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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151251: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:58:00 PM

A couple years back, I was being pressured to find a job in the States instead of staying in my overseas job.

In retrospect, staying overseas was a good call.

Edit: [up][up] Of course the older generation were the ones most responsible for voting in Trump. Couldn't resist getting in one last dig at us young whippersnappers.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:59:37 PM by M84

Disgusted, but not surprised
Arutema Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: Hoping Senpai notices me
#151252: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:58:10 PM

Can Houston secede from Texas and join some saner state or country now?

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#151253: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:58:39 PM

@fred We'd take all refugees fleeing from Trumpland. Lousiana itself has gotta stay in Trumpland.

edited 8th Nov '16 10:59:05 PM by MadSkillz

vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#151254: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:58:44 PM

The market likes stability, give it a few days and it will adjust. It's only after Trump takes office thaat we would be able to say that he did affect the economy.

RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer
#151255: Nov 8th 2016 at 10:59:13 PM

Will those younger generations get a wake up call or will they withdraw further?

Continue writing our story of peace.
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#151256: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:00:09 PM

[up][up]Not likely, expect it to tank by several thousand points in the next few days and not recover for at least 4 years. No one can chance Trump's insanity.

edited 8th Nov '16 11:01:01 PM by Memers

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#151257: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:00:27 PM

My father has been pressuring me to go overseas for a while now. (I don't see it as plausible regardless but whatever)

Things aren't so great down here but I would not go to the US in these circumstances either.

edited 8th Nov '16 11:01:03 PM by Draghinazzo

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#151258: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:00:46 PM

I'd flee to Canada if I was living in a red state.

But again, I'm in California and that's the liberal capital of the West Coast so I can manage to endure.

Montegoraon Since: Jan, 2011
#151259: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:00:49 PM

In the midst of everything, I almost forgot about this. From 538:

I wrote this morning about this election’s status as the first since a Supreme Court decision struck down portions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, prompting states to close hundreds of polling places. Among the states affected were three crucial states won by Trump: Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina.

lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#151260: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:01:11 PM

Democratic win in Maine

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#151261: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:01:28 PM

Man I'm gonna be real torn if California secedes. I'd like to get outta here but none of them can make a decent pizza.

Oh really when?
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
#151262: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:01:28 PM

[up][up]What?

edited 8th Nov '16 11:01:41 PM by fredhot16

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#151263: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:01:33 PM

I'm gonna avoid forums and chatrooms as much as possible. I really don't want to face the gloating of the alt-right trolls.

Disgusted, but not surprised
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
#151264: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:02:02 PM

[up]Be strong, buddy.

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
jedimaster1701 from Canada Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#151265: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:02:03 PM

I feel like Canada should close immagration from the us every election, not this one though

MAD doctorine is counterproductive
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#151266: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:02:04 PM

It's a forgone conclusion at this point, right? Trump's won. End of story.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."
Wildcard Since: Jun, 2012
#151267: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:02:13 PM

Lets hope its just till 2020 and not 2024.sad

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#151268: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:02:41 PM

TVT is about the only place I plan on visiting for a while.

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
#151269: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:02:41 PM

Or until 2017. Right on New Years Eve.

Trans rights are human rights. TV Tropes is not a place for bigotry, cruelty, or dickishness, no matter who or their position.
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#151270: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:02:42 PM

Man I'm gonna be real torn if California secedes. I'd like to get outta here but none of them can make a decent pizza.

You obviously never heard of Topper's Pizza. But we can import those pizza-makers.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#151271: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:02:59 PM

Again I'm seeing a lot of my friends musing that if the Democrats want to win in the future they need to find a way to tap the traditionally Republican demographics, and part of this involves having to suck it up and change the tone of their rhetoric to avoid othering the "straight white cis male" demographic because it promotes division, and instead find a way to redirect their xenophobia in a more constructive way, quoting LBJ:

If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.

Sure it's understandable to think, "these people have crossed the Moral Event Horizon with their views so I don't want such people supporting me", but as this election showed they wield incredible voting power and they're not exactly going away, even as the evangelicals fade out of relevance. So it's dangerous to dismiss them as not worth their while. If we can get them on board and drag them away from the GOP somehow, hopefully their children will grow up in a more tolerant environment.

The problem is how to do this without resorting to the same xenophobic populism of the GOP. It might take some dishonesty on the Democrats' part.

edited 8th Nov '16 11:04:51 PM by AlleyOop

Draghinazzo (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#151272: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:03:23 PM

It's a forgone conclusion at this point, right? Trump's won. End of story.

I've already accepted it. It hasn't been easy but I wasn't about to let any hopes I harbored be crushed.

LogoP Party Crasher from the Land of Deep Blue Since: May, 2013 Relationship Status: You can be my wingman any time
Party Crasher
#151273: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:03:37 PM

MIRS is reporting Trump won Michigan which would give him presidency

It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.
lakingsif Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: Wanna dance with somebody
#151274: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:04:10 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, Florida, Idaho, North Carolina, Utah, Iowa, Georgia, Pennsylvania

Vermont, Massachussetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, District of Columbia, Rhode Island, Illinois, New York, Connecticut, New Mexico, Virginia, Colorado, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Maine

    Leading 

Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Maine 2, Alaska

Minnesota, Nebraska 2, New Hampshire

    Other 

Michigan, New Hampshire

  • 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
  • Florida: (47.7:49.2) >99% reporting (10:50 pm ET)
    • Broward County 13 precincts not reporting
    • Palm Beach 27 precincts not reporting
    • Monroe County 1 precinct not reporting
    • Bay County: All precincts now reporting
    • Miami-Dade: All precincts now reporting
  • All States reporting except Alaska
  • Canada's Immigration website has crashed.
  • Clinton tweets "thank you for everything"; Democratic HQ in silence
  • Mexican peso crashes
  • Michigan, New Hampshire, too close to call
  • Nebraska District 2, too close to call
  • Trump's biggest demo. in Mid West "white women"
  • DOW Jones Futures down 800
    • Sterling rises
  • House of Representatives remains Republican
  • The BBC predict draw.
  • Javits Center, Democrat HQ, emptying
  • European markets open, down 4%.
  • Best Republican numbers since Bush Sr.
  • British morning papers announce Trump win.
  • Senate remains Republican with Pennsylvania win
  • Alaska, the final State to close polls, begins reporting with a Republican lead
  • DOW Jones suspended
  • US Dollar falls
  • Senate: +1 -1
  • House: +5 -5

Electoral College:

Clinton 219 | 264 Trump

Updates:

  • Democratic win in Maine
  • Clinton team may challenge votes

edited 8th Nov '16 11:05:44 PM by lakingsif

OH MY GOD; MY PARENTS ARE GARDENIIIIINNNNGGGGG!!!!!
RBluefish Since: Nov, 2013
#151275: Nov 8th 2016 at 11:04:22 PM

It doesn't matter. It's over.

"We'll take the next chance, and the next, until we win, or the chances are spent."

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