The results from the Florida Panhandle were the most dramatic. After the early votes were counted, it appeared that Clinton had won Florida—and thus probably the election. Florida was so important, and the Panhandle went so powerfully for Trump, that in Jane Street’s model it swung his odds of winning the presidency from 5 percent to 60 percent. “We saw the Florida Panhandle before John King saw it,” said Sam. “We even had time to freak out, to think there must be a typo, to see that there wasn’t a typo and say, Fuck it, let’s sell!”
