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 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 07:41pm 

McCain will win Kentucky handily. The only race there that's interesting is McConnell/Lunsford. Indiana, the longer they're out, the better.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 07:52pm 

Speaking of McConnel/Lunsford the later is running roughly 12% ahead of Obama's position. The final Pollster composite had McCain up 13% in the state so if Lunsford can do 12% better than Obama we would be looking at a ace too close to call until sometime tomorrow if not for some time later after recounts, provisionals, and absentees.

*this was prior to CNN reporting the first results out of Louisville which brought Obama a crapload closer

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 07:54pm 

NOS has Obama/McCain virtually tied in Kentucky, 49-50. I don't know where they're getting their data from.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 07:59pm 

Louisville, a very democratic city, has reported almost half of its votes, while the other rural areas and cities have barely started counting.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:01pm 

MSNBC just projected Kentucky for McCain and Vermont for Obama. Indiana is too close to call. McCain is up by a few hundred votes at the moment, but it is very close.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:04pm 

Yeah, BBC has Kentucky M and Vermont O as well.

Kentucky...shit. That'll come as a real blow to Obama.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:06pm 

McConnell's senate race is too close to call. Current score?

88803 Lunsford (D) 51%
85993 McConnel (R) 49%

If both McConnel and Chambliss lose, I will squee. The Congressian Republican party's leadership torn out of the party.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:07pm 

Wasn't it solidly red in the predictions to begin with?

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:08pm 

How is this a blow to Obama? Kentucky was always projected to go to McCain.


Tribun, is that you?

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:09pm 

Yeah, let's just hope that Obama can carry Texas, Utah, and Oklamoha or this'll all be over.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:12pm 

You know sarcasm works better when you have, oh I don't know, a bit of history from which to demonstrate it.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:17pm 

90K counted in Florida, 53-46 McCain

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:19pm 

CNN`s Jessica: Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope!

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:20pm 

Context plz?

The Dutch have got a reporter in the GOP headquarters and she doesn't look impressed.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:21pm 

These 90k are in Lake County, a conservative suburban area which went for Bush in 2004 by a 21% lead. Obama's doing well.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:23pm 

CNN (means politics, LOL) has a reporter being shot by hi-def cams by the dozen in a tent so she appear with Wolf in the studio as a hologram. It's reporting... OF THE FUTURE!

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:23pm 

Sorry if I don't know the context of the numbers, I'm following this on the NOS map and it's pretty basic. They've got some pretty good tie-in coverage on TV and radio.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:24pm 

Honestly I don't think its worth worrying about any state until you get into th 10% reporting range or so. Right now those 90k votes will represent somewhere in the range of 1% of the Florida vote.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:27pm 

Florida: McCain by 54 %. But only one percent in.

Indiana at 51 to 48 McCain right now. I'm starting to worry.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:27pm 

did anyone notice the hologram shown on CNN for the person at the rally (in Grant Park IIRC) being projected to the CNN studios in NYC? I though that was kind've cool. They just showed it withing the past 5 mins of this post and I was surprised when they showed the "via hologram" written on the bottom.

In another related thing, there should be a big rally in the city center of Chicago (there is on now; growing). Massive numbers expected in Grant Park. and the temperature is nice and warm for early november, late 60-early 70 degrees Fahrenheit making there probably more. City government is encouraging public transport but extra parking space would be available. though Metra stops service at 1 AM which the rally might continue afterward.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:28pm 

Less, the counter's still at zero.

Is CNN's coverage tolerable? Holograms are way cooler than reports on schools.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:29pm 

I wouldn't. Lake county hasn't even started reporting yet and Marion county (Indy) has put 5k votes out there with several hundred thousand more to come. Again this is a state Bush won by 21% and we are talking right now about too close to call...that's victory.

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:32pm 

And now Obama's leading in Florida, but they just said on CNN that their seems to be a problem with the math. Did anyone catch the details about that?

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:33pm 

The numbers on the monitor were 48-38, so unless there's a wildly popular third party their data must've gotten messed up;

 Post subject: Re: US Election 2008 Results Thread

Posted: 2008-11-04 08:34pm 

So far I've only heard Kentucky called. Have any others been called clearly for one or the other?