Welcome to Election Day 2016 analysis!
Please evaluate the results and impact of the electoral college, senate, ballot initiatives, speeches and more through the lens... Is America moving in a better direction?
1. How did the demographic trends play out?
2. BATTLEGROUND STATES: How do they impact the electoral map/chances for the candidates?
3. Did any shifts in state outcomes occur and impact "mandate" of the winner? Obama's legacy?
4. How will the Senate / House races impact the future?
5. Is the election process viewed as fair and legitimate?
As always, be respectful, but engage and interact... finish your post with DYAWM?
(do you agree with me?) AND HAVE FUN!!!!
A look at how Election Day unfolds, using Eastern time:
Please evaluate the results and impact of the electoral college, senate, ballot initiatives, speeches and more through the lens... Is America moving in a better direction?
1. How did the demographic trends play out?
2. BATTLEGROUND STATES: How do they impact the electoral map/chances for the candidates?
3. Did any shifts in state outcomes occur and impact "mandate" of the winner? Obama's legacy?
4. How will the Senate / House races impact the future?
5. Is the election process viewed as fair and legitimate?
As always, be respectful, but engage and interact... finish your post with DYAWM?
(do you agree with me?) AND HAVE FUN!!!!
A look at how Election Day unfolds, using Eastern time:
- 7 p.m.: Polls close in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia. Watch Indiana for an early indicator in the Senate; if Evan Bayh can manage a comeback, that’ll be a good sign for Democrats who are hoping to retake the Senate.
- 7:30 p.m.: North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia polls close. North Carolina is a good state to watch on the presidency. It tends to be quick-counting but the race is also close. On the Senate side, if Democrat Deborah Ross wins her Senate race there, it will help put her party on track to regain the Senate.
- 8 p.m.: Polls close in 16 states and the District of Columbia, including New Hampshire, Florida and Pennsylvania. Lots of states crucial to control of the Senate are among the 8 p.m. states, too. If Democrats were to win in Illinois, Pennsylvania, Missouri and New Hampshire, as well as Indiana, that would point them toward possible control of the chamber.
- 8:30 p.m. Arkansas chimes in.
- 9 p.m.: Polls close in 14 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Texas and Wisconsin. Among the 9 p.m. states, Wisconsin offers Democrats their best chance to pick up a Senate seat.
- 10 p.m.: Polls close in four states, including Utah, which is an improbable toss-up this year despite its reliably Republican history. Third-party candidates Evan McMullin and Gary Johnson?
- 11 p.m.: Polls close in five states including solidly Democratic California with its 55 electoral votes.
- Midnight: It could well be Wednesday before it’s clear who will control the House next year. Democrats would need a daunting 30-seat gain to take over the 435-seat chamber.
- 1 a.m. Wednesday: Polls close in Alaska, which controls three presidential electoral votes.