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And the winner of the 2016 U.S. Presidential election, as reported by the major mainstream media outlets is Donald Trump. It has also been reported that Hillary Clinton called President-elect Donald Trump to concede.
Electoral vote count (so far): 279 for Donald Trump, 218 for Hillary Clinton. 270 electoral votes are needed to win.
Popular vote: 57,227,164 votes (48.0%) for Donald Trump, 56,279,305 votes (47.2%) for Hillary Clinton. Update: Now it is closer to 59,085,795 votes (47.5%) for Donald Trump and 59,236,903 votes (47.6%) for Hillary Clinton.
Yell, scream, gnash teeth... but please keep it civil.
Results at CNN, NYT, FiveThirtyEight, Wikipedia.
takyon: Republicans have retained control of the House and Senate.
Here's some market news:
Dow futures plunge nearly 750 points as investors warily eye electoral map
Asian markets plummet on likelihood of Trump victory
Bitcoin price soars as Trump pulls ahead
Opinion: How to profit from a Donald Trump victory
Ballot measure results will be covered in an upcoming story. Some initial results can be found at Ballotpedia and CNN.
[TMB Note: Stop breaking stuff, cmn32480]
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 09 2016, @08:10AM
The State is big enough
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 09 2016, @11:44AM
Fek the Republic of California. It's already a different country than the US. Always has been.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 09 2016, @01:26PM
The entire western seaboard voted the same color (is blue dems or reps? I assume dems since it is all liberal-y over there.)
If the whole seaboard seceded it could create a new country with the western portions of Canada, and perhaps everything down through Baja that would more closely match culturally than with the rest of the US, Canada, or Mexico.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday November 09 2016, @03:22PM
But then you'd be ignoring the very significant divisions within those states. Washington State, outside Seattle, is deep red. Oregon, outside Portland and Eugene, the same. California, with the exception of the Bay Area and LA, the same. So really you'd be talking about a half-dozen city-states surrounded by red-staters.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Wednesday November 09 2016, @05:47PM
You really need to look at how the COUNTIES voted. It's not the "entire seaboard", it's a few islands of blue within an ocean of blue.
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(Score: 1, Flamebait) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday November 09 2016, @04:26PM
Dude, please. No, really, please. I'll contribute to the cause. Hell, I'll even show up with a gun to help you against the military. Just GTFO and stay TFO.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by Username on Thursday November 10 2016, @02:23AM
What? The people clamoring for more federal power over the last decade is now for state rights?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 10 2016, @07:18AM
Consistency and an ability to recognize their own hypocrisy hasn't really been their strong suit.
It's like the entire mythology has just been shattered before their eyes, and their broken minds are just grasping for any frail thread.
(Score: 2) by mechanicjay on Thursday November 10 2016, @05:52PM
Its the same kind of idiots who are like, "Oh, I need to move abroad now!" The people I've heard saying this are by and large straight and white.
My VMS box beat up your Windows box.