A little after 8 p.m., panelists on MSNBC began hedging that if important swing states didn’t come through, Clinton’s path to victory would start to look narrow.
A little after 8:30 p.m., the New York Times’ Upshot Blog began nosediving in earnest, drawing a neat “X” in previously parallel data sets and flip flopping their election projections from 80 percent Clinton to 88 percent Trump.
Trump’s chance of winning is now at 88% — here’s how our presidential forecast has changed tonight: https://t.co/0HZ6lQJkEr pic.twitter.com/nL4IVswlLT
— NYT Graphics (@nytgraphics) November 9, 2016
At 10:30 p.m., James Carville drawled decisively that if the Democrats lost Michigan, “This puppy’s over.”
And throughout, Twitter became increasingly distraught in the face of a race that was much closer than many polls predicted.
People at Javits are crying and leaving.
— Annie Karni (@anniekarni) November 9, 2016
The only calming words I can offer are: hopefully everyone voted who cares about fighting authoritarianism. https://t.co/A5PIkMqEcc
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) November 9, 2016
Polling is dead.
— Daniel Hernandez (@longdrivesouth) November 9, 2016
I think it’s pretty safe to say that if you’re the kind of person on political twitter, you do not live in the country you think you do.
— Logan Dobson (@LoganDobson) November 9, 2016
Here at the filing center for reporters at Camp Clinton at Javits and it’s seriously Like a funeral in here. pic.twitter.com/nS10cGP1XK
— Zack Fink (@ZackFinkNews) November 9, 2016
I’m sorry. Whatever the final results are, same conclusion: I don’t know my own country. We don’t know our own country
— Shadi Hamid (@shadihamid) November 9, 2016
Media focusing on how it’s a bad night for pollsters & other nonsense: We might be about to elect a dangerous sociopath to be the President.
— Scott Conroy (@ScottFConroy) November 9, 2016
Never gonna forget how it feels to know my that when my country had to choose between a woman and an actual monster for president, it went ?
— Laura Hudson (@laura_hudson) November 9, 2016
I truly thought I knew my country better than it turns out I did. I have warned that we could become a failed state, but didn’t realize 1/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 9, 2016
that it wasn’t just the radicalism of the GOP, but deep hatred in a large segment of the population. How do we move forward? 2/
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) November 9, 2016
I don’t have any magical answers, guys. I am just trying to…I don’t even know. I am just hoping that Clinton pulls through.
— roxane gay (@rgay) November 9, 2016
