LIVE CHAT: Election Night 2016 (11/8/2016)

[AmandaPanda]

1 minute ago, partofme said:

Which state?

Illinois. Tammy Duckworth defeated incumbent Mark Kirk.

[bref]

I am perspiring. And I don't even have the TV on. Thank G-d for this thread!

[khyber]

Yeah Tammy Duckworth. 

[random chance]

1 minute ago, Bastet said:

Gee, shocking - Oklahoma goes to Trump.  I have a shit ton of family there, and probably every single one of them voted for Trump.  I'm so embarrassed by that I'd only admit it here under the cloak of anonymity.

I feel ya, I had to listen to a long rant today on how Hillary had her maid print out her classified emails and then she turned her into a newt or something (I tuned out at some point).

[Kromm]

13 minutes ago, kittykat said:

Clinton in the lead 54%-42%.  Whew.

That puts in on Virginia (if the worst case happens with Florida).

But... if Trump somehow won Florida, Virginia, and Ohio, then in that case it would come down to Arizona, believe it or not. Whether Clinton wins OR loses Nevada.

So basically Clinton wins if any of the following happens:

She wins Florida.
She wins Virginia.
She wins Ohio.
She wins ARIZONA.

Err. I think. At least playing with the 270towin.com's user generated result maps seems to say that.

Edited November 9, 2016 by Kromm

[Pixel]

Just now, AmandaPanda said:

Illinois. Tammy Duckworth defeated incumbent Mark Kirk.

Way to go, Illinois! Represent! I'm so proud of my state right now. 

[HumblePi]

Hillary is winning Ohio by 9% and if she wins Ohio, it's all over for Donald Trump!

[AmandaPanda]

1 minute ago, random chance said:

I feel ya, I had to listen to a long rant today on how Hillary had her maid print out her classified emails and then she turned her into a newt or something (I tuned out at some point).

I already voted for her, but I would vote for her twice if she could turn Trump into a newt.

[kittykat]

Sorry Stephen Colbert, South Carolina to Drumpf.

[HumblePi]

Dead heat in Florida, he leads by 740 votes

[callmebetty]

Rubio can go suck on a water bottle . 

[hoosier80]

How many counties or what percentage reporting in OH?  I'm too nervous to look.  Seriously on the verge of throwing up.

[Kromm]

3 minutes ago, HumblePi said:

Hillary is winning Ohio by 9% and if she wins Ohio, it's all over for Donald Trump!

Right. Running the numbers, Ohio, Florida, Virginia OR even Arizona are all enough, even if she loses all of the others, presuming there are no other major upsets in states projected as firmly Blue. The Arizona-only (of the battlegrounds) scenario being the real squeeker of a win, where she'd only win 271 to 267.

Edited November 9, 2016 by Kromm

[magdalene]

Boy, that numbers guy on CNN sure loves to hear himself talk.   And now Trump has taken the lead in  Florida. Grrrr.

[LotusFlower]

1 minute ago, Pixel said:

Way to go, Illinois! Represent! I'm so proud of my state right now. 

Why did I think Tammy Duckworth was already in Congress?

[Darian]

Look at this beautiful sight: 

[Hudson0325]

She's leading in Ohio?! OMG I had given that up for Trump. Go my home state!

[kittykat]

Damn even Texas is close.  Though I'm not sure which part of the state is reporting.

[GHScorpiosRule]

Ugh. I don't like the point spread for VA!!!!

[Bastet]

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It's okay. My dad voted for Trump in MO. Fortunately, my mom voted for Hillary, so their votes canceled each other out.

My parents are both Republicans and would probably rather gouge their eyes out than vote for Hillary.  If that translates to voting for Trump, I don't ever want to know.  I'm not asking; political differences notwithstanding, we're really close and get along pretty well, but it truly would break my heart if they voted for that man.  I'm going to tell myself they abstained.

[WendyCR72]

2 minutes ago, AmandaPanda said:

I already voted for her, but I would vote for her twice if she could turn Trump into a newt.

This reminded me of Newt Gingrich. Then I threw up dinner.

[HumblePi]

NOW HILLARY IS IN THE LEAD IN FLORIDA!

[backgroundnoise]

Florida is going to give us all whiplash.

[AmandaPanda]

Just now, LotusFlower said:

Why did I think Tammy Duckworth was already in Congress?

She was in the House of Representatives. She just got elected to the Senate.

[Pixel]

1 minute ago, LotusFlower said:

Why did I think Tammy Duckworth was already in Congress?

She was in the Illinois state senate previously, I think. 

Edited November 9, 2016 by Pixel

[MulletorHater]

Just now, scout305 said:

She's leading in Ohio?! OMG I had given that up for Trump. Go my home state!

How many of the precincts are reporting?

And, what's going on in Pennsylvania?

[Aquarius]

5 minutes ago, AmandaPanda said:

Illinois. Tammy Duckworth defeated incumbent Mark Kirk.

I could read this all night long, over and over again.

[kittykat]

1 minute ago, backgroundnoise said:

Florida is going to give us all whiplash.

Every damn time.  The vote ticker I'm following literally has a 5,000 vote difference.

[starri]

1 minute ago, Pixel said:

She was in the Illinois state senate previously, I think. 

She unseated the odious Joe Walsh in the US House.

[GHScorpiosRule]

I just have a huge smile on my face listening to that first time voter Jacob was talking to on MSNBC. That was me in '92, when I was standing in line to vote for Clinton. Actually that was the ONLY time any of the media asked me who I was voting for and why/what was important to me.

[ClareWalks]

The NYT map is very good and is keeping me calm at the moment. I don't even have to hit refresh for it.

[LotusFlower]

1 minute ago, AmandaPanda said:

She was in the House of Representatives. She just got elected to the Senate.

 

1 minute ago, Pixel said:

She was in the Illinois state senate previously, I think. 

Thanks, guys.  Duh!  (I figured that was the case right after I asked the question).

[magdalene]

Florida is going to give me a stroke...

[GHScorpiosRule]

5 minutes ago, MulletorHater said:

How many of the precincts are reporting?

And, what's going on in Pennsylvania?

I think, according to that map thingie, Hillary is at 93% to Drumpf's 6% in PA.

 

YES! Van Hollen for MD SENATE!!!!

HOLY SHIT! HILLAR has some huge leads in two counties in NC!!!!

ETA: What in the Bluedilly FUCK, FLORIDA???!!!!!!

Edited November 9, 2016 by GHScorpiosRule

[NextIteration]

2 minutes ago, GHScorpiosRule said:

I just have a huge smile on my face listening to that first time voter Jacob was talking to on MSNBC. That was me in '92, when I was standing in line to vote for Clinton. Actually that was the ONLY time any of the media asked me who I was voting for and why/what was important to me.

So happy to see for ONCE that Scarborough V.2.0 finally found a positive Clinton supporter.  It's been a long wait.

[ClareWalks]

Texas is light blue at this moment ZOMG.

ETA obviously this won't last but it is beautiful to behold.

Edited November 9, 2016 by ClareWalks

[Moose135]

In other news out of NC, early results show Roy Cooper leading incumbent governor Pat McCrory (the HB2 champion) by 51.3% to 46.8%, a difference of 16K votes.  I hope this is the last we see of McCrory. 

Edited November 9, 2016 by Moose135

[HumblePi]

7 minutes ago, MulletorHater said:

How many of the precincts are reporting?

And, what's going on in Pennsylvania?

Nothing from Pennsylvania yet

[Frost]

As of this moment, Florida is a seven letter 4 letter word! 

[Kromm]

Just now, ClareWalks said:

Texas is light blue at this moment ZOMG.

I'm sure its a really small % (and likely places like Austin or Dallas).

[Spartan Girl]

21 minutes ago, Frost said:

I'm watching Too Cute on Animal Planet. 

I'm flipping between that and CNN. I hid my remote so that I'd stay focused on puppies and kittens, but I can't stop flipping. This election is like crack.

[Bastet]

PBS NewsHour is talking to a Trump surrogate, so time to hit mute.

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The NYT map is very good and is keeping me calm at the moment. I don't even have to hit refresh for it.

I like The Guardian's map, too.

[NextIteration]

Chris Van Hollen is a new Senator.  We love you and will miss you Senator Mikulski! ♥

[HumblePi]

DUCKWORTH WINS SENATE SEAT IN ILLINOIS

[xaxat]

Even though I am a Democrat, I'm not sad to see Evan Bayh go down.

[AimingforYoko]

What a choke job by Evan Bayh.

[Shannon L.]

I have at least 6 relatives in different states who are die hard Trump fans and my brother loathes both candidates so much he did a write in, so I can sympathize with the others in the same boat.

[backgroundnoise]

It does sound like there are still more outstanding votes in Dade and other big counties to make up for it.

[NextIteration]

Just now, AimingforYoko said:

What a choke job by Evan Bayh.

He did it to himself.  Sadly - because he actually had a chance.

[Morrigan2575]

It's going to be a long night and these freaking "key race" alerts are killing me.  I really hope he doesn't get FL