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Beefalow and the Consumer
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Junior Chimp
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« on: November 10, 2016, 11:05:12 AM »

It's shocking to realize this scenario could have happened, had minority turnout been just a little better in Florida:

9:30 PM: Trump has no path to victory in Florida.  The networks call it for Clinton.  At the Clinton HQ, celebration.  Delirium.  Trump can't win without Florida.  The day is won.  At the Trump HQ, utter dejection.

10:00 PM: Clinton's lead in PA looks tenuous, given where the early count has come in from.  Trump is ahead in WI and MI.  Something's not right.

Midnight: Clinton looks very likely to lose all three states.  The champagne corks go back in.  Hold everything, this is weird.

9:00 AM: Both parties send teams of lawyers into MI, preparing for a recount battle.  The recount never comes, as it becomes clear Trump has won the state.  A shocked Hillary Clinton, having lost Arizona and any path to 270, concedes.

Final map:



Trump 277
Clinton 261


This would have seemed ridiculous three days ago.  It was actually a highly probable outcome in retrospect.

I had a feeling we would get a WTF map when this was all said and done.  The polls said that was unlikely.  The polls were so very wrong.
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