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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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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

2 AM Eastern / 11 PM Pacific
(D - 4 EC votes) Hawaii - Called For Harris

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

6 AM Eastern / 3 AM Pacific:
Guam - Harris 49.46% vs. Trump 46.22%
Northern Mariana Islands - Not voting for President.

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

Source for NMI not voting for President.

https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/pacificbeat/pacific-beat/104547042

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

1 - 2 AM Eastern / 10 - 11 PM Pacific
(R 3 EC Votes) Alaska - Too Early To Call

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

11 PM Eastern / 8 PM Pacific
(D 54 EC Votes) California - Called For Harris
(D 12) Washington - Called For Harris

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

10 PM Eastern / 7 PM Pacific
(BG 11 EC Votes) Arizona - Too Early to Call
(D 10) Colorado - Called For Harris
(R 4) Idaho - Called For Trump
(R 4) Montana - Called For Trump
(BG 6) Nevada - Too Close To Call
(D 5) New Mexico - Called For Harris
(D 8) Oregon - Called For Harris
(D 6) Utah - Called For Trump
(R 3) Wyoming - Called For Trump

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 hours ago

Evil comes in orange.

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 67 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (8 children)

RFK in charge of HHS and Leon in charge of gutting the new deal. Jesus Christ.

EPA gone.

Fight against climate change over.

SCOTUS justice Aileen Cannon.

No fault divorce gone.

National abortion ban.

Free speech destroyed.

Ukraine gone.

Gaza gone.

NATO alliance gone.

U.S. economy wasted.

U.S. military in the streets.

National concentration camps.

LOL. Wtf, Americans?

[–] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 23 points 20 hours ago

Stupider than Russians now. Not hyperbole.

Goons and bullies with all the weapons. On all sides. That is the answer to the Fermi paradox.

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[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 58 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] RandAlThor@lemmy.ca 38 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks America, for the hell you're about to unleash.

[–] Spezi@feddit.org 20 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

They sold out Ukraine to Russia, whats left of Palestina to Israel and Europe to themselves. This will be the new low point in modern history.

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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 32 points 19 hours 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.

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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 58 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 37 points 20 hours 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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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 23 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

MSNBC just called Pennsylvania for Trump. Good night everybody!

[–] Dayroom7485@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for running the thread, appreciate it 🙏

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 15 points 17 hours ago

Thanks! I'm exhausted!

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[–] Aielman15@lemmy.world 13 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

There's no excuse this time around. People know exactly who Trump is, and they have voted for him a second time.

I don't have much to say. I feel a mix of anger and disappointment.

Hopefully the Dems will be able to pick someone better to lead the party four years from now... I wonder what the world will look like four years from now.

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[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.world 36 points 19 hours 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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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 49 points 20 hours ago

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

Brilliant!

[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 78 points 22 hours 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.

[–] TipRing@lemmy.world 40 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

It looks like people think Trump will fix the economy since that is the leading issue in exit polls. Massive trade wars are going to make the inflation of the last 2 years look mild. Americans are deeply stupid.

Yeah it's daft.

Every Trump voter interviewed says something like "yeah he's not perfect but I'm concerned about the economy".

What they actually mean is that they have no idea how the economy works but Trump makes them feel better about hating minorities.

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[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 42 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

So this is what we are as a nation?

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 32 points 20 hours 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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[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 60 points 21 hours 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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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 26 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (12 children)

Harris has ONE path to victory, ONE.

She has to win PA, MI, WI, MN.

Losing any one of those 4 states ends it.

MSNBC just called PA for Trump. That's it, it's over!

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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 44 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Put a fork in human civilization. It's done. The door is closed on climate change.

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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 37 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] imposedsensation@lemmynsfw.com 43 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 45 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 37 points 21 hours 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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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 30 points 20 hours ago

SCOTUS is gone for 40 years.

Death clock started for the New Deal.

[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 35 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

I knew Americans were questionable people, but I didn't imagine they would be this shitty. Jesus.

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[–] spector@lemmy.ca 53 points 22 hours 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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[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago
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