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America is losing its sh*t over the New York Times real-time forecast

America is having an anxiety attack.

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The New York Times‘ gray needle of death broke the Internet. As its election projection tool veered toward favoring Donald Trump, America tweeted in terror.

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The country’s collective freakout went straight to the economy’s stomach as stock futures and bonds plunged right as the forecast went north of 70 percent in favor of Trump Tuesday evening.

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The election projection tool kept tabs on proceedings, but America was just not having it. 

https://twitter.com/mkruvant/status/796181157314527232

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We could actually quantify the country’s sense of panic. 

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https://twitter.com/SpredInsights/status/796178788065439744

The movement of the needle is arbitrary, but, for some reason, it doesn’t make anyone feel much better. 

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https://twitter.com/backlon/status/796181599150706688

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https://twitter.com/max_read/status/796187647005917188

Now we wait.

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