start breathing if FL and NC look good. I’ll truly relax when PA and MI results come in. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/287 "2016-11-09T00:45:14Z")
Votetracker currently has Hillary at 4,959,569 and Orange Turd Trumpy Wumpy at 4,644,007 in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/288 "2016-11-09T00:45:35Z")
> [@aldiboronti](#): > > I still feel that this is Hillary’s night. What is utterly depressing for a Republican though is the sense that any sane Republican candidate would have won this election. Damn Trump to hell. Sane Republicans can’t win the primary. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/289 "2016-11-09T00:45:58Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > I am not seeing it, at least not yet. HuffPo is showing Hillary slipping further back in the popular vote with each update. That’ll change as the cities start coming in. Recall that Obama was behind in the popular vote in 2012 until after midnight when the numbers from the west coast started arriving. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/290 "2016-11-09T00:46:22Z")
I’m watching the NBC news coverage tonight. I like Lester Holt just fine, he seems like an old friend- he was on the air in Chicago for a long time. Lester has Chuck Todd and his touch screen maps as a guest tonight. Can NBC please just let Chuck Todd go ahead and headline this thing? Lester can take the opening act duties tonight. This is Todd’s environment, he’s a natural in it. ---
**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, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/291 "2016-11-09T00:46:56Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > I am not seeing it, at least not yet. HuffPo is showing Hillary slipping further back in the popular vote with each update. It’s really important to look at the right counties. For example, if Cuyahoga county isn’t in in Ohio, you know nothing about the vote there. If you can find maps that compare, you can follow the counties that are where the population is and who wins them. ---
**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, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/292 "2016-11-09T00:47:01Z")
Yeah, I am panicking; i admit it. What is going on in NC? HuffPo has Trump way ahead. ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/293 "2016-11-09T00:47:58Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I’m watching the NBC news coverage tonight. I like Lester Holt just fine, he seems like an old friend- he was on the air in Chicago for a long time. Lester has Chuck Todd and his touch screen maps as a guest tonight. Can NBC please just let Chuck Todd go ahead and headline this thing? Lester can take the opening act duties tonight. This is Todd’s environment, he’s a natural in it. How is Tom Brokaw doing with the coverage? ---
**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, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/294 "2016-11-09T00:48:05Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Votetracker currently has Hillary at 4,959,569 and Orange Turd Trumpy Wumpy at 4,644,007 in Florida. factoring in the demographics of the different precincts, I take it? ---
**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, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/295 "2016-11-09T00:48:18Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > It’s really important to look at the right counties. For example, if Cuyahoga county isn’t in in Ohio, you know nothing about the vote there. If you can find maps that compare, you can follow the counties that are where the population is and who wins them. For example, Ohio now: [Ohio Election Results](http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2016/results/state/OH#president) Ohio in 2012: [Ohio Election Results](http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/results/ohio) You can compare directly. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/296 "2016-11-09T00:50:05Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > factoring in the demographics of the different precincts, I take it? Positive thoughts… positive thoughts… I am a rock in the middle of chaos… ---
**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, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/297 "2016-11-09T00:50:08Z")
Damn you **Snowboarder Bo**! Now I’m OCD-refreshing Google. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/298 "2016-11-09T00:50:52Z")
South Carolina goes for Trump; still nothing surprising. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/299 "2016-11-09T00:51:57Z")
> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > How is Tom Brokaw doing with the coverage? Brokaw reported about exit polling, (I’m not sure what specific polling) that showed that 60% of respodents who were voting for Trump claimed that Trump lacked the temperment/judgement to be President. 60% of respondents that were voting FOR Trump. :smack: ---
**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, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/300 "2016-11-09T00:52:07Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Positive thoughts… positive thoughts… I am a rock in the middle of chaos… If you ride out the dip in serendipity… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=16)