US election 2012

[Dandred]

Right over to freerepublic to troll them!

 

[Lord Camomile]

So, bullet dodged.

Scratch that, giant clusterfuck of a nuclear bomb dodged.

 

[Vintage Paw]

CNN.

CNN.

They announce for Obama, and cut to PEOPLE IN KENYA CHEERING.

CNN.

 

[marty21]

I've been saying this for several posts now.

*is also crestfallen that she is ignored*

Vintage Paw declares Obama wins Election

 

[JTG]

Barack Obama on Twitter:

Four more years

 

[Vintage Paw]

Fox having to admit the polls were right. Poor Fox.

 

[marty21]

Fox now saying, maybe the Republicans should have chosen someone else to run

 

[agricola]

Neutral pundits have been saying for months that the right wing extremism demanded by the tea party would cause democrats to get out and vote, and make swing voters veer away from the republicans.

The sad thing is that many of the people who were the grass-roots of that movement were partially correct - the amount of money the US government spends in many, many areas is far in excess of what it should spend, and its incredibly important that the US cuts its spending in these areas.

Of course, the people who took that movement over ensured that much of that waste - defence, healthcare, tax cuts, foriegn aid - was off the table when it came to discussion and so they ended up talking about state-funded abortion, millionaires being able to keep their millions and Obamacare.

 

[JTG]

Fox now saying, maybe the Republicans should have chosen someone else to run

Maybe the Republicans should take a running jump off Mount Rushmore

 

[Vintage Paw]

CNN.

CNN.

They announce for Obama, and cut to PEOPLE IN KENYA CHEERING.

CNN.

Twice now.

 

[JTG]

Democrats leading the North Dakota Senate race

 

[paolo]

Yay.Done!

 

[agricola]

VP HAS CALLED THE ELECTION FOR OBAMA SOME TIME AGO.

ITS OVER.

 

[JTG]

Virginia is within 15,000 votes, 80% counted

 

[agricola]

Rove claiming Ohio isnt done yet, 900 votes in it.

edit: though he is now beeping as he reverses his position

 

[peterkro]

Onwards and upwards,now for the ten years of peasant power.

 

[JTG]

Barack Obama has pulled ahead in Virginia

 

[Lord Camomile]

So it's around 11:30pm and they've called it? Even discounting the last election we probably wouldn't be finished at this time GMT! And we're a third the size of Texas!

 

[Fez909]

Fox is great: new president elected? Talk about the number of tweets per minute.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Poor Florida. Must be a shitter to have it not end up all resting on you when you're so used to it.

 

[JTG]

So it's around 11:30pm and they've called it? Even discounting the last election we probably wouldn't be finished at this time GMT! And we're a third the size of Texas!

US polls tend to close way earlier than ours though. UK polls continue until 10pm

And Texas does not have a population of 180 million

 

[agricola]

Fox are about to get one of their hacks - who called the Ohio election for Obama - to debate their decision to call it with Karl Rove, who disagrees with that call.

This may be hilarious, and so worth watching.

 

[lizzieloo]

I'm afraid by this time of night I'm mostly chuffed that I can go to sleep happy now.

 

[Fez909]

So it's around 11:30pm and they've called it? Even discounting the last election we probably wouldn't be finished at this time GMT! And we're a third the size of Texas!

What's crazy is that some states were 'called' after only 3% of the vote was counted. How does that work? Also, the polls were open in California while the results were being broadcast from the East coast. And then, the California results are in before the places with the queues and extended opening times in the East have even stopped voting.

Truly weird.

 

[marty21]

Fox news talking about soul searching amongst republicans - actually making valid point - this whole tea party thing has damaged them - they need to move closer to the centre to have any chance of winning next time.

Now the Democrats will have to find a new candiate for 2016, the race starts now.

 

[JTG]

What's crazy is that some states were 'called' after only 3% of the vote was counted. How does that work? Also, the polls were open in California while the results were being broadcast from the East coast. And then, the California results are in before the places with the queues and extended opening times in the East have even stopped voting.

Truly weird.

Networks call them on the basis of exit polls and early results from the first few counties. Easy job in non-competitive states, the polls just confirm what we already knew anyway. The result isn't official until the precints have all reported but in reality, we all know California is a shoo in for Obama

 

[Fez909]

Fox news talking about soul searching amongst republicans - actually making valid point - this whole tea party thing has damaged them - they need to move closer to the centre to have any chance of winning next time.

Now the Democrats will have to find a new candiate for 2016, the race starts now.

Clinton.

 

[agricola]

On Fox, Megan Kelly has just walked about a hundred yards live to see two Fox employees explain why Karl Rove was talking out of his arse.

Great television.

 

[Vintage Paw]

Fox is simply brilliant right now.

 

[Fez909]

Networks call them on the basis of exit polls and early results from the first few counties. Easy job in non-competitive states, the polls just confirm what we already knew anyway. The result isn't official until the precints have all reported but in reality, we all know California is a shoo in for Obama

Makes sense, cheers.

One thing I've wondered: if the networks call it based on the projected count, and the 'loser' concedes. What happens if the count comes out in favour of the loser? Is it too late because he/she conceded?