# \* \* \* ! 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:** 70
**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, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1381 "2016-11-09T05:45:47Z")
The upside is that there ought to be a increase in market demand for my killer robots. ---
**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, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1382 "2016-11-09T05:45:54Z")
> [@Corry\_El](#): > > Partly true, Bernie-ites and Trump’s core supporters are both protectionist I don’t think thats true. Bernie’s supporters are against trade deals that give too much power to corporations and over ride workers rights, or environmental concerns, or health and safety, or food safety. Thats not protectionism in the same sense as it’s usually used. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1383 "2016-11-09T05:46:31Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > It would have taken nothing more than some fucking PR intern to work with her and have a simple line or two and move past it… Right. Just like the birther controversy disappeared in 2008 after Obama published his birth certificate. Just like everybody moved past Benghazi after the first congressional investigation found no evidence of wrongdoing. I don’t understand it. For the last year, Trump has averaged two or three stupidities a week, any one of which should have lost the election for him. But if Hillary loses, what lost the election for her was one letter from the FBI director that said they found some new emails. Not that they had found evidence of wrongdoing, not even that they had read them, just that they had found them. Trump was right. The system is rigged. Obviously. ---
**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, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1384 "2016-11-09T05:46:44Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > Hillary up by 200 votes in NH. > [@adaher](#): > > Clinton wins Nevada. > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > A lot of Republicans would like to get rid of him. > > Nevada just called for Clinton. > [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Are we discounting the possibility of a WI and MI win already? She would still win even without PA with these. > > [270toWin - 2024 Presidential Election Interactive Map](http://www.270towin.com/maps/OpLgG) > [@Riemann](#): > > Betting market is still saying Hillary has a 5% chance. That’s not zero. Is there really still some path here (albeit highly unlikely) where she can pull it off? So is it over yet or not? I turned off the TV because I couldn’t stand it. What areas of Pennsylvania haven’t been counted yet? ---
**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, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1385 "2016-11-09T05:46:46Z")
To give some perspective, let’s realize that this is not the worst thing in the world. Trump is not THAT out of place. George Washington Abraham Lincoln Donald Trump… ---
**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, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1386 "2016-11-09T05:47:39Z")
I take back what I said about it being a bad time after all for me to move back to the US. At least now I won’t have to answer all the questions from non-Americans about what the fuck is wrong with Americans. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1387 "2016-11-09T05:47:43Z")
Say, remember all the Democrats who voted in the Republican Primaries so they could ensure that Clinton would be facing off against Trump? THIS is why you don’t do that. Shit. ---
**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, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1388 "2016-11-09T05:47:48Z")
> [@Salvor](#): > > To give some perspective, let’s realize that this is not the worst thing in the world. Trump is not THAT out of place. > > George Washington > Abraham Lincoln > Donald Trump… Time will tell, but in my view, there is very little that could be worse for the world. ---
**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, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1389 "2016-11-09T05:48:20Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Fuck this. Can’t all you Republicans, just this _once_-take responsibility for your own actions? Nobody forced you to give that orange-haired foul-mouthed jackass that much power, but you did. He has fucked-up royally so many ghod damned times in the last year or so, and y’all just kept coming back for more, and every time you did he became more and more powerful and y’all became addicted to the power _you_ were feeding to the rat bastard. > When you were in that voting booth there wasn’t anybody in there with you but you. > YOU voted for him. Suck it up and take responsibility for your mistake. Uh Czarcasm… are you engaged in Sarcasm? I voted for Hillary. I would never vote for Trump, EVER. ---
**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, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1390 "2016-11-09T05:48:35Z")
> [@drewder](#): > > I believe each state gest one vote. Yes. But who are they allowed to cast that vote for? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1391 "2016-11-09T05:48:38Z")
> [@Kamaski](#): > > I hope Hillary is ready for jail. Do you really want to live in an America that works like that? Where you just keep going after your political enemies until you get the result you wanted? ---
**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, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1392 "2016-11-09T05:48:40Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Say, remember all the Democrats who voted in the Republican Primaries so they could ensure that Clinton would be facing off against Trump? > > THIS is why you don’t do that. > > Shit. I’d take Trump over Cruz. ---
**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, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1393 "2016-11-09T05:48:48Z")
> [@Salvor](#): > > To give some perspective, let’s realize that this is not the worst thing in the world. Trump is not THAT out of place. > > George Washington > Abraham Lincoln > Donald Trump… 😕 ---
**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, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1394 "2016-11-09T05:49:02Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > Betting market is still saying Hillary has a 5% chance. That’s not zero. Is there really still some path here (albeit highly unlikely) where she can pull it off? I’ll take that bet! I still think MI and PA can turn blue based on remaining precincts out there. ---
**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, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1395 "2016-11-09T05:49:28Z")
The climate. THE CLIMATE! Oh Goddammit! ---
**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, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1396 "2016-11-09T05:49:58Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > I’ll take that bet! I still think MI and PA can turn blue based on remaining precincts out there. This is the most rationale possibility still out there (without invoking Alaska). > **[270toWin - 2024 Presidential Election Interactive Map](https://www.270towin.com/maps/OpLgG)** > > Create your own forecast for the 2024 presidential election sorry swap PA and AZ. ---
**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, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1397 "2016-11-09T05:50:12Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Say, remember all the Democrats who voted in the Republican Primaries so they could ensure that Clinton would be facing off against Trump? > > THIS is why you don’t do that. > > Shit. Indeed. I always thought that was a stupid-shit thing to do. ---
**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, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1398 "2016-11-09T05:50:15Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > Underline mine. > > ‘Merely incompetent’ does not compute for me. Nothing scares me more in a civic leader than incompetence, especially an official with such a huge impact on foreign policy and national security. Not the racism, the xenophobia, the misogyny, the lies, the megalomania, nothing is more of a threat than incompetence. Fair enough. I just think a smart, competent Republican like Cruz could do far worse. I’m looking forward to Trump taking a record setting number of vacation days while the country and world carry on as much as normal as they can. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1399 "2016-11-09T05:50:18Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > This is not your fault America.( Sure it is. We are fucking idiots. Not all of us, but at least half of us. ---
**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, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/1400 "2016-11-09T05:50:32Z")
> [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](#): > > I’ll take that bet! I still think MI and PA can turn blue based on remaining precincts out there. What’s left in PA? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=69) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=71)