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11-04-2008, 09:07 PM
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The 2008 Election Day LIVE Thread
Didn't see a thread to discuss results as they came in.
OBAMA takes PENNSYLVANIA!!!
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11-04-2008, 09:14 PM
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Wooo Hoooo!!!
I have Obama 78, McCain 34 without Penn.
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Last edited by Benzgirl; 11-04-2008 at 09:17 PM.
Reason: ETA: Per Fox News
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11-04-2008, 09:15 PM
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Right now it looks like Obama may take Florida, North Carolina and Ohio. If he does, that should do it...
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11-04-2008, 09:21 PM
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Florida worries me. Ohio has no votes in yet essentially and NC has Durham (a nearly 100% black county) as the only county with most of its votes in so far. Those two I wouldn't speculate about yet.
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11-04-2008, 09:21 PM
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Could someone please explain how they are able to call states when only 20% of the results are in? Is it some ratio used?
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11-04-2008, 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by UofISigKap
Could someone please explain how they are able to call states when only 20% of the results are in? Is it some ratio used?
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Overwhelming exit poll advantage. Which may not prove to be that accurate in this election, but it has to be a huge advantage to call with as unreliable as exit polls were in 2004 I would imagine.
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11-04-2008, 09:29 PM
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To all those watching in Detroit.... Tim Kiska on channel 7 was my college professor and is a brilliant man!
I'm nervous. Michigan is closed and still hasn't shown any results.
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11-04-2008, 09:24 PM
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CB is correct. Ohio doesn't have any votes in, but the PD Website is now reporting:
President - General November 04, 2008 - 08:12PM ET
Ohio - 0 of 11156 Precincts Reporting - 0%
Obama , Barack Dem 235,759 68%
McCain , John GOP 108,226 31%
Nader , Ralph Ind 1,863 1%
Barr , Bob Lib 784 0%
Baldwin , Chuck CST 465 0%
McKinney , Cynthia Grn 381 0%
Duncan , Richard Ind 143 0%
Moore , Brian Soc 83 0%
My guess is this is NE Ohio, whice is typically about 2/3 vs. 1/3. Cincinnati will see the inverse
Damn Ralph Nader screws up the Ohio voting every election.
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11-04-2008, 09:31 PM
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Kay Hagan defeated Elizabeth Dole in NC.
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11-04-2008, 09:34 PM
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Kay Hagan defeated Elizabeth Dole in NC.
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11-04-2008, 09:40 PM
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I WISH I WAS IN GRANT PARK SO FREAKING BAD!
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11-04-2008, 09:43 PM
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I WISH I WAS IN GRANT PARK SO FREAKING BAD!
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I just came on here to post exactly that!
PM_Mama: Part of the UP is in Central Time and their polls don't close for 15 more minutes so they won't call Michigan yet.
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11-04-2008, 09:48 PM
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I just came on here to post exactly that!
PM_Mama: Part of the UP is in Central Time and their polls don't close for 15 more minutes so they won't call Michigan yet.
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Really? Our precincts closed at 7 pm CT (it's 7:48 now).
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11-04-2008, 09:51 PM
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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
Really? Our precincts closed at 7 pm CT (it's 7:48 now).
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Ours close at 8 pm, either ET or CT, depending on which time zone they're in. I actually wrote to CNN this morning because they had us listed as polls closing at 9 pm ET. I thought that was misleading for the 95% of us in the rest of the state and was worried people would see that and think they had til 9 pm. About 30 minutes after I emailed, it was clarified on the big map, with the different time zones. I take total credit for that 
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11-04-2008, 10:00 PM
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Ohioans:
I'm hearing that Issue 6 didn't pass (the one about the casino).
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