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The Results Are In! --Official Poll Results as they Occur

Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, New Hampshire, with a combined voting population of 50, got to start voting at the stroke of midnight. The results are in, and the first result goes to Obama:
Obama 32 (64%)
McCain 16 (32%)
Nader 0 (0%)
Ron Paul (write-in) 2 (4%)
 
It is now Nov. 4th on the East Coast. Election Day has FINALLY come. This thread is for following the day as the drama plays out.
 
First Results - Informal Exit Poll in Hong Kong of American Ex-Pats...


Obama 638 - McCain 204

A friend of mine asked everyone at several trade organizations and tallied the results. Unfortunately, he didn't tally by state, so we have no idea where those votes belong.

"But based on those results,.... the Foolmewunz Network is now able to project a winner. Yes, we can call a winner in Asia. Hong Kong ExPats are carried by Barack Obama. (Cut to balloons and horns and cheers.)

And the all important Electoral College count now stands at:

Barack Obama(D) 0
John McCain(R) 0

Back to you, Wolf."
 
chipmunk stew said:
Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, New Hampshire, with a combined voting population of 50, got to start voting at the stroke of midnight. The results are in, and the first result goes to Obama:
Obama 32 (64%)
McCain 16 (32%)
Nader 0 (0%)
Ron Paul (write-in) 2 (4%)
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Ron Paul biggest percentage of the vote for the day. His votes prolly stay at 2.
 
Prediction: Obama will be the first Democrat to get more than 50% of the popular vote since 1976. If he gets more than 50.08% he would beat Carter. He won't beat LBJ's 1964 landslide though.

Linky
 
The Last Act

The opera has gone on too long;
the action has begun to pall;
we still await her final song
before they let the curtain fall.

For months and weeks, for days and days,
she's gargled and she's practiced scales;
and goodness! but how much she weighs,
competing with the smaller whales.

Food's not a thing on which she stints;
her voice is loud, and very true.
Tonight, the portly diva hints,
she's going to sing us something new.

We wait. And Liberty begins
to draw a breath, to shape a note
that shakes her monumental chins
and stirs the dewlaps of her throat.

Imapatient in our seats we long
to hear those final notes take wing
in one triumphant burst of song.
At last! --- let the fat lady sing!
 
chipmunk stew said:
Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, New Hampshire, with a combined voting population of 50, got to start voting at the stroke of midnight. The results are in, and the first result goes to Obama:
Obama 32 (64%)
McCain 16 (32%)
Nader 0 (0%)
Ron Paul (write-in) 2 (4%)
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Moreover:

Dixville Notch:

Bush : 19; Kerry : 7
Obama : 15; McCain : 6

(Last Democrat to win: Humphrey, 1968.)

Hart's Location:

Bush : 19; Kerry : 7
Obama : 17; McCain : 10

I'm just going to extrapolate the swing from those results until better data force me to stop.
 
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I was watching CBS early news when they cut to footage of Obama voting. His elder daughter looked entirely bored with the process. She probably better get used to it.

Listening to the elderly male political commentator talking to the female presenter was an eye-opener. There was no mention of the differences in policies between the two. Simply how significant it was that 150 years ago America had 4 million slaves and today an African-American man (who isn't descended from those slaves) is standing for president. Also significant was the fact that the other candidate was a true American hero who spent five years in captivity. The female presenter chimed in with the poignancy of Obama's grandmother dying.
 
Hmmm...according to the CBC (the only news I trust), McCain currently has (at 3:23 BC time) 59.9% of the popular vote. Am I the only one surprised by this?

(ETA: Twelve minutes later- Indiana has thrown some result in, which gives Obama 51% of the popular vote.....)
 
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Hmmm...according to the CBC (the only news I trust), McCain currently has (at 3:23 BC time) 59.9% of the popular vote. Am I the only one surprised by this?
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hmmm... linky?

ETA: can't find it on cbc.ca
 
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Exit polls: the subtle art of calling it while not calling it:

Early exit poll data from Tuesday’s U.S. election show 62% of voters nationally said the economy was the most important issue to them, CNN reported. The Iraq war was next, with 10% of respondents calling it their No. 1 issue. Terrorism and health care were the top concerns for 9% blocs each.

According to an NBC exit poll, 93% of voters said the U.S. economy was “not so good” or “poor.”

Among those who said the Iraq war was the top issue, 63% voted for Democratic candidate Barack Obama, with 36% voting for Republican John McCain, CNN said. Among those who said terrorism was the top concern, 86% voted for McCain; 13%, Obama.

CNN also reported that 72% of first-time voters cast their ballot for Obama.​
 
In a completely meaningless sub-sample, Barack Obama leads John McCain in Indiana, 21,429 to 20,347, 1% of precincts reporting.
 
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