Election Night Live Blog #2

Posted: November 8, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: U.S. Politics | Tags: , | 89 Comments

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That’s Hillary finishing a speech in the rain in Florida.

Here’s a fresh thread as we continue to watch the returns. North Carolina is looking very good for Clinton right now. Remember she doesn’t need to win Florida, and if she wins North Carolina, Trump won’t have a good path to 270. He also needs to win a blue state, and I don’t see a good candidate. Hillary is way up in Michigan and Wisconsin. She could still pull out Florida, because there are votes still out in high Democratic areas in the southern part of the state.

 

Election Night Live Blog

Posted: November 8, 2016 | Author: | Filed under: morning reads, U.S. Politics | Tags: | 94 Comments
Hillary's election night stage.

Hillary’s election night stage.

We’ll be getting real results soon. Right now it’s looking very good for Hillary in Florida, and as we all know by now, if she wins Florida it will be over for Trump unless something really weird and completely unexpected happens. There are lots of places to watch the returns come in once the votes are actually being counted. I like the New York Times site; but if you have other recommendations, please share.

Another interesting site to look at is Slate’s Election Day Votecastr. They are releasing information from exit polls throughout the day. You can see what the turnout has been for registered Democrats and Republicans. It’s the first time any media organization has done this.

Another place to check out is Vox’s live tracking of Senate races.

Armando (Big Tent Democrat) has been live tweeting turnout info from Florida all day long, so you might want to check out his Twitter timeline.

Al Giordano will be live tweeting his data evaluations on his timeline once the votes start coming in.

I’m also watching MSNBC, but so far it hasn’t been all that enlightening. I hope Rachel Maddow and Chris Mathews won’t be on all night. I’m a lot more interesting in what Lawrence O’Donnell and Joy Reid have to say frankly. And please MSNBC, send Steve Kornacki to the showers. I’m done with him and his dramatic arm waving.

So those are some of the places I’ll be checking to see what’s happening in the all-important swing states. Again, let me know if you have any other suggestions.

Go Hillary Go!