# \* \* \* ! 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:** 42
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/821 "2016-11-09T03:33:47Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > So are the crucial ones left Florida, Michigan, and California? California has been predicted for Clinton forever. It’s Florida, Michigan, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. ---
**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, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/822 "2016-11-09T03:33:52Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > You need to start preparing yourself now for a Trump win now both emotionally and financially because it is more likely than not at this point. I am an Never-Trumper and voted for Gary Johnson but strange things happen sometimes. I just hope that it doesn’t start riots or other chaos if it does happen. > > Stock market futures are already plummeting. It is a good thing I sold all of mine a while ago. Maybe I can get a good deal in a few weeks. On the plus side, Trump wants to be Head of State but not a real President. He can delegate all the important stuff to his VP and Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan who are both fairly competent at governing. You have to try to find the rainbow in the turd sometimes. Pence already screwed up Indiana pretty well-- not that he got a quality state from Mitch Daniels. I just threw up. ---
**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, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/823 "2016-11-09T03:34:06Z")
Brexit. Colombians reject peace deal with FARC. And now Trump. ---
**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, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/824 "2016-11-09T03:34:10Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Because I want to believe… Well when you have beliefs because you want to have them rather than because they accord with reality, you will tend to find that you can’t explain reality. ---
**Author:** ![Salvor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Salvor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salvor)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/825 "2016-11-09T03:34:27Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Still too early to panic. Clinton needs to hold in PA, MI and WI and pick up Nevada OR New Hampshire, none of which is currently ruled out. She has not lost yet. She is currently behind in Michigan, Wisconsin, and New Hampshire… Nevada still not in yet, but I bet Trump takes that too. We are looking at President Elect Trump later tonight. The alt right has won. I feel a bit sick at this nation. ---
**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, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/826 "2016-11-09T03:34:29Z")
**Detroit Free Press just called Michigan for Clinton.** [Edited: I know, I’m shocked too.](http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/08/live-updates-2016-michigan-us-presidential-election-results-exit-polls/93465200/) ---
**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, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/827 "2016-11-09T03:34:33Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > She can lost Florida. She just can’t lose Florida + Michigan. Careful with your tenses, **Tam**! ---
**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, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/828 "2016-11-09T03:34:56Z")
I wonder if I can talk my husband into at least moving back to New York. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/829 "2016-11-09T03:35:00Z")
pa is holding for clinton. the last local live shot didn’t have any lines showing in philly. ---
**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, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/830 "2016-11-09T03:35:15Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I am freaking the hell out. I have never been so sick to my stomach at the results of an election. Same here. I really honestly feel ill. I cannot believe that Trump is likely to be president. This election shouldn’t have even been close. Well, I sure as heck didn’t win the “Call the Election” contest. ---
**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, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/831 "2016-11-09T03:35:21Z")
Clinton wins CO. ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/832 "2016-11-09T03:35:28Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > **Detroit Free Press just called Michigan for Clinton.** > > [Edited: I know, I’m shocked too.](http://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2016/11/08/live-updates-2016-michigan-us-presidential-election-results-exit-polls/93465200/) How? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/833 "2016-11-09T03:35:42Z")
Colorado for Clinton by MSNBC ---
**Author:** ![OwnRules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ea666f/32.png) [@OwnRules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OwnRules)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/834 "2016-11-09T03:35:54Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Still too early to panic. Clinton needs to hold in PA, MI and WI and pick up Nevada OR New Hampshire, none of which is currently ruled out. She has not lost yet. Even in the event of an unlikely win – which it would be at this juncture – _she’s already lost_…to the second worst candidate ever. Bernie, you’re painfully missed. ☹ ---
**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, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/835 "2016-11-09T03:35:57Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Careful with your tenses, **Tam**! This election has us all tenses. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/836 "2016-11-09T03:36:08Z")
I just heard that Clinton is underperforming relative to Obama among Hispanics. How is that even possible? What does Trump have that could possibly appeal to Hispanics? ---
**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, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/837 "2016-11-09T03:36:19Z")
> [@nate](#): > > I think this proves the multi-verse theory. In some parallel universe, there is someone describing that theory and saying “you may think it’s crazy, but in some universe, Donald Trump is the President”. WE’RE GOING TO BE THAT UNIVERSE! That’s pretty funny! 😃 ---
**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, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/838 "2016-11-09T03:36:32Z")
There are so many campaign headquarters I would like to be a fly on the wall in right now. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/839 "2016-11-09T03:37:05Z")
> [@velomont](#): > > Back in March, \*Slate \*had an article “This is How the West Ends”: > > [Can NATO and the EU survive Donald Trump, French nationalists, and a Brexit?](http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2016/03/can_nato_and_the_eu_survive_donald_trump_french_nationalists_and_a_brexit.html) > > Author Anne Applebaum describes how, with a then possible Brexit, a then possible Trump victory, and a possible Marine Le Pen victory in France, that “Right now, we are two or three bad elections away from 
the end of NATO, the end of the European Union, and maybe the end of the liberal world order as we know it.” > > Some may say that it’s alarmist but it is worrying. Maybe if Trump wins, once he’s faced with actually doing the job, he will moderate somewhat but I’m certainly not confident. The article is worth a read. > > I am watching the coverage of the election results and I’m certainly worried. Don’t forget the Supreme Court. With Congress behind him, Trump will get to replace Scalia with Scalia 2.0 and possibly one or two more before 2020. That will influence the court for the next twenty years. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/840 "2016-11-09T03:37:23Z")
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