Maybe this will help keep the election organized. Vinny, Glenn, Chris, -MOLA1-: Feel free to update this page whenever new stats come out:



Current Total:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9d/Barack_Obama.jpg/75px-Barack_Obama.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/93/John_McCain_official_portrait_with_alternative_bac kground.jpg/75px-John_McCain_official_portrait_with_alternative_bac kground.jpg
Barack Obama vs. John McCain


Current Electoral Votes:

363...................175



Electoral College

Alabama 9
Alaska 3
Arizona 10
Arkansas 6
California 55
Colorado 9
Connecticut 7
Delaware 3
Washington, D.C. 3
Florida 27
Georgia 15
Hawaii 4
Idaho 4
Illinois 21
Indiana 11
Iowa 7
Kansas 6
Kentucky 8
Louisiana 9
Maine 4
Maryland 10
Massachusetts 12
Michigan 17
Minnesota 10
Mississippi 6
Missouri 11
Montana 3
Nebraska 5
Nevada 5
New Hampshire 4
New Jersey 15
New Mexico 5
New York 31
North Carolina 15
North Dakota 3
Ohio 20
Oklahoma 7
Oregon 7
Pennsylvania 21
Rhode Island 4
South Carolina 8
South Dakota 3
Tennessee 11
Texas 34
Utah 5
Vermont 3
Virginia 13
Washington 11
West Virginia 5
Wisconsin 10
Wyoming 3

Total: 538

+1 vote for Obama as of about 7:50. UPDATE IT!

ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTES, FOOL!


gawd...

Thank God the AI trade happened. It will stop me from going into a deep depression with the BO win. He will tax the rich, corporations and drag this country down with his socialism. JM ran a shitty campaign or he could have won this thing, me thinks.

And thanks to Bush and the House's spending, we end up with BO. BOOOOOOOOOOO!

But it is a historic day in that we will elect our first AA as Prez. Props to us. I feel good about that, I just wish it was Colin Powell or something. Not this tax and spend lib.

And I voted last week.

Can we find an angrier pic of McCain?

Starting at 6 PM EST the map will start streaming live election results for the presidential, Senate and House races. You can either hover over a state or district to see the results or click on the state or district to see results down to the county level.

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/237/mapyr7.jpg (http://www.gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=http://general-election-2008.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/results-gadget-tpm-1.xml)

I know nothing about BarakObama,but
"tax and spend lib"sounds betterthan the truth:That Reagan and Bush juniorhave run up the biggest deficits this country has ever seen.

My prediction on final score is a 338-200 win for Obama (with the popular vote being closer than the electoral map suggests).

Popular vote is generally much closer than electoral vote.

Remember, if you are in a state that is assuredly Dem or assuredly Rep and doesn't have a lot of contentious ballot issue, you may not have a lot of incentive to vote. That's where the absurdity of trying to count popular vote for an electoral college election comes in. If it were just popular vote, then the goal would be to run up the score in population centers and gloss over less-populous areas.

which is why Hillary's stupid popular vote argument was lame.

Is this thing going to drag into tomorrow?

Is this thing going to drag into tomorrow?

Absolutely.


First states in, Kentucky and Vermont.

Ohio, so far, is 70/30... for Obama.

Strange.

Floriduh 55/45... for Obama.

Weird.

MoTown in 2012.

Exactly!!!

NH and PA. Strong...looking good so far.

LETS' GO B.O.!!!

Who would you recommend for election coverage? I've been watching CNN for the last few elections, but of course that's because it was really all I had (well there's Fox but we don't have to go there). Who has good election coverage?

Who would you recommend for election coverage? I've been watching CNN for the last few elections, but of course that's because it was really all I had (well there's Fox but we don't have to go there). Who has good election coverage?
I'm on MSNBC, but I'm sure a couple people here probably aren't feeling that.

I'm on MSNBC, but I'm sure a couple people here probably aren't feeling that.

Same here.

LOL - sorry for not including you originally, MOLA. I didn't know if you were going to be around.

Thanks for the help, though. I might need to turn it over to you full time after around 11.

STFU Delay.

I know it's early, but HOW THE HELL can McCain be leading in Michigan?

Doesn't your state have, like, 35% unemployment?

Michigan = Ohio in '04

Just 2% in though.

Edit: 4% now and MSNBC predicting Michigan for Obama.

LOL - sorry for not including you originally, MOLA. I didn't know if you were going to be around.

Thanks for the help, though. I might need to turn it over to you full time after around 11.
Shiiit...I didn't know either, but while watching, I needed to get my fix on here.

I know it's early, but HOW THE HELL can McCain be leading in Michigan?

Doesn't your state have, like, 35% unemployment?

Michigan = Ohio in '04

MSNBC just called Mich for Obama. What are you watching?

[smilie=soulpower.g:

I'm still looking for a blowout. An Obama victory by a margin too wide for them to steal it.

Mr. Big Shot with the dagger... Ohio called for Obama.

O-H-I-O! Shout to Zek!

You're welcome.

Assuming Ohio holds up as a blue state, Obama has pretty much wrapped this one up. CA, OR and WA are virtual locks for him, which will bring him to over 270 electoral votes. That's ignoring potential wins in VA and FL (edit: and NC and IN), so I'd say McCain is right screwed.

Well, Obama's got it in the bag. Major props. I never would've thought the day would come where a minority gets into office.

Of course, I will in no way offer my support up to Barack. I'll never pray for him or put my trust in him that he'll fix the economy.

If somebody "Lee Harvey Oswald's" him, I won't shed a tear, I won't be surprised, and I certainly won't have remorse.

I'll admit, I'm being a sour grape, and I knew very well the odds we're stacked up against the GOP before today.

All I can do now, is just hope it (the economy) gets worse before it gets better. This isn't the first time America's voted a complete doofus & novice into office (Jimmy Carter), and history ALWAYS repeats itself.

I'll take pleasure in watching him fail.

EDIT: At the very least the Republicans are going to hold down a filibuster in the Senate. Rush Limbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, Sean Hannity and all the other conservative radio slappy's are safe from the 'Fariness Doctrine'

Had a class at the gym tonight at 8pm. Got out of it and ran into a kidd I used to hang out with. He said he just caught on a tv that McCain was winning Michigan. I almost knocked him out. "Nice to see you again!"

EDIT: At the very least the Republicans are going to hold down a filibuster in the Senate. Rush Limbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, Sean Hannity and all the other conservative radio slappy's are safe from the 'Fariness Doctrine'

That ship has sailed anyway. Obama's campaign has laid down a blueprint for using the internet to mobilize voters and raise money that not only bypasses talk radio but trumps it.

That ship has sailed anyway. Obama's campaign has laid down a blueprint for using the internet to mobilize voters and raise money that not only bypasses talk radio but trumps it.


Yeah, that's never going to happen.

Yeah, that's never going to happen.

Really? Scoreboard. As a tool to rally the base and make it rain, that game is over and Obama used the internet to do both in a way that means democrats don't need to play the talk radio game to achieve those ends. Fairness doctrine is rendered moot as far as being an important goal for the democrats.

MSNBC just called Mich for Obama. What are you watching?

I'm on abcnews.com.

BTW, FoxNews just called Canada for McCain, giving him 603 eletoral votes and the White House.

Really? Scoreboard. As a tool to rally the base and make it rain, that game is over and Obama used the internet to do both in a way that means democrats don't need to play the talk radio game to achieve those ends. Fairness doctrine is rendered moot as far as being an important goal for the democrats.

I don't buy that, Chuck Schumer was just talking about it yesterday.

Obama's internet savvy is over-blown. Ron Paul dominated the web exposure, and it did him no good.

We've seen this 'Jimmy Carter' act before. This evening, America handed the Dems a bigger majority in the Senate, the Oval Office, and increased power in the House. The ball is now in your court. Barack has 4 years to fix the economy, or whoever runs in '12 will have a cakewalk to victory.

Tick tock...

I don't buy that, Chuck Schumer was just talking about it yesterday.

Obama's internet savvy is over-blown. Ron Paul dominated the web exposure, and it did him no good.


How much money did Ron Paul raise? How many voters did Ron Paul turn out? ...crickets...

Well, Obama's got it in the bag. Major props. I never would've thought the day would come where a minority gets into office.

Of course, I will in no way offer my support up to Barack. I'll never pray for him or put my trust in him that he'll fix the economy.

If somebody "Lee Harvey Oswald's" him, I won't shed a tear, I won't be surprised, and I certainly won't have remorse.

I'll admit, I'm being a sour grape, and I knew very well the odds we're stacked up against the GOP before today.

All I can do now, is just hope it (the economy) gets worse before it gets better. This isn't the first time America's voted a complete doofus & novice into office (Jimmy Carter), and history ALWAYS repeats itself.

I'll take pleasure in watching him fail.

EDIT: At the very least the Republicans are going to hold down a filibuster in the Senate. Rush Limbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, Sean Hannity and all the other conservative radio slappy's are safe from the 'Fariness Doctrine'

Are you sure you're not a cartoon?

NBC news calls it for Obama.

Just spent my last 20 minutes celebrating and will continue to do so.

[smilie=werd.gif]

:cry:

We need a president smilie.

That was a mean ass whooping. yikes. LOL@supporters booingh McCain's respect for Obama. With that said i feel bad for McCain, in his effort to secure the Wilfredo Ledezma Cruscott base, he lost everyone else.

I am glad I save some fireworks for tonight.
America wins tonight. America! We can finally be proud.

THIS is the greatest night of my life.

Boy, if someone handed guns out on the FoxNews Election headquarters, they'd aall blow their heads off.

Talk about disappointed.

I WANT AL FRANKEN UP IN DC TOO! Still too close to call.

Come on MoTown call some of your peeps and get them to stuff ballot boxes.

That was a mean ass whooping. yikes. LOL@supporters booingh McCain's respect for Obama. With that said i feel bad for McCain, in his effort to secure the Wilfredo Ledezma Cruscott base, he lost everyone else.

That was a really good speech by McCain. I've thought all along if...

wait. What is that noise.....?

Haahaha, They're interviewing Martin Luther King's kid on CNN, in a Baptist Church, with Gospel music in the background.

Haha. They just cut that bitch off.

2 minutes until BO calling out Wil Led.

SHITCANNED

http://www.greenpeace.org/raw/image_full/international/photosvideos/photos/george-bush-leads-the-us-towar.jpg

It was nice to see the real McCain again in that concession speech tonight, free from the malignancy of Rovian campaign tactics. Left to his own devices he's a class act.

SHITCANNED

http://www.codemonkeyramblings.com/files/sarah_palin2.jpg

I feel like sharing with the lesser fortunate. Good for christian values, bad for america supposedly.

No reading. He went off. If you remember Martin Luther King Jr's speech, at one point he left his notes and went off.

We are. Finally. Free.

I've often wondered what kind of a world, an America at that, I'd brought my kid into. Tonight, I don't feel so bad. I know I'll wake up to pretty much the same shit tomorrow, but the simple fact that a black man is president makes me feel better about the future without even having to think about all the issues.

And that was one hell of a speech by Obama.

FUCK THIS COCKSUCKER ONCE AND FOR ALL

http://papundits.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/rush-limbaugh.jpg

I've often wondered what kind of a world, an America at that, I'd brought my kid into. Tonight, I don't feel so bad. I know I'll wake up to pretty much the same shit tomorrow, but the simple fact that a black man is president makes me feel better about the future without even having to think about all the issues.

And that was one hell of a speech by Obama.

I'm not certain what freaks me out more -- your sig or your av?

FUCK THIS COCKSUCKER ONCE AND FOR ALL

http://papundits.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/rush-limbaugh.jpg

Rush ain't so bad. He's simply catering to a demographic and compiling ratings numbers necessary to retain advertising revenue.

Ummmm......*

Yeah, fuck 'em!!!

Rush ain't so bad. He's simply catering to a demographic and compiling ratings numbers necessary to retain advertising revenue.

Ummmm......*

Yeah, fuck 'em!!!

As late as Friday he was still insisting that Obama's grandmother wasn't really ill and his trip to Hawaii was really all about getting his birth certificate sealed (since he wasn't really born here.)

Of course, I will in no way offer my support up to Barack. I'll never pray for him
And that, sir, is what makes you an ass.

I prayed for Bush.

I don't agree with Bush on much, but we should all pray that our leaders do the right things. You pray for everyone, damnit! It's the Christian thing to do.

And now I had better say a prayer for you, because if I ever meet you, you will need it.

Ledezma is terrible.

I'm surprised Zip hasn't had a field day on Ledezma's "Christian morals."

Ledezma is a pussy.
fixed...

I'm surprised Zip hasn't had a field day on Ledezma's "Christian morals."
What christian morals? Christian Slater? Christian Bale? Not Jesus Christ Christian. He hasn't said much to legitimately claim himself a christian in faith. Faith requires a lil' more dedication than he brings.

My prediction on final score is a 338-200 win for Obama (with the popular vote being closer than the electoral map suggests).

Damn, I was dead on last night with the 338 prediction. Not that it's a bad thing he pulled out a couple more states...

Damn, I was dead on last night with the 338 prediction. Not that it's a bad thing he pulled out a couple more states...
They're calling Indiana for Obama, so it's up to 349. He has a decent shot at winning North Carolina and Missouri by even-more-razor-thin margins.

Thanks for updating. Once Obama got Ohio, I bounced. I was celebrating and smiling and laughing and yelling and then crying like a bitch during Obama's speech. I was so fucking happy and overcome with emotions that I wasn't going to be able to handle a computer at that point. I probably would've smashed it and burned it up like Jimi Hendrix or something.

Yup, I celebrated once we won Ohio by getting hammered.

I honestly didn't believe Ohio... seemed too early to call it.

Well, Obama's got it in the bag. Major props. I never would've thought the day would come where a minority gets into office.

Of course, I will in no way offer my support up to Barack. I'll never pray for him or put my trust in him that he'll fix the economy.

If somebody "Lee Harvey Oswald's" him, I won't shed a tear, I won't be surprised, and I certainly won't have remorse.

I'll admit, I'm being a sour grape, and I knew very well the odds we're stacked up against the GOP before today.

All I can do now, is just hope it (the economy) gets worse before it gets better. This isn't the first time America's voted a complete doofus & novice into office (Jimmy Carter), and history ALWAYS repeats itself.

I'll take pleasure in watching him fail.

EDIT: At the very least the Republicans are going to hold down a filibuster in the Senate. Rush Limbaugh, Hugh Hewitt, Sean Hannity and all the other conservative radio slappy's are safe from the 'Fariness Doctrine'

Bumped because I'm still in disbelief. So are you willing to back down from your statement that you apparently wouldn't mind if someone killed our new president?? Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with you??

WTF is wrong with Ledezma should be a thread title.

He's a baby. Tantrums to no end.

I'm still really surprised that the kept Biden hidden from the press. He wasn't even there for acceptance. I still haven't seen him. Not saying he wasn't on the communist channels but I haven't seen him.

I'm still really surprised that the kept Biden hidden from the press. He wasn't even there for acceptance. .
WTF, yes he was. Are you high again?

I didn't watcht the entire speech. He showed up at the end?

He was there from the beginning, IIRC.

BO came out with the family and then they left and he gave his speech. I didn't even see Biden. I heard him thank him as a running mate but don't remember the camera on him or anything.

BO came out with the family and then they left and he gave his speech. I didn't even see Biden. I heard him thank him as a running mate but don't remember the camera on him or anything.
Biden was out there with Obama for a bit after the speech and also the two of them with both families.

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/obamamichellebidenjill_nov5.jpg

Obama adds symbolic NC victory to White House win

By MIKE BAKER and BARBARA RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press Writers
20 mins ago

RALEIGH, N.C. – President-elect Obama won North Carolina on Thursday, a symbolic triumph that underscored his political strength as he turned nine states that President Bush won in 2004 to Democratic blue.

The Associated Press declared Obama the winner after canvassing counties in North Carolina to determine the number of outstanding provisional ballots. That survey found that there are not enough remaining ballots for Republican John McCain to close a 13,693-vote deficit.

North Carolina's 15 electoral votes brings Obama's total to 364 — nearly 100 more than necessary to win the White House — to McCain's 162. Missouri is the only state that remains too close to call, with McCain leading by several thousand votes.

Obama's win in North Carolina was the first for a Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter won the state in 1976.

Of Bush's 2004 states, Obama captured Virginia, Florida and North Carolina in the South, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa in the Midwest and Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico in the West.

Obama ran an aggressive general election campaign in North Carolina after his wide primary victory in the state over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested he could win a trove of electoral votes that most assumed would belong to McCain.

McCain spent months watching North Carolina from afar during the summer as Obama visited regularly, but the GOP nominee returned to the state in the campaign's final few weeks as polls suggested an Obama victory was possible.

Obama spent millions of televisions ads that were buttressed by hundreds of staff members in dozens of offices to take advantage of North Carolina's rapidly changing demographics and a large bloc of black voters galvanized by his bid to become the first African-American president.

North Carolina's growing population includes a booming urban corridor from Charlotte to Raleigh along Interstate 85, while retirees from northern states — who are more willing to vote for Democrats — are filling the state's coast and mountains.

Exit polls also showed that some 30 percent of voters considered race a factor in their decision, with the numbers split evenly among voters who backed McCain and Obama. Nearly one in five voters considered race an important factor.

The economy also played a role — with 60 percent of voters considering it the top issue, with those voters breaking slightly to Obama. The state's manufacturing industry has been devastated by competitive imports, and the state's banking economy centered in Charlotte was struck by economic turmoil that led to the downfall of Wachovia Corp., in the weeks before Election Day.

Obama's win completed the party's sweep at the top of the North Carolina ticket. Beverly Perdue was elected the state's first female governor, while Kay Hagan unseated one of the GOP's most respected figures in Sen. Elizabeth Dole.

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835&u_sid=10480262


Good news for Barack Obama supporters.

His odds of bagging an electoral vote in Nebraska grew stronger this morning, with word that 10,000 to 12,000 early ballots and 5,200 provisional ballots are left to count in Douglas County.

Obama won about 61 percent of the early votes counted before Tuesday's election. If that percentage holds with the early ballots left to count, Obama stands a strong chance of winning the Omaha-area 2nd Congressional District.

Republicans did not concede defeat this morning, but they acknowledged the long odds.

John McCain held a 569-vote lead over Obama in the 2nd District at the end of Tuesday.

"I will remain cautiously hopeful but not cautiously optimistic," said Hal Daub, state director for McCain. "I'm disappointed (in the numbers). We really worked hard here, against substantial resources being poured into Nebraska."

FWIW, the Precinct in which I voted, went for McCain...

http://www.newsroomsolutions.com/m2/results.html


Precinct 30
Poll Book Total 933
Baldwin/Castle- 0
Barr/Root- 7
McCain/Palin- 550
McKinney/Clemente- 1
Nader/Gonzalez- 10
Obama/Biden- 362

must be a "higher income" thing

^not snobbish at all

I'd label it more an "out of touch" thing.

FWIW, the Precinct in which I voted, went for McCain...

must be a "higher income" thing

One of these days I need to get passed the point I roll my eyes when I read your posts... they just shouldn't surprise me any more.

Why did they ever 'surprise' you in the first place?

Why did they ever 'surprise' you in the first place?

You seemed to have changed over the past month, Wil.

Almost like a different person.

Interestingly enough Ledezma, your precinct was the only one in Sterling Heights who broke for McCain by a huge percentage margin. Only 4 of 52 districts voted for McCain, and Obama won Sterling Heights by 7 points.

^ Must be a higher income thing.

Two straight days of big time losses in the stock market. Any coincidence?

It makes alot of sense if you ask me. If you have stock, your better off taking that out now and only having to tax 15% rather than having to tax 28% of your capital gains under Obama's tax plan.

Basic economics. You thought nobody was investing now--just wait a few months.

The President doesn't effect the economy unless its a Dem and a bad economy or a Rep and a good one.

I'm sure some traders will take their short term gains/losses prior to a tax jump because they are smart people who are concerned primarily with economic gains. Of course, Obama isn't even anaugurated yet so he can't pass a new tax plan so smart traders aren't getting out yet based on a change that won't happen for months.

The #s for October have been coming in and they are grim, that's all. There's no "Obama" effect from the last couple days.

There MAY be an Obama effect from the past month or two, when most of the market concluded that Obama was gonna win (90+% in Intrade). But, it's hard to say given the extreme volatility coming from the bailouts. Remember, unlike the past couple presidential elections, it wasn't too close to call on election day. The investment community wasn't sitting on pins and needles.

The only big stock decline that might be strongly linked to Obama's win is Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

Obama got an electoral vote in Nebraska!

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2835&u_sid=10481441

Heh heh heh...

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27582147/

Natalie Portman works phones, tips the election in Obama's favor...

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/gen/47372/original.jpg

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