# \* \* \* ! 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:** 56
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1101 "2016-11-09T04:36:23Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > My local station is projecting a win for legalized marijuana in CA. Perhaps we’re going to need it!! Meh, I recently gave it up (again). And I’m not going back, dammit! :mad: Plan B is to take joy in being white, male, straight, and having to work for a living. I guess I always took it for granted… Anyone want to speculate on what kind of bug Wang is going to eat? ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1102 "2016-11-09T04:36:26Z")
I knew there were silent supporters. I just didn’t know there were that many. ---
**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, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1103 "2016-11-09T04:37:07Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > Trump has absolutely nothing to appeal to Hispanics. Unfortunately, neither does Clinton; her strongly socially progressive platform is an anathema to the inherent conservatism of the predominately Roman Catholic Hispanic population. Hispanics are probably not voting, and other ethnicities are also probably refraining from voting for either candidate. Basically, both parties have selected candidates that are polarizing and alienate traditional swing voting blocks. > > Stranger Are’nt lost of Hispanics technically “white” anyway? ---
**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, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1104 "2016-11-09T04:37:48Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > If that’s correct, it really and truly is all over. > > And he could easily win Michigan and Pennsylvania. I’ll be damned if Führer von Trump is Pennsylvania’s fault. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1105 "2016-11-09T04:37:53Z")
I think Trump has this in the bag, it’s reality. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1106 "2016-11-09T04:37:56Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > I knew there were silent supporters. I just didn’t know there were that many. You misspelled “stupid”. ---
**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, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1107 "2016-11-09T04:38:03Z")
Looks like I may have picked the wrong time to move back to the US. And the wife is giving me the evil eye right now. ☹ One bright possibility long term for a Trump presidency is he could fuck the country up so much that even the pea-brained rednecks who voted for him will turn on the Republican Party. ---
**Author:** ![truthSeeker2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7cd45c/32.png) [@truthSeeker2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/truthSeeker2)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1108 "2016-11-09T04:38:09Z")
yours truly, half way across the world 😛 [https://i.imgsafe.org/2a7e2867ae.jpg](https://i.imgsafe.org/2a7e2867ae.jpg) ---
**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, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1109 "2016-11-09T04:38:23Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > Why is it always racism? Nobody is allowed to disagree without them having sinister motives. This time it’s a bit different, I’d say. Trump had very public backing from the racists. ---
**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, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1110 "2016-11-09T04:38:26Z")
Better chances of being able to redistrict and ungerrymander in 2020? Silver lining? ---
**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, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1111 "2016-11-09T04:38:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **drewder** : > > Why is it always racism? Nobody is allowed to disagree without them having sinister motives. Because that’s the only plank Trump has in his platform. ---
**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, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1112 "2016-11-09T04:38:43Z")
> [@Eddie The Horrible](#): > > That quite surprises me, barfedly so. Washington state is nearly entirely red, except for King County (and occasionally some combinations of Pierce, Whatcom, and Jefferson counties) which is where nearly 1/3rd of all voters live. ( All the tiny little counties’ votes come in first. There are only a few thousand people and even fewer voters, it’s easy to count. Then, King County’s votes are reported. It’s similar to what was seen in some of the east coast states. ---
**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, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1113 "2016-11-09T04:38:52Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > “They?” Well indeed. ---
**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, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1114 "2016-11-09T04:39:09Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Uneducated, racist, gun-toting, backward, angry, misogynistic White America. Really. They are taking _all_ the rest of us, including educated, not racist, neutral on guns, progressive, feminist White Americans, down with them. How many decades will it take us to undo the damage the next four years will do? ---
**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, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1115 "2016-11-09T04:39:18Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Looks like I may have picked the wrong time to move back to the US. And the wife is giving me the evil eye right now. ☹ > > One bright possibility long term for a Trump presidency is he could fuck the country up so much that even the pea-brained rednecks who voted for him will turn on the Republican Party. I dunno. Didn’t work with Bush. ---
**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, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1116 "2016-11-09T04:39:29Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > 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. I think I agree with this. The thought of Trump in an antagonistic relationship with the rest of government seems more destabilizing. Of course I don’t love how the rest of the Republican Party looks either, but if his supposed allies are in control of the agenda, we can basically ignore his blustering hyperbole. He’ll be the symbolic head of state, hang with his buddy Putin. Supreme Court, though. Fuck. ---
**Author:** ![nate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nate/32/13085_2.png) [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1117 "2016-11-09T04:39:45Z")
Does anyone else feel like Trump is playing a video game and we are all just computer generated characters? I mean, he’s a billionaire that always makes catastrophic mistakes but gets to start over each time and then he runs for president, says anything that comes to his mind, predicts outcomes that no one else believes, they come true, and he wins?? I swear this world was built just for him. ---
**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, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1118 "2016-11-09T04:40:02Z")
Iowa is called for Trump. Looks like the glass ceiling is stronger than the Blue Wall. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1119 "2016-11-09T04:40:31Z")
I heard Wisconsin just got called for Trump. If true, it’s time to break out the good cigar! ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1120 "2016-11-09T04:40:38Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Better chances of being able to redistrict and ungerrymander in 2020? Silver lining? Thats about the only silver lining. But we will see. I really wonder how the rest of the world will change their attitudes about us now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=55) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=57)