# \* \* \* ! 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:** 59
**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, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1161 "2016-11-09T04:50:04Z")
Well, it’s gonna be a long, dark four years. ---
**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, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1162 "2016-11-09T04:50:18Z")
> [@Pearl\_Clutching\_Provocateur](#): > > Those polls that had Clinton as the winner need to be investigated. They will have to take a number in the Trump administration. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1163 "2016-11-09T04:50:23Z")
None of this makes any sense to me. It sounds crazy but I keep wondering about Russian hackers. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1164 "2016-11-09T04:50:42Z")
> [@Kevbo](#): > > Rudy Giuliani just compared Trump to Andrew Jackson. Not ironically either. Andrew fucking Jackson and proud of it. > > Fuck. They must have a Cherokee Removalesque plan in mind that they’re busting to share, it’s so clever! ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1165 "2016-11-09T04:50:53Z")
I am truly worried about Trump doing something stupid to cause a nuclear war Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk ---
**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, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1166 "2016-11-09T04:52:03Z")
> [@Octarine](#): > > Just feel like we all need a reminder that Trump is racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, Islamophobic, mocks the disabled, mismanages funds, assaults women, and that it is far more important to recognize his hatefulness and fascist tendencies than his stupidity. > > No matter what, we can’t allow ourselves to normalize what he represents. No matter what. I agree with everything you said, but it does not matter to a lot of people, they hear your tirade and think you are just some latte sipping elite who thumbs your nose at your inferiors. Now I think they ARE your inferiors, but of course we can’t expect them to go along with our assessment. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1167 "2016-11-09T04:52:08Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Midterms tend to go to the party not in power. Assuming there will be any more elections under Der Donald. ---
**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, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1168 "2016-11-09T04:52:21Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > And their mortgages go upside down again due to world market crash and its economic consequences. Here comes another recession. As the US economy swirls further and further towards the toilet hole, the people who elected Trump will blame democrats and reelect Trump for four more years. ---
**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, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1169 "2016-11-09T04:52:40Z")
I’m renovating my attic crawlspace for fugitive Muslims. ---
**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, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1170 "2016-11-09T04:53:23Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > May as well have, the majority religion’s leaders (prophets chosen by Heavenly Father, DONTCHA KNOW) tells its followers what to do and they do it. McMullin never had a chance even as a fellow Mormon - they’ll deny each other before they’ll deny their patriarchy. I live among its results every minute of every day. I know you’re angry but there is no need for this kind of language. ---
**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, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1171 "2016-11-09T04:53:27Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > I am truly worried about Trump doing something stupid to cause a nuclear war > > Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk People were condescending. That was the main reason why Trump did well. ---
**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, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1172 "2016-11-09T04:53:35Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I’m renovating my attic crawlspace for fugitive Muslims. And gays. And women. And any non-whites. And… ---
**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, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1173 "2016-11-09T04:53:36Z")
Tooting my own horn here: Nate Silver just said that working class white voters voted like a minority group. Something which I predicted could happen and keep Republicans viable for a long time despite demographic change. ---
**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, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1174 "2016-11-09T04:53:57Z")
It seems like the folks on NBC have given up. It’s like their just treading water. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1175 "2016-11-09T04:53:59Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > None of this makes any sense to me. It sounds crazy but I keep wondering about Russian hackers. What about the complete turnaround? > [@davidm](#): > > Western states coming in, complete turnaround. > > MSNBC: Clinton 209 - Trump 172 ---
**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, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1176 "2016-11-09T04:54:09Z")
> [@ataraxy22](#): > > I am truly worried about Trump doing something stupid to cause a nuclear war > > Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk The good news is that if it does happen there’s very little to worry about. ---
**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, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1177 "2016-11-09T04:54:52Z")
> [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > I think that what we can glean from tonight’s results, assuming they go the way they seem to be leaning at this point, is that the citizens of this country really, _really_, REALLY hate Hillary Clinton. How can you tell if it’s that or really liking Trump? ---
**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, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1178 "2016-11-09T04:54:58Z")
> [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](#): > > The good news is that if it does happen there’s very little to worry about. What if I don’t get eaten first? ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1179 "2016-11-09T04:55:01Z")
Still not getting the angst. I do think MI and NH will break for Hillary and she’ll hold PA. ---
**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, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1180 "2016-11-09T04:55:02Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Fox called WI for Trump. If true, I think it’s over. I’m very sad and I hope I’m wrong about Trump. I hope my conservative friends and fellow citizens will look out for and stand up for Muslims, Hispanics, and others who may be targets of an invigorated white supremacist/white nationalist movement (which Trump seemed to have greatly inspired, whether it was on purpose or not). I’d like a million dollars and a pony. I think I have a better shot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=58) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=60)