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SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#149976: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:21:45 PM

[up][up]

Please, please fucking hold. Do not fuck us Virginia.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:21:52 PM by SilentColossus

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#149977: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:22:10 PM

You guys don't understand.

Even if Trump loses, the GOP will think they have to do Trumpism from now on.

Even if Trump loses, his supporters will be emboldened that it wasn't by a blowout.

lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#149978: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:22:22 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, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Florida , Ohio

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

Other:

Florida , Ohio , North Carolina, Mississippi, Virginia

  • 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.
  • One person dies after being shot on their way to a polling place in Los Angeles.
  • DOW Jones Futures down 300

Electoral College:

Clinton 104 | 129 Trump

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#149979: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:22:32 PM

That's my birth state. If Virginia goes to Trump, I am going down there to kick the shit out of everyone in my birth state.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#149980: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:22:45 PM

Anyone wants to come to Argentina? we seem to be the only country in the world giving sanity a try.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
OrionAurora Constellation from Andromeda Galaxy Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
Constellation
#149981: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:22:46 PM

Again, wait for the city county votes to come in. Chillax everyone.

We are all made of star stuff. Very, very weird star stuff.
FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#149982: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:23:26 PM

GOP, I hope, collapses on itself regardless of the outcome.

SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#149983: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:23:28 PM

[up](6)

Oh no, we absolutely get that. Clinton winning doesn't mean Trumpism is gone, and I'm fully expecting it to stick around, at least for the next few years. That doesn't mean we can't sincerely pray that he won't win.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:23:52 PM by SilentColossus

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#149984: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:23:51 PM

What's the point of saying calm down if everyone already knows and is just ignoring it?

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#149985: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:24:00 PM

I think all signs point to them doing just that regardless but we're obviously in for a rough time if the worst comes to pass.

Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#149986: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:24:02 PM

Getting ready to fuck off to Canada in a suitcase. Anybody up there who can take me in?
Hey look, probably not me because I still live at home, but I can ask around.

And this goes for everyone, any of you who move to Canada in the event of a Trump victory will have my emotional support, and if you stop by where I live I'll bake cookies. smile

(note, I'm kind of a shit baker and can't guarantee they'll be edible)

Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#149987: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:24:14 PM

Remember urban areas in swing states have not finished counting and trend Democrat

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#149988: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:24:29 PM

@megarockman: Just the idea that so many are willing to screw over minorities in this nation, on purpose, (not even through a "hidden" dog whistle policy) makes me angry/nervous. I don't know how you can be so calm. Also I live in a rural area, and get worried about the people around me. Sure, it is in a Blue State but still.

Shippudentimes Since: Dec, 2012
#149989: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:24:39 PM

How to speak like Trump in a post-Trump presidency.

I swear I'm gonna need that if things continue the way they are.

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
#149990: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:24:42 PM

I'm literally about to cry right now

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." -Thomas Edison
Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#149991: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:24:58 PM

Could everyone here keep their goddamn marbles?

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#149992: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:25:02 PM

Guys, may I post this thread if this is really stressing you out really bad?

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#149993: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:25:09 PM

Washington Post says that while Clinton's currently trailing she has an advantage in most of the urban regions that have yet to be counted. The question is whether that's enough to make up the gap from Trump.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#149994: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:25:14 PM

I just wish people would simmer down with all the big pronouncements.

Sharysa Since: Jan, 2001
#149995: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:25:22 PM

I love how people don't think it's a big deal that minorities are panicked about this election when one of the candidates is A MAN WHO HATES MINORITIES.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:25:36 PM by Sharysa

RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#149996: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:25:39 PM

It's understandable to have a lot of fear and emotional investment regarding the outcome of this race.

"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
#149997: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:25:47 PM

Canada is still sane, but unless you can claim refugee status its actually really hard to immigrate to.

I think we need new rules if Trump wins, Stein and Johnson voters don't get in. Republicans who voted Clinton do get in but have to sing God Save the Queen, with feeling.tongue

[up][up]Of course if said groups actually bothered to show up....

edited 8th Nov '16 6:27:42 PM by Rationalinsanity

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
AngelusNox Warder of the damned from The guard of the gates of oblivion Since: Dec, 2014 Relationship Status: Married to the job
Warder of the damned
#149998: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:25:50 PM

Before I got scrounge whatever beer is left in my fridge, those results are giving me a nice view of the US states I need to avoid like they were made of spiders and the ones I'll be OK on.

Inter arma enim silent leges
SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#149999: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:26:00 PM

Clinton has Pennsylvania, but it's still only 12% counted. Gary Johnson is leading in one of the counties in that state.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:26:31 PM by SatoshiBakura

InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#150000: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:26:13 PM

I agree that this panic is going too fucking far. Trump's doing better than expected, he hasn't won. Stop shitposting.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:26:22 PM by InAnOdderWay


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