Election Day Thread

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Hilarious

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Was expecting this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yw_R9_aBtYc

[archibaldcrane]

Virginia is looking good for Obama, 87% reported, but North Carolina is crazy tight, Obama is up only 5k.

[Telliani]

They should just start all election maps with Texas in the red before they even start counting. heh.

[Kaliden]

Is it too early for me to start singing?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb6ErLPt4t8

Haha.

[kuronosan]

MO fluctuating big time. AZ leaning towards McCain. NC getting close.

This is too fun. It's almost like watching lemmings walk off a cliff.

CNN finally gives TX to McCain. McCain 129, Obama 207.

[HAcoreRD]

everytime i see mccain's picture on CNN with the stats i almost feel very bad for him.

129 now, he doesn't look like that big of a loser now

[Maxxthepenguin]

Breaking Fox News: Palin was chosen to appeal to Independent voters, which was the failure

[Aerin]

Hmm John Kings map had VA and NC for Obama already, they announce that and I missed it?

[kuronosan]

Not yet, but they are expected to soon.

Edit: CNN reports that two senior McCain aides say there's "no path to victory" for McCain.

MS goes to McCain, 207-135 now.

[archibaldcrane]

From fivethirtyeight.com (which has Obama with 284 "safe" votes so far)

The Drama of the Night is Now the Senate

Four Democratic pickups have been called: Warner (VA), Shaheen (NH), Udall (NM) and Hagan (NC). That gets Democrats 55.

Mark Udall in Colorado looks very strong. Ted Stevens, convicted felon, will lose. Jeff Merkley is heavily favored in the Oregon race, but those results aren't in yet.

Al Franken leads Norm Coleman in very early returns. However, Mary Landrieu looks like she's in a tight race in Louisiana, with a small lead over John Kennedy there. Roger Wicker leads Ronnie Musgrove in Mississippi.

If Udall, Begich, Merkley and Franken can win their races, and Mary Landrieu hold hers, Democrats will sit at 59 Senate seats. Then Democrats need to either keep Chambliss under 50% (some big Democratic counties are outstanding) or somehow pull off the Musgrove-Wicker upset, another race that has not been called.

The Chambliss thing is because if there isn't a majority winner (because of a 3rd party guy) then it goes into a runoff between the two highest.

[kuronosan]

Back to less than 4,000 in IN...

CNN about to add more projections.

[Correction]

Ballot measure returns paint a scary picture for civil rights in Florida and Arkansas.

Fuck the south, seriously.

[Drex]

Out of curiosity, why are a couple states (like nebraska) not winner-take-all? Is it up to the state to decide, or is there a special reason for those?

[Aerin]

I'm not sure which I want more, 60 seats in the Senate or Obama to win VA, IN and FL hmmm

[Ryany]

It's a 3675 difference in Indiana now.

I decided to key in on Indiana the whole night since the election itself wasn't much drama. Of course, it has to end up being the closest state so I will have to stay up forever and even then, it probably still won't be called until tomorrow morning.

[archibaldcrane]

Back to less than 4,000 in IN...

And that's without any new precincts from Lake County - HUGE news. Obama has about a 15,000 additional margin to pick up in Lake, so he's just gotta hold on, only 12% more returns total to come in.

[kuronosan]

Close states: IN (R - < 4,000), MO (R about 15,000), NC (R, < 4,000), VA (D, less than 9,000)

Looks like Obama's definitely picking up FL.

[Shuvo]

Obama: 202 McCain 114

This is so exciting lol. Like those zombie movies you see where red dots keep spreading on a map >.>

[TacoTaru]

At least voting in IN wasn't a total waste this time.