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[mercenar1e]

I think Trump has Florida, if he wins Ohio, Virginia AND North Carolina this is gonna be tight as fuck..

hes up by 185,000+ votes in ohio and NH is tied up.

 

[Violater]

WTF is going on??????

 

[Talamius]

Holy Shit.

HOLY SHIT.

 

[dankir]

Ummmm CNN has Trump winning Ohio, NC and and Virginia right now still early... but yeah WHAT THE FUCK.

 

[Yamauchi]

If you had looked at the internals of a lot of the polls over the past week and took into account reduced Democratic turnout (which we are seeing across the board), this result would have been expected.

 

[AGITΩ]

Too many people i know either didnt vote or just voted for Johnson just because they didnt care for either one or felt that clinton would win regardless.
Idk why this mentality exists.

 

[Couleurs]

Sorry if this gets asked a lot but I'm still trying to wrap my head around this whole thing.

Reports of either side winning a state right now... are those reports final or preliminary? This is all very confusing. In the UK, once a county had all votes counted, the clocked in with the final amount. Whereas states are being marked as won with 5% of results.

It's all preliminary right now, even for states that have been called. The percentage needed before a state is called depends on whether a state heavily favors one party or the other, or if it is a close race.

For example, California is deep blue so it'll get called for Clinton with a small percentage of precincts reporting, while Oklahoma is guaranteed to go Republican so it'll be called right away. States that are closer (Florida, etc) will not be called until most precincts have reported totals.

Of course, when we talk about states being "called", it's just estimates from networks based on how current results from reporting precincts compare to expectations. It's not official for each state until all precincts report totals.

 

[many places]

I'm going to bed. Trump has won.

? Damn lemme have that crystal ball bruh ?

 

[UnObtainium17]

Hillary has a 73% chance of winning according to 538

Imma need this to be at 100% to chill my ass out.

 

[ryseing]

That's not messed up?

No, it's the nature of a FPTP system. The two major parties are both guaranteed around 40% of the vote because their tents are so large.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

White people pls explain

 

[Lashley]

it would seem the US and UK share a large number of racists

 

[yencid]

i kinda like the CNN coverage because they are reporting on the % of votes that each state is at instead of calling a state right away. panic control for me at least.

 

[rjinaz]

Hillary will win but based on how close this is I think if the GoP run anyone half decent and Trump endorses them she is a one term pres.

Probably but we have enough to worry about now to worry about 4 years from now.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Maybe a stupid question and in know somebody will be able to answer this:

How can the media give a state to Trump when there is only 4% of the polls counted with an advantage to Clinton?

Maths

 

[ghostofsparta]

my heart is sinking

I really thought we were better than this...

 

[Omega Kirby]

As a canadian, this thread is hilarious.

You shouldn't laugh, the fire will spread to your house next.

Spoiler

I say this as a non american/canadian person

 

[Rayis]

Alright, idk what to think now AHH, I'm legit terrified

 

[RSTEIN]

To those saying don't panic, the stock market is panicking. Not dumb people.

 

[CrimsonSquall]

Okay so I'm only 22 but I am realizing that a lot of u have never watched an election on a news network before.

The media is hard pressed to drive the horse race narrative for ratings. Relax, Clinton will still win this ladies and gents

 

[MrCunningham]

As a canadian, this thread is hilarious.

Your avatar is this thread...

 

[Magnus]

Fucking Wolf.

Lol

 

[gruenel]

Like what?

Like accelerating global warming, for example.

 

[Woo-Fu]

Like what?

Dogs and cats living together.

To those saying don't panic, the stock market is panicking. Not dumb people.

Plenty of dumb investors. If they didn't make up a significant portion of investors most of the service industries involved with the market wouldn't exist.

 

[AuthenticM]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-jZNKz2upw

 

[dmr87]

Echo chambers breaking down

 

[the_sun_king]

To lift everyone's spirits.

*looks into fast forwarding teaching in Asia plans*

 

[.Detective.]

Brexit - the USA edition.

 

[allan-bh]

Hillary is a very weak candidate, if some moderate conservative like Marco Rubio were the republican candidate, would be a big red victory.

 

[KageMaru]

Why are people freaking out?

Fine. Go ahead and give Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina to Trump.

He's not winning Virginia, Pennsylvania, or Michigan.

Relax, Hillary has this.

Not freaking out (yet) but I think it's dangerous to assume Hillary is guaranteed to win.

Now back to drinking...

 

[sunshine and gasoline]

I really wish that we had footage of Trump reacting to the results. Would be amusing.

 

[Sephzilla]

Still early but I'm starting to get nervous

 

[Vinsanity.]

Betting markets (people putting their real money on the election) are plummeting on Clinton and rising quickly on Trump.

 

[echoshifting]

Well I have to go to my kid's choir recital now

I want to punch whoever scheduled it for tonight, right now

 

[Rentahamster]

if sanders this already be over....

I doubt it. Sanders can beat Trump. He has the better anti-establishment cred, and none of Hillary's baggage.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Sorry if this gets asked a lot but I'm still trying to wrap my head around this whole thing.

Reports of either side winning a state right now... are those reports final or preliminary? This is all very confusing. In the UK, once a county had all votes counted, the clocked in with the final amount. Whereas states are being marked as won with 5% of results.

Some states we know which way they'll go. Like Alabama, I can tell you with 0% in that Trump got that. I can tell you that whoever runs in 2020 and 2024 will also get that.

"Battleground" states like Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, are the ones where we need to see more of the votes before they can be called safely. The votes are still being counted but they're called when it's safe to say which way things have gone. We have extremely accurate data on voting, so we have a good idea of what areas vote in what ways. So if if a candidate pulls ahead by a big enough margin, we know that the amount that will get picked up in other areas won't make up the difference.

 

[EPaul]

This is very disappointing

 

[Kitschkraft]

Detroit Free Press calls Michigan for Clinton

A shot of hopium in the dark.

 

[MrToughPants]

I'm visiting Florida next year and I already know which counties to avoid thanks to this election.

 

[yanipheonu]

We elected Harper.

I mean, Harper for all his major problems, was no Trump. I'll take Harper over Trump any day.

 

[TheContact]

VA/MI leaning Trump.

Gg

 

[Afrikan]

Man, I really wish the Dems nominated someone likeable, they would've stomped Trump.

Fucking Democrats underestimated the amount of dumbasses in the US and the amount of people who hate Hillary enough to vote against her.

not the first time. So in essence.. they are the dumbasses.


it's not over, but should be a wake up call in the long run.

 

[maquiladora]

Its going to come down to Broward in Florida....

 

[SuperSah]

48% of vote in Ohio, 51.4% to Trump, 44.5% to Clinton.

loll

 

[M0nochromatic]

This all sort of validates 538, doesn't it?

Sadly, yeah.

 

[ExVicis]

I've been in this thread for a while but people in here and there freak-outs are really starting to get to me. This is by no means my first election so I know this is good these things go but goddamn everyone's breakdowns are getting to me.

I think I might have to get out f this thread for like an hour or until the results are called.

 

[Bay Maximus]

President Trump huh. Such a disappointing electorate.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Virginia wtf are you doing. Goddamit.

 

[BlueTsunami]

No it's up 51 to 49. Only 8% reported so far. Google 2016 election results. Google will put a toolbar. Go to referendum. Select state. It shows the results of questions

The Boston Globe page actually breaks it down further. Larger districts are clearly showing a trend towards wanting it to pass. The podunk places are reporting first. Shrewsbury is 100% in, and against. They better be scared of when Worcesters results come in lol

 

[Izayoi]

Election vets: has anything actually surprising or meaningful happened yet? Sure doesn't seem like it.

Nothing.