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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Racial makeup according to CNN: 70% White, 12% Black, 11% Latino, 4% Asian, 2% Other.
In addition, 42% strongly favor their candidates, 31% have reservations, and 25% dislike the other candidate.
edited 8th Nov '16 2:34:14 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!A Trump spokesman just said that he doesn't need Ohio, Florida or North Carolina to win. Is he delusional? If he loses those states, Clinton's firewall holds. And Ohio and Florida would make up the difference if Clinton lost a few light blue states anyway.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Forgot to mention earlier that my dad and I ended up voting around 1:10 PM. Apparently there was a run on the polls while I was still sleeping and all the "I Voted" stickers were gone by the time we arrived, which has never happened ever.
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.Missed xkcd's update yesterday as I sometimes do (since its actual update times vary). How is this relevant? I finally checked and I see Randall Munroe is with us
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NO, NO, NO! PLEASE, GOD, NO! NOOOOOOO!
I am from Michigan. And also, I cannot sue a member of my own family. She did not try to intimidate me in the least. I just made the decision to vote how I saw fit.
Please allow me to introduce myself, I am a man of wealth and taste. Nice to meet you, hope you can guess my name.Chillax, bro. Standing over your shoulder while you fill out your ballot is voter intimidation, but the "sue her" remark was a joke. There aren't, like, voter police coming for your mom. We're just observing that it's legally uncool behavior of her.
Also, please forgive my usage of the word "chillax".
edited 8th Nov '16 2:58:16 PM by TobiasDrake
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x3 It's on 538, but I believe this is what you're referring to
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I am from Michigan. And also, I cannot sue a member of my own family. She did not try to intimidate me in the least. I just made the decision to vote how I saw fit.
I wouldn't be too worried. Didn't someone just post about someone from the Trump campaign saying that Trump doesn't need North Carolina, Florida nor Ohio to win? Chances are the spokeswoman is full of it.
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Yeah, my mistake. When I think of the Carolinas I just think "South" (As in southern states).
edited 8th Nov '16 3:03:26 PM by FalseDichotomy

Emotional blackmail still counts as vote-tampering or voter intimidation.
Just vote as you see fit, not how anybody else wants/expects you to. And if somebody asks you who you voted for, just say: "The winner, I hope." And then change the subject. Really, it's nobody else's effing business, in any way, shape, or form.
edited 8th Nov '16 2:35:37 PM by pwiegle
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