# \* \* \* ! 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:** 34
**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, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/661 "2016-11-09T02:57:00Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > Umm, I’m pretty sure I do. I voted in it. Charlottetown (sp) Accord chuckles. Remember “My Canada includes Quebec”? You’ve conflated two different referenda. The Charlottetown Accord was defeated (54.3% No/45.7% Yes), and this was arguably a rebuke to Quebec (although it was defeated in Quebec as well). The referendum that went 50.4% “Stay In Canada” was held only in Quebec. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/662 "2016-11-09T02:57:22Z")
This is waaaaay closer nationally than I thought it would be. And despite my canvassing, phonebanking, contributing and voting, looks like Ohio will be going to Trump after all. Ugh ugh ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/663 "2016-11-09T02:57:25Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Oh America, my heart goes out to you. > > Kam…glued to her Aussie telly watching the tragedy unfold. 😕 “What, there’s an iceberg ahead? Well, let’s see if we can ram straight into it!” I feel like we’re all stuck on the Titanic, and a drunken blowhard is steering the ship. ---
**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, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/664 "2016-11-09T02:57:50Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I feel like I have to write a letter of apology to the world for what America has done and will do for the next 4 years… Fuck that. I expect a case of Johnny Walker Blue and an especially talented hooker (I like tap-dancing and stand-up comedy.) It’s the least you can do.🆒 ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/665 "2016-11-09T02:58:02Z")
It seems obvious now that a lot of polls leading up to this election have been wrong, Rush Limbaugh basically predicted this on his show. Whether Trump wins or not I think a lot of posters here are going to have to eat their words about some imagined blowout win for Hillary. ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/666 "2016-11-09T02:58:13Z")
> [@Lobot](#): > > “What, there’s an iceberg ahead? Well, let’s see if we can ram straight into it!” > > I feel like we’re all stuck on the Titanic, and a drunken blowhard is steering the ship. Well, the front fell off. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/667 "2016-11-09T02:58:32Z")
Well, this is certainly turning out to be a nail-biter. _bites nails_ Guess I’ll break out the scotch to go with my tasty fingernail snack. To the rest of the world: I’m sorry. We’re Americans. We do weird shit, like electing insane idiots, just for the hell of it sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/668 "2016-11-09T02:58:54Z")
Watching from Canada. My flabber is totally gasted… ---
**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, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/669 "2016-11-09T02:59:08Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > That she has the privilege of living through the decline of Rome II I’m sure she’ll take great solace in that when Trump and his fellow monsters turn the fucking Handmaid’s Tale into a reality. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/670 "2016-11-09T02:59:15Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Well, the front fell off. Not now, man. We’re grieving here. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/671 "2016-11-09T02:59:46Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > 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. Again (see my last post): so where are the higher ideals all hanging out at? Why wouldn’t it work the other way-“Oh yeah Mr. Pollster Trump has my vote!”----at the actual voting booth----“I can’t vote for that idiot…” ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/672 "2016-11-09T03:00:04Z")
Damn, we’ve got 4 years of Rudy as AG of the US, and Newt as SoS. This country is so screwed. Bet Putin is happy as hell. ---
**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, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/673 "2016-11-09T03:00:39Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > It would be interesting if Utah goes Mcmullin. Especially if it sends the presidential election to Congress for the first time in 192 years. If that happens not only would Trump still end up winding we’d also have to put up with 2 month more of this election. And Kaine could end up his Vice-President. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/674 "2016-11-09T03:01:27Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > Well, the front fell off. A wave hit it? ---
**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, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/675 "2016-11-09T03:01:28Z")
> [@Neo-Calredic](#): > > I thought it was sickening when Dubya won his second term, but if Trump actually gets in, I honestly don’t know how I can live in this country anymore. He is human garbage, and if we as a nation are too stupid, bigoted, and/or blind to see that, then we deserve him. > > How the fuck can I raise a daughter in a country that elected, or came this close to electing, a fucking _admitted sexual predator_? What am I supposed to tell her? ☹ It’s not going to be any easier raising a son. > [@Velocity](#): > > America, what is wrong with you I’ve been asking myself that since Ronald Reagan was elected. ---
**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, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/676 "2016-11-09T03:01:30Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Clinton now has a narrow lead in VA. Yeah, I think she’ll probably hold it. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/677 "2016-11-09T03:02:14Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Wayne county in Michigan is way too close so far. Obama took that one more than 2-1, Clinton is barely leading. I’m sorry, but no way do I believe a bunch of urban black people voted for Trump. But they still have a number of unreported precincts so I’m holding out that there are just a lot of votes in Detroit that are still out. I seem to remember a poll that clocked Detroit residents at 0% for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/678 "2016-11-09T03:02:14Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I feel like I have to write a letter of apology to the world for what America has done and will do for the next 4 years. We’ve got to start working tomorrow on getting this bastard out of office. It’s cool. I’m in Europe. Oh, wait. Crap. ---
**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, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/679 "2016-11-09T03:02:22Z")
Interestingly, even though the NYT gives Trump a 64% chance of winning the presidency right now, they expect a Clinton popular vote win of about 2 points. If that happens, we’ll have some some furious Democrats on our hands. ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/680 "2016-11-09T03:02:44Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I have read all the threads here, and the blogs elsewhere, and have yet to see a cogent explanation for why the sonofabitch was seemingly immune to any and all sorts of scandals and revelations. If Nixon had had just one of those happen to him years ago he would have gotten 10% of the vote. > > 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. 😕 People underestimate how much vitriol directed at the opponents galvanizes the opposition. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=35)