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#38001: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:27:54 PM

California will make up a lot of the difference in the popular vote.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#38002: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:28:14 PM

Historically dirty and loaded with lies maybe. But the loser getting the popular vote isn't unheard of.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
carbon-mantis Collector Of Fine Oddities from Trumpland Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: Married to my murderer
Collector Of Fine Oddities
#38003: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:28:40 PM

Heh, already have relatives yelling "The days of tribulation are upon us!"

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#38004: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:28:50 PM

Hell, a lot of the red states have substantially more precincts reporting than most of the blue states

#38005: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:29:00 PM

You people are posting so fast that every time I scroll down a page there's another one to click on.

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#38006: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:29:15 PM

Fox News says Ohio isn't completely lost yet.

Denial?

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#38007: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:29:28 PM

But Obama won the Electoral Votes.

Hmm, this sounds familiar. Very familiar.

So, Republicans, how does turnabout feel? Hmm? Seeing the candidate win the popular vote, but lose the electoral vote.

BRB, I need to laugh in someone's face.

TamH70 Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#38008: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:29:28 PM

Ohio just called for Obama giving him above the magic 270 electoral college votes needed for him to retain the Presidency. According to the BBC anyway. It seems that the auto industry bailout "bribe" as the Republicans called it has swung it for him. Well, shit. Attack a popular program that the workforce relied on to keep them in jobs and expect them to vote for you? Ha fucking ha ha ha on that.

johnnyfog Actual Wrestling Legend from the Zocalo Since: Apr, 2010 Relationship Status: They can't hide forever. We've got satellites.
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#38009: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:29:30 PM

Tonight I dine on Romney soup.

Can't wait for his concession.

I'm a skeptical squirrel
DeviantBraeburn Wandering Jew from Dysfunctional California Since: Aug, 2012
Wandering Jew
#38010: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:29:38 PM

I'd like to point out less than 10% of California is done voting.

Trust me, by the time the Golden State (and Washington) is done, Obama will have the poplar vote.

edited 6th Nov '12 8:30:36 PM by DeviantBraeburn

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Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#38011: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:29:44 PM

Historically dirty and loaded with lies maybe. But the loser getting the popular vote isn't unheard of.

Democrats never won that way, though. And if Obama loses that vote, we're going to see "the people have spoken" as icing on the complaints towards the president cake for the next four years. We're also going to shake up the electoral college again.

edited 6th Nov '12 8:30:22 PM by Trivialis

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#38012: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:29:58 PM

Not that it matters at this point but Obama is now leading in Virginia.

Swish Long Live the King Since: Jan, 2001
Long Live the King
#38013: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:30:15 PM

Is Romney seriously going to win popular vote?

This is going to be a historic election.

I'm going to make a prediction:

If Romney does actually keep the popular vote, expect Republican held states to attempt to start an electoral system for the states, in order to diminish the results of the largely democratic cities, and favor the republican rural areas...

Meaning, you'd have to take X number of counties in Ohio in order to actually get Ohio's electoral votes.

chihuahua0 Since: Jul, 2010
#38014: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:30:28 PM

Wait, so these are the official electoral votes?

Completion oldtimeytropey from Space Since: Apr, 2012
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#38015: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:31:01 PM

Murrika. Fuck yeah.

Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#38016: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:31:07 PM

The official tally technically comes in January.

Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
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#38017: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:31:26 PM

Karl Rove called Fox News saying "Its not over yet!"

i-kun Persona! from Dark Hour Since: May, 2010
Persona!
#38018: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:31:40 PM

I forgot how to embed videos so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANk8xlsp1pQ

edited 6th Nov '12 8:34:54 PM by i-kun

Enthryn (they/them) Since: Nov, 2010
(they/them)
#38019: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:31:47 PM

I doubt Romney will win the popular vote. It's possible, but not an especially likely scenario. Obama hasn't underperformed the pre-election polls, and the national polls in the last few days gave him a narrow lead in the popular vote.

NativeJovian Jupiterian Local from Orlando, FL Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
Jupiterian Local
#38020: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:32:09 PM

Wait, so these are the official electoral votes?
No, these are still projected results rather than official tallies. With EVERY major news outlet in agreement, though, you can pretty much take it as gospel.

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Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#38021: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:32:30 PM

So is North Carolina the only state Obama won last time that he hasn't picked up this time yet? Not counting ones that haven't been called yet.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
Wicked223 from Death Star in the forest Since: Apr, 2009
#38022: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:32:30 PM

You people are posting so fast that every time I scroll down a page there's another one to click on.

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Arkasas (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#38023: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:32:49 PM

The popular vote will be known by tomorrow morning.

Trivialis Since: Oct, 2011
#38024: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:33:15 PM

@Grizzly

Well this is a megathread, and this is a busy night. Don't treat this as any normal thread tonight; just go with the flow of the conversation.

terlwyth Since: Oct, 2010
#38025: Nov 6th 2012 at 8:33:15 PM

Wait wait,you're telling me Obama has won all the same states he won last time except for Indiana and North Carolina?


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