US election 2012

[JTG]

Fag break in Bristol, take over please belboid

But first, Arkansas and Tennessee called for Romney

 

[gabi]

my job's on the line tomorrow and im still sitting here drinking beer watching people on tv watching people on tv. id sack me.

 

[belboid]

51/48 Obama with 56% in (in Florida, of course)

 

[Lord Camomile]

This is like an addiction. I am bored and a bit irritated but can't turn off the tv...

This is basically my life; watching almost any live event just in case it turns into a "where were you?" moment. It rarely does

 

[Kaka Tim]

Off to bed - looks like Obamba keeps his job.

 

[peterkro]

Well, I said the same thing a bit further up the thread...

It is true, but they are still remarkably close, no matter what the final outcome. Winning at least one of the 'bellweather' counties already...

Bellwhether.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Well, I said the same thing a bit further up the thread...

You expect me to pay attention to the thread when I could be watching Bill O'Reilly come close to crying on Fox?

 

[Lord Camomile]

Romney's people apparently calling Obama victory in Ohio by 5 points

 

[belboid]

Bellwhether.

Bellwether, apparently - refers to the practice of placing a bell around the neck of a castrated ram

At least tonight hasn't been a complete waste of time then

 

[JTG]

Bellwhether.

I was in two minds about that, ta

 

[JTG]

Bellwether, apparently - refers to the practice of placing a bell around the neck of a castrated ram

At least tonight hasn't been a complete waste of time then

 

[JTG]

50-49 Romney in NC with 54% in

 

[twentythreedom]

Is Jeremy Vine broadcasting from the Death Star?

 

[JTG]

Romney's people apparently calling Obama victory in Ohio by 5 points

Obama well ahead in Ohio with 22% reported. People still queuing to vote in some precints

 

[JTG]

Dems have retaken the Connecticut Senate seat, was Joe Lieberman sitting as an Independent

 

[Brixton Hatter]

These running totals we're seeing on our screens showing electoral college votes: do they include the votes of Senators who are not up for election this time around? Or do all the votes in a state go to the majority party, regardless of which party the senators are from? Not quite sure how that works...

 

[Balbi]

I dunno if this is as Obama positive as it seems.

 

[JTG]

Jesse Jackson in Ohio:

In Jackson's view, the attempt as he sees it to put off voters from exercise their right to vote has backfired. "The attempts to suppress the vote became a stimulus. It woke people up who might have been sleeping," he told me.
Jackson, who was in Cincinnati this week to campaign both for Barack Obama and for Sherrod Brown, the Democratic US senator for Ohio who has been fighting a tough battle with the state treasurer Josh Mandel, said he was struck by how determined voters were, particularly older ones. "I saw people wearing oxygen masks and in wheel chairs and on crutches determined to get to the polls."

 

[JTG]

These running totals we're seeing on our screens showing electoral college votes: do they include the votes of Senators who are not up for election this time around? Or do all the votes in a state go to the majority party, regardless of which party the senators are from? Not quite sure how that works...

Senators have nowt to do with the EC

 

[Brubricker]

Or do all the votes in a state go to the majority party, regardless of which party the senators are from?

This part is correct (Maine and Nebraska excepted).

 

[JTG]

Florida: 50-49 Obama with 61% in

 

[agricola]

Did anyone else just see Huckabee (on Fox) point out the ridiculousness of the whole black/white democrat/republican voting split?

 

[JTG]

This part is correct (Maine and Nebraska excepted).

Maine and Nebraska split their EC votes by Congressional districts. Last time, Obama picked up one vote in Nebraska when the 2nd district (around Omaha) went for him

 

[Treacle Toes]

Those ad campaigns are awful! That is the stuff of nightmares.

(((((Americans))))

 

[Brixton Hatter]

Senators have nowt to do with the EC

So they don't form part of the electoral college - just the HOR then?

 

[elbows]

Oh joy, Republican Linda McMahon (wife of WWE wrestling boss Vince McMahon) lost again - thats two $50 million attempts down the drain for that family.

 

[Lord Camomile]

Huckabee did always seem to have a couple of very reasonable thoughts amongst all the madness. Far much more madness, mind.

 

[JTG]

So they don't form part of the electoral college - just the HOR then?

yep

 

[Lord Camomile]

Oh joy, Republican Linda McMahon (wife of WWE wrestling boss Vince McMahon) lost again - thats two $50 million attempts down the drain for that family.

I saw the name and thought "oh, that can't be... fuck me, it is!"

 

[Brixton Hatter]

yep

cheers.

their system is as mental as ours.