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Will Trump become President?

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  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,024
    Seeing a lot of posts on here and twitter with people saying they're shocked, speechless, lost for words etc. but is anyone honestly really that surprised, especially so soon after Brexit and with all recent polls saying they were so close in the voting.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    BBC News website crashed
  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772

    Deerhunter country backing Trump. Great film
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,800
    This could be a 269 - 269 tie.
  • SheffieldRed
    SheffieldRed Posts: 3,772
    Rob said:

    This could be a 269 - 269 tie.

    Unlikely but wouldn't that result in a Trump presidency anyway
  • buckshee
    buckshee Posts: 7,867
    Hilary Clinton , such a piss poor candidate that Trump is going to win!
  • 1StevieG
    1StevieG Posts: 10,964
    The worlds biggest arsehole could be the most powerful man in the world.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,800
    SheffieldRed said:

    Rob said:

    This could be a 269 - 269 tie.

    Unlikely but wouldn't that result in a Trump presidency anyway
    No, @SDAddick can provide the details but there are a couple of states that split their electoral college vote and normally they have minimal consequence but in this election they could actually decide things.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,800
    Maine and Nebraska split their electoral college votes.
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    215 - 244
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  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,101
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  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,800
    CNN is showing 238 - 209.
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    edited November 2016
    The Google US Election map shows Trump on course to get another 61 (AZ (11), WI (10), MI (16), PA (20), NH (4)) in addition to the current 244 - taking him to 305. Whilst Hillary - at what we currently know - would get another 14 (NV (6), MN (10), ME (4)) in addition to her 221; so a total of 235.

    Google US Election map - https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=us election (and I took the Electoral College vote numbers from Wikipedia... but, either my maths is wrong or the map was wrong?)

    So Trump - surprisingly - is on course, and it looks all but confirmed.

    Edit: Sky are calling NV.
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,101
    Rob said:

    CNN is showing 238 - 209.

    I have 244, 216.
  • Rob
    Rob Posts: 11,800
    LuckyReds said:

    The Google US Election map shows Trump on course to get another 61 (AZ (11), WI (10), MI (16), PA (20), NH (4)) in addition to the current 244 - taking him to 305. Whilst Hillary - at what we currently know - would get another 14 (NV (6), MN (10), ME (4)) in addition to her 221; so a total of 235.

    So Trump - surprisingly - is on course, and it looks all but confirmed.

    Edit: Sky are calling NV.

    Not quite. Still a way to go in MI, PA, NH and AZ. It looks like Trump has WI.

    CNN electoral map is now 238-215. Clinton just picked up Nevada.
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    Rob said:

    CNN is showing 238 - 209.

    Ah, it looks like Sky are a little eager in the UK then. I'm getting @i_b_b_o_r_g's numbers too. (And via BBC I think, presumably they're using the same source)
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,024
    The big question is, just how long into his presidential term will he last before there's an assassination attempt?
  • Halix
    Halix Posts: 2,237
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    The big question is, just how long into his presidential term will he last before there's an assassination attempt?

    Its going to be a race between this, and him blowing the world up.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    edited November 2016
    Rob said:

    SheffieldRed said:

    Rob said:

    This could be a 269 - 269 tie.

    Unlikely but wouldn't that result in a Trump presidency anyway
    No, @SDAddick can provide the details but there are a couple of states that split their electoral college vote and normally they have minimal consequence but in this election they could actually decide things.
    This is going to sound sarcastic but it's so true, I am so honored to be our go to elections anorak.

    Yes, 269/269 is possible if Trump and Clinton basically exchange Arizona and Wisconsin.

    http://www.270towin.com/maps/GJOdK

    BUT, that would means Clinton sweeps New Hampshire, Maine, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Right now Clinton and Trump are swapping the lead in Pennsylvania which was meant to be solid blue. Clinton is trailing in New Hampshire. I haven't seen Maine results in a bit.

    Also, if an upset were going to happen in Arizona I think I would have seen at least whispers about it by now and there's nothing.
  • LuckyReds
    LuckyReds Posts: 5,866
    edited November 2016
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    The big question is, just how long into his presidential term will he last before there's an assassination attempt?

    Why does he have to start his presidential term before there's an attempt, there's still a couple of months before he would start.. In all fairness, I imagine it would be quite a task to bump him off, but I dare say there will be people that have already made plots.

    One things for certain though; I wouldn't want to a Police Officer in the US over the next few weeks. Whoever wins there's going to be some very very angry people. I hope that nothing similar spreads over here, but all it takes is Social Media. (Thankfully, cold wet weather seems to stop the British from protesting or rioting too hard.)

    Speculation aside though, because I hope I'm wrong, but I hope all our American addicks keep safe out there.
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  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,321
    You can't assassinate several hundred million idiots
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    Right I'm going a bed, gotta be up at 6
  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    oh
  • philcafc
    philcafc Posts: 3,885
    Not quite finished yet but unless Clinton turns it round in Pennsylvania & Michigan Trump is the winner. Must admit that i didn't see this coming but perhaps after Brexit we shouldn't be surprised by anything.
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    JessieAddick said:

    Chris_from_Sidcup said:

    The big question is, just how long into his presidential term will he last before there's an assassination attempt?

    Or an impeachment.
    Eh Mike Pence isn't necessarily better.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,024
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,024
  • SDAddick
    SDAddick Posts: 14,467
    Okay, so I'm going to go to bed shortly. But my feeling is this: I thought the George W. Bush years were going to be the end of the world. They weren't. I worried that the Tea Party would be the end of the world. It wasn't. Tomorrow this country will still be the same as it was yesterday, and even if Clinton had won we still would have a large, large, large percentage of this country who are unhappy.

    Unhappy for good reasons (poor economic prospects and fears of becoming a long-term underclass) and unhappy for some absolutely disgusting ones (related to race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and ability). Those people are here regardless of who the President is. And tomorrow, we're all still Americans, and sometimes I'm not that proud to be an American but that is not new.

    This country is, and often has been, more than the sum of the parts of our politicians.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,652
    Did I miss anything?
  • Greenie Junior
    Greenie Junior Posts: 3,881
    Come on trump!

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