American presidential election

[sweetiepi]

Just a curious poll to see who people think will win the election...


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[Aaron]

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[Calebark]

I vote Mildred , the candidate from Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary. I think her dogma is the opposite of a catastrophe. She is not a pugilistic candidate, she is very peaceful. Come on guys, embark on the Mildred Ship!

Edit: In all seriousness though, I'd say it'd be very difficult for a third party candidate to win without first solidifying their party as the third party, not a third party.

[HighTide]

I vote Mildred , the candidate from Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary. I think her dogma is the opposite of a catastrophe. She is not a pugilistic candidate, she is very peaceful. Come on guys, embark on the Mildred Ship!

Edit: In all seriousness though, I'd say it'd be very difficult for a third party candidate to win without first solidifying their party as the third party, not a third party.

That was so cringeworthy, it made me smile. 

[jamonwindeyer]

As close as it has seemed in the final days, it's quite possible that the US Media Outlets just agreed to all pump up how close it was I'm thinking Clinton, it's been such a bizarre couple of months I'm almost sad to see the circus end 

[The Usual Student]

im just here to see if AN has any trumpers

[HopefulLawStudent]

I just realised... the world will be a different place after my last exam (Legal). Should know who wins by then.

I just hope that Trump doesnt win (I'm not gonna say it's impossible though cos that's what I said about Brexit and look how that went...).

[Joseph41]

I'm going to both enjoy and hate the next 24 hours. Bigly.

[sweetiepi]

I'm going to both enjoy and hate the next 24 hours. Bigly.

Same. #bigAmericancircus

[spectroscopy]

i think its about 80% likely clinton will win and 20% trump. i actually placed a bet on clinton for a laugh at like 1.50 or something and now its alot lower than that. trumps pretty much fucked now as he has made the most critical error possible for an american presidential candidate and that is to upset * mobilise the hispanic/latino community. historically they have very very low voter turn out and are WAY underrepresented but there have been record numbers of them turning out to vote even for early voting and with clinton already having a lead i think this will pretty much hammer the nail n the coffin for trump. this will definitely hurt him especially in florida which is a super important state and it will weaken his lead in alot of the red southern states too. arizonas population is like 30% hispanic/latino and alot of these southern states have seen their economies be helped quite a bit by NAFTA which trump hates which will only further the amount of people against him. i think clinton pretty safely has this one

[elysepopplewell]

If Hillary wins Florida, it's all over for Trump. But, it is a bit of a retirement state...I saw a program yesterday that went to several groups for retired people around Florida and took some polls (lawn bowls, bingo, even a knitting group lol), and Trump was an overwhelming winner amongst that demographic. OBVIOUSLY, this is not some reputable poll, but I don't doubt that an older demographic would admire the stability and security "promised" in Trump's campaign. 
I hope Hillary wins, I think she's very admirable.

Edit: Polls closing in Floria...

[vox nihili]

If Hillary wins Florida, it's all over for Trump. But, it is a bit of a retirement state...I saw a program yesterday that went to several groups for retired people around Florida and took some polls (lawn bowls, bingo, even a knitting group lol), and Trump was an overwhelming winner amongst that demographic. OBVIOUSLY, this is not some reputable poll, but I don't doubt that an older demographic would admire the stability and security "promised" in Trump's campaign. 
I hope Hillary wins, I think she's very admirable.

Edit: Polls closing in Floria...

Senate race in Florida is also one to watch. Marco Rubio looks to be on the nose there.

Has been bouncing around all morning though, Hillary is marginally ahead in Florida with a 2% lead over Trump and 25% of the vote counted. Looks as though she's won in all of the major cities there except for Jacksonville, whilst Trump has swept the rural counties.

[vox nihili]

Just a friendly update for everyone:



Trump is performing better than expected. New York Times have just switched their prediction to a Trump win (their prediction is dynamic; i.e. it's based on the results as they come in).
Also notable is the fact that Clinton looks set to lose Virginia, where her running mate (Tim Kaine) was both governor and senator.

[Joseph41]

I was up a lot of the night watching the coverage, had a nap for a couple of hours, and the feel of the thing has certainly changed in that time IMO.

[vox nihili]

Results are firming for Trump, with the NY Times now giving him a 66% chance of victory. This is from an 80% chance of a Clinton victory when the count started; so momentum is well and truly with Trump.



TL;DR: gg world