# \* \* \* ! 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:** 46
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/901 "2016-11-09T03:53:59Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > What’s Clinton’s remaining path to victory? Hold on in PA, come back in MI and WI, take either Nevada or New Hampshire. If she loses WI, she can compensate by taking Arizona. Her problem is she could easily lose all of the above. She currently IS losing in most of them. ---
**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, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/902 "2016-11-09T03:54:00Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Assuming she has lost Florida - then if she gets NV & and the Detroit Free Press isn’t insane (and she has Michigan), she’s at 270. > > If she has Florida (which is looking less and less likely. But hey - it’s fucking Florida). Then it’s pretty straightforward. I think she needs both michigan and wisconsin to have a path. ---
**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, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/903 "2016-11-09T03:54:18Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > This is obviously a rigged election. See that’s the problem. Hillary thought she was so much ahead that she didn’t need to rig it. ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/904 "2016-11-09T03:55:01Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Can someone hit the side of the TV it’s not looking right > . As a matter of fact, it IS looking Right, much to our chagrin. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/905 "2016-11-09T03:55:16Z")
Trump wins Florida by about 130k over Clinton. Florida gave more than 200k votes to third party candidates. Whee. ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/906 "2016-11-09T03:55:20Z")
Tom Brokaw just said that the election will be contested by Trump with certainly if Clinton wins. Not that this is surprising, but there’s little question he’s right. The election is so close there’s no chance of a Trump concession, assuming it even comes to that. ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/907 "2016-11-09T03:55:32Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I think she needs both michigan and wisconsin to have a path. Wasn’t Michigan already called for her, or am I mistaken? ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/908 "2016-11-09T03:55:42Z")
> [@Precambrianmollusc](#): > > Can someone hit the side of the TV it’s not looking right > > . Oh, it is looking very Right. You might want to bang on the other side a little more. ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/909 "2016-11-09T03:55:56Z")
Google has called Florida for Trump. It’s now all up to Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. _ **Hillary needs ALL THREE.** _ :eek: ETA: PLUS she needs either Nevada or New Hampshire. (This all assumes North Carolina is lost. Has it been called for Trump yet?) ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/910 "2016-11-09T03:56:29Z")
Hillary did many things wrong (even is she wins those are true), but focusing on Trump’s character was a big mistake. When your pitch is, “Vote for me cause the other fella is scum”, you are in deep shit anyway. She should have said what she was going to do. Even if it was “_Bill’s gonna run everything, I’ll just sign where he tells me_”. ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/911 "2016-11-09T03:56:32Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Wasn’t Michigan already called for her, or am I mistaken? Only by that newspaper. She is currently behind on most counts. ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/912 "2016-11-09T03:56:33Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > All polls being catastrophically wrong is not living in a bubble. “I wanna live in the sauce!” Homer Simpson. Also I had a snappy comment, but am too trunk to remember it. It’s time to start fucking each other in the darkness until the world collapses in on itself and time shits on itself. ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/913 "2016-11-09T03:56:53Z")
It’s over. President-elect Donald Trump. ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/914 "2016-11-09T03:57:00Z")
Meanwhile, Georgia still hasn’t been called. Should we be reading anything into that? ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/915 "2016-11-09T03:57:03Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > 1. I’m not going to freak out if I wake up tomorrow to President Donald J. Trump, but I can only look at my fellow Americans and think “What in the ever-loving fuck is wrong with you”? > > 2. Actually, I can’t help the feeling I’m going to sleep in Bedford Falls and waking up in Pottersville. > > 3. In the county-by-county stats, it’s clear that there is a war brewing between the country folk and the city folk. This separation has existed for a long time, but for whatever reason, it seems especially striking this year. I do hope that war remains metaphorical. > > 4. Chances are the markets will indeed tank tomorrow, just as they did in the UK immediately after the Brexit vote, but chances are good that they will recover quickly as the panic wears off, again just as they appear to have done in the UK. At least I hope so; my 401(k) is about to get hammered bigly. Good buying opportunity. Unless you are living off of dividends now. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/916 "2016-11-09T03:57:38Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > I think she needs both michigan and wisconsin to have a path. She can actually lose both - again, _with_ Florida. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/917 "2016-11-09T03:57:38Z")
Executive, Legislative and Judicial, all controlled by the right wing. With more than just Scalias seat to be filled, most likely. I think the non-Americans here just see the lunatic at the helm. This is a generational catastrophe for progressivism and sanity, domestically. ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/918 "2016-11-09T03:57:55Z")
> [@watchwolf49](#): > > Behold the American Armaggedon … > > Mexico will have to build a fence to keep Americans out !!! Trump is now talking about building a wall on the Canadian border to keep Americans IN! ---
**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, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/919 "2016-11-09T03:58:15Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > She can actually lose both - again, _with_ Florida. Florida’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/920 "2016-11-09T03:58:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Meanwhile, Georgia still hasn’t been called. Should we be reading anything into that? Not really - slow count and overabundance of caution at most. She is not anywhere close to him. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=45) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=47)