# \* \* \* ! 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/141 "2016-11-08T21:00:01Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Today the election. Tomorrow the campaign for 2020 starts. :eek: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-[deep breath]-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-[deep breath]-OOOOOOOO… [several hours later] …OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO… ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/142 "2016-11-08T21:00:27Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > If I could watch, it would be CNN. As soon as I’m out of here I’ll be opening the wine, and tuning in. Hopefully Anderson Cooper will be reporting tonight. The maps they used in 2012 to break down states like PA and FL down to individual counties were great. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/143 "2016-11-08T21:12:04Z")
> [@Bridget\_Burke](#): > > Don’t they allow polls to stay open to ensure everybody in line gets to vote? Let’s see some documentation from “red” districts in which those in line were told to go home without voting. Yeah, anyone in line before the deadline has the right to vote. Trump’s legal team is alleging that they let people continue to join the line long after the deadline passed. This should be chalked up to honest mistakes. Poll workers are usually volunteers and don’t really know how to handle situations they aren’t prepared for. Even if they made a mistake I’m not sure you’d want to cancel the ballots cast, because it’s not something that can be corrected by the voters later. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/144 "2016-11-08T21:14:21Z")
Check out [this video](https://twitter.com/joshmbarn/status/796028474171555840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) of Trump walking into his polling place today. The reaction of the crowd is wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/145 "2016-11-08T21:15:13Z")
> [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](#): > > Good Christ, is this is? Is this FINALLY, at long last, it? Is today the day our long national nightmare is over, or just beginning? Oh it’s just the beginning. You think Trump is going to just accept a defeat if that’s what (hopefully) happens? It’s been mentioned here he’s already starting lawsuits and voting’s not even over! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/146 "2016-11-08T21:15:40Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > That name will forever and always be associated with that deliciously evil psycho, Nicole Wallace, from Law & Order: Criminal Intent. Thank you, you saved me verfiying that! Great role and great pairing. > [@kambuckta](#): > > Everybody VOTE!! The rest of the world is counting on you to piff that jaundiced moron to the sidelines. Please? I would, but I’m not sure what “piff” means :eek: ---
**Author:** ![snoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@snoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snoe)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/147 "2016-11-08T21:16:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Even though the votes don’t count, my place of birth has gotten it right for the last 32 years…[and Guam chooses Clinton!](http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-election-day-2016-clinton-wins-guam-in-vote-that-doesn-t-1478625046-htmlstory.html) Thanks for posting this! Guam came up in my civics class today (don’t ask how), and I knew they didn’t get “real votes,” but had no idea they voted anyway. The Oliver video is great - I also like this one by CGP Grey on the legal status of our territories: [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ASSOQDQvVLU](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ASSOQDQvVLU) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/148 "2016-11-08T21:19:02Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Do you mean “receipts” as in a paper record of who you voted for? I thought those were supposed to be illegal, on the basis that they could be used as a way of voter fraud (i.e., someone pays people to vote for Candidate X, but that they have to show the receipts as proof) or as voter intimidation (“Son, you better show us your voter receipt that you voted for the right guy or we are not paying for your college tuition anymore.”) The ones i saw posted on Facebook just show the date, “voter ID number” and says “this is your receipt”. ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/149 "2016-11-08T21:20:08Z")
> [@](#): > > The reaction of the crowd is wonderful. I actually find it inappropriate. Not gonna call it voter intimidation, but still find it very inappropriate. Classless. I mean, so is Donald, but still. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/150 "2016-11-08T21:21:41Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Hilarious. Caption… “What the hell? She just voted for Hillary!” “Hey! An illegal alien trying to vote!” ---
**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 8, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/151 "2016-11-08T21:25:24Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > I actually find it inappropriate. Not gonna call it voter intimidation, but still find it very inappropriate. Classless. I mean, so is Donald, but still. Meh. “Respect for the office” will commence, with great reluctance, if and only if he’s elected. Right now, he’s just a bigoted orange liar. And are you seriously raising the possibility that a guy with his ego, surrounded by Secret Service agents, might be intimidated? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/152 "2016-11-08T21:29:41Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > I actually find it inappropriate. Not gonna call it voter intimidation, but still find it very inappropriate. Classless. I mean, so is Donald, but still. “Lock him up!” or “devil/whore/bitch/cunt/pussy” would be inappropriate and classless. But laughter? I’m OK with that. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/153 "2016-11-08T21:34:20Z")
I’m really surprised at the number of Floridian voters already. [According to this Slate tracker someone else posted](http://www.slate.com/votecastr_election_day_turnout_tracker.html), they’re already at the 2012 mark of voters who showed up. ---
**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 8, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/154 "2016-11-08T21:38:09Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > That name will forever and always be associated with that deliciously evil psycho, Nicole Wallace, from Law & Order: Criminal Intent. I thought that name sounded familiar. Ahhh, that Aussie psychopath who was Bobby Goren’s nemesis. > [@MLS](#): > > Sorry, I meant television network. As in CBS, NBC, ABC, PBS, etc. I vote for PBS. (As long as they keep David Brooks out of there tonight.) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/155 "2016-11-08T21:42:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Each election, after I vote I get an “I Voted” sticker. > > Several friends posted pictures of their “voter receipts”. I’ve never gotten a receipt and they’ve never gotten a sticker!! I was disappointed when I moved to Chicago and found out they don’t do stickers. This year though they gave out [wristbands.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-election-voting-wristbands-met-20161007-story.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tzigone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/156 "2016-11-08T21:48:31Z")
> [@](#): > > Meh. “Respect for the office” will commence, with great reluctance, if and only if he’s elected. Right now, he’s just a bigoted orange liar. And are you seriously raising the possibility that a guy with his ego, surrounded by Secret Service agents, might be intimidated? I don’t give a crap about “respect for the office” - I just think you shouldn’t deliberately make people uncomfortable or belittle them when they’re trying to vote. And no, I specifically said it wasn’t intimidation - just classless. Then again, I feel that way about public booing and similar pretty much all the time. Like with Michelle Obama at the NASCAR race. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/157 "2016-11-08T21:50:05Z")
I have had CNN on all day and find they are doing a good job so far. I particularly enjoyed it when a female reporter, who had the unpleasant task of interviewing the next gen Trump wife shown in the voting pic above, could barely conceal her contempt for young Mrs. Trump. She cut off the little Trumpette with a curt denial, thank you, and goodbye when the Trumpette started listing Hilary’s crimes. While these crimes were a fine representation of any and all allegations that have made against Hill, none of them have resulted in charged offenses. ---
**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 8, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/158 "2016-11-08T21:54:50Z")
> [@Tzigone](#): > > And no, I specifically said it wasn’t intimidation… That’s disingenuous. I said that you raised the possibility. Saying “I’m not calling it X, but…” is a rhetorical device to do just that. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/159 "2016-11-08T22:22:05Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > That’s disingenuous. I said that you raised the possibility. Saying “I’m not calling it X, but…” is a rhetorical device to do just that. If Tzigone had wanted to convey that he felt the actions were classless, but didn’t rise to the level of voter intimidation, what words could he have used to get that point across to you? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947/160 "2016-11-08T22:25:13Z")
A fine poem for the occasion - “The Poor Voter on Election Day” by John Greenleaf Whittier: [The Poetry of John Greenleaf Whittier](http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2004/nov/poorvoter/poem.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/official-2016-us-presidential-election-day-thread/770947.md?page=9)