# \* \* \* ! 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:** 23
**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, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/441 "2016-11-09T01:39:48Z")
google shows Delaware for Clinton, even though the percentages say Trump is ahead. What is up with that? ---
**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, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/442 "2016-11-09T01:39:50Z")
Looking at the betting odds, Hillary’s advantage in FL has gone down to 50-50 or a bit worse, while Trump’s advantage in OH has also gone under 50-50. ---
**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, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/443 "2016-11-09T01:40:00Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Exit polls STRONGLY suggest that Kander (Dem) will win the Senate race in MO. That would be a big upset and HUGE for regaining the Senate. I’m so happy about this, as Kander has actually been in my living room when he was running for the Missouri House back in 2008. ---
**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, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/444 "2016-11-09T01:40:19Z")
Goddamn, if Trump takes both Florida and Virginia… ☹ ---
**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, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/445 "2016-11-09T01:40:55Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > Why / how is Trump ahead in Virginia? A bit surprising, perhaps. CNN is explaining that a lot of the Blue areas in Virginia are not counted yet. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/446 "2016-11-09T01:41:16Z")
Been checking different internet live coverage and I like CNN’s the best. Wolf seems kinda useless but the other guy seems pretty sharp. > **[Live election results and coverage | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/live-election-results-coverage/)** > > Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump wait for voters' verdict as the 2016 US election campaign ends. Follow all the latest here with live updates and analysis. ---
**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, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/447 "2016-11-09T01:42:02Z")
Nevermind, they fixed it or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Tee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@Tee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tee)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/448 "2016-11-09T01:42:43Z")
I like CNN too, what he’s doing with the interactive map is fascinating. ---
**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, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/449 "2016-11-09T01:44:02Z")
Trump is catching up in Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/450 "2016-11-09T01:44:49Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I just want to tell you good luck. We’re all counting on you. Where is a quarry when a joke needs it? 😉 > [@Smapti](#): > > Tammy Duckworth wins, Kirk is out. Good. > [@Chronos](#): > > NBC has Kellyanne Conway on right now, and she apparently has no idea what a “political ground game” is. Which was obvious all along. She isn’t near hot enough to be that dumb. 😉 ---
**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, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/451 "2016-11-09T01:45:21Z")
I’m expecting a call of Florida for Trump anytime now. However, Trump appears to be running behind in NC, and OH and IA seem to be balanced on a knife’s edge right now. VA is weirdly still showing a Trump lead, but I suspect that won’t hold up. Perhaps northern VA hasn’t reported much yet. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/452 "2016-11-09T01:45:57Z")
Is Trump winning this thing? ---
**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, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/453 "2016-11-09T01:46:22Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I’m expecting a call of Florida for Trump anytime now. We still don’t have most of Broward or Palm Beach in. ---
**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, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/454 "2016-11-09T01:47:07Z")
Eh, Broward and Palm Beach, which are voting heavily democratic, are half or less counted so far. ---
**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, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/455 "2016-11-09T01:47:15Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I’m expecting a call of Florida for Trump anytime now. If CNN are right, a big chunk of the as-yet uncounted votes are in Broward and Palm Beach. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/456 "2016-11-09T01:47:41Z")
Florida is going exactly the same as it did in 2012 for Obama. He won. It just takes time to count those bigger population counties. They won’t call Florida for awhile yet. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/457 "2016-11-09T01:47:48Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > Watching CBC’s coverage and playing drinking game. Play along with whatever coverage you are watching. > > Everytime the following clichés are used take a shot (or slug if you prefer beer): > > 1. ground game > 2. disenfranchised > 3. path to victory > 4. voting irregularities (how sad that this is a cliché in American politics) > 5. potential riots > > feel free to add your own because… hey, who doesn’t want to get drunk tonight? . . . unless #5 also mentions your city, in which caseyou start guzzling 'til you’ve forgotten why you’re doing it. . . > [@Velocity](#): > > Well it’s certainly odd to see VA red and NC blue! We always get a bit embarrassed when the rural votes come in. Give it a while; when Fairfax county reports we’ll be in the blue again. Is anybody else shocked to see Ohio trending for Hilary?!? FL is saying Rubio will regain his seat. Drat. ---
**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, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/458 "2016-11-09T01:47:50Z")
The HuffPo state maps are nice because the counties change color if the count is complete. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/459 "2016-11-09T01:48:09Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Goddamn, if Trump takes both Florida and Virginia… ☹ Most of the remaining vote is in northern VA which is heavily Democratic. They also always seem to report last so it never looks good until the end. ---
**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, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/460 "2016-11-09T01:48:26Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I’m expecting a call of Florida for Trump anytime now. [A wise man speaks](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zlkn9cHWxY) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=24)