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11/4/2008 7:12:57 PM

i think obama has this thing in the bag

but what if he loses. man that party in grant park is going to suuuuuck

11/4/2008 7:23:25 PM

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"Senate - NC » 0% precincts reporting Dole 52% Hagan 46% Governor - NC » 0% precincts reporting Perdue 56% McCrory 42% "

Looks like we are heading towards the same old thing, (D) Gov, (R) Senator.

11/4/2008 7:36:58 PM

So how are they getting these numbers with 0% reporting?

11/4/2008 7:39:18 PM

Rounding the % reporting down to 0.

11/4/2008 7:40:02 PM

Dare County is the only county reporting so far... (Eastern NC).

11/4/2008 7:42:49 PM

Ah, right. Seems kind of silly to start reporting until you can get something that can round up to 5%, though.

11/4/2008 7:43:45 PM

^You have to remember, though, that the media is disgustingly sensationalist.

11/4/2008 7:45:45 PM

Haha I just got my first call from Barack at 7:44pm!

11/4/2008 7:46:00 PM

SC Went to McCain.

11/4/2008 7:47:09 PM

looking good early in FLA

11/4/2008 7:47:54 PM

^^ I'm not sure where you're getting that info from. few precincts are reporting, and the majority that are are leaning Obama.

11/4/2008 7:53:56 PM

Obama's out-pacing polling in SC and KY.


WHERE'S THAT BRADLEY EFFECT?

11/4/2008 7:58:24 PM

^^From Channel 2 and CNN

11/4/2008 8:00:15 PM

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"SC Went to McCain."

Yeah, one station called it, the other said something about a new political map thanks to SC leaning toward Obama.

I guess it has something to do with something like less than 2% of precincts reporting.

^Yeah, I just checked CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapPSC

...if they feel comfortable calling it based on 26k votes and 1% reporting, then more power to them.

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 8:02 PM. Reason : -]

11/4/2008 8:00:29 PM

PENNSYLVANIA!!

11/4/2008 8:01:09 PM

Yeah, and they just gave PA, New England, Delaware, IL, Maine, Maryland, MA, and NH to Obama.

Oklahoma and TN for McCain

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 8:02 PM. Reason : ]

11/4/2008 8:01:39 PM

Faux News trips me out. Their banner reads like this:

McCain Wins
West Virginia, Kentucky;
Obama takes Vermont

11/4/2008 8:02:18 PM

CNN's holding PA back for the drama factor

11/4/2008 8:02:59 PM

PA called for OBAMA

it's over!

11/4/2008 8:03:05 PM

I'm not gonna lie, I have wunc.org, TWW, Faux News.com and CNN.com all open at the same time while the Canes game is on tv.

11/4/2008 8:09:01 PM

the dailykos live electoral map is really wacky. SC is painted blue but mccain has the checkmark by his name

11/4/2008 8:10:20 PM

How can they call these states when only ~3% of votes are reported?

11/4/2008 8:11:32 PM

I really, really want to believe that they have experts weighing the importance of the counties reporting in.

Otherwise these numbers are pointless until we get more precincts reporting.

11/4/2008 8:12:51 PM

^ Yeah that's the problem with passing on precinct reports in near real time and then applying those numbers to all your graphics and stat counters. The first tiny precincts happen to be radically different politically than the bulk of a state and your electoral maps and graphics display nonsense.

Ahaha, the CNN real time map has Alabama at 92% for Obama right now. Of course if you look closer you see that they've only recorded about 200 votes. The networks are racing so fast to get information to you they shove it at you before they actually have anything meaningful. I love it.

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 8:16 PM. Reason : ]

11/4/2008 8:13:28 PM

Everyone just wants to be the "first" to call something. I think it's dumb but whatever. I added msnbc.com and may see what dailykos has to say. I kinda want to watch the coverage on Faux News just to watch them squirm and stutter but the CNN hologram thing just sounds way too cool.

11/4/2008 8:15:43 PM

they're probably not going to use the hologram again

unless obama wins within the next hour or so and then they'll use it to keep people watching

11/4/2008 8:17:41 PM

So NC seems to be breaking pretty hard for Obama. Think that'll hold up once Wake and the Charlotte areas start reporting?

11/4/2008 8:21:09 PM

^ please tell me that's not a serious question

11/4/2008 8:22:10 PM

11/4/2008 8:22:12 PM

^^ Haha no it's not. I was passive-aggressively rubbing it in.

11/4/2008 8:25:04 PM

Looking good for Obama.

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 8:25 PM. Reason : ]

11/4/2008 8:25:06 PM

I hate the way they do election reporting. They shouldn't announce anything until they're sure. Or at least until every poll in the US is closed.

Also... GA for McCain, and apparently Alabama too.

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 8:38 PM. Reason : ]

11/4/2008 8:35:02 PM

yeah, but if they did that nothing would be called until after 1 am.

11/4/2008 8:38:01 PM

Quote :

"yeah, but if they did that nothing would be called until after 1 am."

pretty sure we could wait a couple of hours for the results without the influence of other polls

11/4/2008 8:40:54 PM

But then how would they trick millions of people into watching them play with holograms, touch screens, and talking heads for 5 hours straight? Feeding us piles and piles of useless partial information makes them a lot of money.

Speaking of useless partial information, it really looks like they fucked up the polls on Virginia. Florida appears to be pulling another florida and getting annoyingly close. NC... appears to be a commie-liberal-pinko-atheist stronghold.

11/4/2008 8:51:33 PM

Have the northern areas of VA reported yet?

"Fake Virginia," if you will?

11/4/2008 8:52:42 PM

I actually am completely ignoring the commentary, but the touch-screens are pretty slick.

11/4/2008 8:52:50 PM

I am confused about VA as well. McCain is like 10% ahead with ~50% in. Most places would have jumped all over calling it by now.

11/4/2008 8:54:18 PM

And CNN actually has McCain up in the popular vote.

11/4/2008 8:55:45 PM

Cause North Virginia hasn't been tallied. Those will go Obama.

11/4/2008 8:55:49 PM

Theyre probably waiting for the major population counties to come in



[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 8:57 PM. Reason : .]

11/4/2008 8:56:54 PM

Ah yeah, I noticed Richmond wasn't counted yet at all. That and a lot of the other counties with major cities.

11/4/2008 8:58:15 PM

obama up in NC with 1% reporting in mecklenburg county, and 0% in buncombe and wake

this could happen

11/4/2008 8:59:55 PM

Not even so much as Richmond, but Leesburg, Ashburn, Fairfax, Alexandria, Arlington, Tysons Corner and Annandale

11/4/2008 9:00:19 PM

A whole bunch just went to Obama, and three more to McCain

11/4/2008 9:01:31 PM

^Yeah, I smell a conspiracy- they'll whip out their big black turnouts about an hour from now to keep the tension going after making it look like McCain is pulling from behind.

11/4/2008 9:01:54 PM

wouldnt it be the shit if mccain and obama tie at 269?!?

11/4/2008 9:02:33 PM

no it wouldn't! i don't want a replay of 2000, that would suck horribly.

11/4/2008 9:03:13 PM

^^^ No AIM tonight? I need to compare how many election news windows we each have open at one time

[Edited on November 4, 2008 at 9:03 PM. Reason : 1 up]

11/4/2008 9:03:31 PM