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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
#149801: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:33:05 PM

I'm not seeing anything about Delaware.

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#149802: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:33:28 PM

Delaware very early announced Democrat, then it disappeared from the live votes. Odd, so I went to The Guardian — which has it coloured in red. The BBC still has it as blue, but only one county has finished reporting and it's red there.

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#149803: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:34:12 PM

Is there still a chance for Florida to turn blue?

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
#149804: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:34:40 PM

How much of the Ohio vote has been counted?

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#149805: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:34:51 PM

Florida is predicted to turn blue.

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#149807: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:35:33 PM

BBC says that while only one district has officially declared for Hillary so far the demographic polling still gives Hillary an advantage, in that Trump isn't doing much better among white voters than Romney while Latin voters are overwhelmingly supporting Hillary.

SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#149808: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:35:43 PM

Why must Florida be such a pain-in-the-ass state about everything?

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149809: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:35:44 PM

Can we please add our sources? All these callings without knowing who's doing it is rather confusing.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#149810: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:36:18 PM

19.4% of Ohio's votes have been counted according to Politico.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
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.
#149811: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:36:39 PM

I'm watching CNN and 538.

Oh God! Natural light!
FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#149812: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:37:25 PM

CBS News here.

Ohio predicted 50-45 for Clinton with a third of the votes counted.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#149813: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:37:40 PM

I'm getting most of my info from BBC, Washington Post, and 538.

SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#149814: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:37:52 PM

I'm with CNN. They are literally going to project the results on the Empire State Building.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#149815: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:38:46 PM

NBC News is projecting retention of the House for the Republicans, Unsurprising.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#149816: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:38:48 PM

The NYT and 538 for me.

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#149817: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:38:53 PM

I with y'all. I'm too lazy to go out and look for them myself. tongue

But yeah, mostly 538 when I actually take a look.

edited 8th Nov '16 5:39:16 PM by tclittle

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
randomdude4 Since: May, 2011
#149818: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:39:27 PM

How bad does it look if Clinton loses Florida?

"Can't make an omelette without breaking some children." -Bur
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#149819: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:39:31 PM

Why are you all panicking so much? It's like this every year.

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#149820: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:40:06 PM

Because Trump?

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#149821: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:40:15 PM

CNN claims that Trump is leading over Clinton in Florida slightly with 90% of the vote counted. Damn.

Gilphon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#149822: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:40:19 PM

Trump is dead in the water if he loses Florida, but Clinton still has a fair amount of margin of error without it.

Galadriel Since: Feb, 2015
#149823: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:40:21 PM

I'm watching Fivethirtyeight, ABC, and the New York Times. ABC isn't much good - they don't have county-by-county maps of the state results, but NYT does. ABC and NYT also differ in what % of the vote they say has reported, even when they're reporting the same number of votes - not sure why that is.

lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#149824: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:40:29 PM

Announced:

Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, New Jersey

Vermont, Massachussetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Rhode Island

Leading:

Virginia, Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, TEXAS, Arkansas, Florida , Maine

  • Virginia: 43:51 — 57% reporting
  • Florida: 48:49 — 70% reporting

New Hampshire, North Carolina, Illinois, Michigan, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Ohio , Mississippi

  • Ohio: 50:46 — 20% reporting

Other:

  • Removing Democratic strongholds, Trump would need 28 States.
  • North Carolina extending voting time in 8 precincts

Electoral College:

Clinton 68 | 66 Trump

edited 8th Nov '16 5:45:43 PM by lakingsif

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#149825: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:40:32 PM

Stakes are, or at least are presented as, higher this year by a decent margin.


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