North Carolina results will be posted here:
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/NC/42923/104687/Web01/en/summary.html


The elections I'll be watching closely are:

Presidential race - With 4 Justices in their 70s a lot is riding on this

Superintendent of Public Instruction - Really don't want to see Tedesco win

NC Auditor - Debra Goldman seems wholly unqualified

Lt Governor - I know the Governors Mansion, State House, & State Senate are going GOP, I want one public voice able to rally media coverage to provide a countering point of view

NC Supreme Court - The future of voter suppression, amendment 1, attacks on women, the environment, and many other issues in NC are ultimately up to the balance of the NC Supreme Court which this race will decide

Marriage Equality/Discrimination referenda - Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, & Washington will be voting on these


A lot of the other races are more predictable, but these are the ones I'll be watching most keenly, and I'll have a good election night if more of them break my way than not.

What races will you be watching the most?

Where and how will you be watching the results come in?

11/5/2012 7:20:22 PM

Those conservative Supreme Court justices will die in office rather than retire and let a dem pick their replacement. If Obama wins, they are praying a Republican wins in 2016 or they might die on the bench.

11/5/2012 7:23:04 PM

Official Prediction:

Romney wins with between 290-325 electoral votes, wins popular vote by 5-9%

11/5/2012 7:45:55 PM

Obama wins 300+ electoral votes, no way Romney wins that many even if he does somehow win, if he wins...looking at 270ish for him. All the state polls are trending Obama even more, besides NC. FL is slightly Romney but Obama doesnt need it or NC to win. States that will go GOP that went DEM four years ago IN, NC, FL and Obama doesnt need any of them.

[Edited on November 5, 2012 at 8:02 PM. Reason : w]

11/5/2012 8:01:10 PM

^^ holy shit, 5-9%? I knew you were delusional about this, but damn

11/5/2012 8:04:38 PM

7pm-Polls close in 6 states. Biggest is VA. Others include GA, IN, KY, SC and VT. 60 electoral votes up for grabs. #election2012

7:30pm-Oh-me-o Oh mi-o polls close in Ohio! NC and WV also close. 38 electoral votes total. #election2012

8:00pm-AL, CT, DE, FL, IL, ME, MD, MA, MS, MO, NH, NJ, OK, PA, RI, TN, DC. 172 electoral votes. Total now at 270. #election2012

8:30pm-Polls close in Arkansas. 6 electoral votes. #election2012

9:00pm-Polls close in AZ, CO, KS, LA, MI, MN, NE, NM, NY, ND, SD, TX, WI, WY. 156 electoral votes. #election2012

10:00pm-Polls close in four states: IA, MT, NV, VT. 21 electoral votes. #election2012

11:00pm-CA, HI, ID, OR, WA. 82 electoral votes. #election2012

1:00am- Polls close finally in Alaska. 3 electoral votes. #election2012

(sorry for the twitter hashtags)

11/5/2012 8:04:49 PM

Obama wins ~280 electoral votes, +1.5% popular vote
Dems hold the Senate
Repub party splinters, hopefully withers away and dies
Fuck Lincoln

11/5/2012 8:26:02 PM

My guess:

Obama 281 - Romney 257
Obama ahead in the popular vote by about 1%
Senate to the Dems
House to the GOP

11/5/2012 8:34:43 PM

what is happening with the election??? everything is blocked here right now because of the chinese big 12 year cycle election. i cant even get on 4chan. but stupid TWW is okay...

11/5/2012 8:43:09 PM

I'm predicting that Obama will take an early lead tomorrow.... Until all the Republicans get off work.

11/5/2012 8:54:15 PM

oh haha forgot i am ahead by a day in the mornings. i saw 6th on puter and was all excited.

11/5/2012 9:07:51 PM

^In North Carolina at least early voting was higher in 2012 than in 2008, not sure how that's going to break, but that's about all we know so far.

11/5/2012 9:11:31 PM

Obama - 303
Romney -235

The popular vote will probably be closer, but still a win for Obama there too.

11/5/2012 9:13:18 PM

romney narrowly wins popular vote

obama wins electoral college

11/5/2012 9:39:47 PM

if this happens tomorrow, Romney wins:

11/5/2012 9:59:38 PM

I think the only question tomorrow is whether Obama wins 332 or 303 EVs. Every state except Florida will be called pretty ewrly.

Popular vote prediction: O-51% , R-47%, Third parties-2%

Romney gets a delicious serving of irony to end his political career.

11/5/2012 10:13:15 PM

11/6/2012 8:48:46 AM

Twitter is on fire saying Romney won Ohio early voting by 92,000 and even won Cuyahoga County (Cleveland). That part makes me question the validity.

11/6/2012 9:17:19 AM

Electoral College 303 or 332

Popular vote 50-48

[Edited on November 6, 2012 at 9:23 AM. Reason : (Both for Obama)]

11/6/2012 9:23:01 AM

^^this is a day to be very skeptical of anything on twitter

11/6/2012 9:24:21 AM

It's in a Cincy newspaper site. I was under the impression early votes were not even counted until the polls close. And Ohio doesn't even give party breakdown in advance.

Anyone clarify?

11/6/2012 9:32:14 AM

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20121106/CINCI/121106009/Early-votes-not-yet-counted-Ohio?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|&nclick_check=1

11/6/2012 10:31:24 AM

I guess this is where we should put the predictions:

290-248 Obama

http://tinyurl.com/bhfdwh4

I think either VA or CO could flip, and even if both go for Romney, Obama still wins. I wouldn't be surprised to see Romney win the popular vote and lose the electoral college. My guess is that it will be a virtual 50-50 split.

11/6/2012 11:27:04 AM

Calling Utah for Romney

11/6/2012 12:02:54 PM

Oh, a risk taker. You bet against State in sports?

[Edited on November 6, 2012 at 12:56 PM. Reason : -]

11/6/2012 12:56:29 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/11/06/more-than-half-of-registered-voters-in-cuyahoga-county-have-voted/

Turn out looking really good in Ohio so far.

11/6/2012 3:34:54 PM

290-248 BO

11/6/2012 4:08:32 PM

Cuyahoga County is at 59% turnout per their BOE. Surely going to 62-65%. This is good news for Obama surely. Higher than 2008 levels.

11/6/2012 6:00:22 PM

CNN right now is showing something resembling a Monday Night Football pregame show.

11/6/2012 6:01:46 PM

When do you think NC will be called? I'm guessing 9:15ish.

11/6/2012 6:10:39 PM

John King finds it necessary to remind us that Romney is the republican challenger and Obama is the Democratic incumbent

11/6/2012 6:32:23 PM

LOL, the CNN viewing party in Boston is a hit. There are literally no people walking around.

[Edited on November 6, 2012 at 6:49 PM. Reason : interesting report about Romney's internal Ohio polling on CNN had Obama +5]

11/6/2012 6:38:11 PM

As a former Bostonian, I can attest to the fact that they would rather be in the bars.

11/6/2012 7:09:25 PM

Indiana and Kentucky to Romney. Vermont to Obama. Giving Romney an early lead.

11/6/2012 7:13:00 PM

Nothing matters until they start calling swing states. Senate and House races will be interesting though.

11/6/2012 7:16:19 PM

Vigo County is going to Obama with 92% reporting!

11/6/2012 7:31:56 PM

West Virginia to Romney as does South Carolina.

[Edited on November 6, 2012 at 7:36 PM. Reason : .]

11/6/2012 7:32:07 PM

major @ people boasting about states with 2% of the precincts reporting

11/6/2012 7:36:26 PM

33 Romney, Obama 3... shaping up to be a blow out!

11/6/2012 7:43:50 PM

it's the football game all over again

11/6/2012 7:44:50 PM

This is a pretty cool visualization:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/results/president/scenarios

Romney has a seriously up-hill battle...

11/6/2012 7:49:18 PM

nytimes

11/6/2012 7:52:19 PM

Georgia to Romney. 49 to 3 now.

11/6/2012 7:56:00 PM

that ny times outcome plotter is awesome

11/6/2012 8:00:24 PM

Fuck... WRAL just had Wake County colored red on their map with 7% reporting, though Obama up by 30K in the state.

I don't get how the democrat is winning the lt. governor seat with such a disparity in what Mcrory is gonna win governor by.

Romney up by 45 k votes in NC now with 24% in

[Edited on November 6, 2012 at 8:06 PM. Reason : ]

11/6/2012 8:02:07 PM

64 -BHO
40-MITTENS

11/6/2012 8:11:30 PM

did you just make that up?

11/6/2012 8:13:20 PM

no

65 - bho
56 mittens

at http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/results

google still reporting 64/40

11/6/2012 8:16:04 PM

Msnbc has O 64 - R 82 but they're calling some solidly red states early.

11/6/2012 8:18:24 PM

CNN is way faster than wral on the nc presidential count, only thing is it doesn't auto-update so you gotta hit refresh http://www.cnn.com/election/2012/results/race/president

Obama down by exactly 602 votes with a third counted, holy cow that's close

11/6/2012 8:19:13 PM