# \* \* \* ! 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:** 17
**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, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/321 "2016-11-09T00:58:47Z")
Betting market reacting strongly, Trump only 10% chance now. S&P futures agree. ---
**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, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/322 "2016-11-09T00:58:57Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > 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) It’s the same data, it seems. I like the bare-bones presentation on Google fine; YMMV. ETA: OH shit! Ohio just showed up blue! NE seaboard all showing up blue! ---
**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, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/323 "2016-11-09T00:59:02Z")
It’s really important to remember that the percentages are just talking about the number of precincts, not the number of voters. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/324 "2016-11-09T00:59:23Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > I’m beginning to breath gain… 🙂 Not me. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/325 "2016-11-09T00:59:31Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > _shrug_ There is a very high percentage of HRC voters that believe she lied too. Yeah, believing she told a lie is the same thing as the commander in chief being temperamentally unfit. Jesus Christ. ---
**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, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/326 "2016-11-09T00:59:37Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > 72% can’t be right. The polls haven’t even closed in the panhandle. I don’t know. [CNN shows estimated 75% in as well](http://www.cnn.com/election/results/states/florida#president). Maybe they all got hacked. ---
**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, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/327 "2016-11-09T01:00:24Z")
> [@BigDadWolf](#): > > Freepers are freaking out on the Florida results to this point. Bring that, and any similar joy-in-the-sorrow-of-others, to the election [Schadenfreude thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=810000)! ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/328 "2016-11-09T01:00:48Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > 72% can’t be right. The polls haven’t even closed in the panhandle. Most of the panhandle is rural. I assume the panhandle is a relatively small percentage of the state population. ---
**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, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/329 "2016-11-09T01:00:49Z")
Whoa, I had discounted Ohio, but Clinton is ahead now! ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/330 "2016-11-09T01:00:50Z")
Thanks for the reminders to wait to see which counties have come in. It’s just… ugh, I wish I weren’t alone right now! Probably a super-dumb question but what the hell, I have no shame: Do these figures take into account the early voting? When or how do those votes get counted? ---
**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, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/331 "2016-11-09T01:00:58Z")
CNN is lighting up Hillary! ---
**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, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/332 "2016-11-09T01:01:38Z")
MSNBC is racking 'em up for Clinton. ---
**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, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/333 "2016-11-09T01:01:42Z")
Popular vote in Ohio just flipped over to Hillary ---
**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, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/334 "2016-11-09T01:01:54Z")
Here we go… IL, NJ, MA, MD, DE, DC, CT, RI to Clinton, IN, MS, AL, OK, to Trump. As expected. ---
**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, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/335 "2016-11-09T01:02:20Z")
Lots of EVs rolling in, with no surprises yet. This will make Clinton supporters feel better as she pulls ahead in EV. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/336 "2016-11-09T01:02:26Z")
So, if Trump loses Florida, is it basically over?? ---
**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, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/337 "2016-11-09T01:02:37Z")
FL - Too Close PA - Too Early NH - Too Early IL - HRC NJ - HRC MA - HRC TN - DT MD - HRC AL - DT OK - DT CT - HRC MS - DT RI - HRC DE - HRC DC - HRC MO - Too Early ME - Too Early 75 HRC, 66 DJT ---
**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, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/338 "2016-11-09T01:02:42Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > So, if Trump loses Florida, is it basically over?? Yes ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/339 "2016-11-09T01:02:47Z")
MD, MA, and NJ called for Clinton per Google. ---
**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, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/340 "2016-11-09T01:03:00Z")
Clinton 75, Trump 66. That’s more like it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=18)