TVTropes Now available in the app store!
Open

Follow TV Tropes

Following

The General US Politics Thread

Go To

Nov 2023 Mod notice:


There may be other, more specific, threads about some aspects of US politics, but this one tends to act as a hub for all sorts of related news and information, so it's usually one of the busiest OTC threads.

If you're new to OTC, it's worth reading the Introduction to On-Topic Conversations and the On-Topic Conversations debate guidelines before posting here.

Rumor-based, fear-mongering and/or inflammatory statements that damage the quality of the thread will be thumped. Off-topic posts will also be thumped. Repeat offenders may be suspended.

If time spent moderating this thread remains a distraction from moderation of the wiki itself, the thread will need to be locked. We want to avoid that, so please follow the forum rules when posting here.


In line with the general forum rules, 'gravedancing' is prohibited here. If you're celebrating someone's death or hoping that they die, your post will get thumped. This rule applies regardless of what the person you're discussing has said or done.

Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM

InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#149926: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:11:00 PM

[up][up] Especially Florida? Especially Virginia good lord Virginia.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:11:09 PM by InAnOdderWay

BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#149927: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:11:09 PM

Calm down, people. Don't jump to conclusions. Remember that Clinton has huge boosts coming in very late, and that all these swing states are not called yet.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#149928: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:11:14 PM

Announced:

Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, TEXAS, Arkansas, Kansas

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

Leading:

Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Colorado, Wisconsin, Florida , Ohio , Michigan

New Hampshire, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Maine, Missouri, New Mexico

Other:

Florida , Ohio , North Carolina, Mississippi

  • 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 6:16:10 PM by lakingsif

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#149929: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:11:33 PM

Rational or not, it'd hard not to be scared.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#149930: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:11:41 PM

Focus? Ok, Clinton is losing in Virginia and Florida. She needs to win the rest of the swing states to keep this in play.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#149931: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:11:46 PM

@Odder: Florida is mostly mentioned because the voting isn't over there yet though it was supposed to be.

SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#149932: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:11:46 PM

I might as well enact my zombie plan, but I don't have a goddamn space shuttle.

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#149933: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:11:51 PM

Well this is worrying as hell. Thanks a lot Comey. And thanks to the "liberal media" for obsessing over goddamn emails as much as you did. Honestly I can't help but think that in doing that the press not only made Clinton look worse but made Trump's scandals seem better. It's not hard for idiot voters to take the message that Trump's scandals don't matter since they change so much, while the obsession over Clinton's "one" is evidence that it really matters.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:12:30 PM by AmbarSonofDeshar

InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#149934: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:11:57 PM

Virginia's at 49 Trump 46 Hilary with 80% called so far. That's actually super concerning. The rest can fall by the wayside, but this is a big deal. EDIT: THESE POSTS ARE TOO FAST

edited 8th Nov '16 6:14:01 PM by InAnOdderWay

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Rock on, Gold Dust Woman
#149935: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:12:02 PM

Connecticut got called for Clinton according to ABC.

Have you any dreams you'd like to sell?
OrionAurora Constellation from Andromeda Galaxy Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
Constellation
#149936: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:12:04 PM

Relax everyone. Trump's high count is due to the early rural counties getting their counting done early. Give it time and the high city county votes will be in. Clinton in Virginia has been steadily increasing.

We are all made of star stuff. Very, very weird star stuff.
Shippudentimes Since: Dec, 2012
#149937: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:12:29 PM

Where's that Men in Black memory eraser device when you need it? 'cause I can use it right now.

Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#149938: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:12:53 PM

On the plus side, so many of my enemies are going to flee the nation if Trump wins.

Leviticus 19:34
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149940: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:13:19 PM

Also, Fairfax County (next to DC) is always freaking late.

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Since: Dec, 2011 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
#149941: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:13:44 PM

Aaaaaaaand I here the fuccbois in my hall going "OOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

Dear Trump, Go Fuck Yourself.

However...remember how, back in 2012, when the election was almost over and everyone was saying, "The race is till uncertain"? And then the West Coast's votes came in? *sigh* I just don't understand how so many people in this country can even entertain the idea of Trump being a remotely decent leader...

"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#149942: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:13:48 PM

CBS says Virginia is 48-46 for Trump with 71% of votes in.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#149943: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:13:58 PM

There's still hope.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:14:15 PM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#149944: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:14:19 PM

Shit damn it. Trump is winning 128 to 97.

It's brexit all over again.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#149945: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:14:30 PM

Weren't there a lot of good exit polls? What happened here?

FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#149946: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:14:40 PM

Representatives Race is 131-190 for Republicans.

@On Brexit: It's probably not the right comparison. Brexit was performed by keeping everybody in the dark. Here, we had more than enough of Trump. These people aren't just oblivious, they know what they're doing and who they're voting for.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:15:43 PM by FergardStratoavis

nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#149947: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:14:46 PM

I'm feeling excitement and inner doubt, but not intense fear. So I'd say Im in good shape.

InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#149948: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:14:57 PM

The concern isn't with the electoral vote count, that'll even out.

The concern is that Florida and Virginia are key states in this shit, and they're both falling into Trump's lap. Hilary will need a really strong defense to keep up her game here.

Demonic_Braeburn Yankee Doodle Dandy from Defective California Since: Jan, 2016
Yankee Doodle Dandy
#149949: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:15:44 PM

Marco Rubio got re-elected.

Any group who acts like morons ironically will eventually find itself swamped by morons who think themselves to be in good company.
tsstevens Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did from Reading tropes such as Righting Great Wrongs Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: She's holding a very large knife
Reading tropes such as You Know What You Did
#149950: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:15:58 PM

In actual news...

Los Angeles: A polling station in Azusa, California has been locked down after shots were fired nearby.

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that at least one person has died and three others have been wounded by a "heavily armed" gunman. It is unclear whether any police officers were injured.

One shooting is one too many. Thank goodness though given that not even Bush could have dreamed of elections being this hostile it's just the one shooting and not a hundred.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:16:37 PM by tsstevens

Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours

Total posts: 417,856
Top