The Official 2012 Election Day thread sponsored by Goldman Sachs

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Romney up over 1.5 million in the popular vote

[Th'Pusher]

Fox now reporting illegal votes cast in Hamilton county

[LnGrrrR]

I think you can kiss the hardcore socially conservative republican goodbye from the white house. Younger generations are just too liberal when it comes to those issues. Bush will have been the last

No! It's by being soft on this message that we lost! We need more anti-abortion! More anti-gay marriage! More anti-atheism! [/conservatives]

[ElNono]

I still suspect that Silver added some artificial padding to protect himself in case Romney pulled a miracle. There's no way I'll believe Romney had a 10% chance based on that advanced of a model.

Then again, I don't blame Silver for protecting his name. Business-wise it would have been dumb to have claimed ~98% since his name would be ruined if Romney won.

Looks like he's going to miss Virginia... other than that, fairly spot on... I'm gonna bump my poll snapshot thread tomorrow and we can compare vs Rasmussen and the like

[Clipper Nation]

Romney up over 1.5 million in the popular vote

Popular vote

[MannyIsGod]

The popular vote will shift a lot with California but also the rural locations have their votes counted faster usually. I really don't think Romney will win the popular vote. No point even looking at it till much later tonight.

[Latarian Milton]

tbh its gonna be tough to win the election if you lose california and california has been voting democrats for the past 6 elections. if the republicans had taken the vast south and west the same dominant way democrats claim the new england region, then they might have a chance to win

[coyotes_geek]

No! It's by being soft on this message that we lost! We need more anti-abortion! More anti-gay marriage! More anti-atheism! [/conservatives]

Santorum FTW!!!!

[symple19]

No! It's by being soft on this message that we lost! We need more anti-abortion! More anti-gay marriage! More anti-atheism! [/conservatives]

so true.

[KoolAid Mans Brother]

losing every swing state
old white people

[ElNono]

Brother, take a few steps back. You're acting silly. This is a close presidential race.

tbh, Florida is the only thing keeping it close... if FL swings blue, it's a landslide...

[ffadicted]

CNN already talking like its over

It was over before it started tbh, I put some $$$ on my man hussain without an ounce of worry

[timvp]

They should have seen this coming several elections ago because its already happening. Sure, Akin was a up this time around but don't forget about people like O'donnel the last time around. Honestly, if not for the tea party the GOP would be in even worse shape right now.

I think you can kiss the hardcore socially conservative republican goodbye from the white house. Younger generations are just too liberal when it comes to those issues. Bush will have been the last

Agreed. The GOP is going to have some serious soul searching to do after this one.

I know it's an unpopular opinion but I like the two party system more than any singular party. The system itself isn't perfect but it works. When one side gains an advantage, the other side is forced to conform more to popular opinion to make up the ground. And then that process is repeated forever by each side to ensure they can appeal to ~50% of the population. Again, far from perfect and it makes progress extremely slow ... but it works.


God Bless the USA


Go Purple Go

[SA210]

tbh

[ElNono]

Ron Paul would've won

[jack sommerset]

tbh, Florida is the only thing keeping it close... if FL swings blue, it's a landslide...

Brother, that alone says its close, tbh. God bless

[HeatChamps]

Romney is a first round exit tbh. Just like the Mavs.

[Brazil]

bombs kill people

[LnGrrrR]

Tbh Romney already did better than McCain, so he should count it as a moral victory

[Clipper Nation]

I know it's an unpopular opinion but I like the two party system more than any singular party. The system itself isn't perfect but it works. When one side gains an advantage, the other side is forced to conform more to popular opinion to make up the ground. And then that process is repeated forever by each side to ensure they can appeal to ~50% of the population. Again, far from perfect and it makes progress extremely slow ... but it works.


God Bless the USA


Go Purple Go

One problem: we don't have a two party system... we have the left branch of the Statists and the right branch of the Statists...

[MannyIsGod]

I know it's an unpopular opinion but I like the two party system more than any singular party. The system itself isn't perfect but it works. When one side gains an advantage, the other side is forced to conform more to popular opinion to make up the ground. And then that process is repeated forever by each side to ensure they can appeal to ~50% of the population. Again, far from perfect and it makes progress extremely slow ... but it works.


God Bless the USA


Go Purple Go

Hopefully the GOP comes back from crazytown. We need it.

[Clipper Nation]

Ron Paul would've won

Dr. Ron would have whooped Barry, son... the young folks love the good doc...

[jack sommerset]

Romney is a first round exit tbh. Just like the Mavs.

Brother, this is the championship, tbh. God bless

[MannyIsGod]

Not sure why anyone would be pessemistic now and and not 10 hours ago. Nothing has really changed. Neither OH or FL has been called.

[DarrinS]

Except its not just one election. Its now multiple nation wide elections which are each comprised of 50 smaller state wide elections. Stats? You can't even count. Tell me again about turnout?

To show that his odds we're close, you'd have to run multiple elections.

You can insult me if you want, but you are a recent grad and I've been doing this stuff for over 20 years.