13 Painfully Obvious Election Day Headlines That Tell You Nothing About Anything

It's Election Day in America and these headlines are not here to help you out.

It's Election Day in America, and media outlets everywhere are pumping out a steady stream of stories to keep readers up to speed on the day's biggest events. But with many of the election cycle's key narratives already firmly cemented or contingent upon the actual results of races, the nation's insatiable appetite for news sometimes ends up being fed by headlines that are less than helpful.

Garance Franke-Ruta of Yahoo News tweeted out some evidence of this trend on Tuesday afternoon.

The headline initially appeared on Yahoo's homepage and was later changed. It linked to an updating Associated Press story on the moods of voters across the nation, which got us thinking about some of the most painfully obvious ways these stories are popping up around the internet:

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heraldreview

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nyt

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washington post

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delmarvanow

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boston herald

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wral

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huffpost

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cbs chicago

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AP2

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retuers

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eagle tribune

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ap florida

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ap petoskey

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