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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
Florida is genuinely concerning. If Trump wins Florida he actually has a real foot in the door here.
Good ol' home region of New England is falling in line with Clinton, unsurprisingly. And probably NH will do Maggie, which would help in the disaster that is the Democratic Senate bid. I can not emphasize enough how painful the next two years will be if we elect Hilary under a Republican Senate.
I'm more worried about Virginia than Florida right now. If Clinton can't win there, her firewall might implode elsewhere. And that means we get the Free American Empire for 4-8 years.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.Announced:
Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, TEXAS, Arkansas
Vermont, Massachussetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Illinois, New York, Mississippi(?)
Leading:
Virginia, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Florida , Ohio
New Hampshire, North Carolina, Michigan, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maine, Colorado, Missouri, Mississippi
Other:
Florida , Ohio , North Carolina
- 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]
- Voting concludes. Democrat win in NJ.
Electoral College:
Clinton 97 | 129 Trump
edited 8th Nov '16 6:10:07 PM by lakingsif
OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!"Make it blue!" "Make it pink!"
I've yet to see NY listed on any of the calls yet (they just closed) (and it will be a while because they have to count NYC). That's a pretty large bucket of electoral votes that are almost sure to go to Clinton.
Also, it's not really productive to get involved with the horse race while things are still so early.
edited 8th Nov '16 6:05:45 PM by Elle
New York announced for Clinton by CNN, surprising no one.
EDIT:
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edited 8th Nov '16 6:04:10 PM by rmctagg09
Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.NBC Calls: NY to Clinton; KS, LA, NE, ND, SD, TX, WY to Trump;
- Clinton (104): CT, DE, DC, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, RI, VT
- Trump (137): AL, AR, IN, MS, KY, OK, SC, WV
- Too early: AZ, CO, ME, NC, NH, PA, VA, WI
- Too close: FL, GA, MI, MN, NM, OH
Senate:
- Called for Democrat: CT (Blumenthal), IL (Duckworth - GAIN), MD (Van Hollen), NY (Schumer), VT (Leahy)
- Called for Republican: AL (Shelby), AZ (McCain), FL (Rubio), KS (Moran), KY (Paul), ND (Hoeven), OH (Portman), OK (Lankford), SC (Scott), SD (Thune)
- Too early/Too close: AR, NC, NH, LA, MO, PA, WI
edited 8th Nov '16 6:06:51 PM by megarockman
The damned queen and the relentless knight.

Yahoo don't know what they doing.
As for Florida isn't not over, CNN have said that if Clinton's margin holds in the areas that haven't reported she will win the state.
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