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Edit 12:11 PM 11/6 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), Wisconsin (10), Michigan (15) 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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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I'm in Canada and anxiously following this dumb election ... mostly because I have to because whoever wins will affect my life too.

This is like watching my neighbours standing outside their burning house and having an argument about which fire department they should call ..... while the house fire grows in size. And the choices of fire departments is a regular fire department or the other department which is a bunch of guys in a half ton truck with buckets of water.

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[–] spacesatan@leminal.space -5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Looking forward to checking the results on my next break and seeing trump winning every swing state. I knew he would win, it is both the funniest and worst outcome, it was meant to be. We're gonna watch his brain turn ever more thoroughly into goo for the next ~4 years and make even more insane headlines than last time.

*on my next break and I called it lol. Nothing called by AP yet but he's up in MI, PA, GA, and WI. Strap in.

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[–] fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Any ideas what might be the best way to observe this shit show unfold if your not in the US?

... other than here I mean.

Edit: for those wondering the time zones are:

Pacific: UTC -8:00 Eastern: UTC -5:00

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 33 points 3 days ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

8 PM Eastern / 5 PM Pacific

Puerto Rico - Nonbinding - Harris win.
United States Virgin Islands - Not voting.
(D 7 EC Votes) Connecticut - Called For Harris
(D 3) Delaware - Called For Harris
(D 3) District of Columbia - Called For Harris
(R 30) Florida - Called For Trump
(BG 16) Georgia - Called For Trump
(R 11) Indiana - Called for Trump
(R 8) Kentucky - Called for Trump
(D 4) Maine - Proportional
(D 10) Maryland - Called For Harris
(D 11) Massachusetts - Called For Harris
(BG 15) Michigan - Called For Trump
(D 4) New Hampshire - Called For Harris
(D 14) New Jersey - Called For Harris
(D 28) New York - Called For Harris
(BG 16) North Carolina - Called For Trump
(R 17) Ohio - Called For Trump
(BG 19) Pennsylvania - Called For Trump
(D 4) Rhode Island - Called For Harris
(R 9) South Carolina - Called For Trump
(R 11) Tennessee - Called For Trump
(D 3) Vermont - Called For Harris
(D 13) Virginia - Called For Harris
(R 4) West Virginia - Called for Trump

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

9 PM Eastern / 6 PM Pacific
(R 9 EC Votes) Alabama - Called For Trump
(R 6) Arkansas - Called For Trump
(D 19) Illinois - Called For Harris
(R 6) Iowa - Called For Trump
(R 6) Kansas - Called For Trump
(R 8) Louisiana - Called For Trump
(D 10) Minnesota - Called For Harris
(R 6) Mississippi - Called For Trump
(R 10) Missouri - Called For Trump
(R 5) Nebraska - Called For Trump
(R 3) North Dakota - Called For Trump
(R 7) Oklahoma - Called For Trump
(R 3) South Dakota - Called For Trump
(R 40) Texas - Called For Trump
(BG 10) Wisconsin - Called For Trump

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 78 points 1 day ago (4 children)

I am extremely troubled for the future of America. Not because of the current election results; but that this many Americans think Trump was and will be a good president. It’s infuriating the amount of single issue voters there are in the US.

[–] meowMix2525@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I think we need to stop wondering why Republicans are doing so well and with that, lamenting that just over half of the ~~minority~~ voting population in this country will proudly vote for open fascists; stop imagining voters in the middle who are going to magically defect from the right if Democrats outflank them on the right's own invented issues; and start asking ourselves whose votes the Democrats are actually campaigning for if not ours.

[–] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

this many Americans think Trump was and will be a good president.

I think fewer people think this than think trump and his ignoring rules and laws is their ticket to power and influence for their cause and thing that trump is a means that is justified by the end.

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[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 60 points 1 day ago (35 children)

I can't believe we're a few votes away from having a stooge at the helm and an anti vaxxer as the head of the CDC and FDA.

This fucking hurts.

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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 58 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Trump kills a million Americans with Covid and they put him back in office. Unreal.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 37 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Not just that, part of his campaign message was "are you better off now than you were 4 years ago". 4 years ago was lockdowns and bodies being stored in refrigerated trucks.

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Pretty god damn sad that American are this fucking racist and stupid.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 57 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Texas waited until the 29th of October to mail out my ballot. As of today (November 3rd), I have yet to receive it. I fully expect Texas to fuck me over.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

That's crazy late to mail it OUT. Too late even to mail it back. You'll have to either find a drop box or hand deliver it to county elections HQ.

If you don't get it in time, you can always vote in person.

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[–] spector@lemmy.ca 52 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Well damn. This is as much a referendum on the character of America. What a searing indictment that it's even close at all.

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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 49 points 1 day ago

Missouri passes a statewide abortion protection which will be overturned next year by the guy they voted for President.

Brilliant!

[–] imposedsensation@lemmynsfw.com 43 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Goodbye Gaza... great work everybody! Also, this is shocking. 😐

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Goodbye Ukraine. Unless All of Europe Unites and militarizes, its over.

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Goodbye to the climate.

Goodbye to NATO.

Goodbye to US world leadership.

Jesus Christ. What an epic disaster.

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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 42 points 1 day ago (4 children)

So this is what we are as a nation?

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 32 points 1 day ago

Yes. Yes, it is.

It's not what we want, but reality doesn't give a fuck about what we want.

We have to get ourselves ready for the shit storm that's coming.

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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 37 points 1 day ago

Wait until the FBI, IRS, and DOJ is weaponized against Trump's opponents. With Presidential immunity. Jesus Christ.

[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago (10 children)

I have young kids.. My wife always asks me if bringing them into this world was a mistake. I was always the optimist telling her I didn't think it so. Now I don't know what to feel. What are they going to do... Ugh. This is a waking nightmare. I'm scared.

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 32 points 1 day ago (8 children)

When the shit starts, America, don't forget he told you exactly what he was going to do. You voted for what's coming.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I didn’t that’s for damn sure so don’t lump everyone in one group. That’s just as ignorant as the trumpers!

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[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

+1 cat lady vote in Michigan!

.

(And I got their last cat sticker)

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[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

jordanlund is a Lemminal treasure. This thread needs to be pinned to the top of Lemmy (if that was a thing).

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 30 points 1 day ago

SCOTUS is gone for 40 years.

Death clock started for the New Deal.

[–] LostMyRedditLogin@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So much for that Iowa poll.

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[–] LostMyRedditLogin@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago (17 children)

Whoever ran the Harris campaign on Reddit deserves their salary. That was an amazing echo chamber that had me fooled. I was expecting a blue wave better than Biden 2020. Too bad it doesn't translate into the election.

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[–] LostMyRedditLogin@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (6 children)

It's game over if Michigan falls to Trump. Good job being mealy mouthed about genocide. We can't upset AIPAC can we?

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (18 children)

It's going to boil down to ~~VA~~, PA, MI, WI, MN. A Trump win in any of them puts him over the top. Harris has to take all ~~five~~ four. VA just got called for Harris. 1 down, 4 to go.

MSNBC called PA for Trump, that's it. It's over.

But the "Anti-Genocide" vote in Michigan is not significant.

Donald Trump 47,322,739 votes (52.5%)
Kamala Harris 41,760,788 votes (46.3%)
Jill Stein 334,826 votes (0.4%)
Chase Oliver 334,504 votes (0.4%)
Robert Kennedy 291,829 votes (0.3%)
Other candidates 160,156 votes (0.2%)

Harris is down 6 million. The other protest votes are 10% of that.

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[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Just listened to Selzer break down her methodology in clear, simple terms. I'm starting to think the polling error this cycle is pretty big, and Harris is going to win handily.

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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (8 children)

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

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (19 children)

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

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