So.. at this stage before the election in 2016, how were you feeling?

[Uzumaki Goku]

3 days. That's gonna be a very long day.

But how were you feeling at this point before the election in 2016? I remember most people were just excited because the Cubs finally won the World Series. But yeah.. I definitely remember the feeling was "We're fucked no matter who wins" but one thing was clear... Trump had the momentum... not Hillary. Whereas this time it's clear that Biden is the favorite, not Trump.

I was feeling serene about the election. "What's the worst that could happen?" I thought. Oh, if only we know.

 

[Deleted member 4367]

He can't win can he? Oh God what if he wins?

 

[daveo42]

No way in hell is Hilary losing.

 

[Rendering...]

I was pretty sure Hilldawg had it in the bag.

And actually, I was interested in having a well qualified woman as president. I definitely didn't think were going to be fucked. I expected to have a competent leader.

 

[QuigleyMcShine]

I don't know how you can expect me to remember something 130 years ago.

 

[Mathieran]

Overly confident

I thought way too highly of American voters

 

[Deleted member 83599]

Stupidly optimistic, ignoring all the warning signs that should have been obvious in retrospect.

 

[El Bombastico]

I wasn't even paying attention at this point. After the grab'em by the pussy bit, I was sure Trump was toast.

 

[shaneo632]

Completely confident in a Hillary win lmao

 

[Kino]

Fairly certain Trump was going to win. I was still seeing a lot of anti Hilary rhetoric in real life and online. Especially with the fall out of the comey letter

 

[EJS]

'It's over.' That thought was only reinforced when I walked out of the voting office, my state already declared HC the winner of its electoral.

 

[Wrexis]

As a foreigner, I wasn't paying attention. I went to bed expecting President Clinton.

This time around I'm staying up.

 

[Chopchop]

I was just waiting for it to be over so that I would never have to hear anything about Trump again.

Heh.

 

[Betty]

I felt Trump was going to win but people were telling me how wrong I was, showing me maps of how easy it would be for Hillary to win and citing the polls.

 

[Yamajian]

"No possible way Trump can win. He is down in all the swing states!"

 

[Pein]

Done deal, Hilary was gonna win.

 

[diakyu]

Confident in Trump losing because I had more faith in my fellow Americans

 

[Kitsunebaby]

I was somewhat concerned that he would win, but I allowed myself to be calmed by all the people here and elsewhere that said there was no chance.

 

[LastCaress]

I was laughing at how americans managed to get a joke candidate on the ballot.

 

[Deleted member 16657]

I was very confused why people were so confident in a Hillary win when Trump was consistently defying expectations and shrugging off scandals every week.

 

[shinobi602]

Started getting nervous watching Clinton sink in the polls and Trump rise.

 

[SamAlbro]

I was starting to get spooked. If anyone asked me, I was certain Clinton would win, but all of the late night comedians and comedy news shows took a hard turn toward apocalyptic messaging about an imminent Trump win, which made me question if they knew something the news media wasn't seeing.

 

[Kino]

Fully expected trump to win.

 

[Chaos-Theory]

Thought Trump might win after what Comey did.

 

[Servbot24]

No way in hell is Hilary losing.

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Same here. I wasn't even paying that close of attention because Trump seemed like a joke candidate. We also just had the "grab em by the pussy" video. Turns out Americans really love rapists and really hate women.

 

[adj_noun]

A well-qualified candidate vs. a con artist joke candidate. Easiest choice in American political history.

I thought Hillary's e-mails "scandal" and the Comey letter would be treated with the derision they deserved.

WHOOPS

 

[xir]

If dems get Texas I feel good if not he will try to steal it. I think polling is better than before but midterms and president are different so I'm giving fuckface a few extra points beyond polling errors and not even thinking Biden will take Florida

 

[daveo42]

Same here. I wasn't even paying that close of attention because Trump seemed like a joke candidate. We also just had the "grab em by the pussy" video. Turns out Americans really love rapists and really hate women.

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Older white people just really, really hate non-whites.

 

[DntSpwnOnMe]

I was very nervous. The polls where tightening and I thought Trump had the momentum with the Comey letter and her getting the Flu or whatever sickness she had that made her almost pass out and had to be carried back to the car.

 

[Chaos-Theory]

If dems get Texas I feel good if not he will try to steal it. I think polling is better than before but midterms and president are different so I'm giving fuckface a few extra points beyond polling errors and not even thinking Biden will take Florida

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Wrong thread.

 

[Crayolan]

I didn't think people would be dumb enough to elect a dumbass like trump. This time I have less faith in people, the only reason I think Biden has a chance is because of how badly he fucked the coronavirus response.

 

[Uncle0wnage]

I figured Trump would win.

 

[John Dunbar]

i'm not american, so i got most of my american electoral news from the political geniuses at neogaf, so i thought trump had no chance. one common argument actually was that the electoral college makes it more difficult for republicans to win. completely absurd looking back on it.

 

[thecouncil]

I remember a lot of Hillary supporters still holding on and saying "You're all acting like this your first election" as the results rolled in looking worse and worse.

 

[Darkgran]

I had a felling Trump was going to win considering how unfavorable Hillary was....

 

[CDX]

I'd step outside in horror, as I'd look around at all the Trump yard signs and see almost no Hillary signs. I tried to get a Hillary yard sign, and was told by the local campaign office that Hillary wasn't really sending them to the area, her campaign wasn't focused on yard signs and was instead spending money elsewhere.

My Grandmother was probably most upset about the yard sign thing.

I on the other hand had a daily mantra every time I stepped outside and saw the Trump yard signs "Don't be the Romney campaign, believe the polls. Yard signs don't matter" as I personally stopped paying close attention to my state polls by early mid October, and was only casually checking the national polls that still showed Hillary in the lead.

Now I'm hyper focused on paying attention to state polls, and outside I see lots of Trump yard signs but also see lots of Biden yard signs too. I feel totally different to how I felt in 2016.

 

[shintoki]

I remember a lot of Hillary supporters still holding on and saying "You're all acting like this your first election" as the results rolled in looking worse and worse.

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Lots of Hillary avatars spouting that crap disappeared over night and suddenly started to get replaced with Pelosi... who did the same.

I was still expecting Hillary to win, but was annoyed with the complacently and had that uneasiness forming. It always felt way too much like way too much of a courting rather than general excitement towards her.

 

[NESpowerhouse]

Didn't really care for Hillary that much but at least I was pretty sure that my first presidential election would end in my person winning.

 

[Huncho_Houdini]

Completely confident in a Hillary win lmao

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Yep, in the northeast bubble.
Was a bit nervous about the comey stuff but didn't seem to worry too much.

i also hadn't paid attention to how close it was.

 

[T002 Tyrant]

As an outsider I honestly felt it was a coin flip. But everyone thought Hilary was a shoe in, apart from everyone on Twitter who were supporting Donald Trump.

 

[ABK281]

Thought Trump was going to win. So exactly the same as I feel now.

 

[b3llydrum]

There's no way he could win.

I mean, it's mindblowing insanity that he got this far, and actually makes the prospect of him winning actually plausible, but.... come on. The presidency? Really?

Literally felt this way until late election night.

 

[Lkr]

Nowhere near as anxious as I am this time. I thought Hillary would win easily

 

[Kevers]

Incredibly confident.

 

[jon bones]

i was certain Hilary would win

now i am full of dread

 

[xir]

Wrong thread.

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Welp that's how I'm feeling. Edit. Sorry should add yes this is for now. 2016 Hilary was going to win. I was wrong

 

[Kinggroin]

Honestly, despite all the data, I feel like Trump is gonna win. And not even by a small margin.

That's what 2020's done to me. That's what years of Trump getting away with shit has done to me.

Zero hope.

Edit: I totally misread.

In 2016, I felt confident af.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Same here. I wasn't even paying that close of attention because Trump seemed like a joke candidate. We also just had the "grab em by the pussy" video. Turns out Americans really love rapists and really hate women.

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I remember being in pure shock when white women actually was one of the higher voting bases for him, like it was insane, especially after that audio leak

 

[Unrivaled]

Everyone said Hillary would win in a landslide, at least the media. Now they are saying that again about Biden.

I don't trust polls until the votes are counted. I have a little more confidence you guys will get rid of Trump this time.

But I keep asking myself, is this really the best candidate to have running against him? Even my liberal friends in Canada think Trump will win because Biden does not really inspire people to vote like an Obama did. But hopefully people hate Trump enough for it to not matter.

 

[Ecotic]

When the Comey letter happened I went from feeling alright to feeling in mortal jeopardy. I gave up hopes of winning the House or Senate back and just hoping for a narrow win with the Presidency. That was a big step-down from the hopes I had after the Hollywood Access tape. It was a bad time with a bad candidate. It felt like trying to preserve the hope of a championship season with only your backup quarterback who isn't very good.