For people that are bored of the sensationalism of the media and just want the cold, hard, fact.

hilary_trump_nyt.py

"""
A hilary-endorsing script that loads the predictions from the NYT.
"""
import requests
from dateutil.parser import parse

#  election forecast link
url = "https://intf.nyt.com/newsgraphics/2016/11-08-election-forecast/president.json"

req = requests.get(url)
data = req.json()

# load the probabilities
probs = data["president"]["current"]["win_prob"]
hilary = probs["clintonh"]
trump = probs["trumpd"]

when_is_this = parse(data["president"]["current"]["timestamp"])

print "As of",when_is_this.hour + 7,":",when_is_this.minute, "PM",

if trump>hilary:
    print ", looks like we are screwed."
elif trump<hilary:
    print ", looks like we are safe."
else:
    print ", things look pretty even from here."