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Election Day 2012

  • Ty Webb
    MSNBC just called New Hampshire for Obama
  • jordo212000
    According to King, Florida's remaining precincts traditionally vote Democrat
  • Classyposter58
    I don't think Romney can win without both Florida and Ohio
  • sleeper
    Obama wins. Socialism here we come.
  • gut
    At least if Romney loses FL we won't have to sit around and wait on OH for 10 days. Of course there's going to be an auto-recount in FL
  • gut
    sleeper;1314571 wrote:Obama wins. Socialism here we come.
    Pretty much. Historic day the country was lost for good. Europe here we come. Four more years of suckitude and a Repub might have a shot, but if you can't beat Obama with this record good luck winning another election. At least as long as the media is in the bag.
  • pmoney25
    yea it is over and in all reality it is not even going to be close. It is a bit depressing that the country is wanting to go this blue.
  • SportsAndLady
    :(
  • gut
    pmoney25;1314577 wrote:yea it is over and in all reality it is not even going to be close. It is a bit depressing that the country is wanting to go this blue.
    Ehhh....They can raise my taxes, I'll just tip less :)
  • Cleveland Buck
    pmoney25;1314577 wrote:yea it is over and in all reality it is not even going to be close. It is a bit depressing that the country is wanting to go this blue.
    It's really not a surprise. If you like Obama's policies and positions, why wouldn't you vote for Obama instead of the white guy that holds the same positions and proposes the same policies? Maybe next time the Republicans will offer a real choice.
  • reclegend22
    This is a nightmare.
  • tk421
    If Obama does end up winning, I guarantee that 4 more years of his administration the American people will be desperate for a change. They thought Bush was bad, just wait. No consequences for Obama, he can do whatever he wants now.
  • Crimson streak
    Yippee looks like Obama will win thanks to all the welfare douche fucks and Latinos. Can't wait to pay an arm and a leg for health care and my fiancé to lose her job once her employer goes under
  • tk421
    can't wait for the Obama executive order tour, coming soon to an issue near you. Why get Congress involved when he can just do it himself?
  • ernest_t_bass
    I just don't understand, D or R, how one can win the popular vote, but lose the election based on electoral votes. It just doesn't make sense.
  • ZWICK 4 PREZ
    tk421;1314584 wrote:If Obama does end up winning, I guarantee that 4 more years of his administration the American people will be desperate for a change. They thought Bush was bad, just wait. No consequences for Obama, he can do whatever he wants now.
    Yeah! He doesn't even have to worry about congress!

    SMFH.
  • TedSheckler
    Gore won the popular vote, but lost the election to Bush in 2000.
  • tk421
    because key states have large populations of a certain party. Why vote when your vote doesn't count? If you live in a battleground state in the boonies and you have a large city near you, what's the point in voting when the state is going to go to the other party?
  • tk421
    ZWICK 4 PREZ;1314589 wrote:Yeah! He doesn't even have to worry about congress!

    SMFH.
    not when he can issue executive orders and have his departments do what he wants. I'll give you a for instance. Say gun control, obviously Dems would love to ban guns outright, but that won't fly in Congress. He can have the EPA ban lead bullets and other components needed for guns, presto back door gun control. If you can't get anything to shoot out of them, guns become pretty useless.
  • wes_mantooth
    tk421;1314591 wrote:because key states have large populations of a certain party. Why vote when your vote doesn't count? If you live in a battleground state in the boonies and you have a large city near you, what's the point in voting when the state is going to go to the other party?

    Always wondered this
  • WebFire
    ernest_t_bass;1314588 wrote:I just don't understand, D or R, how one can win the popular vote, but lose the election based on electoral votes. It just doesn't make sense.
    If you went strictly by popular vote, you give to much voting power to the highly populated areas. Though lately, it seems to back fire.
  • QuakerOats
    Getting very tight in Ohio, and Florida is crazy close. Romney simply has to prevail in VA, FL, and OH
  • Cleveland Buck
    ernest_t_bass;1314588 wrote:I just don't understand, D or R, how one can win the popular vote, but lose the election based on electoral votes. It just doesn't make sense.
    Because the popular vote doesn't elect the president. The states do. Each state decides how their electors are chosen and vote. This is a republic, not a democracy. The national popular vote is meaningless. States decide how they will cast their vote for president.
  • ts1227
    gut;1314581 wrote:Ehhh....They can raise my taxes, I'll just tip less :)
    You're going to take out your political frustrations on minimum wage workers?
  • jordo212000
    tk421;1314591 wrote:because key states have large populations of a certain party. Why vote when your vote doesn't count? If you live in a battleground state in the boonies and you have a large city near you, what's the point in voting when the state is going to go to the other party?

    I know this is the case and I'm not sure I would suggest a change to popular vote... But what about now? Ohio and a handful of other states received 90% of the attention from candidates.