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Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#149651: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:20:24 PM

I'm looking at Politico and it's showing florida in HRC's favor.

lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#149652: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:21:10 PM

A mix of the BBC and the live polls. Let me just update that, one minute ago...

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149653: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:21:10 PM

Guys, reporting who is in the lead in big states is petty useless at the moment. Florida won't be called for a while.

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megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149654: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:21:42 PM

NC is open 90 more minutes than usual because of poll machine problems.

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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
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#149655: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:21:53 PM

CNN: Hillary's up to ~47% in Florida.

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lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#149656: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:22:33 PM

Announced:

Indiana, Kentucky

Vermont

Leading:

New Hampshire, Virginia, Georgia, Florida

  • Florida keeps shifting; it's projections have been both Democrat and Republican so far.

Other:

South Carolina

  • SC: Unannounced.

Electoral College:

Clinton 3 | 19 Trump

edited 8th Nov '16 4:24:34 PM by lakingsif

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BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
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#149657: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:22:58 PM

The BBC is full of shit. I just watched as the first two democratic counties in Florida reported early votes and completely flipped 60k+ votes from Trump to Hilary on CNN.

Where did you see the BBC projecting Florida? They're not projecting it at all (yet) in the stream I'm watching.

I presume what you've seen was a report of early results from a rural district or two, which would be expected to be red, and that that would've been the only result from Florida. I don't think the BBC would have made a projection.

I could be wrong, obviously.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149658: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:23:25 PM

You should change "Projected" to "Leading".

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rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
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#149659: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:24:12 PM

Florida's starting to close.

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megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149660: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:24:17 PM

http://www.bbc.com/news/election/us2016/results

BBC has done no such thing re Florida - they've only called IN, KY for Trump and VT for Clinton like the US news networks.

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TropesForever God forbid women do anything from wait where is she Since: Sep, 2016 Relationship Status: I wanna be your dog
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#149661: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:24:32 PM

So now discussion has stopped and you're just reporting polls?

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AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
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#149662: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:25:34 PM

Trump has 75% on Georgia? I guess the devil really went down to Georgia.

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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.
#149663: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:25:50 PM

Hillary is now leading in Florida.

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#149664: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:25:50 PM

Trump has only been projected to win for Indiana according to NBC. He's merely leading at the moment in George and Florida but that's not the same as projected to win the state outright because Indiana's like 15% counted while the latter are 1-2%.

edited 8th Nov '16 4:26:53 PM by AlleyOop

lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#149665: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:26:07 PM

The live polls are reporting who's leading, not the BBC. However, the live polls do not count the electoral college votes for you, so I have them both.

[up]x 7 Changed to "Leading"

Update: The BBC says Trump needs 28 States to win, excluding Democratic strongholds.

edited 8th Nov '16 4:28:13 PM by lakingsif

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#149666: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:26:29 PM

CNN are being told by the Trump campaign that short of a miracle Trump has lost. North Carolina has extended voting in some areas, New Hampshire has an increase in younge people voting which may throw it to Clinton and Ohio has not got a big Clinton bump which may mean it goes to Trump.

30% in in Florida and Clinton is leading!

edited 8th Nov '16 4:27:14 PM by Silasw

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#149667: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:26:33 PM

From live updates on 538:

I’m looking at returns from two major counties in Florida: Duval and Palm Beach. In the early vote, Clinton is doing better than the amount that Obama won by overall in those counties in 2012. In Palm Beach, she’s running 7 percentage points ahead. If that holds, it’s going to be a very long night for Trump.

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megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149668: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:26:55 PM

TF: Well, we're still trying to work out the things since we appear to be tracking different news networks.

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AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#149669: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:27:56 PM

Man, so far all ABC's been doing for coverage is morning news-tier garbage.

lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#149670: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:30:32 PM

Announced:

Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia

Vermont

Leading:

New Hampshire, Virginia, Georgia, South Carolina

Florida — currently 49:48

Other:

Ohio

  • Removing Democratic strongholds, Trump would need 28 States.

Electoral College:

Clinton 3 | 24 Trump

edited 8th Nov '16 4:33:04 PM by lakingsif

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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.
#149671: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:30:40 PM

CNN Projection: Trump wins in West Virginia.

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megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149673: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:31:45 PM

NBC:

  • For Clinton (3): VT
  • For Trump (24): IN, KY, WV
  • Too early: NC, SC, VA
  • Too close: GA, OH

Senate:

  • Called for Democrat: VT (Leahy)
  • Called for Republican: KY (Paul), OH (Portman), SC (Scott)
  • Too early/Too close: NC

edited 8th Nov '16 4:32:39 PM by megarockman

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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.
#149674: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:32:00 PM

[up][up] Fair enough.

edited 8th Nov '16 4:32:59 PM by KarkatTheDalek

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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?
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#149675: Nov 8th 2016 at 4:32:33 PM

Virginia is leaning Rep?

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