Top Items:
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Early exit polls: Voters say they want a ‘strong leader’ — More voters this year are looking for a strong leader than in previous presidential elections, according to an early morning exit poll, whose results could shift significantly over the course of Election Day.
Discussion:
ABC News, RedState, Townhall.com, Hot Air and PoliPundit.com
RELATED:
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Exit Poll: Clinton Bests Trump With Ground Game
Exit Poll: Clinton Bests Trump With Ground Game
Discussion:
Hot Air and Florida Politics
Cameron Easley / Morning Consult:
Voters Want a Strong Leader More Than Anything Else, Exit Poll Shows
Voters Want a Strong Leader More Than Anything Else, Exit Poll Shows
Discussion:
John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Business Insider
Tom E. Curran / CSNNE.com:
Belichick did indeed write letter to Trump — CSN New England confirmed this morning that Bill Belichick did indeed drop a note to Donald Trump on Monday. — The Republican presidential hopeful, speaking in Manchester, New Hampshire on Monday night said he had the backing of both the Patriots head coach and quarterback Tom Brady.
Discussion:
USA Today, New York Post, New York Magazine, Patriots Wire, AOL, Lawyers, Guns & Money, ProFootballTalk, Business Insider and Daily Wire
RELATED:
Henry McKenna / Patriots Wire:
Gisele posts on Instagram that she and Tom Brady won't back Donald Trump — Gisele may have spilled the beans on Tom Brady's presidential vote. — The New England Patriots quarterback has done his best not to say who he will vote for in the 2016 Presidential Election.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Tom Brady's wife says the QB isn't backing Trump — Gisele Bündchen — wife of NFL superstar Tom Brady — flatly rejected Donald Trump's assertion that her husband had voted for the GOP nominee. — “NO!” the Brazilian model told an Instagram user who asked if it were true that she and Brady were backing the brash billionaire.
Discussion:
New Century Times, Multimedia Feed …, USA Today, New Urban Legends, Patriots Wire, ABC News and CBS Philly
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Campaign Sues Over Early Voting In Nevada — The Donald Trump campaign filed a lawsuit Monday against election officials in Clark County, Nevada, which includes Las Vegas, CNN reported. — The Trump campaign is suing Joe P. Gloria, the Clark County registrar of voters …
Discussion:
alan.com and Lawyers, Guns & Money
RELATED:
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Keeping track of election irregularities — Washington (CNN)A look at voting irregularities across the United States, including poll station problems, misinformation and turnout developments.
Discussion:
CNBC, Talking Points Memo, Hot Air, Fox News Insider, Joe.My.God., Guardian and Mashable
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Judge Denies Trump's Request In Lawsuit Challenging Nevada Early-Vote Process
Judge Denies Trump's Request In Lawsuit Challenging Nevada Early-Vote Process
Discussion:
ThinkProgress and Daily Kos
Dana Williams / USA Today:
Guam, which has historically predicted election winner, picks Clinton — Nervous? Here is what to expect tomorrow. — HAGATNA, Guam — Hillary Clinton has overwhelmingly won the vote on the tiny U.S. island of Guam. — The territory, located west of the international date line …
Discussion:
Pacific Daily News, AOL, Politico, RedState, Outside the Beltway, Guardian, Joe.My.God. and Independent Journal Review
RELATED:
William Cummings / USA Today:
Trump takes 32-25 lead in New Hampshire after midnight voting
Trump takes 32-25 lead in New Hampshire after midnight voting
Discussion:
NBC News and The Atlantic
New York Daily News:
Bare-chested anti-Trump protesters removed from GOP candidate's Midtown Manhattan polling place — Two topless women stormed Donald Trump's Midtown Manhattan polling place on Tuesday in protest of the Republican candidate. — The women, in their mid-20s, arrived to the P.S. 59 polling site …
Discussion:
Daily Wire, TheBlaze and alan.com
RELATED:
Jessie Hellmann / The Hill:
Topless protesters crash Trump's polling place — Two nearly nude women were escorted out of a polling station in midtown Manhattan Tuesday. — The unidentified women were shouting “out of our polls, Trump,” at the station where Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
Discussion:
Gothamist, WHNT-TV, KTLA, The Gateway Pundit, mrctv.org/videos, Raw Story, Heat Street, Mashable, Mediaite, New York Magazine, Jammie Wearing Fools, RedState and Law News
Julian Assange / WikiLeaks:
Assange Statement on the US Election — In recent months, WikiLeaks and I personally have come under enormous pressure to stop publishing what the Clinton campaign says about itself to itself. That pressure has come from the campaign's allies, including the Obama administration …
Discussion:
New York Times, Vox, Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, Mediaite, Mashable, Politico, RT and Heat Street
CBS Pittsburgh:
Voting Issues: Some Trump Voters Reporting Ballots Switching To Clinton — CLINTON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) - Today is Election Day and for the most part, voting has been smooth. — Many areas are already seeing long lines with some officials saying they wouldn't be surprised if voter turnout topped 80 percent.
Discussion:
RedState, The Daily Caller, WTVR-TV, We Are Change, Business Insider, Vox Popoli and Breaking911
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
The Real Voter Fraud — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The casting of a ballot is the most fundamentally American act that any of us takes. It connects us to the Enlightenment ideals of the country's founding — the once-radical notion that human beings should think for themselves, rather than merely obey kings and priests.
Discussion:
Daily Kos, Politico, Washington Post, BuzzFeed, Rewire, AOL, ThinkProgress, Slate, Talking Points Memo and Hot Air
RELATED:
Emily Badger / New York Times:
Why Long Voting Lines Today Could Have Long-Term Consequences
Why Long Voting Lines Today Could Have Long-Term Consequences
Discussion:
Vox, Independent Journal Review and Politico
Steve Orr / USA Today:
People are covering Susan B. Anthony's grave stone with ‘I Voted’ stickers — 3.5k Shares — ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Early Tuesday morning, dozens gathered around Susan B. Anthony's modest headstone in Rochester's historic Mount Hope Cemetery. — One by one, they stepped forward to place their …
Discussion:
Washington Post and The Daily Caller
RELATED:
Steve Orr / Rochester Democrat and Chronicle:
Susan B. Anthony grave attracts hundreds
Susan B. Anthony grave attracts hundreds
Discussion:
RedState, Washington Examiner, ThinkProgress, Al Jazeera English, Business Insider, The Week and WJTV
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Broken voting machines reported in several states — Voting machines are malfunctioning in some parts of Ohio, New York, Texas and other states, according to local media reports. — About six hours after polls opened on Tuesday, voters have reported malfunctioning machines in multiple locations …
Discussion:
RedState, True Pundit and WayneDupree.com
RELATED:
Jessica Huseman / Electionland:
Broken Voting Machines Across U.S. (In Other Words, Everything is Normal)
Broken Voting Machines Across U.S. (In Other Words, Everything is Normal)
Discussion:
WayneDupree.com
Amanda Batchelor / WPLG-TV:
2 precinct clerks fired at Herb Skolnick Center in Pompano Beach after disturbance — Fight breaks out between man, woman at Jupiter polling location — POMPANO BEACH, Fla. - Two precinct clerks were fired Tuesday at the Herb Skolnick Center in Pompano Beach after a disturbance.
Discussion:
New York Daily News, Politico, The Daily Caller, WHNT-TV, mrctv.org/videos and Breaking911
Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Trump Holds Out on Whether He'd Accept Loss; Clinton Hits Radio — Two different visions of U.S. drawn by candidates in race — Republicans seek to hold Senate, House majorities in D.C. — Donald Trump continued to hold out on whether he would accept the results of the U.S. presidential election contest …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Let's Not Do This Again — If I had to sum up the election of 2016 in one clause, I would say it has been a sociological revolution, a moral warning and a political summons. — Sociologically, this campaign has been an education in how societies come apart.
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Donald Trump Has Shattered Campaign Norms In Damaging, Potentially Lasting Ways — We have grown numb to policies, rhetoric and conduct that was once far beyond the bounds of acceptability. — Fairly early into his speech in Michigan on Sunday night, Donald Trump stated that five years ago …
Discussion:
RedState and Media Matters for America
David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
GOP insiders worried party's turnout effort will fall short — Republican strategists on Monday dumped all over their party's voter turnout operation, calling it insufficient to the task and lagging behind Hillary Clinton's machine. — Some of the criticism was directed at Donald Trump.
Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
In darkness and without fanfare, Gov. Christie votes for Trump — MENDHAM — Some things are best done under cover of darkness, and for Gov. Chris Christie that includes voting for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. — With the sky navy blue and sunrise still a half hour away …
Discussion:
Talking Points Memo, Daily Kos and New York Magazine
Slate Magazine:
Turnout Tracker — This is a new way to track Election Day results. Find out how it works. — Show: … of Florida's 67 counties match this criteria. … *Estimates are based on pre-election polling and latest turnouts in observed polling places. — Slate Votecastr — Updated: —
Discussion:
True Pundit, Mother Jones and New York Times
Guardian:
Fox News wrongly links Republican anti-Trump protester to voter fraud — Exclusive: Report implicated Austyn Crites in scam involving his ‘dead’ grandmother but Guardian can reveal she is alive and well — Paul Lewis and Tom Silverstone in Reno and Nicky Woolf in San Francisco
Discussion:
Daily Kos, Joe.My.God. and Raw Story