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President McCain 2008/President Obama 2008?
Poll ended at 2008-11-05 02:47pm
President Barack Obama(D)/Vice President Joe Biden(D) 88%  88%  [ 228 ]
Senator John McCain(R)/Vice President Sarah Palin(R) 7%  7%  [ 17 ]
I plan to vote/throw my vote away for a third party candidate 6%  6%  [ 15 ]
Total votes : 260
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ArcturusMengsk
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 08:58pm 

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The Romulan Republic wrote:
Just read on another forum that Virginia's been called for McCain. Is this true?


No. None of the NOVA counties have been reported; Obama's actually doing relatively well, given all that's been called are the rural VA states.
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Duckie
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 08:58pm 

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Scratch that- at 10%, Obama pulls ahead to a 400,000 lead; 57-42. Southern Florida appears to be an Obama landslide even as north as Orlando and between Miami and there, save places that old people retire in. Unknown how big the population of North Florida is if that will counterbalance that, knowing where big cities are hasn't been my strong suit. Panhandle closes in 2 minutes, results will start filtering in. Florida seems efficient this year.
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D.Turtle
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:01pm 

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Pennyslvania immediately called for Obama. McCain has just lost.
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ArcturusMengsk
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:01pm 

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PA to Obama!
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Duckie
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:01pm 

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MSNBC just gave Obama 'projected win' in a shitload of states, including Pennsylvania.
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Lord Relvenous
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:02pm 

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Damn that was a significant amount of projections for Obama.

77 Obama 34 McCain
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Masami von Weizegger
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:03pm 

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The Beeb's also going all out with the Obama projections. 84-34 in his favour.
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Surlethe
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:03pm 

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Georgia's not been called yet because the big cities aren't in, I'm pretty sure.
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Duckie
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:04pm 

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No celebrating yet, they're just projecting the call based on polls. No results in yet for PA. We'll be sure when results come in.
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D.Turtle
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:05pm 

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The fact that states like Pennylvania are immediately called for Obama, while states like Alabama and Mississippi are "too close to call" though leaning McCain (and will go for him in the end) means we are looking at a landslide.
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The Romulan Republic
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:06pm 

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Exactly, CNN just said Pennsylvania not called. And Virginia's going towards McCain. It's not over yet.
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FSTargetDrone
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:06pm 

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MRDOD wrote:
MSNBC just gave Obama 'projected win' in a shitload of states, including Pennsylvania.


Speaking of MSNBC, Chris Matthews just said that "the McCain strategy for taking Pennsylvania has crashed."

Ouch.
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CmdrWilkens
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:06pm 

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Bounty wrote:
MSNBC has SC for McCain when he's 12% behind? The hell?


South Carolina has been polling a double digit McCain lead for decades and there simply aren't enough AA votes to shift things that drastically. Its much the same reaosn why MD, CT, IL, DC, MA, etc all got called for Obama before a single precinct reported in. Oh sure there is a chance that they mgiht get egg on their face but its roughly a 99.5% chance that McCain takes South Carolina, that's the confidence interval most networks require before making a call.
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Bounty
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:07pm 

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D.Turtle wrote:
The fact that states like Pennylvania are immediately called for Obama, while states like Alabama and Mississippi are "too close to call" though leaning McCain (and will go for him in the end) means we are looking at a landslide.


Or overeager reporting?
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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:09pm 

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Surlethe wrote:
Georgia's not been called yet because the big cities aren't in, I'm pretty sure.


Also, the exit polls and election day voting results should be skewed toward McCain because a disproportionate amount of Democrats voted early.

Speaking of early voting, when will votes be counted and added to the totals?
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Duckie
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:09pm 

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11% of Florida Gay Marriage Ban in:
60% Yes, 40% No
needs 60% to pass.
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Strider
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:10pm 

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The Romulan Republic wrote:
Just read on another forum that Virginia's been called for McCain. Is this true?


Probably about as true as MSNBC calling Pennsylvania for Obama with 0 votes.
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The Romulan Republic
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:11pm 

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Probably about as true as MSNBC calling Pennsylvania for Obama with 0 votes.


Well the guy who posted it admitted he was watching Fox. I think that's the answer right their. :)
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Lord Relvenous
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:11pm 

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CNN's comparison between how Bush did in 2004 and how McCain is doing right now was very interesting. McCain is underpreforming, which doesn't bode well. Obama has got it.
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Quetzalcoatl
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:14pm 

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I strongly recommend using the Times to track the election. They don't call states as early as some of the others have.
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The Romulan Republic
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:15pm 

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Obama's got a big lead in Ohio, though they've just started counting.

And its tightened a few points in Georgia. I don't think Obama will take it, but he might poll over 40%.
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Admiral Valdemar
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:16pm 

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Ha, that bitch Dole has lost.
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Duckie
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:20pm 

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Obama reaches 2 million in florida, still has a 300k lead on McCain, 54-46 percentagewise. 25% of the State has reported in. The panhandle is still waiting- it's low population compared to the rest of the state but almost universally red. Could narrow a lot.
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CmdrWilkens
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:21pm 

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The Romulan Republic wrote:
Obama's got a big lead in Ohio, though they've just started counting.

And its tightened a few points in Georgia. I don't think Obama will take it, but he might poll over 40%.


If the pre-election polling is even remotely accurate Obama should pull roughly 45% of the vote. Note that Atlanta (which shoudl go for Obama huge) isn't yet reporting.
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Bounty
PostPosted: 2008-11-04 09:23pm 

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Why does this Blitzer character have to shout every question?

My map's showing an Obama lead in Texas with 1% counted. I'm guessing that's another Democratic county fluking up the numbers?
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