Commodore Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 @Redistrict VIRGINIA EARLY VOTE: Obama strongholds Arlington -20.0%, Fairfax - 20.9%, Richmond -13.7% (vs. just -9.2% statewide). Hmm...@Redistrict VIRGINIA EARLY VOTE: In Romney strongholds, enthusiasm up. Hanover (33.1% Obama) turnout up 6.2%, Buchanan (coal country) up 14.5% vs. '08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartTesla Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 We already decided Virginia early voting was a small fraction of the total...but still, it could be indicators that Dem enthusiasm is tampered in that must-win state for John McCain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Its hardly the happiest of endorsements (and frankly they weren't thrilled about doing it in 2008 either) but The Economist has once again endorsed Obama:As a result, this election offers American voters an unedifying choice. Many of The Economist’s readers, especially those who run businesses in America, may well conclude that nothing could be worse than another four years of Mr Obama. We beg to differ. For all his businesslike intentions, Mr Romney has an economic plan that works only if you don’t believe most of what he says. That is not a convincing pitch for a chief executive. And for all his shortcomings, Mr Obama has dragged America’s economy back from the brink of disaster, and has made a decent fist of foreign policy. So this newspaper would stick with the devil it knows, and re-elect him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mexal Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 :lol:This is hilarious. Scroll down and look at the map.ETA: Link went down. Here's a look at the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 We already decided Virginia early voting was a small fraction of the total...but still, it could be indicators that Dem enthusiasm is tampered in that must-win state for John McCain.Yeah, there is basically no early voting in Virginia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesome possum Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 :lol:This is hilarious. Scroll down and look at the map.ETA: Link went down. Here's a look at the map.Holy crap. I want to laugh, but then I think about all the Republicans who will believe this and so then believe that Obama had to have stolen the election. Their sources can't ever be wrong, because if their sources are so blatantly wrong, then that means they've been lied to and if they've been lied to about this what else have been lied to about? And down that path leads madness. Since most of the people who will look at that map and believe it are already suffering from Obama Derangement Syndrome, instead of taking the common sense route of questioning their sources they will instead go further down the path of Derangement. It frightens me what some of those people may do if they truly believe Obama stole the election. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I expressed much the same concern a month or two, possum. Some right-wingers, even elected officials, have blathered about "second amendment remedies" before. I really am concerned that, even if the comments were intended to just fire up the base, there might be some nutjobs who took them to heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 It frightens me what some of those people may do if they truly believe Obama stole the election.About 50% of Republicans believe that he stole the last election. That is insanity. Seriously, because a Democrat would never win when the GOP had held the White House for eight years and the economy was crumbling. No sir. That would never happen. It must have been stolen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Progressive Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 It frightens me what some of those people may do if they truly believe Obama stole the election.If it's armed secession those nutjobs are gunning for, then the ATF and FBI will pay them a visit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maithanet Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Yeah, there is basically no early voting in Virginia.I wouldn't go that far. In 2008, it was 13.5% of all votes cast. That was higher than I expected. But it's still nowhere near what we have seen in states like NV, CO, NC, and IA, where the early vote was 60-80% of the total. In addition, for Obama to be underperforming against his 2008 effort, remember that he won the state by more than 6 points. He can do a little worse and still pull it out. I personally doubt that early voting is going to make the difference in VA. I have been contacted on two different occasions by the Obama GOTV effort, and neither of them pressured me to vote early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimlessgun Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Wonder if Silver factors any of these into his model?http://www.cracked.c...l-election.htmlLooking pretty good for Obama, pending the Redskins game (and they're playing 1-6 Carolina). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Wonder if Silver factors in any of these into his model?http://www.cracked.c...l-election.htmlLooking pretty good for Obama, pending the Redskins game (and they're playing 1-6 Carolina).Damn, beaten to the punch. And yeah, I think this Sunday will be the first time I'll be rooting for the Redskins since, well, 2008 I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mina Martell Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 That article reminds me of this comic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K.C. Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Wonder if Silver factors any of these into his model?http://www.cracked.c...l-election.htmlLooking pretty good for Obama, pending the Redskins game (and they're playing 1-6 Carolina).See http://xkcd.com/1122/ if that hasn't been linked here before. ;)ETA: Question answered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mina Martell Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Sometimes I feel like the entire Internet is one hive mind constantly fed the same supply of articles, blog posts, and webcomics. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Sometimes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mina Martell Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Sometimes?edit: Beaten to the punch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Progressive Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 lol, hive mind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Sometimes?edit: Beaten to the punch!... Did you just try to make a joke about your own post? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mina Martell Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 ...no. The joke was...the entire Internet is a hive mind, and everyone keeps posting the same articles...so...I was about to post the exact same thing you did...even though it didn't actually make sense......never mind. It was too meta to be funny. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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