# \* \* \* ! 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:** 55
**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, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1081 "2016-11-09T04:31:39Z")
Bottom line: White America took back its country tonight. And it’s just getting started. ---
**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, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1082 "2016-11-09T04:31:47Z")
But, if she wins the popular vote, I’m sure Trump will take that as a sign to reach out to all Americans in a magnanimous gesture. Right, guys? ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1083 "2016-11-09T04:32:08Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > I **TOLD** you people that there were “shy voters” for Trump out there. > > But did you listen? No, you did not. They just never _seemed_ that shy. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/i_love_me_vol.i/32/521_2.png) [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1084 "2016-11-09T04:32:19Z")
But what about the Omaha district of Nebraska? Where can I get projections on that? ---
**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, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1085 "2016-11-09T04:32:26Z")
CNN is showing wisconsin as only 68% in. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1086 "2016-11-09T04:32:35Z")
It’s over. Good night. ---
**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, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1087 "2016-11-09T04:32:35Z")
And McMuffin/Kaling have lost Utah. ---
**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, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1088 "2016-11-09T04:32:43Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > If Trump wins you should have been rooting for a Dem senate. I’ll get more into the aftermath later, but the short version is that I’d rather have a Republican Congress that can control the agenda. Trump should be the servant of Congress, not vice versa, and that’s only possible if McConnell and Ryan can get on the same page. ---
**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, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1089 "2016-11-09T04:33:04Z")
Trump: 96% (PredictWise) ---
**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, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1090 "2016-11-09T04:33:05Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > FOX just called Wisconsin for Trump. That’s Hillary’s blue wall wrecked. If that’s correct, it really and truly is all over. And he could easily win Michigan and Pennsylvania. ---
**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, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1091 "2016-11-09T04:33:34Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Bottom line: > > White America took back its country tonight. > > And it’s just getting started. I think it will turn out that women and minorities aren’t the slam dunk liberal democrats that liberal democrats think they are. ---
**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, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1092 "2016-11-09T04:33:55Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Bottom line: > > White America took back its country tonight. > > And it’s just getting started. Uneducated, racist, gun-toting, backward, angry, misogynistic White America. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1093 "2016-11-09T04:34:03Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > CNN is showing wisconsin as only 68% in. So Wisconsin’s still up for grabs, then? ---
**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, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1094 "2016-11-09T04:34:08Z")
I predict that Trump will win Wisconsin. I predict that Trump will win New Hampshire. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1095 "2016-11-09T04:34:50Z")
Fivethirtyeight just gave Trump 77% chance to win. ---
**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, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1096 "2016-11-09T04:34:51Z")
Well I’ve got great news! Sam Wang says…oh, wait. His career is over. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1097 "2016-11-09T04:35:01Z")
I predict we’re all fucked. ---
**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, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1098 "2016-11-09T04:35:21Z")
CNN just called Florida for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1099 "2016-11-09T04:35:26Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Honestly, if it’s a choice between Hillary winning 272-266 in a contested election, I’d rather just say fuck it and have Trump take the election. The objective here was to have Hillary win the election outright with a clear mandate. She doesn’t have that. It’s over now, even if she “wins”. Not to mention the Bernie Bros threatening to go rogue. She was never going to get a clear mandate. I thought she would win and probably take the senate with her but turns out she is actually a worse candidate that a reality show orange. ---
**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, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1100 "2016-11-09T04:35:32Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Bottom line: > > White America took back its country tonight. > > And it’s just getting started. Why is it always racism? Nobody is allowed to disagree without them having sinister motives. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=54) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=56)