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BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#149851: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:49:35 PM

Virginia seems to be swinging to Trump, while North Carolina is going for Clinton.

About "surviving" Florida: Remember that if Clinton wins all the states where she was a strong favourite, she doesn't need all of the swing state. One or two would be enough.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
Zarek Rollin' rollin' rollin' from Jakku Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
#149852: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:49:58 PM

Also, whoever's president is gonna appoint the new chief justice, yeah? That's gonna have looooong lasting effects even past either one's terms.

"We're home, Chewie."
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#149853: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:50:03 PM

Announced:

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

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

Leading:

Virginia, Georgia, North Dakota, TEXAS, Arkansas, Florida

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

New Hampshire, North Carolina, Illinois, Michigan, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maine, Ohio , Missouri, Kansas, Mississippi

  • Ohio: 50:46 — 20% reporting

Other:

  • Removing Democratic strongholds, Trump would need 28 States.
  • North Carolina extending voting time in 8 precincts
  • New Jersey announced Democrat as soon as voting closed, as votes are being counted it currently stands Republican lead 1

Electoral College:

Clinton 68 | 66 Trump

edited 8th Nov '16 5:56:46 PM by lakingsif

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#149854: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:50:07 PM

@Kostya

Like I recently added, the GOP is kind of tattered right now and needs to reintroduce themselves as something coherent before they can start "taking back" Congress..

edited 8th Nov '16 5:51:05 PM by nervmeister

Sharysa Since: Jan, 2001
#149855: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:50:24 PM

I made the mistake of watching the news and now I can't look away from the stream of percentages.

Someone needs to find Steve Rogers and hook him up with some super-serum, just in case.

edited 8th Nov '16 5:50:47 PM by Sharysa

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#149856: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:50:26 PM

Boise, Idaho is extending hours on some polling locations following Democrat suit:

Judge rules on Idaho Democrats’ lawsuit to extend voting hours at 5 precincts

http://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article113369298.html

SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#149857: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:50:30 PM

Here's the logic behind a possible war with Mexico: Trump wants to build a wall. That's great, but he wants Mexico to pay for it. But Mexico does not want to pay for it. Trump will send in troops to coerce Mexico. Mexico will declare war in response.

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.
#149858: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:51:06 PM

My TV signal just cut out.

Oh God! Natural light!
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149859: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:51:19 PM

Zarek: Roberts is not even 60, he's not going anywhere for a while. That said, yes, there is at least one appointment to be made and potentially several more with so many justices' advanced ages.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
Sharysa Since: Jan, 2001
#149860: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:51:27 PM

Indeed. Who the hell would pay for a wall that SOMEONE ELSE wants?

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149861: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:51:45 PM

Laking, whatever source says that NJ has been called for Trump is horseshit.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
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
#149862: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:52:16 PM

What is happening?! I feel like we're going to lose...

"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
#149863: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:52:28 PM

@Karkat The Dalek - Delaware has flipped back. Both were announced as soon as voting closed, which is the reason for the switching. New Jersey is 4% reporting and 51:46 at the moment.

I'll keep the link attached and move it to "leading", tentatively.

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#149864: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:52:33 PM

CNN is projecting NJ for Clinton.

edited 8th Nov '16 5:53:50 PM by AlleyOop

Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#149865: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:52:49 PM

Don't give up!

There's a chance you might win this

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#149866: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:52:53 PM

So does 538.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#149867: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:52:57 PM

I'm starting to shake, guys.

Clarste One Winged Egret Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
One Winged Egret
#149868: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:53:08 PM

[up][up]Like I recently added, the GOP is kind of tattered right now and needs to reintroduce themselves as something coherent before they can start "taking back" Congress.. [

They already have Congress and will likely to continue to have Congress. You are worried about the opposite of what is happening. Clinton will probably win, and the GOP will likely keep Congress and continue preventing a new justice from being appointed, thereby destroying democracy. As they are wont to do.

edited 8th Nov '16 5:53:51 PM by Clarste

Aldo930 Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon from Quahog, R.I. Since: Aug, 2013
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
#149869: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:54:26 PM

New England seems to be going solidly blue, as pretty much everyone who lives there expected.

As a Rhode Islander, I was pretty sure somebody had screwed up when Trump was leading a half-hour ago. Then more votes came in, and things went pretty much how they always go. RI's gone for Clinton in full.

Clinton's pretty much lost Florida and Texas, though. No chance there.

"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#149870: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:55:14 PM

Here's the logic behind a possible war with Mexico: Trump wants to build a wall. That's great, but he wants Mexico to pay for it. But Mexico does not want to pay for it. Trump will send in troops to coerce Mexico. Mexico will declare war in response.
Think of it this way: the larger in scope ones expectations becomes (good or bad), the less likely reality matches up with them, especially the more fearful ones.

edited 8th Nov '16 5:57:28 PM by nervmeister

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#149871: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:55:20 PM

Kansas just started leaning Clinton on my Yahoo forecast.

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149872: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:55:33 PM

Texas was a bridge far even before Comey's cockery. Florida is still up in the air.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
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
#149873: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:55:52 PM

What was the map looking at this point in 2012?

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Ultimatum Disasturbator from the Amiga Forest (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
Disasturbator
#149874: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:56:17 PM

Hung ballets is a possibility

have a listen and have a link to my discord server
FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#149875: Nov 8th 2016 at 5:56:33 PM

Florida's still undecided on CBS.


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