# \* \* \* ! 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:** 22
**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, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/421 "2016-11-09T01:29:20Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > Omg now they’re out there talking about how it’s clearly rigged because they’re interviewing ALL the people leaving the polls who clearly say they voted for Trump but she’s someone winning? And then my brother said she needed to be shot and my mother agreed that was the only thing that’s going to save this country. WTF?? :eek: Unfortunately I don’t think these are uncommon feelings. I have some family that I’d like to disown myself. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/422 "2016-11-09T01:29:27Z")
Trump wins rural votes so it’s not surprising that early votes might go his way. Trump and republicans generally win wide geographic swaths of the country, but they lose the urban centers, and sometimes they lose them bigly. The one thing that makes me worried is talk of depressed African American turnout in some places. That seems to be a recurring problem and it could be a difference maker in some states. Still bullish on Clinton but I want her to win in the 300s. ---
**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, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/423 "2016-11-09T01:30:24Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > They also have ridiculous meters for each state feverishly predicting the candidates’ vote margins. I half assume it wildly vibrates just for effect. I agree that it’s mostly the NYT version of click-bait. ---
**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, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/424 "2016-11-09T01:30:29Z")
AR for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/425 "2016-11-09T01:30:57Z")
And in a similar spirit, refreshing feverishly is doing nobody, least of all you, any good. There are still lots of votes to be cast and a lot to count, so do try to chill. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/426 "2016-11-09T01:31:04Z")
Trump inching ahead in Florida but Clinton up 1.1% in TEXAS with 46% counted? Opposite Day ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/427 "2016-11-09T01:31:14Z")
Well it’s certainly odd to see VA red and NC blue! ---
**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, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/428 "2016-11-09T01:31:21Z")
> [@choie](#): > > Okay. Okay. King is helping me relax–Miami/Dade and Broward are big repositories and the live votes haven’t completely come in yet… only about 30% are in. That could be enough to make up the difference. > [@Riemann](#): > > CNN looking at the big blue-leaning counties in FL, virtually nothing there has been counted yet. Sounds v bullish for Hillary with the count so far neck-and-neck. This is more or less the same as 2012, although Hillary is probably doing better at this point in the evening than Obama was. ---
**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, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/429 "2016-11-09T01:31:41Z")
For a brief moment at least, Clinton is ahead in Texas with almost half the vote in 😀 ---
**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, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/430 "2016-11-09T01:32:24Z")
MSNBC projects the GOP retains the House. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/431 "2016-11-09T01:32:25Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Trump inching ahead in Florida but Clinton up 1.1% in TEXAS with 46% counted? > > Opposite Day If Hillary takes Texas it will be the biggest electoral shocker of 20 years. ---
**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, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/432 "2016-11-09T01:32:33Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > NYT seems to think DJT is on track to win FL > > [Live Presidential Forecast, Florida – The New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/elections/forecast/president/florida) > > 66% probability for Trump right now They also show a high probability of the Republicans keeping control of the Senate. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/433 "2016-11-09T01:32:39Z")
I don’t think it’ll happen, but it’d be hilarious if Trump won Florida but lost Texas. ---
**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, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/434 "2016-11-09T01:34:00Z")
538 just put the senate into 69% GOP. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/435 "2016-11-09T01:34:48Z")
From looking at a map on [cnn.com](http://cnn.com), it looks like there’s a lot of rural Texas yet to report, so don’t get too excited. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/436 "2016-11-09T01:36:08Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > Regardless who wins you realize that the rest of the world is going to look at what percentage of the votes go to Trump and will conclude that that is the percentage of the US population that are bigoted, misogynistic morons. > > Just curious, how does that make you all feel? Envious. We’re the ones stuck here with them. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/437 "2016-11-09T01:36:19Z")
Google doesn’t put percent reporting - that’s kind of annoying. Am I not seeing it? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/438 "2016-11-09T01:37:02Z")
I don’t know why I’m even watching the coverage. It’s giving me a stomach ache and I’m not even American. ---
**Author:** ![Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/439 "2016-11-09T01:37:49Z")
Great, so if Trump wins then he will be somewhat limited in his lunacy, if Clinton wins you’ll have 4 (more?) years of a forcibly useless president. USA USA USA ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/440 "2016-11-09T01:39:40Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Google doesn’t put percent reporting - that’s kind of annoying. Am I not seeing it? If you click the \> over on the right of the table it gives more information including the %age. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=21) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=23)