Americans Vote For Next President

[delgarcon]

BBC World news, even if Romney wins all marginal states Obama still wins election.

[webfact]

RT @BBCMarkMardell: #election2012 Romney has to win Florida - and Virginia and Ohio to win - it's still a nail biter @BBCNewsUS

[delgarcon]

17-1 against Romney, NOT A NAIL BITER!

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RT @cnnbrk: President Obama will win Pennsylvania’s 20 electoral votes, CNN projects. #CNNelection http://cnn.com

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RT @BreakingNews: NBC News, CBS News project Elizabeth Warren wins Massachusetts Senate seat; more results: http://bit.ly/w0m5Di (w/link)

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RT @ReutersPolitics: Latest electoral vote tally: 155 for Obama, 153 for Romney, 230 undecided http://reut.rs/VWQkFS #election2012

[delgarcon]

Oh dear, 22-1 against Romney!

[webfact]

RT @newley: Electoral #s, 9:40 p.m. CBS: Obama 157, Romney 153. Fox: Obama 153, Romney 153. ABC: Obama 143, Romney 153. NBC: Obama 158, Romney 153.

[notmyself]

+2. Still don't believe FL so -1

Edited November 7, 2012 by notmyself

[webfact]

RT @VOA_News: A big call as Pennsylvania goes to Obama. This was a state both Romney targeted in the last few days of the campaign. 20 electoral votes

[Jingthing]

The networks won't do it.

I will.

OBAMA WINS!

The fat lady has sung. I'm feeling it.

[mania]

If you want to know who's going to win, the gambling community in the UK rarely get it wrong and on Betfair you can get 7-1 against a Romney win. Obama to win comfortably!

That is great odds to have a 100 pounds on as a little punt. Whoever wins, its going to be close, they are brave odds!

I think if the odds makers believed the MSM & based their odds on it they might have been foolish.

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Can I just say one thing: It's a waste of time to sit there nail-biting and looking at every little county that comes in. What matters is any shift from previous elections, specifically in a handful of key areas within each state.

For Florida for example you'll see all the pan-handle counties coming in and you sit there going 'Yay!" (or "OMG!") Romney is in the lead. But in fact those completely don't matter. Tampa matters.

Case in point: "In Ross County, Ohio, home to the town of Chillicothe, Mr. Obama trails Mitt Romney by one percentage point with about 80 percent of the vote counted. Mr. Obama lost the county by eight percentage points to John McCain in 2008." See how that background info is critical; you might just see the figures and think that Romney is in the lead.

I get the feeling that many TV news channels don't really mind showing a close race, it'll lock viewers in.

But if you value your sanity, this page is really excellent, and updates (with background info!) very regularly: http://fivethirtyeig...ntial-election/

Edited November 7, 2012 by WinnieTheKhwai

[delgarcon]

Florida looks like going to Obama, votes not yet in will be from pro Obama areas

[Jingthing]

As Biden said when Obamacare was signed: This is a BIG #*@_#%R deal!

Obama has a chance now to be the GREAT president he so clearly aims to be! Wouldn't it be great if Americans could UNITE behind this two term mandate?

Edited November 7, 2012 by Jingthing

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RT @AlanFisher: Romney has lost home state, birth state and vacation state

RT @VickoftheHill: So far, Romney has lost his home state, vacation state, birth state and Ryan has lost his home state.

[Jingthing]

Of course he did. Those who know Romney best know the score.

Obama wins ALL his home states: Hawaii, Illinois, Indonesia, and Kenya.

Edited November 7, 2012 by Jingthing

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RT @VOA_News: RT @jmalonevoa: Putting Pennsylvania into Obama column is a big relief for Democrats. Now all eyes on the Buckeye state-Ohio.

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RT @WSJ: Voting glitches and partisan disputes popped up at polling sites across the country on Election Day. http://on.wsj.com/Xi3tds

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RT @USEmbassyBKK: Votes continue to be counted, but races are still too close to call in Ohio, Virginia and Florida. #USElectionBKK

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RT @SkyNewsBreak: Exit Poll: Barack Obama ahead of Mitt Romney by 6% in swing state Iowa. #election2012

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RT @CBSNews: JUST IN @CBSNews projects that Gov. Romney wins MONTANA , UTAH, Orrin Hatch ® wins UT Senate, Joe Donnelly (D) wins IN Senate

[notmyself]

Kenya lol

[webfact]

RT @CBSNews: UPDATE: @CBSNews reports that Nevada "LEANS OBAMA". WATCH LIVE: http://cbsn.ws/election

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RT @WSJ: Breaking: Democrats likely to retain control of the U.S. Senate. http://on.wsj.com/HeID7B

[maidu]

jeezo. exciting day. I can't watch things unfolding, as I've got hill tribe workers with things like trees to trim, cement to mix, etc. Go Obama!

[webfact]

RT @piersmorgan: Romney legging 15k behind in Florida with 86% of votes in. If he loses that, he's toast. #Election

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RT @WSJ: Breaking: Mitt Romney wins in Utah, AP says. http://on.wsj.com/HeID7B

[keemapoot]

jeezo. exciting day. I can't watch things unfolding, as I've got hill tribe workers with things like trees to trim, cement to mix, etc. Go Obama!

I'm with you, sitting in a meeting, but everyone knows I'm distracted. Fun.

[Jingthing]

Tomorrow after his concession speech, which he claims he was so confident that he hasn't even written it (yeah, sure), people will be saying Mitt who? He falls completely into public oblivion immediately. Political relevance: bupkis. So well deserved. He lied to the voters way too much about his positions shifting around like a gila monster on yaba, and if he had won, it would have set a really bad precedent that such tricks worked.

Edited November 7, 2012 by Jingthing