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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.
#150251: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:30:29 PM

[up][up][up] That's not working for me.

edited 8th Nov '16 7:30:39 PM by KarkatTheDalek

Oh God! Natural light!
BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#150252: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:30:42 PM

This is the link I meant to have.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
TotemicHero No longer a forum herald from the next level Since: Dec, 2009
No longer a forum herald
#150253: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:30:55 PM

If Hillary takes WI and MI, she gets a narrow win with 277 electoral votes, assuming she holds VA and PA and takes the remainder of the the undecided Midwest/West Coast states (sans Alaska). Since she's behind in both WI and MI...

Expergiscēre cras, medior quam hodie. (Awaken tomorrow, better than today.)
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#150254: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:31:05 PM

Ambar: Didn't the polls rise towards election day? Why did that happen?

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#150255: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:31:10 PM

So I'm officially in the "fuck the Senate"

Mood.

New Survey coming this weekend!
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
#150256: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:31:15 PM

Global financial meltdown, Mark II.

As the votes roll in across the U.S. in a tight presidential election, the Dow Jones industrial average plunged more than 600 points in volatile futures trading as traders reacted to a strong showing from Donald Trump in key too-close-to call swing states like Florida.

And we don't even have a clear winner yet.

Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#150257: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:31:18 PM

Obama's probably reaching for the nuclear suitcase and considering the pros and cons or mercy killing humanity.tongue

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#150258: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:31:25 PM

Announced:

Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, TEXAS, Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Missouri, Ohio

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

Leading:

Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Arizona, Idaho, Florida

  • Florida: (47.7:49.2) >99% reporting
    • Bay County 1 precinct not reporting
    • Miami-Dade 9 precincts not reporting
    • Broward County 13 precincts not reporting
    • Palm Beach 27 precincts not reporting
    • Monroe County 1 precinct not reporting

Pennsylvania, Maine, Minnesota, Iowa

  • VA: 48:47, DC suburbs, Montgomery, not reporting — 94% reporting

Other:

Florida, 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.
  • One person dies after being shot on their way to a polling place in Los Angeles.
  • DOW Jones Futures down 300
  • Senate: +1 -1
  • House: +2 -2

Electoral College:

Clinton 122 | 168 Trump

edited 8th Nov '16 7:35:13 PM by lakingsif

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#150259: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:31:35 PM

Sorry, it seems 270 to win isn't working at the moment. It generates the link but the link doesn't even work for me. I'll try again later.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
Julep Since: Jul, 2010
#150260: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:32:15 PM

And so America shows the Western world that you can elect a populist dickhead. Thank you, America.

Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#150262: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:32:28 PM

[up][up][up]Must be too many people checking.

edited 8th Nov '16 7:32:42 PM by IFwanderer

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
BestOf FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC! from Finland Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Falling within your bell curve
FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC!
#150263: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:32:50 PM

See if this works.

Quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
AceofSpades Since: Apr, 2009 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
#150264: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:33:10 PM

Lakingsf, are you just copypasting the same post over and over again? Because that information in your post doesn't appear to be changing at all.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#150265: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:33:21 PM

That one does, thanks.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#150266: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:33:32 PM

I wonder how much of this is the fault of people deciding "he can't win" and staying home.

Yinyang107 from the True North (Decatroper) Relationship Status: Tongue-tied
#150267: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:33:34 PM

All of the remaining states are usually blue, right?

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.
#150268: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:33:42 PM
Lennik (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#150269: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:33:43 PM

America is about to elect the KKK-backed candidate.

That's right, boys. Mondo cool.
Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#150270: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:33:50 PM

How long to go? I can't stand that the human dirtbag Trump is going to win because so many stupid Baby Boomers hate what they imagine "Political Correctness" to be.

speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#150271: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:34:01 PM

Someone mentioned what Obama's reaction is. Well, he made a video. I appreciate him trying to assuage people, but once again, this isn't your standard election.

edited 8th Nov '16 7:34:16 PM by speedyboris

AmbarSonofDeshar Since: Jan, 2010
#150272: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:34:04 PM

Because hey, racism is so much better than "emails"

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#150273: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:34:13 PM

Supposedly, but once solidly blue states are turning up a lot redder than expected right now.

Shippudentimes Since: Dec, 2012
#150274: Nov 8th 2016 at 7:34:14 PM

Pennsylvania is blue, 55% reporting in, according to the NY Times.


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