Slick Mongoose Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 South Carolina called for Romney on BBC, but technically still Obama in terms of votes counted - excellent moment of awkwardness from BBC presenter given these two facts with no context.Yes, I noticed in 2008 that they really don't get the whole "projections" thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 That Indiana Senate result puts a stake through any Republican hopes of getting the Senate.And the fact that it's all due to hating on women just gives me a beautiful feeling inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seli Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 That Indiana Senate result puts a stake through any Republican hopes of getting the Senate.The social extremism of some of the tea party supported candidates seems to hurt the GOP in the Senate races, and going by women's vote numbers I have seen elsewhere in the presidential race as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mya Stone Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 You must not know me very well. :):rofl: :love: Frisky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreverlad Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Obama leading in NH by a 3:1 margin right now. Ahead in NC by a little over 5k votes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 South Carolina called for Romney on BBC, but technically still Obama in terms of votes counted - excellent moment of awkwardness from BBC presenter given these two facts with no context.Yeah I was watching NBC and they had Romney with a check mark but only about 39%. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 South Carolina called for Romney on BBC, but technically still Obama in terms of votes counted - excellent moment of awkwardness from BBC presenter given these two facts with no context.That was quite amusing. I can see how it would be a bit disconcerting to see Obama with 70% of the votes on the screen when Romney has just been announced as the winner, although given how the system works I would have thought the presenter might have been able to work out what was happening.Some Americans do seem confused by their election system as well, the Huffington Post electoral map someone linked to briefly gave South Carolina to Obama as the victor for about five minutes before it suddenly flipped colour when they realised their mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corvinus85 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 That was quite amusing. I can see how it would be a bit disconcerting to see Obama with 70% of the votes on the screen when Romney has just been announced as the winner, although given how the system works I would have thought the presenter might have been able to work out what was happening.Some Americans do seem confused by their election system as well, the Huffington Post electoral map someone linked to briefly gave South Carolina to Obama as the victor for about five minutes before it suddenly flipped colour when they realised their mistake.Right now on Yahoo/ABC in SC Obama is shown to have 29k votes vs Romney with 23k votes, Romney is projected as winner. WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Obama 2% up on Romney in FL with 11% reporting. Early days yet.First Numbers in for Ohio. Obama up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howdyphillip Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 I am actually nervous right now. This has been the first time in the entire election process that I have acknowledged to myself that Romney has a chance to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveRoid Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Intrade has Romney tanking from 70% to 50% in Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seli Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Right now on Yahoo/ABC in SC Obama is shown to have 29k votes vs Romney with 23k votes, Romney is projected as winner. WTF?That probably depends on the historical voting patterns in the districts that have already reported as well as exit polls. Not so strange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Right now on Yahoo/ABC in SC Obama is shown to have 29k votes vs Romney with 23k votes, Romney is projected as winner. WTF?I think they're basing the projection primarily on the exit poll result for SC. The BBC did show it, I think it showed Romney with an estimated lead of 6 or 7%.In some ways I prefer the British election night approach of waiting until the votes are counted, although I can see the disadvantage in America since it would take a long time for any results to appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shryke Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 You must not know me very well. :)Trisky is the master of announcing the obvious.Makes it awkward in bed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveRoid Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Florida looks good.More importantly the demo and the numbers match the polls, the argument that romney guys had was the demo would be far different than 08 and more like 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 You've been to bed with Trisky??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigima Posted November 7, 2012 Author Share Posted November 7, 2012 Who hasn't? The town bicycle, so to speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mya Stone Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 You've been to bed with Trisky???You haven't?!?!?!ETA: Why do you think we call him Frisky? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Looks like Romney is picking up a few FL countries that went Obama's way in 2008. Big swing from O to R in the last FL update, with 18% reporting, and nothing from the Panhandle. Looking like FL is Romney's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Except for that stating the obvious thing with him... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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