OK, we’re going to tell you who seems to be winning the presidential election, according to a dynamic experiment unfolding over at Slate.com. But you have to promise you’ll still go to the polls, OK? Even if you think your candidate has it in the bag or can’t win.
Promise? OK.
This year, for the first time in history, Slate and Votecastr are doing something that news media organizations have been very, very wary of doing: Giving projected election results before polls are closed, for fear that knowing what’s happening in advance will suppress turnout. But you’re grownups, and we trust you to make your own decisions, so we’re going to tell you know what Slate and Votecastr are saying:
At the time of 4 PT/7 ET, according to Slate, Clinton has narrow — narrow! — leads in the key contested states of Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
And now for very important caveats. First, voting is still underway. Projections can be very wrong. There was a point on Election Day in 2004 when leaked projections indicated that John Kerry had a seemingly “insurmountable lead.”
Here’s how the Slate-Votecastr project works, according to Slate:
By combining proprietary, large-sample polls taken prior to Election Day with targeted, real-time tracking of voter turnout on Tuesday, VoteCastr will make rolling projections of how many ballots have been cast for each candidate in each of the states we’re tracking: Florida, Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Votecastr includes both Democrats and Republicans on its team. They are attempting to make projections in real time. No one has ever done this successfully before, ever.
You still have to go vote.
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But later, Cuban cared a lot about Trump saying the wrong thing. He endorsed Hillary Clinton and was so annoyed by Trump's lack of specifics that he offered him $10 million to answer detailed questions about economic policy. He also joined Clinton as a debate guest (pictured).
KIRSTIE ALLEY
The former "Cheers" star stood by Trump in September 2015 after watching a CBS News interview in which she felt that Scott Pelley treated the candidate unfairly. "Pelley acting like an antagonist asshat.I like Trump..fire at will," she told her followers.
She changed her mind around the time of Trump's leaked "Access Hollywood" talk with Billy Bush, in which he boasted bout groping and kissing women without their consent.
"I hate this election and I'm officially no longer endorsing either candidate," she tweeted last month.
AZEALIA BANKS The rapper stunned fans when she came out in support of Trump in February, tweeting: "Ok so, I think I'm ready to admit that I'm going to vote for Donald Trump."
After his "Access Hollywood" leak, Banks changed her tune.
"I made a major mistake endorsing toupey-toupee. Womens rights are important and we must protect them," she wrote.
AARON CARTER “Does America want to have a president who FOLLOWS or someone who leads? I vote For @realdonaldtrump,” he tweeted in February.
In April, he changed his mind and said he would not vote for Trump, for "too many reasons."
JESSE 'THE BODY' VENTURA In August 2015, the former Minnesota governor and "Predator" star said he hoped Trump would win the Republican nomination and joked about Trump considering him as a running mate.
"I shocked my staff today ... I said, 'You know what? As far as the Republicans are concerned, I hope Trump wins on the Republican side." -Jesse Ventura
Ventura isn't a Trump flip-flopper, because he's been upfront all along about the fact that he's an independent who doesn't want the Republican or Democrat to win in the general election. He supports Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson.
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