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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#150001: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:26:18 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.

Good thing nobody is doing that.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:27:14 PM by LSBK

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#150002: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:26:20 PM

Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit.

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Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#150003: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:27:00 PM

Left to play Duck Game for an hour an WHAT THE FUCK

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#150004: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:27:03 PM

Fuck all those Johnson voters in Florida.

Goddammit

New Survey coming this weekend!
FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#150005: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:27:13 PM

In case neither of them get 270 Elec Votes, what happens then? Does The Popular Vote decide?

lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#150006: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:27:24 PM

Announced:

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

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

Leading:

Virginia, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Michigan, New Hampshire, Missouri, Minnesota, Florida , Ohio

  • Florida: Tampa not reporting (48:49)
  • Ohio: N-E not reporting (44:52)

Pennsylvania, Maine, Colorado, Wisconsin, 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

edited 8th Nov '16 6:34:25 PM by lakingsif

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
nervmeister Since: Oct, 2010
#150007: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:27:24 PM

If Trump wins, I will 100% blame the media for their part in it. I don't give a damn if they were supposedly biased against him, the amount of free attention and legitimacy they've been giving to that creep for years is a large part of the reason why we're here in the first place.
But the ratings wouldn't be as high if they didn't.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:27:49 PM by nervmeister

megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#150008: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:27:28 PM

I'm not saying it's not a big deal - I say this as a second-generation Taiwanese and yes, I agree that Trump winning would be very bad. But stressing out is not constructive either in addressing the problem or your own health.

Fergard: It goes to the House of Representatives.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:28:15 PM by megarockman

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#150009: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:27:31 PM

Trump won Arkansas. Clinton won Connecticut.

"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
#150010: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:27:34 PM

@Ferg Congress decides and since Congress is Republican, they'd hand it to Trump.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:27:47 PM by MadSkillz

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#150011: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:27:45 PM

A little over a half hour until more polls close. This is agonizing.

Do not obey in advance.
OrionAurora Constellation from Andromeda Galaxy Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: Abstaining
Constellation
#150012: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:27:47 PM

To give you guys something else to think about for a brief moment, you all remember when I said my friend is worried about the idea of Clinton trying to start a war with Russia? Just saw his facebook post. He vote for Obama. Ducking fumbass.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:28:05 PM by OrionAurora

We are all made of star stuff. Very, very weird star stuff.
Shippudentimes Since: Dec, 2012
#150013: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:27:52 PM

Colorado's starting to look blue according to the NY Times.

Trip Since: Mar, 2012
#150014: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:28:05 PM

it's good to voice your concerns

but the more you go

"WELP WE'RE FUCKED IT'S ALL OVER TRUMP WINS EVEN IF HE DOESN'T"

it creates a real real nasty environment

fredhot16 Don't want to leave but cannot pretend from Baton Rogue, Louisiana. Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: Too sexy for my shirt
Don't want to leave but cannot pretend
#150015: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:29:07 PM

...You know, I'm actually curious. Is anybody planning on going to sleep today?

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RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#150016: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:29:25 PM

It is okay for people to be vocally afraid. Especially if they're people that Trump has an active vendetta against.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
megarockman from The Sixth Borough (Experienced Trainee)
#150017: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:29:28 PM

I have to - got work tomorrow.

[up]That's very fair.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:30:22 PM by megarockman

The damned queen and the relentless knight.
InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#150018: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:29:33 PM

Alright imma slink out of here for a bit, because I have actual work that will be due tomorrow whether or not Trump is elected God-Emperor of the Glorious Republic of Americana.

I'll pop back in around 10:30 to see how fucked we are.

[up][up] It's great to be afraid, it's also not great to shitpost in this thread wildly.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:30:06 PM by InAnOdderWay

TrashJack Confirmed Doomer from beyond the Despair Event Horizon (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Confirmed Doomer
#150019: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:29:49 PM

@Ferg: If there's a tie, the House of Representatives vote for the President, and the Senate votes for the Vice President.

As both houses of Congress are Republican-controlled, an electoral tie is just a fancy way of saying that Trump and Pence win.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:31:03 PM by TrashJack

"Cynic, n. — A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be." - The Devil's Dictionary
FergardStratoavis A Fluff Ringer from Bellveins (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: A gay little love melody
A Fluff Ringer
#150020: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:30:24 PM

...so what's the purpose of the Popular Vote then?

And it's 3:30 AM here. Figured I might see this clusterfuck's conclusion to decide if I have to start packing on canned food.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:31:07 PM by FergardStratoavis

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.
#150021: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:30:28 PM

I can always call in sick tomorrow.

I am planning on going to class, though.

[up] Basically, to determine who the electors will vote for.

edited 8th Nov '16 6:31:01 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
Sharysa Since: Jan, 2001
#150022: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:30:38 PM

I understand people's intentions, but after this entire campaign of degrading and mistreating minorities to the point of hate-crimes, "stop panicking because Trump has an unexpected lead" can easily get misconstrued as "you're overreacting, it's not that bad."

Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#150023: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:30:53 PM

Trump is up in Michigan and Wisconsin, but that's probably just rural areas reporting first as usual.

If its not, this is over.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#150024: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:30:58 PM

VA may just barely go blue.

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)
#150025: Nov 8th 2016 at 6:31:25 PM

Does anyone have a space shuttle I could use.


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