# \* \* \* ! 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:** 35
**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, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/681 "2016-11-09T03:03:23Z")
Broward votes looked like they dropped. Went from 75% to 98% but votes didn’t look like they changed. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/682 "2016-11-09T03:03:36Z")
If she loses FL, NC, OH, IA, NH, WI and MI can she still win? ---
**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, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/683 "2016-11-09T03:03:59Z")
538 still has Hillary winning at 69%. ---
**Author:** ![elninost0rm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ed655f/32.png) [@elninost0rm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elninost0rm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/684 "2016-11-09T03:04:07Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > If she loses FL, NC, OH, IA, NH, WI and MI can she still win? No. ---
**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, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/685 "2016-11-09T03:04:19Z")
NM for Clinton. ---
**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, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/686 "2016-11-09T03:04:22Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > In previous years a primary plank of candidates’ pitches on both sides have been that they are solid, respectable, virtuous etc. So scandals lost them votes vis a vis their opponent. > > Trump has never run on that basis. He has run on the basis that he is a wild bull in a china shop that badly needs remodelling and you should vote for him for that reason. You don’t withdraw your vote from a wild bull merely because it shits on the floor and mounts cows whether they like it or not. That’s what wild bulls do. But we don’t vote such animals into office. I remain utterly incredulous because I simply cannot imagine myself thinking like that, at all, in no universes which contain alternate me’s, thus I cannot imagine anyone else doing so. Once you sell your higher ideals down the river (of shit, to continue the metaphor), what else do you have left to separate you from the beasts? ---
**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, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/687 "2016-11-09T03:04:52Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > 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. Fair enough. I stand corrected and humbly apologize to **RickJay** for the "chuckles bit and the overall tone of my response. I’m sorry and I appreciate being corrected. My bad :smack: So, “My Canada includes Quebec” was the rest of Canada trying to beg Quebec to stay? \<– sincere question. Because I’m sure that was Charlottetown. Damn - I even remember exactly where I was when the results came in. I’m annoyed I misremembered. Again thank-you and asorry **RickJay** ---
**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, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/688 "2016-11-09T03:05:11Z")
If Michigan and Ohio go Trump, this could be a 269-269 tie. ---
**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, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/689 "2016-11-09T03:05:11Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Broward votes looked like they dropped. And Trump still ahead by 100+K. Does that seal the deal there? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/690 "2016-11-09T03:05:13Z")
NYT front page: Trump presidency now at 68% and control Senate 86% chance it’s GOP. Wow. ---
**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, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/691 "2016-11-09T03:05:20Z")
Expect the stock market to tank tomorrow. ---
**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, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/692 "2016-11-09T03:05:38Z")
I didn’t think Brexit was possible, either. I think we all underestimated the antipathy people everywhere have for “the establishment”, or whatever you want to call it. It should be a wake-up call for everybody. A sexual predator reviled by a significant percentage of his own party might actually win. The Republicans are adrift and fractured, and they still might take the White House. If Hillary does pull this out she might want to take note of that. ---
**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, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/693 "2016-11-09T03:06:01Z")
> [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](#): > > 538 still has Hillary winning at 69%. Only based on called states. ---
**Author:** ![Corry\_El](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@Corry\_El](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corry_El)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/694 "2016-11-09T03:06:18Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > Expect the stock market to tank tomorrow. It’s down 3.4% right now. ---
**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, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/695 "2016-11-09T03:06:22Z")
I’m still going to metabolize this alcohol, but I’m not enjoying it. ---
**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, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/696 "2016-11-09T03:06:23Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > If Michigan and Ohio go Trump, this could be a 269-269 tie. If Trump wins MI, I suspect he’ll win some additional HRC “firewall” states. ---
**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, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/697 "2016-11-09T03:06:49Z")
Trump takes MO. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/698 "2016-11-09T03:07:09Z")
Rothschild now shows Hillary 41%. The Dollar-per-Euro dropped 1.4% an hour ago, but has now recovered a little. ---
**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, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/699 "2016-11-09T03:07:13Z")
Hillary is the worst candidate ever. Even if she wins. She can’t annahilate Donald fucking Trump! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/700 "2016-11-09T03:07:22Z")
[For what it’s worth, the Detroit Free Press called MI for HRC more than 45 minutes ago.](http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/08/live-updates-2016-michigan-us-presidential-election-results-exit-polls/93465200/) They don’t necessarily need to make this a drawn-out horse race for viewers until 11pm. Not saying they’re right, but just putting that out there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=34) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=36)