The question, I suppose, is does it mean much more than that.

The markets are initially not happy.

Ah, heck...I know I should just be staying out of this thread and minding my own business, but out of all the things I'm able to let glide off my back, hypocrisy is the one thing that always gets my goat...

Allow me to remind all of you who are asking "Whoa! Where did all these pro-Trump states come from?!" that most of these states you're seeing are states that vote Republican anyways. Some places, it's just a given. Same way as you'd expect all the Pacific states to swing Democrat, it's natural that most of the Midwest/South states swing Republican (and go for Trump by default).
Compare the current Democrat vs. Republican map and it's almost exactly the same as the 2012 election (y'know, the one where Obama, the Democratic candidate, won?) save a couple key "swing states", which are so important because of exactly that: They're the places where, unlike the rest of the country, we have no idea how they'll vote. On top of that, a lot of the traditionally Democratic-leaning states, such as California, carry a lot of electoral votes with them.
Don't call it over until it's actually over. We already had the whole "Dewey Defeats Truman" thing to teach us why counting your eggs before they're hatched is a bad idea.

So, to summarize:
The majority of states are voting for Trump because the majority of states vote for whoever the Republican candidate is anyways (welcome to the two-party system, folks!). It's the electoral votes that matter. Wait for everything to be counted before you go do your drinking/crying/throwing trashcans through windows of innocent shopkeepers/etc.



Edit: It's also worth mentioning we've had an actor, a peanut farmer, and a freakin' male cheerleader as president in the past, so at this point, honestly, anything's game. Businessman, woman, man with a boot on his head who promises to pass a law making everybody brush their teeth, whatever.

er...didn't Trump already tried to invalidate the result in one state ?

"a freakin' male cheerleader as president" with the finger on the nuclear weapon ..... the world is fucked yeah ... ... this guy is a clown and a dangerous one o_O

but as i understood how works your election you"re right, not everything is lost..

You don't need to 'mind your own business', but all I want from everyone is a thread that doesn't turn into a flame war.

The OP is very short and sweet, and indicates my thoughts (or lack of) on the election. Just a friendly statement.

I'd say it a little differently: they're places that can go either way, And Hillary didn't seem to have very much to say them.

What I think is interesting is the polls seem to be suggesting that a lot of Trump voters are well aware that he's a rather deeply flawed person, which tells that they would have voted differently if a better choice had been available, and that's pretty sad, because there *should* have been better candidates available.

I love that guy! He also promised to end the nations dependence on foreign oil by "harnessing the awesome power of zombies"!

It's not so much my opinion on the election (which I'm not about to go into) as the fact that I just KNOW it's going to turn into a flame war...political threads always do, and ESPECIALLY one about this election, which has divided everybody as it is. I know people who won't even talk to each other thanks to getting in arguments over it. It's pathetic.
Like I said, the one thing that actually manages to irritate me.

Almost nobody expected the silent majority to be so yuge—haha!

Anyway, here's a passage from "Bohemian Rhapsody" for you, hypocritically hateful, dumbstruck democrats (i.e. not all democrats, thankfully!): Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality.

That's presuming there is a next election...

I wonder if Congress is going to band together to be as obstructionist to Trump as they were to Obama or if they are going to meekly accept and rubberstamp everything he wants.

Settle down, man. I'm chill, and plan to stay that way. ;p

Oh my god...
http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/us-election-dollar47-billion-wiped-off-australian-stock-market-as-trump-gains-in-polls/ar-AAk4t2Z?li=AAgfIYZ&ocid=spartanntp

I hope that url works for ya.

This is not happening. What the fuck is wrong with America.

Stop crying like a baby, you harass everyone you could, and my suggestion was just a suggestion i didn't do anything..... turd.

if you want the same rights like others and be respected try to add something to the community ..so far you ruin it.

Wow, the results look frightening so far. :(
Trump leading...why... :/