Little Pirate Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 It's really scary how many Romeny signs I see in my area. I had to walk down to a church to place my vote... and boy did I get a lot of discerning looks from the elderly volunteers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 We're watching Dimbleby on BBC News at the moment (and through into the night). Seems to be that it's still being called close by everyone. They have a lot of data stuff n virtual studios going on too comparing the breakdown from last time. Currently going through the ethnic vote since Carter (seems it's important for Democrats) They do have a counter on the bottom that's currently showing 3 for Obama and 19 for Romney, but I think that's not actual results at the moment but geusstimates. edit: The republican guy they're chatting with just said "President Romney", someone is a bit presumptuous . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 The polls are still open in most of the more liberal states so it's still pretty early to see a trend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Yeah, seems they close from 7PM through to 8PM, this show started at 12AM for us(7PM for Washington where they're at). It's a bit annoying actually cos they carry on using the US time despite being a British team for a British broadcast. Oh yeah I didn't post this before: http://thenextweb.com/shareables/2012/11/06/reddit-user-captures-video-of-2012-voting-machines-altering-votes/ It has, BBC have also been covering this story, since been fixed (not that it wasn't "fixed" before heheh) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 They "project" winners after a certain % of precincts report in a given state. It is usually fairly accurate, but for swing states when it comes down to the wire, it gets projected wrong sometimes. I don't think there are any big upsets so far. http://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 I did not get registered in time in my new county. So I could drive 2 hours north to vote, but I do not have a presidential candidate I support (my electoral vote goes for Obama anyway since I'm in California). I want to vote on the significant prop 30, but again it's not worth the drive to me. Oh well. If Prop 30 passes by 1 vote, you guys can blame me. Edit: and for the record I think Romney will trounce Obama. If I am wrong, I will publicly post tomorrow saying, "I was wrong". Couldn't you get a provisional ballot or something like that? I'm really not sure on how it all works but it seems that some folks I know had that done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 I did not get registered in time in my new county. So I could drive 2 hours north to vote, but I do not have a presidential candidate I support (my electoral vote goes for Obama anyway since I'm in California). I want to vote on the significant prop 30, but again it's not worth the drive to me. Oh well. If Prop 30 passes by 1 vote, you guys can blame me. Edit: and for the record I think Romney will trounce Obama. If I am wrong, I will publicly post tomorrow saying, "I was wrong". Couldn't you get a provisional ballot or something like that? I'm really not sure on how it all works but it seems that some folks I know had that done. That's what I did. I'm living in Washington right now but still registered in California (can't be arsed to get a Washington drivers license yet) and I just had them send me an absentee ballot to my current address. No questions asked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Yeah I should have, had I had the foresight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 I did not get registered in time in my new county. So I could drive 2 hours north to vote, but I do not have a presidential candidate I support (my electoral vote goes for Obama anyway since I'm in California). I want to vote on the significant prop 30, but again it's not worth the drive to me. Oh well. If Prop 30 passes by 1 vote, you guys can blame me. Edit: and for the record I think Romney will trounce Obama. If I am wrong, I will publicly post tomorrow saying, "I was wrong". This happened to me too. Little did I realize I missed the last deadline by two days and it seems that a lot of states don't allow registration at the polls. Is it worth it to me to drive 4 hours to vote when the Electoral College is already for/against me? Not really, but I still wish I could actually commit the act of voting. Truth be told P4, I'm just like you in that I really can't get behind either Obama or Romney. As for a third party... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 That's classic, Atom. I would vote libertarian, but Gary Johnson is kind of a kook, and I disagree with him on several key issues. I would at least liked to have had my say on the local and state stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorgiShinobi Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 That's classic, Atom. I would vote libertarian, but Gary Johnson is kind of a kook, and I disagree with him on several key issues. I would at least liked to have had my say on the local and state stuff. Oh most definitely. When I was visiting my folks up in Idaho, I had wanted to see if I could stay to vote on Props 1, 2, and 3. They're all education based and, as far as I could tell, were being heavily debated. I must have heard five different radio ads about them when I was driving through the state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 For what it's worth, I've been watching the gambling odds on the election for a couple weeks (traditionally they've been the best predictor of election outcomes) and they've had Obama a pretty strong favorite the whole time. And his odds margin over Romney has skyrocketed in the last few hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Yeah it's currently Obama 78 n 76 Romney at the moment on the beeb. Also the BBC reporters have gravitated towards bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 https://www.google.com/elections/ed/us/results Ohio seems to be Obama's. Also look at Florida... I think they're doing their thing again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 (edited) Oh Florida. Seriously, what's the deal with Florida? Edited November 7, 2012 by Mister Jack 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Florida is a dick, I thought this was well known. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Damn. There were a lot of raising taxes on the ballot. I felt more broke just voting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Looks like those GOP candidates who made all those rape comments are starting to lose one by one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Couldn't happen to a nicer group of vote rapists, which is different than rape rapists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Yeah BBC just spent a bit discussing those rape comments. The BBC hub if anyone is interested btw: http://www.bbc.co.uk...canada-15949569 Might be able to watch our live feed, might be region locked though. No adverts, and non-US so no lean (or much need for one). edit: Seems it's not region locked, so have at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 I think we've reached the point where we can say it seems fairly likely that Obama is going to win. It would take quite an upset for Romney to reverse the current trend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnstableArk Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Felt kind of weird voting in a church today... Went in kind of late in the day, figured I'd be waiting in line. Surprisingly, finished my ballot in less than 10 minutes. Didn't see that coming. And I can vouch for Florida's general amount of crazy. These folk ain't right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRevanchist Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 We voted in a LDS church. Kind of ironic that I voted for Obama, in a mild way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 Gents, we have our first gay/lesbian senator: Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 That's it! Obama wins! Good show, everybody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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