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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
@Amber: When I said "can be president" I mean that in the sense that there is nothing legally preventing (as far as I am aware of) third parties from earning the position. Obama, since he's had two terms, can't be president again even if he were to suddenly win popular vote.
We are all made of star stuff. Very, very weird star stuff.Announced:
Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, TEXAS, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana
Vermont, Massachussetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Illinois, New York, Connecticut
Leading:
Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Florida , Ohio
- Florida: Tampa not reporting (48:49) — 95% reporting
- Ohio: N-E not reporting (43:53) — 54% reporting
Pennsylvania, Maine, Colorado, Minnesota, New Mexico, Virginia
- VA: 47:47, DC suburbs, Montgomery, not reporting — 92% reporting
Other:
Florida , Ohio , North Carolina, 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
- Senate:
- House:
Electoral College:
Clinton 104 | 140 Trump
edited 8th Nov '16 7:00:45 PM by lakingsif
OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!Yeah, going by CNN, a lot of counties that went blue in 2012 haven't been called yet.
Oh God! Natural light!I am literally shaking right now. I keep telling myself that if the US survived the Civil War, it can survive Trump. But I wish I could just pop a pill and wake up tomorrow morning.
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◊. It's the 2012 results by county. Obama ended up winning by a pretty comfortable margin.
NBC Calls: MT to Trump; NM to Clinton
- Clinton (109): CT, DE, DC, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NM, NY, RI, VT
- Trump (140): AL, AR, IN, KS, KY, LA, MS, MT, ND, OK, SC, SD, TX, WV, WY
- Too early/close: AZ, CO, FL, GA, IA, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OH, PA, UT, VA, WI
Senate:
- Called for Democrat: CT (Blumenthal), IL (Duckworth - GAIN), MD (Van Hollen), NY (Schumer), VT (Leahy)
- Called for Republican: AL (Shelby), AR (Boozman), AZ (McCain), FL (Rubio), GA (Isakson), IA (Grassley), KS (Moran), KY (Paul), ND (Hoeven), OH (Portman), OK (Lankford), SC (Scott), SD (Thune), UT (Lee)
- Too early/Too close: CO, NC, NH, LA, MO, PA, WI
Bestof, this election has seen a rather large voter shift - rural voter turnout is up and the Midwest is whiter and older than average.
edited 8th Nov '16 7:06:14 PM by megarockman
The damned queen and the relentless knight.

If this goes to the tangerine, I will never see the poor white voters as anything but frothing Deliverence types.