Election Results Thread

[justdra]

Is that the headline from "Duh Magazine", lol?

[CoolBlue71]

Yea Obama won Florida by 0.65%... the amount required for a recount is 0.5%. Seriously without disenfranchisement, I think Obama could have won the state by 3-4%.

Last thing I saw of the popular-vote margin, it was D+2.40 for re-election of President Obama. His carriage of Florida at the apparent D+0.65 is a spread of 1.75% from the national. Since 1996, Fla. has come withing five points, statewide-vs.-national. In 2008, Obama's first-election victory saw him flip and carry Fla. by D+2.81, while he won nationally by D+7.26. That made it a spread of 4.45%. Given his popular-vote margin, 2008-vs-2012, had there been an exacting uniform shift in all states [R+4.86], he would not have mathematically carried Fla. again. So, getting the state to carry once again by such a small margin, when he nationally won re-election by so small a margin, is impressive enough.

[Jack Springer]

What voter suppression? It's the old official election idiots on the local level -- both republican and democrat that have created a slow process. Get rid of them.

[BostonPirate]

GOP lost across the board except at local levels. Bad news for them. They have become a regional party now, and they are indicating that one of the first things Cantor is going to do, is repeal the ACA again. Of course, it will not even get voted on in the senate, much less get to the president for a Veto.

Jobs. Fiscal cliff. Bush tax expiration. Not on the agenda just yet. The lame duck is not going to be productive. The new Congress will have to fix the mess.

[chance1]

He's a "registered Democrat" so this side of him is coming out of the closet now that his side (R) lost. Nothing revealed here, except it's a face saving move.

Yeah

I'm "saving face" in front of my dear friends

That'd be me

[BostonPirate]

Yeah

I'm "saving face" in front of my dear friends

That'd be me

You saved face?

Where?

So are you taking Mr Romney's Loss well, Chance?

[JayHawk]

Face recently crashed and there were no survivors....

[Centexfarmer]

What voter suppression? It's the old official election idiots on the local level -- both republican and democrat that have created a slow process. Get rid of them.

Fuck yeah!

Did I ever tell you the story about how a Camel is a horse designed by a committee?

Florida has proven themselves incapable of actually holding an election.

Perhaps they should look to a former "Banana Republic" (waaay before it was a clothing line) for election reform.

They're not even players in the Electoral College anymore.

In this election they've proven that they don't know whether to wind their ass or scratch their watch.

[BostonPirate]

Why do I always get stuck with Weezer and Centex gets all the best Claree lines?

LOL

[TX-Beau]

...Reference soars over Beau's head...

[JayHawk]

Weezer ??

[TX-Beau]

Weezer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weezer

[chance1]

You saved face?

Where?

So are you taking Mr Romney's Loss well, Chance?

I was responding to a dear friends observation.

I'm good

Mitt woulda been a much better choice for the economy

And IMO was quite a good candidate in the end

Took him too long to get his sea legs and comfort

Hopefully the Presidents bipartisanship photo op with CC

Is the beginning of something

I think this will work out

[BostonPirate]

...Reference soars over Beau's head...

Weezer

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weezer

[Centexfarmer]

Drink your juice Shelby.

[TX-Beau]

OH MY GOD!

That looks like backstage on Drag Night down at the Manhole.

[palbert]

via Twitter:

The CA Secretary of State estimates that 1.9 million ballots remain to be processed.

http://*******/SG3Fxl
www.sos.ca.gov (unprocessed-ballots-report.pdf)

At a 60/40 favor Obama his popular vote count and percertage of votes cast increase notably.

[star-warrior]

Why are those places just taking so long to have their ballots counted and announced? If polls close on the same day, how come some folks elsewhere can get their shit together and declare whist these areas just can't count that fast?

[MisterMajestic]

Why are those places just taking so long to have their ballots counted and announced? If polls close on the same day, how come some folks elsewhere can get their shit together and declare whist these areas just can't count that fast?

Remember some states had pages and pages of Amendments that voters had to read and vote on...Here in South Carolina I think we had 1 or 2 which meant I spent maybe 10-min in the booth...

Here in The States on a MAJOR election night if people are still standing in line when the polls are scheduled to close they still have a right to vote. The Polls will stay open until the last person in line votes....

Here's a good example...I'll use my Country Bumpkin State....Democrats always win big in my complacent home town of Columbia, SC....Dems lose about 99% state-wide in the surrounding Cities/rural areas....So even if I'm in Columbia waiting in line to Vote @ 1am in the morning if most of the polls have closed state-wide then the State is gonna go ahead and give South Carolina to Romney because he won every other city in the State except my hometown....

My Town is one of the biggest cities in the State but there's not enough people to match so many surrounding Towns that vote Republican....So, so Sad but I Love my state all the same...

[AngolaZee]

Democrats need to start thinking about how they are going to win the House otherwise nothing will get done since Republicans will hold us to ransom

[star-warrior]

Thanks for explaining guys!

[Jack Springer]

Many states were still counting early ballots and absentee ballots... it's really slow. Arizona and Florida are notoriously slow with counting. California is getting all results in because we have a lot of voters...

Either way, it's all due Nov 20th I believe.

Edit: Oh and a Judge rejected Allen West's full recount bid. That basically puts the nail into his attempt to stay in power.

West gets a recount.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...utm_medium=RSS

[Rolyo85]

West really needs to go...

[Ninja108]

I wonder what his exucse will be when he loses again?

[CoolBlue71]

Huffington Post reports the Democrats are now up to 200 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives.

@ http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/results/house

[Rolyo85]

http://news.yahoo.com/floridas-west-...203104478.html

Sore loser West can't accept the result... he's making non-existent claims of voter fraud. Murphy's lawyers ask him to come up with proof and he doesn't present any. The partial lead HE DEMANDED increased Murphy's lead to 2,100 votes, even though that was done after the deadline and the original results will be presented since time ran out.

Someone can't accept defeat.

It gives me the giggles, every time I read about this case Every second that he doesn't just stfu is another embarrassment for his party.

[rareboy]

This man can smile.

[MisterMajestic]

All Allen West had to do was Follow Crazy Joe Wilson's lead and shut the Fuck up...Allen just went on & on & on until he talked his way right out of office.....Just deserts...

I saw Patrick Murphy on one of the MSNBC's shows and he's deff an OLD 29..Attractive but I thought he was at least 39...The fact that he WAS a Republican that happily supported Mitt tells me he's a Moderate and NOT a true Democrat....

I thought it was strange Patrick said VERY little about the Dems or Obama winning the election during his interview on MSNBC...Now I know why he's deff NOT a real Democrat...

[MisterMajestic]

Let’s not be dismissive over a Converted Republican?.......LOL…..Yeah,right…..Patrick is in a Republican District that happily backed that Nut-case A. West 2yrs ago. The Voters in that District didn’t like Obama then and they sure as hell don’t like Obama now. We’ll see how Mr. Murphy votes over the next 2 yrs..I have yet to see a Converted Republican drink out of the same Democratic punch Bowl alongside his Colleagues…

Some freshmen want to be Stars while others want to work hard for their Districts…I’ll wait and see where Patrick fits in…He’s doing National media and Loving every second of it…

[star-warrior]

Huffington Post http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/results

Post 15.Nov.2012
Obama 62,610,003 50.6%
Romney 59,133,398 47.8%

22.Nov.12
Obama 62,611,250 50.6%
Romney 59,134,475 47.8%

25.Nov.12
Obama 62,611,250 50.6%
Romney 59,134,475 47.8%

Has the counting finished yet? Are these the final popular votes?

[MisterMajestic]

That's not true at all. There have been stark demographic shifts in this country throughout. A county like Riverside County long had a history of right wing candidates in California... and suddenly they elect Raul Ruiz. Times are changing regardless.

You are FOREVER the Never-wavering King....LOL....That makes you very interesting and very stubborn....I wonder if you're the same way when you're not connected to Cyber-space...

Has the counting finished yet? Are these the final popular votes?

I don't know if the counting has finished but there are states that had to count the Mail-in Absentee ballots...One of the states couldnt start counting until a week or more after the election.....The counting is usually completed before December...

Mitt and his Campaign staffers are still in Shock...Sometimes I wonder if Mitt is shocked that Obama out-campaigned him or by the Fact that the overwhelming White Vote he got did not carry him to Victory?

I have to admit I was surprised that a Historical number of White Christians didnt camp out @ the Polls and show up in Vans(we do EVERYTHING together as a Group in Vans)...I know Senator John Kerry is scratching his head...In the 2004 election they arrived at the Polls with Pitchforks they borrowed from The Devil...I would LOVE to know if Mitt's Mormonism played any kind of role with that particular voting Block...The Christian Community has been so freaking quiet...Very,very odd...

[star-warrior]

I have to admit I was surprised that a Historical number of White Christians didnt camp out @ the Polls and show up in Vans(we do EVERYTHING together as a Group in Vans)...I know Senator John Kerry is scratching his head...In the 2004 election they arrived at the Polls with Pitchforks they borrowed from The Devil...I would LOVE to know if Mitt's Mormonism played any kind of role with that particular voting Block...The Christian Community has been so freaking quiet...Very,very odd...

Maybe his magic underpants are kaputt.

[TX-Beau]

As little Baptists we were taught Mormonism was a cult that came from Satan.

[TX-Beau]

No one ever said it, and the media tippy-toed around the whole issue - but I will contend religion was a bigger factor than anyone is willing to admit.

[xbuzzerx]

No one ever said it, and the media tippy-toed around the whole issue - but I will contend religion was a bigger factor than anyone is willing to admit.

How do you mean? That he was over-religious, or the fact that he was Mormon and that kinda creeps people out?

[TX-Beau]

No that his fundie base had to overcome years of being taught his that religion was heretical and non-christian. That HE was a non-Christian heretic.

All my baptist relatives had problems with his Mormonism - it definitely damped down their enthusiasm for a candidate they were unsure about anyway. SOMEONE should have addressed it, from his campaign, but it was the great Elephant wearing magic undies in the room for the entire campaign.