# \* \* \* ! 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:** 50
**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, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/981 "2016-11-09T04:11:58Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Jesus. What the fuck have you done America? Destroyed it, in any meaningful sense. ---
**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, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/982 "2016-11-09T04:12:03Z")
Betting market update: Trump 91%. ---
**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, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/983 "2016-11-09T04:12:13Z")
I don’t know if you guys are noticing, but the GOP is having a fantastic night downballot. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/984 "2016-11-09T04:12:39Z")
Nate Silver posted: “North Carolina, which ABC News just called for Trump, is the first really big shoe to drop against Clinton, since it deprives her of her best backup plan if she loses a Midwestern or Rust Belt state. Now Clinton has to run the table in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.” ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/985 "2016-11-09T04:12:42Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I’m afraid to check Facebook. People are probably going ballistic. I unfollowed most of my insane republican friends a while back, so my feed is eerily silent. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/986 "2016-11-09T04:13:00Z")
I hope all those fuckers who threw their votes away on Gary Johnson “on principle” are happy. ---
**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, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/987 "2016-11-09T04:13:28Z")
I wonder how Huma is feeling right now. ---
**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, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/988 "2016-11-09T04:13:43Z")
Well…Scott Adams will be pleased :rolleyes:. ---
**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, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/989 "2016-11-09T04:14:19Z")
If 2000 had not happened, would this have been called for Trump already? ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/990 "2016-11-09T04:14:24Z")
Predictwise now at 91% for Trump. Looking at the individual states it’s about Wisconsin (27%), Michican (40%) and NH (44%), all percentages for Hillary. If she can somehow pull out these states she will have a shot but it’s not likely… ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/991 "2016-11-09T04:14:26Z")
I keep thinking of that scene in _Snatch:_ - > [@](#): > > [Mickey suddenly rises from the mat and knocks out Anderson with a single punch] > [Turkish](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005458/?ref_=tt_trv_qu): _Now_ we are fucked. - ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/992 "2016-11-09T04:14:26Z")
I can’t deal with people who are like YAY CALIFORNIA!!! OMG! LOOK AT ALL THE VOTES! California doesn’t matter. We all know she was going to win California. Do you people not understand how elections work?! The only states that matter right now are the “swing” states, and they’re all breaking for Trump. MI, WI, FL, PA, NH. This country makes me ill. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/993 "2016-11-09T04:14:33Z")
In the past I (falsely) claimed to support the administration with the most entertainment potential. This time, like in 2000 and 2004, I will hit the rack until 2:00am before I start ideating Plan Z. ---
**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, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/994 "2016-11-09T04:14:48Z")
Wow I didn’t even realize Washington state was in contention but trump is currently leading there. ---
**Author:** ![Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pearl_Clutching_Provocateur)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/995 "2016-11-09T04:14:53Z")
This is a wonderful night! Make America Great Again! ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/996 "2016-11-09T04:15:01Z")
I feel I’ve washed up on a future beach, strange arthropods clawing at me. _did-a-chik_ ---
**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, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/997 "2016-11-09T04:15:09Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > I unfollowed most of my insane republican friends a while back, so my feed is eerily silent. Me too. It’s my Democrat friends I’m thinking about. Some of them have gotten unstable over this election. ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/998 "2016-11-09T04:15:31Z")
Is there any chance Florida has been called too early? The margin is supposedly 100,000 votes out of what, 12 million or so voters? What percentage of the vote has actually been counted, i can’t find that. Interestingly, 538 has not called Florida yet. If it comes down to a tiny margin in one or two states, I want the Democrats to fight it tooth and nail with recounts and legal challenges. They essentially “gave up” in 2000 rather than fight it any further and the world is still paying the price for that. Don’t make the same mistake again Dems, this is not the time to be the “nice guys”. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/999 "2016-11-09T04:15:39Z")
Welcome to President Trump guys. Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1000 "2016-11-09T04:15:46Z")
> [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](#): > > Why does Florida take so long? They were one of the first to close their polls but they still aren’t done? Why not? Remember that part of Florida is in the Central time zone. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=49) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=51)