Yeah politics in Australia is definitely on a low at the moment,  but I think at least most of our PMs have had a little more tact and smarts than Trump ... even Abbott.

Texas is going blue.

538 dot com now have Trump at a 21% chance down from 28% just over 30 minutes ago! 

Trumps chances eroding away. 

Clinton ahead in Ohio! 

Another must win state for Trump going to Clinton. 

So much bullshit in this thread

Coverage overload :laugh:

I'm loving the over dramatic reactions to tiny fractions of vote coming in that's changing Florida. 

It's been like that since 2nd Jan 2015 when this thread was started, why change now?

Clinton ahead in Mississippi and Texas! LOL

Mississippi has gone blue.

Trump ahead in Florida.

Clinton ahead in Arkansas. LOL

Can't wait for the militant left or right to explode when either wins.  Will be well worth the laffs

about 1m votes left to be count in Florida, most of it in Dem zone that winning so far by 65% plus

votes counted from big cities

Kansas just went blue.

Why would that be a laughing matter? 

Both are shit, they are two most unpopular presidential candidates in 30 years. It is funny seeing people get excited about either of them :laugh:

It's exciting because this has been the most polarising election in world history. 

American elections are just so more interesting and fun than Australian elections.

I agree, it has been entertaining compared to our elections, but I just find it funny that anyone could be happy with either of these people running America. 

Oh shit trump winning florida & north carolina

Trumps going to win this.

TIL there are more than 2 parties running in the US election.

after early counts we are probably right where the polls projected, close in most swing states but with clinton having more paths to victory

538 wang and upshot all have the odds right where they were at the start of the night

So people can see how utterly moronic the extreme sides of politics are.  And maybe, just maybe, it will wake the country up for the next election and make sure there aren't two incredibly poor candidates for the job.

florida about 80% chance for trump though

dems unlikely in the senate

Yeah the Senate is done.

Clinton winning new hampshire by 72 votes

That is extremely insane and pretty damn poor.

People have a rtight to express their viewpoint and vote however they like. That is what Democracy is all about.

Things are getting "extreme" because of growing inequality and the subjugation of the masses, so the working class have to yell to get their drowned out voices out. 

Wishing death upon any side by having a looney come out to gun any private citizen is just not called for and absolutely murder and it will have no other affect other than to polarize the working classes even more. 

how would you like it if a looney came out in Australia and did the same thing and one of us or one of our family gets gunned down? 

When you look at the policies Trump and hillary have actually come out with, there isn't much that falls in the "extreme" category. many of trumps policies are fairly ok. 

538 live updating giving R a 17% chance in michigan and upshot a 46%. Bit of a divergence