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Election Day 2012

  • ernest_t_bass
    TedSheckler;1314590 wrote:Gore won the popular vote, but lost the election to Bush in 2000.

    I know. I don't get how that can be possible.
  • ZWICK 4 PREZ
    QuakerOats;1314595 wrote:Getting very tight in Ohio, and Florida is crazy close. Romney simply has to prevail in VA, FL, and OH
    go to bed, pal.
  • ernest_t_bass
    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?

    Bc, if you're part of the popular vote, fuck em.
  • IggyPride00
    Dems have just clinched control of the Senate.

    I think part of Harry Reid wishes Willard wins just to make him miserable as they are enemies.
  • jordo212000
    Republican strategist on CNN is about to call the election
  • Midstate01
    ernest_t_bass;1314599 wrote:I know. I don't get how that can be possible.

    By winning the states with the most electoral votes. Meaning you might lose more states, in color, but won the states with the largest electoral votes.
  • Ty Webb
    Obama up 48,000 in Florida per CNN
  • IggyPride00
    The Republican strategists on CNN right now are despondent about Florida because they don't see where the votes are going to come from for Romney.

    Dade, Broward counties are still out and they are massively Democratic. Most of the big Republican counties are all in.
  • QuakerOats
    ernest_t_bass;1314599 wrote:I know. I don't get how that can be possible.
    Because someone like Gore can win California and New York by 10 million votes, yet only get 55 and 29 electoral votes respectively based on their populations vis-a-vis the rest of the states. Thus those large victory margins can help add up to a total win in the popular vote, but losing by tiny margins in other states can cost him the electoral vote.
  • QuakerOats
    IggyPride00;1314608 wrote:The Republican strategists on CNN right now are despondent about Florida because they don't see where the votes are going to come from for Romney.

    Dade, Broward counties are still out and they are massively Democratic. Most of the big Republican counties are all in.

    That's a problem
  • tk421
    If Obama wins Florida, does Romney have a chance if he wins Ohio?
  • QuakerOats
    tk421;1314611 wrote:If Obama wins Florida, does Romney have a chance if he wins Ohio?

    No
  • ts1227
    tk421;1314611 wrote:If Obama wins Florida, does Romney have a chance if he wins Ohio?
    If he can pick up 10 EV's elsewhere to make up for the difference, which seems like a monumental task
  • ZWICK 4 PREZ
    tk421;1314611 wrote:If Obama wins Florida, does Romney have a chance if he wins Ohio?
    no
  • Cleveland Buck
    tk421;1314611 wrote:If Obama wins Florida, does Romney have a chance if he wins Ohio?
    No. If Romney loses FL it is over. If he wins FL and loses OH I think the best he can do is tie, though that might not be the case anymore.
  • Ty Webb
    :o
    tk421;1314611 wrote:If Obama wins Florida, does Romney have a chance if he wins Ohio?
    No
  • Classyposter58
    ts1227;1314614 wrote:If he can pick up 10 EV's elsewhere to make up for the difference, which seems like a monumental task
    No. Obama will get 280 and that is a victory
  • dazedconfused
    wes_mantooth;1314593 wrote:Always wondered this
    i have as well. what's the point of being republican in california or new york? or democratic in pretty much any sec or big 12 state outside of florida?
  • tk421
    ts1227;1314614 wrote:If he can pick up 10 EV's elsewhere to make up for the difference, which seems like a monumental task
    Romney is ahead in Wisconsin which has 10 EV
  • Midstate01
    tk421;1314611 wrote:If Obama wins Florida, does Romney have a chance if he wins Ohio?

    No


    Lol
  • tk421
    Yeah, the system needs to change. They should at least divvy up EV based upon the % of vote in a state instead of winner takes all. That would at least make it count when you vote somewhere in a strong party state.
  • Ty Webb
    tk421;1314621 wrote:Romney is ahead in Wisconsin which has 10 EV
    FOX and MSNBC have called Wisconsin for Obama
  • Classyposter58
    Ty Webb;1314626 wrote:FOX and MSNBC have called Wisconsin for Obama
    Even if he wins WI, he loses by 2
  • QuakerOats
    CNN has not called Wisc yet.
  • tk421
    Ty Webb;1314626 wrote:FOX and MSNBC have called Wisconsin for Obama
    http://wisconsinvote.org/election-results

    Romney still ahead