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Edit 11:55 PM Pacific
Kentucky (8), Indiana (11), West Virginia (4), Florida (30), South Carolina (9), Tennessee (11), Alabama (9), Mississippi (6), Oklahoma (7), Arkansas (6), North Dakota (3), South Dakota (3), Nebraska (5*), Wyoming (3), Louisiana (8), Texas (40), Ohio (17), Missouri (10), Montana (4), Utah (6), Idaho (4), Iowa (6), Kansas (6), North Carolina (BG-16), Georgia (BG-16), Pennsylvanya (BG-19) called for Trump.

Vermont (3), Connecticut (7), District of Columbia (3), Maryland (10), Massachusetts (11), Rhode Island (4), Delaware (3), Illinois (19), New Jersey (14), New York (28), Colorado (10), California (54), Washington (12), Oregon (8), Virginia (13), Hawaii (4), New Mexico (5), New Hampshire (4), Minnesota (10) for Harris.

2 counties in PA have extended voting hours due to voting machine problems. 9:30 PM in one, 10:00 PM in the other.

Multiple precincts in Georgia have extended hours due to bomb threats.

Edit 03:09 PM Pacific Harris wins Guam.

https://www.guampdn.com/news/guam-picks-harris-over-trump-in-non-binding-presidential-straw-poll/article_657b06b8-9b97-11ef-9896-1302c4e2ebe9.html

This thread is for the Presidential election, my plan is to start marking wins as soon as they are called, sorted by time zone.

Some states are going to take longer than others. Polls generally close at 8 PM local time, but they can't start counting early/mail in votes until after the polls close.

Wisconsin in particular has an interesting system where ballots are collected by MUNICIPALITY, not precinct, they have over 1,800 ballot counting locations and don't report until ALL 1,800 are in.

https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2024/10/22/wisconsin-voters-election-milwaukee-security-denier

Currently 232 EC votes from Blue States:

4+19+10+7+3+3+4+10+11 +4+14+28+4+3+13+54+12 +10+5+8+6

42 EC votes from Battleground States:

10+15+11+6

NC called for Trump. -16 here, +16 to Trump.

GA called for Trump. -16 here, +16 to Trump.

PA called for Trump. -19 here, +19 to Trump.

Which leaves 264 EC votes in Red States.

9+6+6+6+8+6+10+5+3+7 +3+40+30+11+8+17+9+11+4+3+4+4+3+16+16+19

270 to Win.

Online map here!

https://apnews.com/projects/election-results-2024/

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Remember; most mail ins are democrat. If it looks bad that's because we are not close to done.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 14 hours ago

Last election it 100% looked like Trump was going to win until the mail in dam broke.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 15 hours ago (6 children)

I am on edge and dooming. If Trump wins it's all over. I'll likely literally die.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 15 hours ago

Get your favourite show on netflix and watch that. No point in giving yourself mini heart attacks every time a county with 15 farmer’s ballots get counted.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Go over to Reddit if you want to have a nervous breakdown. It's a complete shitshow over there at the moment.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (3 children)

I don't get it. There haven't been any surprises yet.

Pretty much every state is following as expected. Its going to be super close and come down to PA, MI, and WI.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

I'm losing my ability to give a fuck at this point. Everything short of large scale civil unrest or political revolution is basically business as usual. Whatever happens I'm sure we'll fucking deserve it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

If you're looking at which states have been called then there may not be any surprises, but things like the NYT needle are following trends in states which are yet to be called.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Republican counties, with their fewer number of citizens, always report first. Rural areas are easier to count. Democrat counties, which tend to be urban, have far larger numbers and report later.

The trend doesn't matter on election day. Republicans always get the first wave, then Democrats catch up later. The question is how many urban areas are remaining in each state?

Answer: Lots for VA and NC. That's why AP hasn't called. Ignore the websites or newspapers that try to give you truth before the urban centers (with massive populations) dramatically shift the vote around.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago

Republican counties, with their fewer number of citizens, always report first. Rural areas are easier to count. Democrat counties, which tend to be urban, have far larger numbers and report later.

the problem is trump is over performing in those counties relative to 2020.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

The NYT needle for the popular vote is currently leaning toward Trump, what the fuck is going on? lol

https://i.imgur.com/n7IYQxh.png

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-06/us-presidential-election-live-updates-kamala-harris-donald-trump/104546228?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web#live-blog-post-132409

This clip talks through the swings towards Trump in a bunch of demographics. It's just bizarre.

For example college educated women have swung towards trump. What the fuck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

So, so, so much of this is the Israel/palestine issue. I cannot imagine it’s different. Especially when you talk about younger people and college educated voters.

But it’s not just because people care about it. It’s that it was a massive, opportunistic wedge issue that people looking to depress turnout used to bolster trumps chances. I’m not going to say who those people were that wanted to see this change, but the amount of people I’ve seen talking about it online, the amount of people I’ve talked to in person who just didn’t vote and cited the genocide…there’s no doubt in my mind it was Kamala’s silence until literally yesterday about “doing everything in her power to end the war in Gaza” that really put the nail in the coffin for her. And even that is light language (the day before Election Day, no less) when discussing genocide. But you see, those of us who care about it had this button purposefully pressed for us in order to hurt Kamala’s chances. Even when I’m describing that situation, I have a hard time not framing it as the legitimate issue it is. Because it’s a massive issue. A fuckin holocaust is happening before our eyes.

But things are about to get much, much worse for those people. Because the internet stoked the (very legitimate) feelings of anger. It’s not a solution to blow the entire situation up so you can say “well I didn’t vote for genocide.” It’s happening. And it’s about to get so much worse.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

California hasn't been counted yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

That'll take like a week to finish count

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

it's more of a panic over county margins compared to 2020 that they're showing on TV.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 15 hours ago

My despair is through the roof right now. What a mess.

I quite literally think I might have half a diazepam to get me through the next 6 hours or so.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago

We still got mid terms and we still got 2028. And if it comes to it we still got violence

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Hey, you survived one trump term.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Over a million people didn't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

Yeah, not saying it was a good time.

Just trying to inject a little positivity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

It's truly terrible.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Are most mail in ballots democrat this year? I thought republicans were pushing that more with their base. But I don't know if they actually did it or if they voted more in person.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

They have been anti mail in for a long time and still are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

How long before those are counted?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

It depends on the state. In some states, they're counted first, but some states do the opposite and some (NV) don't release any data until everyone is out of the poll lines. The final numbers will also vary since many states just require a post mark on or before election day - these "late" votes are counted last.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

I’m hoping this all amounts to good news because right now things aren’t looking good.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago