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LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#149101: Nov 7th 2016 at 2:41:36 PM

538 says that NC is leaning slightly blue, for whatever that's worth.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149102: Nov 7th 2016 at 2:43:08 PM

I mean, the big threat to Clinton is her turnout falling in enough states for Trump to pull through. In that case, I almost want to say that the US (though not the rest of the world) has it coming...

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#149103: Nov 7th 2016 at 2:52:12 PM

No, no, here's the Trump victory song.

And the Clinton one.

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#149104: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:00:35 PM

Alt left is basically the American hippies of the 60s and 70s, yeah. Those kinds of people like Jane Fonda that sympathized with the North Vietnamese, believed in free love, drug use, and living in communes.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149105: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:01:37 PM

The current ones think that North Korea is a paradise.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Mr.Didact Keep Hope Alive from Winterfell Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Naked on a bearskin rug, playing the saxophone
Keep Hope Alive
#149106: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:01:56 PM

[up][up] I can get behind two of those, maybe three, but supporting the North Vietnamese was hypocrisy on a reality-bending level.

EDIT: [down] I thought Clinton had a pretty good chance of winning no? It's not the slam dunk we want, but it looks pretty good doesn't it?

edited 7th Nov '16 3:06:31 PM by Mr.Didact

Stand Fast, Stand Strong, Stand Together
LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#149107: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:04:04 PM

I'm now seriously scared. Trump has a very real chance of winning. I just hope that Clinton wins tomorrow and wins fairly handily. I can't really tell what's expected to happen tomorrow.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149108: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:05:50 PM

Weather forecast for election day (had the weather been slightly different in 1960 and 2000, the winner would have been the loser) is pretty promising. Some light showers in the Midwest, but that's about it.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/07/politics/election-day-weather-forecast/index.html

edited 7th Nov '16 3:06:10 PM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
theLibrarian Since: Jul, 2009
#149109: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:06:15 PM

No, he doesn't. Election maps are predicting a Clinton victory and Trump won't even break 200.

Elle Since: Jan, 2001
#149110: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:07:26 PM

Looking at my local candidates, I might have actually found a Republican who isn't crazy, the incumbant for state Senate. There's a pretty small amount of news coverage on the race though, even in the local (rural) papers. Her Democratic challenger is pretty unknown; last time she was up she ran unopposed so she's likely a shoe-in anyway, but though I see some positions I don't see anything in her record that would disqualify her in my eyes..

LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#149111: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:07:29 PM

Sorry. As some of you may have noticed, my mind defaults to the worst-case scenario.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#149112: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:08:07 PM

Another reason to be glad this'll be over tomorrow: we'll stop getting posts about "maybe Trump will win!"

Anyway, anyone know the logistics of Clinton's "New Flyzone" over Syria? Apparently that's pretty bad.

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149113: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:08:35 PM

I wouldn't say that Trump won't get 200, he'll probably win Ohio, Iowa, Arizona, Georgia, and maybe North Carolina. He'll do decently, but his path to 270 is questionable at best.

538 now has Clinton's chances at 70%. They gave Obama ~91% in 2012.

edited 7th Nov '16 3:08:42 PM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#149114: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:09:44 PM

I can get behind two of those, maybe three, but supporting the North Vietnamese was hypocrisy on a reality-bending level.

I'd say it depends on who they're sympathizing with. The government's one thing, but average civilians and soldiers are quite another.

edited 7th Nov '16 3:14:36 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#149115: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:10:02 PM

Voting on POTUS/VPOTUS (9 options)

Who are these options? (I mean, apart from Lady President, Der Fhurer, Weedman and Wi-fi Nutjob).

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#149116: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:10:35 PM

If the firewall holds, the election is won. According to 270towin, Hillary can lose every swing state and still win if she gets the firewall plus NV.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149117: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:10:55 PM

Side question - yesterday my mom mentioned that the polling places she uses seems to always be run by members of DAR. I figure them being DAR members is because we're on the East Coast, but I wanted to know if there's any truth to the idea I now have that polling station workers tend to be elderly.

[up][up]Besides the four mentioned extensively, I have printed here:

  • Monica Moorehead/Lamont Lilly (Workers World Party)
  • Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente/Michael Steinberg (American Delta Party)
  • Alyson Kennedy/Osborne Hart (Socialist Worker Party)
  • Gloria La Riva/Eugene Puryear (Socialism and Liberation)
  • Darrell Castle/Scott Bradley (Constitution Party)

edited 7th Nov '16 3:14:08 PM by megarockman

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149118: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:11:24 PM

[up][up][up]The usual smattering of communists/socialists/workers parties, plus the prohibition party still runs.

edited 7th Nov '16 3:11:35 PM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#149119: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:11:52 PM

[up][up][up][up] Well, there's Evan Mc Mullin, the conservative Independent who's gained some ground in Utah, and I believe the Reform party candidate is a businessman who actually ran during the primaries as a Democrat. I'm not sure who else.

edited 7th Nov '16 3:16:00 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#149120: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:12:08 PM

It bothers me if Hillary will win with a reduced state majority from 2012, though.

Because that will validate the belief that maximum racist pandering is a better way to the White House than pseudo-moderation.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149121: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:13:28 PM

From Rationalwiki (snark included), these are the also rans.

Bob Whitaker for the American Freedom Party, whom even Wikipedia describes as a "white supremacist"

Tom Hoefling for the Constitution Party and its off-shoot America's Party

James Hedges for the Prohibition Party

Gloria La Riva, a community activist and organiser for the American Indian Movement[114], for the Party for Socialism and Liberation in Colorado and the Peace and Freedom Party in California

Mimi Soltysik for the Socialist Party USA

Alyson Kennedy, for the Socialist Workers Party

Monica Moorehead, a former teacher and one-time supporter of the Black Panther Party from Alabama[115], for the Workers World Party

Chris Keniston, for the Veterans Party of America

Evan Mc Mullin, anti-Trump conservative Republican running as an independent candidate in Utah[116]

Rod Silva, a restauranteur standing for the Nutrition Party, at least in Colorado[117]

Rocky De La Fuente, for Reform Party and his own American Delta Party; he had previously campaigned for the Democrat nomination in 2016[118]

Dan R. Vacek, a pro-marijuana activist for Legal Marijuana Now, standing in Iowa and Minnesota[119]

edited 7th Nov '16 3:13:52 PM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Mr.Didact Keep Hope Alive from Winterfell Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: Naked on a bearskin rug, playing the saxophone
Keep Hope Alive
#149122: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:15:20 PM

What about this guy?

Stand Fast, Stand Strong, Stand Together
DrunkenNordmann from Exile Since: May, 2015
#149123: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:16:21 PM

[up][up] I count at least three socialist parties. Way to split the vote, guys.

edited 7th Nov '16 3:16:29 PM by DrunkenNordmann

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LinkToTheFuture A real bad hombre from somewhere completely different Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
A real bad hombre
#149124: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:16:34 PM

I stared into my totally real and totally accurate crystal ball and [[ http://www.270towin.com/maps/W8VKX this]] is what I predicted with it. I swear I'm not guessing. I'm right 30% of the time!

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
pwiegle Cape Malleum Majorem from Nowhere Special Since: Sep, 2015 Relationship Status: Singularity
Cape Malleum Majorem
#149125: Nov 7th 2016 at 3:17:16 PM

Don't forget the usual slew of write-in candidates: Seymour Hiney, Heywood Jablome, Mike Hunt, Ben Dover, etc...

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