Election results!!!
 

I thought it would be good to get a thread started for tonights election results...

McCain is ahead right now by 5% and almost 3 times the electoral votes.

Fox news

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wow, McCain has 4 times the Electoral votes now...

13 to 3

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It's a landslide Rocky!

In Indiana Obama although behind has already made gains.

Election tracker here and you can check state by state to see county figures.

http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/

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Does that mean a McCain win. I remember when Michael St Clair stated that he saw Palin as President - it seems a while since MSC has been here.

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Hmmmm, maybe George Green is wrong...

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No way will mccain win it would be rigged. I don't like either of them, but I will take obama as the lesser of two evils. Oh geeze Please not mccain

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McCain 21 electoral votes
Obama 3 electoral votes


....and counting...

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Could they rig another one :nono:

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/...08/7697829.stm

http://edition.cnn.com/

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Eh no. Early states are 'red' historically and if you view the tracker I posted and compare to 2004 you will see Obama is going to win Indiana and North Carolina. Add all the big coastal states with the mega college votes and this is going to be a big Obama win. Only time will tell if that's a good or bad or indifferent thing.

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Looks like we may have taken obama for granted folks....

I don't count him out yet though, nor do i think any candidate would be a positive influence.

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Yeah, I don't think America is prepared for what'll happen if Mccain wins- I'm not talking about the next four years, I'm talking about tomorrow...

Anyway, right now its 3-16 Mccain leading. But they need 270 votes to win. It's too early to tell.

You know it's been explained to me before but I still don't really understand the electoral college.

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I am here sorta freaking out... im afraid if mcbush wins there will be riots..
:crybaby:

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77 electoral votes for Obama
34 electoral votes for McCain

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You beat me to it MAP, I was just thinking that before. I have a feeling your right on that score, if McCain wins there will be civil ... :nono:

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Count it now.

Obama 77 - 34 McCain.

It's going to be a big win for Obama. Oh and CNN have reporters appearing as holograms! It wasn't amazing but......

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77 obama to 27 mccain on the bbc at the moment.

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84 obama to 27 mccain on the bbc at the moment.

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I know I seen that WTF!!!!!
I dont think they have ever done that before on the news...

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103
34


It is going fast now

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Yeah I thought she was going to say you're our only hope Obi Wan.

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Dude, isn't it just a projection? It is still 81x39 for now.

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sorry, a stupid european mod...excuse me..a projection yes.:zip:

:original:

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Anti it sounds like you need a hanky, hey is still closed.:naughty:

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Voting glitches spark lawsuits
Delays and missteps lead to disputes, but most voters take it all in stride
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27534128...ionNightWidget

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Look out, Obama the baby killer is on the rise.

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A considerate edit exchanger, cheers.

CNN just called Penn. Game over.

Below is a link of Clinton prez pardons as posted elsewhere by me. Gives an idea of what Dubya's job entails for the rest of the year.

2001 has Marc Rich, Pincus Green and the enigmatic Adolph Schwimmer. Also Fife Symington familiar to UFO obs and a lotta folks from Arkansas.

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Apologies link here

http://www.usdoj.gov/pardon/clintonp...#january202001

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102 electoral votes for Obama
34 electoral votes for McCain

Ouch !!! Throw rocks at me why don't you !!!:naughty:
Is going to be a long night of reflection....:mfr_omg::cup::lmao:

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woot!

jus thought id tell you all I voted for Obama. lol

:tongue2:

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I'm glad for you Orion.

I hope we all remmember to temper any thoughts of retribution against perceived negative Obama posters. They said what they thought and felt which is cool.

Now we have to move on and forward together. Dems are going to have a lot of power from Jan and we're all in this together.

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Okay I love country music , I know why the republicans lost. I'm listening to Hank Williams Jr. and my ears are hurting this guy is deaf tone, so much for positive frequencies through music. Ouch Hank you are hurting my ears !!!:naughty::shocked: Go Hank go, just don't sing you making me cry:lmfao::naughty:

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These aren't real election results, just projections based on the results of the precincts that have announced their results. Many of these states that are projected only have 20-30% of precincts reporting. If you open your browsers to several news sites you'll notice that.

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You're quite right Shellie. I posted the CNN link because it allows you to check by county also as well as compare to 2004.

If you tally guaranteed states blue and red (I don't like those terms either) Obama is going to win. As Ive said earlier whomever wins should be held fast against their campaign promises and there should be no recriminations.

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Wow.. McCain is leading Nebraska by SIXTEEN VOTES!!! (according to CNN)

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Here in the UK it's 3am, but I'm still up, watching the US election results. We don't have anything like the campaigns and elections that you have - so it's quite intriguing :original:

What we have here is 207 for Obama and 135 for McCain.

Those presenting the results are both English and American, with commentary from a mixed UK/USA sort of informal panel.

Of course, as our system doesn't work anything like the USA I haven't a clue what a College vote is, or how it all works. Still,they are saying that although they are speaking in terms of projections, they would be extend into reasonably accurate figures because there is far more caution when giving these out because of the last electoral problems.

Or something like that:original: It is 3am, after all :lol3:

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Hey Shellie here's your chance to make a projection .
What do you think , McCain or Obama.:naughty:
Texas is not going to be the same.
If UT had 50,000 students with Obama is going to increase to 80,000 wow!!!
Watch out Austin !!!:thumb_yello:

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Hah hah, if you look at the county map, Austin (Travis county) is blue and everything around it is red.

But honestly, I think here in Austin Ron Paul won... :P

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:mfr_omg::mfr_omg::mfr_omg: what election ????





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Allie: Basically, the people do not vote in the election, the states do. The weight of each state is based on its population (winner takes all). The electoral college is the actual vote for president- individuals in the EC pledge to vote for the candidate who gets the simple majority vote in their state. If 50.1% of people vote for candidate A and 49.9% vote for candidate B, then candidate A gets the entire weighted vote of the state.

In light of the last few elections the system seems stupid because the winner isn't necessarily the one who wins the majority vote. But this is the way it is set up in order to preserve the rights of the states (which are responsible for preserving the rights of their residents). I personally think it is still stupid (especially the winner takes all part).