I reckon that's a bit of an overcorrection. It's still close. I'd have Clinton at 2.5.
She's getting everything she needs in the west by the looks of things, so it's going to come down to New Hampshire/Pennsylvania/Michigan. Possibly Wisconsin and Minnesota, which nobody is talking about yet, but probably ought to be, given the high rural voter turnout.
Some people in work laughed at me when I said I was taking today/tomorrow off so I could stay up all night watching this but there's nothing quite like the excitement of an election night.
The concession/victory speeches will be the funniest things in world history.
Why are those sad plebs crying at 'Clinton HQ'?
In fairness, if they're there, they've probably invested a serious amount of time and effort in the leadup to the election. That's got to feel like a hell of a waste if you lose.
It'd be a bit lame if you're crying on your couch at home, but if you put in that much, you're pretty involved.
That purple woman on the Beeb was the definition of delusional.
They will be bealing because, rather than mourning their wasted afternoons, they will have genuinely convinced themselves that this is 1933.
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So can we accept that the polls are run by a bunch of liberal hacks at this stage?
So, 2016. What a shit year.
Look how beautiful it looks:
http://www.nytimes.com/elections/forecast/president
Burn it all down
Ohio's gone.
Yev - the Beeb seem to be well behind on everything. Both Sky News and CNN are live streaming in YouTube if you fancy more upto date info, albeit presenting by way of flying holograms sponsored by Geiko.
God, we're going to have to listen to more of his stilted speeches. Bigly's going to become an actual thing.
As long as someone gets it into his head that nukes are a bad, bad thing, it won't do too much damage in the big scheme of things. Not for the rest of us, anyway.
Cheers John, I'll stick to Brillo though.
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I'm going to black out.
Thank you God.
It's weird to me that it takes them so long to count New Hampshire. They've done 99% of Florida already, and New Hampshire is smaller and closes earlier.
I can tolerate a lot of the 'lol murica' stuff but the religious nuts still look mental however hard I try.
Maybe he'll have the FBI storm in to arrest Hillary when she's giving her concession speech.
Michigan's tightening, because of course it is.
83% chance according to NYT.
Don't bottle this now.
@Lewis, our hats have been ordered
They've counted most of Milwaukee and Clinton's still behind in Wisconsin. That'll do it, I reckon.
I imagine the lesson that'll get taken from this election is that years of obvious corporate influence leads to massive disaffection in the places that have to eat it when jobs get moved elsewhere. Same thing that was probably in play with Brexit, I'd guess.
Who is going to Facebook/text Spoonsky a 'u okay hun?'
I wonder what all those rural voters will do when Trump doesn't bring any jobs back.
I also wonder if Democrats will actually learn anything from this at all.
I wonder if we're going to get a realignment out of this. Midwest turning solid red, possibly as a trade for some of the more racially-diverse southern states next go around.
Someone get me a live stream of John Oliver's face.
The protest vote line being wheeled out again. It's starting.
Depends how solidly the Midwest sticks with Trump if nothing improves I think.
Facebook already flaring up.
Is Trump winning Florida as massive as I think it is? He's basically over the line at this point.
He's won/going to win, that much is pretty clear.
Basically means Clinton can't afford any more lost ground in blue/swing states in which she's favoured if I'm understanding this right. Which if the rest of the results are anything to go by leaves her fucked.
Senate is basically done, Republicans will keep control even if Trump does lose.
http://michaelmoore.com/trumpwillwin/
Michael Moore, a few months back, on why Trump would win. Quite a good read.
And this is where the math comes in. In 2012, Mitt Romney lost by 64 electoral votes. Add up the electoral votes cast by Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. It’s 64. All Trump needs to do to win is to carry, as he’s expected to do, the swath of traditional red states from Idaho to Georgia (states that’ll never vote for Hillary Clinton), and then he just needs these four rust belt states. He doesn’t need Florida. He doesn’t need Colorado or Virginia. Just Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. And that will put him over the top. This is how it will happen in November.
Jesus Christ they've actually voted him in
What a great year for the liberal elite.