# \* \* \* ! 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:** 24
**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, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/461 "2016-11-09T01:48:33Z")
In Virginia, Surrey, Fairfax and Prince William, all democrat areas, are barely counted. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/462 "2016-11-09T01:49:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Is Trump winning this thing? No. Don’t forget, Romney was ahead early in the evening last time. Wait for New York and California. ---
**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, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/463 "2016-11-09T01:49:50Z")
Apropos of nothing, Firefox has abbreviated the title of this thread to “\*\*\*! Off” in my tab bar, which nicely encapsulates how this Canadian has felt watching this campaign from afar. ---
**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, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/464 "2016-11-09T01:49:53Z")
Looking at Ohio, the Clinton lead might actually hold up. ---
**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, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/465 "2016-11-09T01:49:56Z")
True, but the Panhandle’s not quite complete and Trump had a surge in Brevard Co. I think he’s also doing better in Volusia Co as well. Clinton could win FL but it’s going to be very close. It might also be closer in Virginia as well. I think Trump is using the white middle class against Clinton. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/466 "2016-11-09T01:50:26Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > 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. For some liberal definition of “anytime” perhaps. A lot of the vote out is in Democratic strongholds. It will be a while until any are sure enough to call it. ---
**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, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/467 "2016-11-09T01:50:45Z")
Mississippi goes to Trump because it is easier to spell ---
**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, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/468 "2016-11-09T01:50:56Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > No. Don’t forget, Romney was ahead early in the evening last time. Wait for New York and California. Nobody cares about NY and CA – it’s the battleground states. ---
**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, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/469 "2016-11-09T01:51:34Z")
Everything I’ve seen was positive NH would go for Trump, but HRC is 10% ahead! ---
**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, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/470 "2016-11-09T01:51:51Z")
CNN have two female newscasters on screen here, and neither is blonde? Well, one has blonde highlights. ---
**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, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/471 "2016-11-09T01:52:55Z")
We’ve assumed that massive voter turnout would be good for HRC. But it looks like Trump is getting his voters out as well. ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/472 "2016-11-09T01:53:43Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Looking at Ohio, the Clinton lead might actually hold up. Yeah, Cuyahoga, Franklin, and Hamilton are not nearly in. Obama got a million votes in those three counties in 2012. ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/473 "2016-11-09T01:53:49Z")
With all the punditry and prognostication on the political sites, I am feeling no confidence there are enough outstanding votes to swing FL and VA back to Hillary. ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/474 "2016-11-09T01:53:50Z")
Some of what I’m reading here is exactly why Trump supporters will scream about rigging if he loses. ---
**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, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/475 "2016-11-09T01:53:55Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Looking at Ohio, the Clinton lead might actually hold up. If Clinton wins Ohio, it’s impossible to imagine how she’d lose WI, MI, PA and so I assume she’d win the race. ---
**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, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/476 "2016-11-09T01:54:34Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > No. Don’t forget, Romney was ahead early in the evening last time. Wait for New York and California. Still, I’m totally scared. I hate this!!! I want her to win Florida or/and Ohio and to know it is over and he’s finished. ---
**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, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/477 "2016-11-09T01:55:23Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > We’ve assumed that massive voter turnout would be good for HRC. But it looks like Trump is getting his voters out as well. Is the turnout really “massive”? How does it compare with 2012, for example? ---
**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, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/478 "2016-11-09T01:55:28Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > We’ve assumed that massive voter turnout would be good for HRC. But it looks like Trump is getting his voters out as well. Of course. Hate, anger and fear have always motivated more people than hope and apathy. ---
**Author:** ![Yersenia\_Pestis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/e495f1/32.png) [@Yersenia\_Pestis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yersenia_Pestis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/479 "2016-11-09T01:55:29Z")
Ugh … Florida - so divided… ---
**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, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/480 "2016-11-09T01:55:30Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > With all the punditry and prognostication on the political sites, I am feeling no confidence there are enough outstanding votes to swing FL and VA back to Hillary. In 2012, there were about 3.7 million voters in VA. About 2.2 million have come in so far in 2016 (in the map I’m following). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=25)