Obama - First Black President

[Maxxthepenguin]

Swampdonkey: Your map avatar proves one major thing. The less people that people have to deal with in their lives, the more Republican they tend to be. Those who encounter more people are Democrats.

[Kuya]

Swampdonkey: Your map avatar proves one major thing. The less people have to deal with in their lives, the more Republican they tend to be. Those who encounter more people are Democrats.

Umm.

[Conrad]

Swampdonkey: Your map avatar proves one major thing. The less people that people have to deal with in their lives, the more Republican they tend to be. Those who encounter more people are Democrats.

Actually it just means he wants to skew the data.

Here's the real map adjusted for population (EDIT: Found a better site that breaks everything down):

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/2008/

[Maxxthepenguin]

Umm.

Wait, there was a typo there... I Maxx'd it

In any case I was just referring to the common knowledge of higher population density = more liberal. Stuff that shows up in maps like that.

[aurik]

So as they're counting absentee ballots in Alaska, Ted Stevens has fallen 3 votes behind Begich. Begich was down a little over 3k with 90,000 ballots left, and there's still at least 40,000 ballots to go iirc.

So maybe Alaska can partially salvage itself from the sea of lulz it's produced this election season. Also YAY SUPERMAJORITY HERE WE COME! (things look hopeful for Franken and Chambliss's seat is up in the air from what I've heard)

I doubt Dems win the runoff in GA.
Franken's race is a toss-up.
Hopefully that crook Stevens gets the boot.

[Kuya]

Higher population density has more to do with the fact that they are an urban population. Though i get the feeling that's not what you meant.

[Maxxthepenguin]

Higher population density has more to do with the fact that they are an urban population.

High population density necessitates it being urban. You can swap them out and it means the same thing.

[MF Perm tha Fineass]

Actually it just means he wants to skew the data.

Here's the real map adjusted for population (EDIT: Found a better site that breaks everything down):

Election maps

It's not skewed data, it's vote by county.

It's misleading in the fact that like Maxx said the densely populated areas are blue, and the backwoods hick areas are red. Out of any state you have metropolitan, suburban, and rural areas. Sure McCain won more landmass and rural areas, but not as many people.

Gogo real America!

[Senoska]

Who ever says your vote doesn't count is full of shit.

Begich
125,019
47%

Stevens
(Incumbent)
125,016
47%

Local and National Election Results - Election Center 2008 - Elections & Politics from CNN.com

[Correction]

58,024,608 66,361,433
46.0% 52.7%
162 365

Red for McCain.
Blue for Obama.

[Charla]

The important part is that good ol' Swampy can be proud the red team has more territory.

As for Stevens, he'll either lose the election or get kicked out of the Senate anyway, so it's really a question of whether he gets one boot or the other, so to speak.

[Aerin]

Who ever says your vote doesn't count is full of shit.
Local and National Election Results - Election Center 2008 - Elections & Politics from CNN.com

Holy crap lol.

[Vuitton]

The Associated Press: Lohan refers to Obama as 'first colored president'

YouTube - Lindsay Lohan Calls Barack Obama "Colored" (Racist)

Lindsay Lohan referred to President-elect Barack Obama as the country's "first colored president" in an interview on "Access Hollywood." Describing her experience on Election Day, Lohan said: "

It was really exciting. It's an amazing feeling. It's our first colored president."

A spokeswoman for Lohan didn't immediately return messages left Wednesday.

Interviewer Maria Menounos didn't question the 22-year-old actress on her use of the term. "Access Hollywood" also didn't cite her remark in its online story, but did post an "extended interview" video on its Web site that included the remark.

A spokesman for the syndicated entertainment news program said in a statement Wednesday: "We believe the word in question that Ms. Lohan used was unintelligible."

[Beckwin]

Begich up by 814 now, Stevens going down!

[Charla]

The Associated Press: Lohan refers to Obama as 'first colored president'

YouTube - Lindsay Lohan Calls Barack Obama "Colored" (Racist)

Has anyone else noticed lately that people seem to rely a great deal on reserved words. The predetermined connotation of a word are very often more important in several ways than either its intended or literal meaning.

[Darus Grey]

Has anyone else noticed lately that people seem to rely a great deal on reserved words. The predetermined connotation of a word are very often more important in several ways than either its intended or literal meaning.

That link isn't what you think it means ;0

[Shuvo]

The Associated Press: Lohan refers to Obama as 'first colored president'

YouTube - Lindsay Lohan Calls Barack Obama "Colored" (Racist)

Since when was colored a racist term? >_>

[Khamsin]

Since when was colored a racist term? >_>

Some of them colored fellas take offense to it now and again.

[Charla]

That link isn't what you think it means ;0

Oh, I know what it really means (I didn't get a BS in CS for nothing), I'm just applying it figuratively to a social context. I realize the link is only relevant if you use some imagination.

[Demosthenes11]

I thought black = colored
Pigmentally challenged maybe?