Florida, America’s dangling geographic penis, poised to fuck us all in the ass again.
*** Update ***
Guys- Florida is going to be fine. The heavy D areas have not reported. I just wanted to use that imagery.
*** Update ***
Or maybe not. White people are gonna elect Donald.
Trentrunner
Would have been nice to win Florida running away.
We’re in for a long, long night.
dr. bloor
I’m trying to be disappointed about Indiana saying no to Evan Bayh, and I just can’t.
Corner Stone
Jesus Fucking Christ, Evan God Damned Bayh.
Richard Mayhew
500k still outstanding in Miami Dade and broward
Baud
I hate Florida.
dr. bloor
@Richard Mayhew: Yeah, FL is not done yet by a long shot.
Bobby Thomson
Dude, listen to your headline. Florida’s a want, not a must have.
And in any event, Broward has only reported early voting totals. Follow Benchmark.
Corner Stone
America’s Wang is going to come home tonight, again. The D will reign supreme in the land of the Wang.
Not, uhh, including Capt Steuben of course.
khead
It’s not that close. The networks are dragging this shit out to sell ad time.
Also, I just want to be sure I am on the record as being on the right side of this ass kicking.
Arclite
Another hanging chad scenario. A bunch of white hooligans gong to stop a recount. F you FL.
Trentrunner
Sam Stein just tweeted that Jill Stein has over 50K votes in Florida.
If Clinton loses FL by <50K…
Adam L Silverman
Apparently the same people that voted for Nader in 2000 are at it again, but for Stein this time:
https://twitter.com/samsteinhp/status/796159742951428097
amygdala
Still a lot of votes out in southern part of the state, which votes D.
Adam L Silverman
Also, Broward hasn’t reported anything.
https://twitter.com/steveschale/status/796162299425882112
Poopyman
???
Patricia Kayden
Secretary Clinton doesn’t have to win Florida to win the election. Chill.
Corner Stone
We’re going to win FL people.
WarMunchkin
So what are our Senate options now? Looks out of reach without Ross.
redshirt
I thought FL was looking good; it’s looking bad??!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Richard Mayhew: thank you for that
@Adam L Silverman: good lord, even in such a big state, 50,000 people that stupid… boggles the mind.
Corner Stone
Trump has to run the fucking table *and* pick off MI, MN and some combo of NH, ME or NV.
Dadadadadadada
I reserve the right to freak out. I’m doing it right now.
Adam L Silverman
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: Its the humidity.
some guy
FL will go Blue fr Hill, but Marco the Weasel is most likely going back to the Senate.
Ted Yoho is (most lkely) a loser tonight. John Mcaa: loser
Baud
@redshirt: We were hoping for a clear win, but it looks like it’s going to be close.
dr. bloor
@Trentrunner: Most of those people would have written in Ralph Nader, The Big Lebowski, or the face-eating bath salts guy if Stein wasn’t on the ballot.
Corner Stone
@WarMunchkin: It’s going to be 50-50 or 51-49 D.
dr. bloor
@WarMunchkin: CO, IL, MN, NH gets to 50.
Patricia Kayden
@Arclite: Thankfully Secretary Clinton doesn’t have to rely on Florida like Gore.
Caravelle
A Democratic Murphy person seems to be going to take a House seat in Florida. So it’s not all bad ?
dmsilev
NYT is still bearish on Florida, but is bullish on her chances in Ohio.
guachi
How on earth is Florida so close?
Corner Stone
HRC is going to also win VA.
the Conster, la Citoyenne
Broward hasn’t been counted yet, leans D.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@WarMunchkin: pick ups in WI, PA, an even swap in NV, a nail biter in NH and a longshot in MO
some guy
@guachi:
many angry uneducated white people.
Roger Moore
@Adam L Silverman:
And there are more than 180,000 people in America’s wang who voted for The Johnson. If it winds up a close win, we might have to thank a third party for tipping it our way.
Mary G
Just put this in the dead thread, but it bears repeating. No-Drama-Obama posted a soothing Election Night video. The sun will rise in the morning and America will still be a great nation whatever happens. I’m sure going to miss him.
dr. bloor
@guachi: Been a while since your last visit?
SenyorDave
Trump is now a full point up in Fl, and is doing better than anyone expected in VA
p.a.
@guachi:
Have you met any? (Sorry Betty)
SoupCatcher
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: We don’t need the longshot in MO. IL is a pick up; WI, PA, and NH would do it, provided we hold CO and NV.
Trentrunner
@Mary G: Thanks, but pretty sure America (and the world) will be royally fucked in ways we can’t even imagine now. So, no. Not calm.
Punchy
@the Conster, la Citoyenne: it more than leans Dem, its nearly all Dems
Mike J
NYT has MISSI-FUCKING-SIPPI blue.
Of course that’s 395 votes to 277. But fun to dream.
Adam L Silverman
@guachi: Clinton outperformed Obama in urban areas. Trump outperformed Romney in exurban and rural areas.
guachi
And it kinda sucks that three Democratic pick up opportunities have already been called. Still have PA, NC, and NH to go, though.
the Conster, la Citoyenne
@Punchy:
Good
Patricia Kayden
@Baud: Wait until Florida is called before you decide you hate it. We may yet win.
LurkerExtraordinaire
Man, this shit is way too close for my comfort.
Eljai
It’ll be okay. They’re not done counting Betty’s county yet.
SenyorDave
@Punchy: Broward is very blue, you don’t have the large Cuban presence.
Baud
@Patricia Kayden: I hate that it’s always close. I don’t know which way it’ll go.
the Conster, la Citoyenne
@Punchy:
Always comes in last, too.
Mike J
FBCSO Texas @FBCSO 57 minutes ago
Arrest: We can confirm 1 arrested for attempting to vote a second time. Claimed he worked for Trump and was testing the system.
PsiFighter37
Goddammit Florida! Why are there so many fucking morons living there outside of the cities
Comrade Scrutinizer
Wolf Blitzer is a poopyhead.
Patricia Kayden
@SenyorDave: Northern Virginian counties are usually counted last and tend to be heavily blue.
Corner Stone
“Political correctness imposed on them.”
/Steve Schmidt
Fuck you. They want to be out and out racist without any consequence. That is what PC victimization is.
humboldtblue
I have people in Indiana and Florida whom I love deeply and dearly.
But seriously, fuck those guys.
WaterGirl
@guachi: are you talking site EV or senate?
The Dangerman
@LurkerExtraordinaire:
Yeah, my liquor on hand is far too little for this shit.
Patricia Kayden
@Mike J: Lol! Another cheating Trump supporter. Perhaps Republican voters need more restrictions on their ability to vote.
amygdala
Can someone talk me off the ledge for VA? Looks like Fairfax and Loudon are coming in faster than usual and HRC is still behind.
Mnemosyne
@Mike J:
I love the idiots who are convinced that if they just claim they were testing the system, it wasn’t a crime.
Officer, you can’t take me to jail, I was only driving drunk to make sure your breathalyzer machine worked!
donnah
It’s more nerve-wracking than I thought it would be. I honestly thought Trump would get thumped, and yet he’s above and holding. Please send me some good news, Giant Map!
liberal
@Corner Stone: what do you base that on?
NotMax
@guachi
All states with a panhandle are weird.
janelle
@some guy: Rubio has already been projected to win by all of the networks.
We need three out of the following four senate races to retake control: NH, PA, WI, and MO.
I’m feeling very good about Jason Kander’s odds in Missouri.
liberal
@donnah: Nah. Trump’s going down. Question is the Senate.
humboldtblue
@amygdala:
Heavy populated and Dem district5s still haven’t reported.
I’ve been gobsmacked by the early numbers too.
Trentrunner
Pretty sure the next thread will be titled:
“OK, Now Freak Out”
p.a.
Part of Fla panhandle is central time.
David ?▶️?Blue Wall?▶️? Koch
Hilarious
Laura Ingraham says Trump should win Connecticut because of all the yard signs she saw.
Results: Hillz wins CT in landslide.
some guy
Still tabulating in Miami, Broward, Palm Beach as well.
humboldtblue
Republicans keep control of the House
WaterGirl
@donnah: Frank lutz has called the election for hillary if that helps.
Dog Dawg Damn
Officially freaking out. Broward is almost punched out.
NR
Hillary losing Florida and Ohio. Way closer in Virginia than it was supposed to be, and she still might lose there, too.
Told you guys she was a horrible candidate. We’re fucked.
the Conster, la Citoyenne
Fuck Jill Stein voters. Seriously.
PsiFighter37
@janelle: Based on how Bayh went down in flames, I think split-ticket voting is virtually extinct, unless you’re a Cuban Republican in Florida.
Keith G
It’s going okay. We are not going to get the high octane charge to the finish that once seemed likely.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@NR: Oh, shut the fuck up.
The Dangerman
@donnah:
Me, too.
Using Pok_er terms, I think Trump has to hit runner runner but it is a little too close for comfort right now. This feels too fucking close to 2004 right now (which cost me dearly, I might add).
GrandJury
Strangely, Frank Luntz twitter feed is the most reassuring info I have read so far. Hillary Prez and Dem control of Senate according to him.
Corner Stone
@liberal: We need four pickups. PA, IL, NC and NH. Maybe add MO.
MD Rackham
@NR: Thank you for the comment. I feel much more confident now.
different-church-lady
@GrandJury: Frank Luntz would happily lie to me…
Comrade Scrutinizer
It’s rigged!
Mnemosyne
@NR:
What was that, Corporal Hudson?
Punchy
@Dog Dawg Damn: what does “punched out” mean?
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@Corner Stone: I’d be surprised if Feingold doesn’t pull it out. Omnes? any other badgers around?
Poopyman
Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up drinking.
Oh wait! I never did that.
I’ll be back in a little bit ….
Patricia Kayden
@janelle: Rubio was quite gracious to his opponent in his victory speech. I guess he has been quite humbled by his Presidential run. Still sad to see him win. Sigh.
Central Planning
@Baud: How many write-ins have you gotten so far?
Corner Stone
@NR: Thank God you have arrived! Thank you! I appreciate you so much it is hard to communicate.
Loneoak
Hold a little prayer in your heart tonight for the staffer tasked with explaining the electoral college to Trump.
Dadadadadadada
The Fox News gang (I suffer this so you don’t have to) sure is laughing a lot. Like they’ve given up and feel liberated by it.
WaterGirl
Al G. says no worries about virginia. kitty in lap, apologies for poor typing.
p.a.
Feingold was +1 in Wisc last I checked, if tRump outperforming projections is Russ in trouble?
Corner Stone
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I think so too but I thought WI for NC was pretty much a transfer and if we got both…
dmsilev
Has Trump managed to grab control of his phone yet?
Amanda in the South Bay
JFC Cole stop panicking.
Patricia Kayden
@NR: I’m seeing she’s up in Ohio although it’s very close. Not sure what you’re seeing.
Dadadadadadada
No worries, guys. High-population-density areas report last. And, according to a shocking study from NYT a few days ago, high population density correlates VERY strongly with Democratic leanings. HRC will close strong in FL and VA.
Jeffro
@Corner Stone: yer darn tootin!
NotMax
@Corner Stone
Thanks a bunch. Now have to mop up the sarcasm that dripped from the screen onto the keyboard.
;)
David ?▶️?Blue Wall?▶️? Koch
Jim, Foolish Literalist
as people already asked, how can it take so long to count the votes in New Hampshire?
and why do they even put anything up with “2% of the vote counted”?/ rhetorical, I know they have to keep talking
Cermet
I seriously doubt Florida goes for Hillary but as all major paths for Hillary don’t have Fl, not critical. That does mean she MUST take CO, NV, and/or NH.
p.a.
@Amanda in the South Bay:
He’s a Dem now. It’s what we do. Remember 2000?
dr. bloor
@GrandJury:
Oh, fuck. I suppose Kristol says the same.
different-church-lady
@David ?▶️?Blue Wall?▶️? Koch: DON’T BE FUCKIN’ LYING TO ME, FRANK!!!!
guachi
I remember in 2012 that Obama had a very late and very large surge in Virginia from Northern Virginia counties and Florida was tight until a late call for Obama.
David ?▶️?Blue Wall?▶️? Koch
BillinGlendaleCA
@NR: Fuck off.
shortribs
@janelle:
Is that 50/50+Kaine control or 51/49 control?
The Dangerman
Looks like Florida is going Trump. Damn.
khead
@The Dangerman:
Yeah, I took a punch in the face that year too. Still confident.
Skippy-san
FUCK TRUMP!
JMG
Florida’s gone. We are in serious, serious trouble.
Mnemosyne
So here’s something interesting: clicking on the Politico map, the same number of votes separate Hillary and Trump in both Florida and Texas (about 200K).
Obama lost Texas by about 800K.
Huh.
NR
@Dadadadadadada: Trump is up by over 100k votes. Not enough of Broward is still out to make that up. The Upshot’s statistical model is predicting Florida goes Trump.
West of the Rockies (been a while)
@some guy:
Who’s counting votes in those counties, two third graders and a hamster? Hurry the hell up and count, Florida!
slag
@The Dangerman: Damn is an understatement.
Emma
The piss is reaching hurricane water levels around here. Settle down, for fvck’s sake.
David ?▶️?Blue Wall?▶️? Koch
Skippy-san
P.S. Rick Scott deserves to die…….
chopper
@NR:
if we’re not fucked will you go die in a fire?
Omnes Omnibus
@Jim, Foolish Literalist: I expect Feingold to win.
Also, people need to get off the damned ledges, it is too soon for any worry.
Iowa Old Lady
Mr IOL has MSNBC on the TV and I can’t stand it. I need reassurance and no one there is giving is to me.
Patricia Kayden
Ohio is tight.
Punchy
@JMG: is this official?
Comrade Scrutinizer
@JMG: Jesus. Chill.
Mike J
Broward Co is 75 of 577 precincts in.
Patricia Kayden
@NR: Ok. Trump wins Florida. Doesn’t mean he wins the election.
Cermet
Florida isn’t gonna go Hillary’s way; sigh. But what is going on in Virginia?! That has to fall Hillary’s way or else Hillary can lose this. What gives?
IndianaFrustration
Check out the global investing indices at http://www.investing.com/indices/world-indices. Markets crashing as news of Trump doing better than expected is coming out.
Amanda in the South Bay
@Omnes Omnibus: Think I gotta mute Cole on the old Tweets tonight.
PsiFighter37
Goddammit. We really did get lucky with Obama on the top of the ticket. We cannot turn out our voters reliably enough without him on the ticket, it’s starting to seem.
Kathleen
@Patricia Kayden: Tweet from CBS News: OH: Clinton is outperforming President Obama’s 2012 race in Hamilton County w/ 60% of vote–also winning Cleveland
jl
@JMG: Florida is not critical to HRC. But the whole picture is way too close for comfort.
NYT has a real time forecaster, which has, so far, HRC projected to win with about 70 percent chance. Hope that continues to improve.
Presidential Election Results
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/president
Glad I have athletic activities planned most of the evening. Will keep my mind off the drama. When I’m done around 10 PM Pacific, I can take a stiff drink or two and tune in to see what’s happening. Good luck, everyone.
Dadadadadadada
NY for HRC. Because duh.
KS for Trump. WY and both Dakotas. Also duh.
Caravelle
BBC says California passed marijuana !
Taylor
So Frank Luntz is the voice of reassurance tonight?
Lizzy L
I loathe Frank Luntz. He’s a lying putz.
I was going to save the Torpedo IPA to celebrate the win but I’m drinking it now. Fuck, I hate this.
OGLiberal
@Cermet:Even though she doesn’t need it I never thought she’d lose Florida. Make me feel better about her maybe losing it. Mind you, I know she only needs 270 but want to believe my country is not as racist or sexist as it appears to be. This isn’t about gloating, this, is about having hope and faith for my country. A 272 win or something like that with as flawed a candidate as Trump is would be disheartening.
NotMax
Am I overanalyzing or is a 50-50 split impossible in the Senate since Kaine has to relinquish his seat?
rikyrah
@guachi:
White people
bluehill
@IndianaFrustration: Yep, been glancing at it. It’s been trying to keep its $%!^ together, but its getting nervous too.
scott (the other one)
@Skippy-san: “Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.”
Dadadadadadada
HRC is up 13 EVs. I think that’ll be her low-water mark.
Splitting Image
@Patricia Kayden:
NR sees the world through rose-coloured glasses, which in his case makes all of the states look more Republican.
PsiFighter37
150k lead for Trump in Florida. JFC
Bobby Thomson
@SenyorDave: Virginia is fine.
Baud
McCain wins.
Corner Stone
JFC people. Get a god damn hold of yourselves.
liberal
@OGLiberal: MSNBC made it sound like the crackers really turned out in the panhandle.
Mai.naem.mobile
@NotMax: Terry Mac will nominate Kaines replacement and it’s not a special election so whoever is in till 2018.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Caravelle: Polls still open for 2 more hours here.
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@NotMax: McAuliffe will appoint his replacement until the special election next year
WaterGirl
Al G. no longer confident about florida. Tight.
Patricia Kayden
@Splitting Image: To be fair to NR, Trump is now leading Ohio.
amk
gawd, what a hateful country.
Corner Stone
@PsiFighter37: Shut up, you fucking stupid fucking fuck.
guachi
Don’t know what’s up with the NYT forecaster but it has Trump with a >50% chance in North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, and Iowa.
different-church-lady
@WaterGirl: People fuckin’ lying to me…
WaterGirl
I was gone for a few minutes, heating up dinner. Did something happen on the senate front? The Guardian’s split has changed but I don’t know what happened.
Ang
@PsiFighter37: Goddammit Florida! Why are there so many fucking morons living there outside of the cities
I used to live in Orlando. I can assure you that the idiots live in the cities as well.
jl
@Baud: If only Baud! 2016! had taken off like it should have.
Could have been you up there, sucking on a cold Bud, and a stogie, eyes wandering to follow the tracers, holding on to the victory lectern for dear life, making us BJers all proud.
No mater that happens tonight, there was a missed opportunity for a really new type of pres.
liberal
@Bobby Thomson: thank you for the reality-based update.
BillinGlendaleCA
@Splitting Image:
FTW. Where would you like your internets delivered?
Peale
@WaterGirl: maybe THAT was the big surprise he tweeted about?
notoriousJRT
@Jim, Foolish Literalist:
It is because it is such a big state.
I hate FLA.
WaterGirl
Martin Lnogman just now:
Corner Stone
TRUMP WINS CALIFORNIA!
It’s over! Oh, Christ it’s all fucking over!!
guachi
It’s like Clinton is underperforming everywhere according to the NYT.
Are there any other actual forecasts and not tea leaf reading that show Clinton winning NC, FL, OH or IA?
Shalimar
@NotMax: McAuliffe will appoint a temporary replacement for Kaine, and then there will be an election later in 2017 for the seat.
scav
I’m pretty sure there was a quick look at the Guard that had either Kansas or Nebraska colored a light blue. I’m trying to imagine what combination of reporting units would result in that. Reporting is sooo weird. Don’t worry, it’s all flipped back to expected now, I just wondered how my brain spontaneously overindulged in alcohol I haven’t purchased.
liberal
@guachi: yeah, but he has to win those.
GrandJury
Even Sam Wang is sounding alarm bells now. This is not good.
BruceFromOhio
@scott (the other one): “Pity? ‘t’was pity that stayed his hand.”
Hal
Man you all are annoying right now.
RaflW
Jebus. I go to an AA meeting and the country falls apart. I may have picked the wrong century to get sober.
Mike J
Philip BumpVerified account@pbump
Reminder: Trump *has* to win Florida, Ohio and either North Carolina or Pennsylvania. If he doesn’t, it’s done.
OGLiberal
@liberal: Gotta love American racism. F#$k the South. And don’t tell me that not all white folks in the South are bad. If you’re a good one, change it. I live in NJ…we already fixed it, at least at a presidential level…can’t explain Christie.
Still think she wins FL. Actually, changing that to “hope”.
Mai.naem.mobile
@shortribs: you assume we keep Reid’s seat and Heck was barely leading Masto in the last polls.
BruceFromOhio
@rikyrah: Word.
D58826
A lot of to close to call states that supposedly were blue. Is it time to get nervous yet?
Patricia Kayden
@Kathleen: Ok. That’s good. Go Hillary!!
dmsilev
So, any idea on how long it will take to hear from Broward County?
Another Scott
@Omnes Omnibus: Sam Wang says there’s nothing to talk about until 10 PM EST. At least as far as the results go.
How about them Cubbies, eh?
Cheers,
Scott.
LAC
@Corner Stone: what the fuck is wrong with you?
GrandJury
@D58826: Yes.
notoriousJRT
This is too roller coaster-y for me. I am stepping away.
Patricia Kayden
@Mike J: Well that’s good to keep in mind. Just feels way too tight right now.
different-church-lady
@D58826: I’VE BEEN NERVOUS FOR THIRTEEN GODDAMNED MONTHS!!!!
BruceFromOhio
@Lizzy L: Proseco is chilling. MrsFromOhio is napping in front of Downton Abbey, while I look for LOTR quotes. Time to break out the Matrix blu-Rays.
@Another Scott:
This. Sheesh.
guachi
All I see are numbers getting worse and worse for Clinton.
I’ll honestly admit this is the first time I’ve been worried all night long.
redshirt
This is not as fun as I was expecting.
SenyorDave
never thought she would lose FL, and I’m stunned at what’s haping in OH
GregB
@WaterGirl:
James Comey slams down an empty whiskey glass and chuckles to himself.
Lizzy L
I am freaking out. Damn damn damn damn damn damn.
RaflW
I know exit polls are crap, but CNN has MN as a tossup. My anxiety meter is off the charts. We need some decent news ASAP.
Tammy Duckworth is a plus, but ‘cmon! Where are the Dems…
MIOHPA
Trump wins.
D58826
@NotMax: His replacement would be named by a Democratic governor. So until a special election was held Kaine would be the tie breaker in a a 50-50 split
notoriousJRT
@notoriousJRT:
But, before I go: thoughts on Virginia??
BillinGlendaleCA
@GrandJury: I thought you told us pants wetters here at Ball Juice there’s no reason to be concerned.
Omnes Omnibus
@Hal: Yep.
Patricia Kayden
@Corner Stone: Lol!! And he’s won Canada too!! The whole country is shrouded in red!! Palin can see it from her house.
Cermet
Virginia is getting better but it is showing the race will be close and that is a bummer. Florida is most likely lost but I agree, not needed. Hillary can’t lose any Blue battle ground states or else the election will turn out bad. NC could be a fire wall if a blue chip is lost but that looks too close to count on. Not freaking out but a bit worried.
GrandJury
@Another Scott: He tweeted that Dems are in trouble in his typically understated way. When he says that then they are definitely in trouble.
jl
@Richard Mayhew:
” 500k still outstanding in Miami Dade and broward ”
Will have to go 60 percent HRC to make up difference. Is that possible?
Final note, wish there were a time stamp on front post updates, so we could see how long it took Cole to freak out.
OK, off to martial arts. I can work out my anxiety with punches elbows and kicks. Good luck to us all.
BruceFromOhio
@Caravelle: Beats passing a kidney stone, those mofo’s can just bend gravity.
Timurid
What the fuck, white people? What. The. Fuck.
RareSanity
Half of our country is either racist as fuck, stupid as fuck, or both…
Corner Stone
Oh Christ! Trump wins MN, OR, WA, MI and PA!
HOLY FUCK! IT’S ALL OVER!
GrandJury
@BillinGlendaleCA: Now there is something to actually worry about. Where are all these Latinos who were gonna show up this time? They never showed up…as usual. Except maybe in California.
notoriousJRT
@Corner Stone:
Jesus. Shut up.
MJS
In all seriousness, fuck this miserable racist country. Fuck those who vote for people like Trump. Fuck those who don’t vote. Even if Hillary pulls this out, it doesn’t matter. This should have been a stomping along the lines of Reagan-Mondale. I hate this disgusting hate filled hell-hole.
Ceci n'est pas mon nym
Does this help? At the PA Dept of State website, with 5.6% in, Hillary is ahead 53-44%. And that’s mostly from the rural “Pennsyltucky” parts of the state I believe. At least it isn’t from the Philly area, except for Bucks County to the north.
I think she’s going to be pretty solid in PA.
bemused
@RaflW:
Damn blockheads in MN.
Davey C
Okay, I have not been worried all day. Now I am. Jesus Fuck.
Mike J
CNBC: Dow futures briefly down 200 as election looks tighter than expected
guachi
This is looking awful. I can’t believe there is a really good chance Trump will be President.
Dadadadadadada
Karl Rove is on Fox! Can’t wait to see how he melts down THIS time around.
Patricia Kayden
@redshirt: Not fun at all, actually. Didn’t know so many of my fellow Americans are okay with a bigot as President. Scary as hell. It should not be this close.
cosima
It is 2:15 here in the UK and I cannot go to bed (never mind sleep) until I know what has happened with FL. And I see that CO has gone from blue to pink, and that makes me more upset — that was the home of my heart in the US. God this effing election is insane!
GrandJury
Fuckin hell. The Senate is gone and now Prez is in tossup territory.
debit
@bemused: No shit.
MJS
@RareSanity: It’s much more than half, and they spread themselves throughout the country. The decent and sane concentrate in too few places.
JMG
Gang, I’d like to be hopeful, but I think we lose. Also everyone else on the planet. Look out below on Wall Street tomorrow.
MomSense
Ok I’m starting to freak out. WTF
MuckJagger
I’m still hopeful she’ll win — I stood in line for an hour and 15 minutes this morning to vote for her in a state where my vote won’t make a difference — but to be honest, I’ve had bad feelings about this for a while now. It was always a gut feeling, so there’s absolutely no scientific basis behind it, but I’ve been thinking that Trump was going to outperform his poll numbers.
For whatever reason, right or wrong, Americans tend to vote the more exciting of the two candidates. Go back through Presidential elections over the years and I think you’ll see that that the theory is not insane, although
“exciting” is obviously open to interpretation. And no matter how repulsive Trump and his handlers and some of his voters have been, he’s still the more exciting candidate.
But I really, really hope I’m wrong here.
Steve in the ATL
About to take off on a 3.5 hour flight. Going to skip in flight wifi and wait to hear that Hillary won when I land. Can’t handle all the back and forth right now!
Iowa Old Lady
@RareSanity: Don’t forget misogynistic.
Chris
@NR:
Shut the FUCK up, Donny.
some guy
Clinton now down by 20,000 in FL
guachi
Deleted comment.
Poopyman
@GregB:
FTFY
The Dangerman
Fuck, I was hoping for an early TKO, if not outright KO, so I could have a reasonable dinner out; now, it’s cold cereal and Tums (after my ~ 5 weeks on the road, haven’t stocked up on anything yet).
Cermet
@guachi: Not a … uh, trouble now … his chances are getting better …
jl
@GrandJury: Not really. He just reported NYT analysis that so far returns more GOP than expected. Wang is so skeptical of early returns, he is ignoring his tweet stream until 10 PM his time (whatever that is, I forget where he is).
OK, I gotta tear myself away from this (so far) nail biter.
Jeffro
Let’s see where we are at at 10:01 PM …til then, no worries
Emma
Lord god. Y’all are already giving up.
Gator90
As a white Floridian, I … I … don’t know what to say right now.
Um, sorry?
Timurid
Holy fuck his percentage of the white vote must be up there at ‘backwoods Alabama’ levels.
Fuck me.
GrandJury
This is a god damned nightmare now. Never expected this.
different-church-lady
@Jeffro: Yeah. That’s like 7 hours from now.
NotMax
Very, very early numbers from PA, McGinty pounding Toomey.
Chris
@MJS:
I hear you. So much.
Cermet
Virginia is still small hands with just under 90% reporting!? Ugh, I am now officially worried.
Patricia Kayden
@guachi: Huge nervous sigh. Trump did everything he could to let Americans know that he is a horrible stupid person and yet he may pull it off. Unbelievable.
Bill E Pilgrim
Deep breath
Quinerly
@Davey C:I had a pit in my stomach at 11:00 AM when I read a Politico story. Basically been sick since….then started drinking.
guachi
I’m not sure how the NYT predicter thing works, but Clinton’s odds are crashing hard. Very hard.
RareSanity
@Iowa Old Lady:
True and all the more depressing.
What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
I am sweating bullets. This sucks. She’s losing ground all over. Hope it turns around but i’m beginning to lose hope.
Omnes Omnibus
@GrandJury: Pantswetter.
p.a.
And I was hoping to get to bed early…
albertZ
I’m at Sam Wang’s site trying to comfort myself using the interactive map. I think the worse case scenario (with losing FL, OH, MI) is a 269-269 tie.
GrandJury
@guachi: It works well and it’s a very scary thing to look at right now.
Patricia Kayden
@Emma: No. Just expressing shock. I think we expected an easier win for the very qualified Clinton.
Adam
Fuck this country, if we elected this fucker we deserve to die
Cermet
@albertZ: a tie is a sure lost – goes to the house.
Mike J
Dan Rather Verified account @DanRather
The difference between “too close to call” and “too early to call” is the difference between looking for a Xanax and looking for a beer.
Ohio Mom
I wasn’t totally worried until I watched that Obama speech where he is wearing a purple tie (I was an art major, I know symbolism when I see it) and telling me the sun will rise tomorrow. Makes me think he knows we are going to lose — why else would he be reassuring me? The Trump-humpers aren’t going to be assuaged by anything he says, this speech is directed at us.
Have we been living in a Romney-sized bubble? That is a blow as well. I thought we were dispassionate realists.
Now back to picking my cuticles in anxiety.
bemused
@debit:
I’m really fed up with Trumpanzees in MN. Too damn stupid to know a good thing living in our beautiful blue state. FFS we live next door to WI and they must be blind if they can’t see what’s happened to Wisc. Jesus.
Emma
@Patricia Kayden: Why? We knew we were up against the last throes of the racist whites. They don’t care about competence.
Cacti
@Cermet:
Most of the outstanding vote in VA is Prince William and Fairfax.
Shalimar
The NYT’s Presidential Forecaster has Trump winning 259 EVs, with Michigan’s 16 basically a toss-up right now.
54% Clinton victory, which has been falling all night from the initial 80%.
different-church-lady
@Ohio Mom:
If we have, it’s not because we chose it — it’s because nearly everyone was wrong in all their polling.
Patricia Kayden
@MJS: I agree. This is very disappointing.
SenyorDave
The scariest part of this is looking at how Trump does compared to Romney in any county that is blue collar at all. He’s blowing away Romney’s margins. I’m starting to think we are f’ed.
Patricia Kayden
@Shalimar: So sad. Wow.
D58826
from MSNBC Kassie Hunt:
at 7pm all the pro’s felt it was a win for Hillary and the Senate to the democrats
at 9;00pm all the pros are rethinking and wondering what a Trump administration will look like.
jk
@MJS:
Agreed. Chalk it up to the media constantly pushing the false equivalence bullshit. With few exceptions, Trump was treated with kid gloves by our fourth estate. Obviously, there are a lot of dumb voters in this country, but I think Hillary would have performed better if the media had done their fucking job better.
SWMBO
@dmsilev: I live in Broward. Took my son to dinner and passed the Civic Center. When we got done and we’re heading home, they were still loading voting machines into a box truck. This was about 9 pm. If they had a lot of late voters at the end, that could have slowed things down.
Cermet
Virginia is make or break since NH is closer than anything; this isn’t funny. Are we, as a country that far gone? As a white male I am truly angry and disgusted with the brain dead ass wipes who also call themselves such; the media has been a major cause of that utter stupid ass white white males’ success to date. Damn them all to hell and I know there is no such place. DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!!!!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@SWMBO: so this won’t end tonight, do you think?
GrandJury
Attorney General Rudy Giuliani. Let that one sink in.
SenyorDave
Hate to burst everyone’s bubble, but I just looked at a website that has real-time FL results, and its is pretty much mathematically impossible for Clinton to win at this point, There are simply not enough Broward/Palm Beach/Miami-Dade votes left.
http://enight.elections.myflorida.com/CompareCounties/?ContestId=100000
Cermet
The Dow is reeling (futures); what the fuck is happening in Michigan!? So whites are that utterly stupid – this country has to stop these ass wipes. I am officially freaking – where the fuck is Cole to calm us? Need some good news people … .
IndianaFrustration
@jl: NYT now shows Trump with 54% chance to win. 273 forecast EVs
Miss Bianca
CO a mixed bag so far – Trump and Clinton running neck and neck, Bennet comfortably ahead, Amendment 69 (Colorado Care) looks to be getting crushed, but right to right-to-die meds looks like it might won. Strangely, the “end involuntary servitude” amendment is only running 50/50 – I figured that would be a runaway win.
AnotherBruce
@GrandJury: I’m actually not sure there are enough Latinos. Remember that a lot of them were moving back to Mexico.And actually, I’m thinking of moving back there too.