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Hilary Clinton

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Galen Sun 06-Nov-16 23:20:27

I see the FBI have stated that there is no further case to answer.
Will this affect the election?

durhamjen Mon 07-Nov-16 22:10:48

All the things you mention, Rhinestone, are on our BBC news at the moment.

durhamjen Mon 07-Nov-16 23:35:14

Clinton is heading for 299.2 electoral college votes now. Not quite sure how you get 0.2 votes, but never mind.
Trump's on 238.
Hope it stays like that. I actually expect her to be over 300 in the morning.

earnshaw Tue 08-Nov-16 00:39:17

i dont trust Hilary Clinton one little bit , there`s a lot of covering up been done, Donald Trump. to me, is the less of two evils

Elrel Tue 08-Nov-16 02:42:33

Ism64 - Terrifying is indeed the word
Durham Jen - I'm just hoping that sanity may prevail

What a sad way for a once great country to acquire their first female president.
My late aunt was proud to be the first female Lord Mayor of a great UK city. I'm glad that she was spared knowing of this debacle.
Tonight I'm being nursed by competent Filipinas. .
Maybe they should enter politics with the dignity, compassion and humanity they are demonstrating each time they enter my room.
Life is not about the exchange rate.
Yesterday I met two black female first year medics. I do hope change is in the air.

Im68Now Tue 08-Nov-16 07:52:25

Rigby69 the reason for questioning my disgustin (but truthful) post is ?

I'm old enough to remember this sad girl who was only trying to make ends meet. smile

durhamjen Tue 08-Nov-16 07:56:23

Clinton is 302 this morning, and Trump 234.
Moving in the right direction.

Are you in hospital, Elrel? Hope it's not too serious.
Going back to what it was like before, I hope. When I was in primary school my parents had lodgers, West Indian trainee doctors, both male and female. My mother was a nurse and many of her friends were foreigners.

DaphneBroon Tue 08-Nov-16 08:02:23

Cheap "joke" Im68now, not particularly amusing or relevant (to anything) .

grannypiper Tue 08-Nov-16 08:05:44

Hilary Clinton is a nasty sly piece of work, i think they U.S has a tough 4 years ahead which ever way they vote.

Im68Now Tue 08-Nov-16 08:06:23

Then why are you bothering DaphneBroon, I don't think everyone will see it. wink

sunseeker Tue 08-Nov-16 08:23:05

As someone else has said, it is amazing that out of all the people living in America these are the two chosen to run for President. Personally Trump scares the life out of me as I think he is too volatile but my gut feeling is Clinton is devious and I don't trust her. I have heard Americans say they won't vote for her because they cannot forgive her for what happened in Benghazi.

MaizieD Tue 08-Nov-16 10:58:35

dj Clinton is 302 this morning, and Trump 234.

What are these figures and where are you getting them from? America only started the main vote (yes, I know there were early votes cast) this morning. Is this on polling trends so far?

AS I understand it Hillary Clinton needs 271 electoral college votes to secure the presidency. By your figures she's done it; but, of course, she hasn't. yet...

Ginny42 Tue 08-Nov-16 11:27:58

You can find the timetable of events in the USA here

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/what-time-us-election-results-uk-what-is-timetable-for-the-night/

Rigby46 Tue 08-Nov-16 11:38:07

Im68Now - I'm still struggling to see the relevance of your posts on this thread

Anya Tue 08-Nov-16 12:28:20

Me too. I'd hardly compare a high-end call girl, like Christine Keeler with a poor prostiture trying to 'make ends meet'. Nor do I understand the significance to this thread.

Elegran Tue 08-Nov-16 13:20:07

I don't understand why you think hardly anyone will "get it" either. Anyonre of a certain age will rrecognise Christine Keeler and know that she was doing better than just making ends meet.
However, you do need to clarify why she is relevant to Hilary Clinton. Have you been reading rumours about HC that no-one else has?

Rigby46 Tue 08-Nov-16 13:23:17

Elegran grin

durhamjen Tue 08-Nov-16 19:03:52

For you, Maizie. I do hope they are correct, as they are giving the Democrats control of the Senate, too, something Obama did not get.

projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo

Tegan Tue 08-Nov-16 19:12:07

At what time will we know the result? [so I don't have to stay awake all night; although I doubt if I will sleep much no matter how hard I try].

MaizieD Tue 08-Nov-16 19:22:20

Tegan,

BBC website says results start at about 5.00 a.am Wednesday. It's not clear if that is when they start trickling through or whether that is The Result.

I'd try for a good night's sleep grin

merlotgran Tue 08-Nov-16 19:29:55

GOOD LUCK AMERICA.....You may need it!

Rhinestone Tue 08-Nov-16 19:39:45

We can usually tell by midnight.

annodomini Tue 08-Nov-16 20:23:46

On tenterhooks. An American friend, who had to queue for 2 hours to vote today, says the pundits are cautiously optimistic for Hillary. Here's hoping.

durhamjen Tue 08-Nov-16 20:32:21

It's Eastern time it starts so it's four hours behind us.
The first results start at 11 p.m. That's when 538.com starts again, 7 p.m. their time.

projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/?ex_cid=rrpromo

That's the live feed, although I might just go to bed and have 130 freeview on.

durhamjen Tue 08-Nov-16 20:39:07

It's quite interesting watching the live feed. Apparently voters in Florida are voting about solar power, and who should pay what. Other states are voting for different things. Some states are voting for their governors.

durhamjen Tue 08-Nov-16 21:04:14

Clinton wins the newspaper vote. Only two support Trump.

www.presidency.ucsb.edu/data/2016_newspaper_endorsements.php