# \* \* \* ! 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:** 16
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/301 "2016-11-09T00:52:31Z")
Rachael Maddow just mentioned yesterday’s 100th anniversary of the 1st woman’s election to the House. ---
**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, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/302 "2016-11-09T00:52:44Z")
Clinton is now up by 3 points in FL with 71% in. ---
**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, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/303 "2016-11-09T00:52:48Z")
Oh Dr Maddow that’s very wrong about Jeanette Rankin. She was allowed to vote for herself; Montana women got the vote in 1914. ---
**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, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/304 "2016-11-09T00:53:35Z")
NC now neck and neck, 48-49 ETA … and now going HC’s way further ---
**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, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/305 "2016-11-09T00:54:01Z")
Florida looks very encouraging for HC. Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach and Orange are just now starting to come in and she is leading pretty heavily. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/306 "2016-11-09T00:54:50Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > 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: _shrug_ There is a very high percentage of HRC voters that believe she lied too. ---
**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, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/307 "2016-11-09T00:55:20Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Clinton is now up by 3 points in FL with 71% in. 17% in according to the NYT. Did you flip it or are we reading different numbers? ---
**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, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/308 "2016-11-09T00:55:43Z")
This is over, surely. ---
**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, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/309 "2016-11-09T00:55:55Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > 17% in according to the NYT. Did you flip it or are we reading different numbers? I’m looking at the numbers on CNN’s website. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/310 "2016-11-09T00:55:56Z")
NM; was going by what Google was showing. ---
**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, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/311 "2016-11-09T00:55:59Z")
YES! She’s got the lead in Fl and NC !!! ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/312 "2016-11-09T00:56:21Z")
Fox News has 71% of FL precincts reporting as well ---
**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, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/313 "2016-11-09T00:56:52Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > Actually it’s **17%** reporting. CNN just said 72% about 30 sec ago. ---
**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, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/314 "2016-11-09T00:57:19Z")
Frank Luntz tweeted: "The numbers I’m getting now suggest a nationwide turnout that strongly favors Hillary. And if Hillary does well, so will down-ballot Dems." > ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/315 "2016-11-09T00:57:28Z")
I’m beginning to breath gain… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/316 "2016-11-09T00:57:40Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Fox News has 71% of FL precincts reporting as well So, 17% for sure.😛 ---
**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, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/317 "2016-11-09T00:57:47Z")
36% in in NC and Clinton is up 6 points. ---
**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, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/318 "2016-11-09T00:57:52Z")
Freepers are freaking out on the Florida results to this point. ---
**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, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/319 "2016-11-09T00:57:53Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > 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. That is nearly word for word what my husband keeps telling me, too. It’s too early to freak out. \ ---
**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, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/320 "2016-11-09T00:57:59Z")
72% can’t be right. The polls haven’t even closed in the panhandle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=17)