# \* \* \* ! 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:** 32
**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, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/621 "2016-11-09T02:45:46Z")
Trump is now slight favorite in the betting market. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/622 "2016-11-09T02:45:57Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > There are still 80 EV on the left coast, but Hillary has certainly underestimated how much this country apparently dislikes her. I don’t feel like she’s been overconfident; I don’t think she underestimated. She never suggested she had it in the bag. I think if she goes down it will be pollsters who underestimated. They underestimated the extent to which people would vote based on their primal instincts, but were so embarrassed by their primal instincts they weren’t prepared to admit it even to a pollster. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/623 "2016-11-09T02:46:17Z")
The thing about Michigan is that Wayne county(Detroit) is large,overwhelmingly Dem, and overwhelmingly unorganized. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/624 "2016-11-09T02:46:22Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I think Gary Johnson voters probably went Trump at the last minute… **which is exactly why Nate Silver pointed out that there was a lot of uncertainty in this race**. Gary Johnson’s numbers went low, and Trump’s went higher. I think Silver won the election, even if Clinton pulls it out. And wow this is close. ---
**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, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/625 "2016-11-09T02:47:06Z")
> [@manila](#): > > Ah bless you guys, you so cute when you give the world reality TV in the oval office. And the entire world (or at least the Northern Hemisphere) will suffer the fallout from that reality show. ---
**Author:** ![drewder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/626 "2016-11-09T02:47:09Z")
NYT has trump at 51% edit 59% chance of winning ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/627 "2016-11-09T02:47:23Z")
Illinois is being called for Clinton. If this election turns out worst case, it wasn’t Illinois’ fault. (note to rest of country: You guys are off your rockers!) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/628 "2016-11-09T02:47:54Z")
_Michigan seems like a dream to me now_ ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/629 "2016-11-09T02:48:17Z")
The way I see it, the same voters who got Obama into office and kept him there are the same ones who could do it for Hillary. But - enough of them don’t like Hillary to the extent they absolutely won’t put in a vote for her. They really have made sure Trump wins by splitting their votes out to Johnson and Stein, and the ones I’ve spoken with are fine with it. Making their point is more important even though Bernie told them not to. ---
**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, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/630 "2016-11-09T02:48:17Z")
What are the Republican excuses going to be four years from now after the economy has tanked, unemployment has skyrocketed, the UN declares us a pariah state and Putin has an office in the white house? ---
**Author:** ![Amara\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7993a0/32.png) [@Amara\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amara_1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/631 "2016-11-09T02:48:28Z")
This is sickening to watch. The triumph of hatred. ---
**Author:** ![Neo-Calredic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/96bed5/32.png) [@Neo-Calredic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neo-Calredic)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/632 "2016-11-09T02:48:59Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > If a candidate is so _utterly_ bulletproof in that way, where no matter what he says or does virtually nobody abandons him, I simply have no explanation. At all. 😕 The only thing that makes sense to me is the terrifying notion that there are a LOT of people in this country who have no problem with his behavior – hell, many of them probably wish they could get away with acting the same way. If that’s true, then I’m honestly not sure where that leaves us – it’s sure as fuck nowhere good. ---
**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, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/633 "2016-11-09T02:49:21Z")
America, what is wrong with you ---
**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, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/634 "2016-11-09T02:50:48Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > America, what is wrong with you Don’t ask me; I voted for the other person. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/635 "2016-11-09T02:50:58Z")
I think she’ll pull it out in VA, but FL and NC are lost. I’m not feeling great about PA, and am terrified about MI. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/636 "2016-11-09T02:51:14Z")
I can’t believe it either. The man bragged about sexually assaulting women. He even tried to turn it into a campaign slogan. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/637 "2016-11-09T02:51:25Z")
I just woke up. Trump might win? Ohio had always had the reputation of being progressive. How the hell is Trump winning there. ---
**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, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/638 "2016-11-09T02:51:29Z")
Is this how Brits felt with Brexit? ---
**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, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/639 "2016-11-09T02:51:45Z")
[AR15.com](http://AR15.com) is down, probably swamped by people refreshing the election thread, so I’m back. I think you guys are crying in your oatmeal a little early still, but certainly Wang seems to have been very wrong here. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/640 "2016-11-09T02:51:51Z")
Even if Clinton wins at this point, this is a profoundly sad outcome. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=31) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=33)