The election, a thread specifically about the election, for election discussion

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zakharov: Nov 30, 2002; Tater Love

Report from NYC: I voted just fine, but several polling sites don't have pens somehow. Incredible.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:39

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FAUXTON: Jun 2, 2005; spero che tu stia bene

BigRed0427 posted:

What was the letter?

probably L

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:40

sumie: Mar 29, 2006; GUERNSEY (adj.)

Queasy but umbowed. The kind of feeling one gets when discovering a
plastic compartment in a fridge in which thing are growing.

Ogmius815 posted:

I am Arzying because I am worried huge turnout reports are the silent majority finally materializing for Trump.

Go ask your doctor for some xanax, then watch some spongebob and wake up tomorrow in your underwear covered in domino's pizza sauce to a glorious new world or a terrifying nightmare.

it'll be ok

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:39

CascadeBeta: Feb 14, 2009; by Cyrano4747

Ogmius815 posted:

I am Arzying because I am worried huge turnout reports are the silent majority finally materializing for Trump.

I had this thought this morning too but what the gently caress deplorable is silent about their support of Trump?

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:40

Pollyanna: Mar 5, 2005; Milk's on them.

What's this about an announcement by the FBI about Clinton?

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:40

Fojar38: Sep 2, 2011; Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia

also here's a stupid take
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Gravy Jones posted:

Some guy on reddit: "Is t the guy on the left is wearing a shirt with a picture of Trump with a black eye?"

Is this going to be the new "Republicans would have taken West Philadelphia if not for these two black guys!"

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:42

sumie: Mar 29, 2006; GUERNSEY (adj.)

Queasy but umbowed. The kind of feeling one gets when discovering a
plastic compartment in a fridge in which thing are growing.

CascadeBeta posted:

I had this thought this morning too but what the gently caress deplorable is silent about their support of Trump?

I think it's far more likely that Hillary Clinton has silent republican women as supporters, and some interviews I've read have also suggested that at least a bunch of them would be voting for Hillary without telling their families.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:42

Let us English: Feb 21, 2004; Actual photo of Let Us English, probably seen here waking his wife up in the morning talking about chemical formulae when all she wants is a hot cup of shhhhh

Spuckuk posted:

In most European countries, Hillary is more right wing than our right wing conservatives, so it's all relative.

The closest to Trump we have in the UK is UKIP, who polled around 10% in the general election. Disgustingly high, but a long way from the 40% minimum Trump will get.

Hillary is to the left of the Tories. Don't kid yourself. Hillary is anti austerity and pro immigration.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:42

Shammypants: May 25, 2004; Let me tell you about true luxury.

The silent majority will unskew the polls! OVERSAMPLING

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:42

Arsenic Lupin: Apr 12, 2012; This particularly rapid💨 unintelligible 😖patter💁 isn't generally heard🧏‍♂️, and if it is🤔, it doesn't matter💁.

Dexo posted:

https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/795833821501460480

#Actually

I'm not so sure about that. As Immigration was a hell of a thing, and most Black people probably do have a fairly long lineage in this country.

Edit for the hell of it :

https://twitter.com/brujaaverde/status/795841701495603200

https://twitter.com/AnnCoulter/status/795844444763422721

It's even better; neither Trump, two of his wives (Ivana and Melania), nor any of his children could vote. Me, I'm still enjoying the madness of "at least four grandparents". Kourtney Has Three Grandmothers, a touching tale of polygamy.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:42

punk rebel ecks: Dec 11, 2010; A shitty post? This calls for a dance of deduction.

What time do poll results usually start coming in?

And at what time do they usually determine a victor?

I realize that for the latter it likely depends, but what was it like for say Romney?

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:43

OctaMurk: Jun 21, 2013

703 posted:

Hi thread, how do I vote against right to work being added to Virginia's constitution?

Reading question 1 makes my head hurt

vote no

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:43

Iron Lung: Jul 24, 2007; Life.Iron Lung. Death.

Ogmius815 posted:

I am Arzying because I am worried huge turnout reports are the silent majority finally materializing for Trump.

Please go do something else instead of having anxiety attacks all day friend. Nothing you can do now. Go for a hike! Steal a dog to play with! Hike with that dog!

Bummed I didn't get an I voted sticker since I mailed mine in last week, but friends in AZ are reporting 1.5 hour waits already!

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:44

Brony Car: May 22, 2014; by Cyrano4747

chappey posted:

I screwed up and voted at the precinct of my old address (county) and realize it's been more than 30 days since I moved. One a scale of 1-to-gently caress-me-in-the-rear end, where have I landed and can/should I do anything at this point? This is in NC.

If they let you vote, I don't see what the issue is. Did you have to fill out some kind of provisional ballot?

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:45

BearDrivingTruck: Oct 15, 2011; You see the most shocking sights sometimes

I'm leaving in 15 minutes to vote straight D in the bluest part of California. Thank god the polling place is 2 blocks away from where I work.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:45

FizFashizzle: Mar 30, 2005

zakharov posted:

Report from NYC: I voted just fine, but several polling sites don't have pens somehow. Incredible.

yeah my girflriend had the same problem in atlanta

someone had one job and dropped the ball

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:45

sean10mm: Jun 29, 2005; It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, MAD-2R World

The Silent Majority in 2016 is full of women and minorities and votes Democrat.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:46

fknlo: Jul 6, 2009; Fun Shoe

Ogmius815 posted:

I am Arzying because I am worried huge turnout reports are the silent majority finally materializing for Trump.

No, you're just doing what you've already been doing for weeks. Chill out you loving spaz.

Taking my pre game dump before i bus a bunch of illegals from red States to the polls here in Missouri to make sure we can flip a Senate seat.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:45

The Ol Spicy Keychain: Jan 17, 2013; I MEPHISTO MY OWN ASSHOLE

Seeing deplorables on Twitter passing around stories of trump voters apparently being harassed and threatened with guns at polling places..

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:46

sourdough: Apr 30, 2012

Ogmius815 posted:

I am Arzying because I am worried huge turnout reports are the silent majority finally materializing for Trump.

I wish this was in CSPAM so I could tell you what I want to tell you :flame:

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:46

Pollyanna: Mar 5, 2005; Milk's on them.

+1 for straight Democrat downticket here in Boston. Voted Yes on 4 and 5, No on the rest. Crossing my fingers that everything goes my way.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:47

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

Mixodorian posted:

Just caught this one too. This is seriously some garbage. Why are you only calling Baraka a "huge fuckin anti-semite" but not Jill?

Amazing that you are quicker to call Baraka an anti-semite than the Times of Israel. I have a strong feeling it's because he is black.

Is Jill Stein a huge fuckin anti-semite too? I don't know anything about that. I don't know what the Times of Israel are either

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:47

goethe.cx: Apr 23, 2014

Pollyanna posted:

What's this about an announcement by the FBI about Clinton?

What?

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:47

Saros: Dec 29, 2009; Its almost like we're a Bureaucracy, in space!

I set sail for the Planet of Lab Requisitions!!

https://twitter.com/scottbix/status/795993484801011712

Amazing.

Saros fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Nov 8, 2016

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:48

Arsenic Lupin: Apr 12, 2012; This particularly rapid💨 unintelligible 😖patter💁 isn't generally heard🧏‍♂️, and if it is🤔, it doesn't matter💁.

punk rebel ecks posted:

What time do poll results usually start coming in?

And at what time do they usually determine a victor?

I realize that for the latter it likely depends, but what was it like for say Romney?

By tradition, nobody reports winners or losers in each state (including exit poll results) until the polls close. One website is threatening to break that embargo; we'll see. Sometimes the networks know who won wayyyy before the polls close, and you can tell by the anchors' faces or allusions that they are pining for 5PM or whatever so they can tell you what they already know.

Given the voter-suppression efforts that cram thousands of voters into single voting areas, nobody even knows when the polls are going to close; there's a good chance that in many urban areas there will be multi-line hours at the polls when official closing times come. Given that, I think we're in for a long evening of smug anchors with locked lips.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:48

Erwin the German: May 30, 2011; :3

+1 for Killary in New York. Voted at 6 AM, polling place is right around the block from me. Some idiot old woman ahead of me kept complaining that private industry should handle the voting process and I really wanted to smack her, but other than that, no issues.

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spunkshui: Oct 5, 2011

CascadeBeta posted:

I had this thought this morning too but what the gently caress deplorable is silent about their support of Trump?

Basically we have hard evidence that came out in the last week that Hillarys' campaign has been cheating with zero re-guards for law or ethics while planning to blame Russia for months.

No surprise, we should be used to this behavior based on the Clinton leadership record of the past.

These are the people who staff literally glued desk draws shut and broke all the W keys on keyboards when they got kicked out of the white house last time.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:48

Guy Goodbody: Aug 31, 2016; by Nyc_Tattoo

punk rebel ecks posted:

What time do poll results usually start coming in?

And at what time do they usually determine a victor?

I realize that for the latter it likely depends, but what was it like for say Romney?

For Romney and McCain the election was called around 11 PM. Clinton is trending towards at least the same kind of victory as Obama got, so I'd expect tonight to be similar

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:49

OddObserver: Apr 3, 2009

Guy Goodbody posted:

Is Jill Stein a huge fuckin anti-semite too? I don't know anything about that. I don't know what the Times of Israel are either

Nah, she prefers to be bigoted against Eastern Europeans.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:49

WampaLord: Jan 14, 2010

spunkshui posted:

Basically we have hard evidence that came out in the last week that Hillarys' campaign has been cheating with zero re-guards for law or ethics while planning to blame Russia for months.

No surprise, we should be used to this behavior based on the Clinton leadership record of the past.

These are the people who staff literally glued desk draws shut and broke all the W keys on keyboards when they got kicked out of the white house last time.

Hahaha, holy poo poo we got a live one.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:50

Cingulate: Oct 23, 2012; by Fluffdaddy

Saros posted:

Amazing.

He looks like he's decomposing internally. Didn't know how quickly self loathing could kill a man.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:50

Hollismason: Jun 30, 2007; An alright dude.

I've always had anxiety about elections ,but I've never had fear it will be nice to stop being afraid.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:50

botany: Apr 27, 2013; by Lowtax

spunkshui posted:

Basically we have hard evidence that came out in the last week that Hillarys' campaign has been cheating with zero re-guards for law or ethics while planning to blame Russia for months.

No surprise, we should be used to this behavior based on the Clinton leadership record of the past.

These are the people who staff literally glued desk draws shut and broke all the W keys on keyboards when they got kicked out of the white house last time.

"hard evidence" lmao

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:49

Harrow: Jun 30, 2012

punk rebel ecks posted:

What time do poll results usually start coming in?

And at what time do they usually determine a victor?

I realize that for the latter it likely depends, but what was it like for say Romney?

You can expect results to start coming in around 7 PM EST, with the election called by 11 PM EST barring anything completely insane happening.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:50

rare Magic card l00k: Jan 3, 2011

Guy Goodbody posted:

For Romney and McCain the election was called around 11 PM. Clinton is trending towards at least the same kind of victory as Obama got, so I'd expect tonight to be similar

And for what it's worth, by the time Obama/McCain got called we knew it was over, because it would have taken California going McCain for it not to be done.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:50

Soothing Vapors: Mar 26, 2006; Associate Justice Lena "Kegels" Dunham: An uncool thought to have: 'is that guy walking in the dark behind me a rapist? Never mind, he's Asian.

Walked in on a cluster of secretaries in the break room whispering about how bad things are gonna be if Trump loses. Cold reality setting in and it burns them like fire. Meanwhile, I found out I can achieve touchless orgasm

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:52

Harrow: Jun 30, 2012

I'm flashing back to the time I got to do election coverage on my college radio station in 2008 and it was just me and my liberal friends, who'd spent the past week canvassing for Obama, freaking out as states kept turning blue. That was a fun night.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:51

OldTennisCourt: Sep 11, 2011; by VideoGames

Like I know this election has been rough, but going into a panic whenever you see Hillary merely 1 point AHEAD of Trump in a state is dumb as poo poo.

# ? Nov 8, 2016 15:51

Arsenic Lupin: Apr 12, 2012; This particularly rapid💨 unintelligible 😖patter💁 isn't generally heard🧏‍♂️, and if it is🤔, it doesn't matter💁.

Harrow posted:

You can expect results to start coming in around 7 PM EST, with the election called by 11 PM EST barring anything completely insane happening.

Individual towns' results may start coming in at 7, but there are likely to be hours' worth of people standing in line when the polls close. Nobody (I hope) is going to call North Carolina until all the people in line have voted.

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Hollismason: Jun 30, 2007; An alright dude.

I actually don't think we'll get a call tonight until late because the news media will wants to ratchet up the anxiety and fear in their newscasts to get more viewers .

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