Well, folks, hang on to your butts.
Everybody says that Florida will tell the tale. If Clinton hangs on to Florida, Trump is probably shut out, the bobbleheads say.
Indiana and Kentucky already called for Trump. Clinton takes Vermont.
There was a shooting near a polling place in California. No indication the shooting was related to the election.
Rudy Giuliani is on MSNBC saying that Clinton got away with multiple crimes, and Chris Matthews isn’t challenging him to be specific.
(7:30) West Virginia called for Trump. No surprises so far.
Steve Kornacki tells us that Trump is doing better with non-college-educated whites than Romney did four years ago.
South Carolina called for Trump; again, no surprise.
(8:00)Â Okay, they are calling a bunch of states. Let’s see if I can get it straight.
States just called for Clinton: Illinois, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia.
Tammy Duckworth will be a Senator from Illinois!
Trump picks up Tennessee, Mississippi and Oklahoma.
Marco Rubio re-elected in Florida. Damn.
Florida — 59 percent of precincts reporting, and it’s dead even.
Evan Bayh, centrist Dem Senate candidate, loses in Indiana, MSNBC says.
(8:30) Arkansas called for Trump.
Returns seem awfully slow this year.
New projections — Clinton wins New York. Trump wins North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.
Clinton wins Connecticut.
Florida — lots of votes to be counted in Broward County yet.
(9:30) Trump wins Louisiana.
This is making me crazy.
Fox News has called New Mexico for Clinton, I understand.
(10:00) Trump wins Montana.
Missouri called for Trump.
The fivethirtyeight crew is saying that Republicans probably will keep the Senate.
NBC is calling Ohio for Trump.
Clinton is pulling ahead in Virginia.
Clinton wins Colorado.
Virginia called for Clinton, finally.
Florida called for Trump.
Clinton wins California.
People, this is not looking good. Clinton has to win some states in which she’s behind right now to get to 270. And I doubt she can do it. Â I think she’s going to fall short. Â Assuming she takes all of the states she’s currently leading, she’s going to be short. She’ll need Michigan — possible, but she’s behind right now — and one other state with at least 5 electoral votes. And I don’t know what state that would be.
So, folks, it looks like we’ll lose this one.
If there’s a possible silver lining here, it is that it’s going to shake up the Democratic Party.
(1:45 am) Some news outlets are officially calling the race for Trump, sorry.