There's a good chance that the networks will call the race at 7 p.m.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Hour by hour guide to results -- these times are Eastern. Results start at 5 p.m.!
― Eazy, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:26 (fifteen years ago) link
― Eazy, Tuesday, November 4, 2008 2:24 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Why do you say that?
― another regrettable cheesesteak (Jesse), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:32 (fifteen years ago) link
i know a lot of places are saying it might be callable early but it also seems possible that it might take until the wee hours of the morning
― metametadata (n/a), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:35 (fifteen years ago) link
no one knows
from what I've read, if you see PA, NC, VA, FL etc going Obama, they're going to be calling it early
― good luck usa (dan m), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:36 (fifteen years ago) link
Because http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/us/politics/04network.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss]says that "senior vice president of CBS News, Paul Friedman, said the prospects for Barack Obama or John McCain meeting the minimum threshold of electoral votes could be clear as soon as 8 p.m. — before polls in even New York and Rhode Island close, let alone those in Texas and California. At such a moment, determined from a combination of polling data and samples of actual votes, the network could share its preliminary projection with viewers, Mr. Friedman said."
― Eazy, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks. That's what I've been reading too, but some folks I talk to dismiss the idea of calling the election at 8 p.m. - regardless of the results - out of hand.
― another regrettable cheesesteak (Jesse), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:39 (fifteen years ago) link
the idea is completely dismissible, that does not mean they won't be doing it anyway
― good luck usa (dan m), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:44 (fifteen years ago) link
you guys i have a bunch of facebook "friends" (people who went to my hs) and still live in ohio. some are GOBAMA but others? "McCain all the way baby" etc.
i am nervous about ohio because i want redemption for my state of origin.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:45 (fifteen years ago) link
i also want the desire to troll these people to go away, but so far i am keeping it barely under the surface
I learned last night that there's a law in Canada that forbids the media from talking about election results at all until all off the polls have closed nationwide. In last month's election, this meant that bloggers were all on top of the story for hours before the media could legally announce anything.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:46 (fifteen years ago) link
sorry to keep harping on this, but even if networks call the election for obama by 8 or whenever, it seems like it won't matter because obama will be hesitant to claim victory until a) mccain concedes or b) all the votes are actually tallied. so really it comes down to when mccain concedes, not when networks call it.
― metametadata (n/a), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link
i learned today (on 538 i think) that france has a ban on polls 48 hours before, and maybe after, a major election? seems like a good idea
just says in France, it is illegal to conduct a poll of any kind within 48 hours of the election, which is somewhat unclear
― metametadata (n/a), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link
1.9% is as close to certain as a mathematical model gets.
― Mozarella sticks. Think about it. (kenan), Monday, November 3, 2008 5:26 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
down to 1.1% now btw
Obama should just start a five-hour victory speech at 7 p.m. (I know, I know, park's not open). Do it William Jennings Bryan/Castro style.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
My folks were in Spain for their last election, and if I remember right the candidates there can't even campaign until like the 2-3 weeks prior to the election day. No ads, no speeches, nada.
― good luck usa (dan m), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:51 (fifteen years ago) link
A:... The permit for the event runs until 1 a.m., but it may run later if necessary.
― another regrettable cheesesteak (Jesse), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:52 (fifteen years ago) link
Guys, I'm going to go ahead and call it at 3:30 CDT.
― another regrettable cheesesteak (Jesse), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:53 (fifteen years ago) link
I bet someone called it halfway through Obama's speech at the 2004 Dem convention.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey, did you guys see the names on the sample ballot that the voting folks use to show how to vote? There was one section "Chicago Arts Commissioner", and the choices were Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy -- the whole thing had some good lolz.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
not lulzy:
the old man election judge who looked at me and hissed "you're all voting for obama, aren't you. you should be voting mccain"
i tried to call that hotline jenny's working for and it put me on hold forever so i had to get off.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
hay does anyone have any tickets for 2nite!!! ive changed my mind and now i want to go
― deej, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
The proper response is "Step aside, old man. You're on the bus or you're under it."
― Eazy, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
also may i recommend a downtown stop w/ free drinx!!!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=14889794956
WHOA. That's fucked up!
Jenny had some interesting stories of shenanigans in Indiana - like the Republican poll-watcher who was asking people who they were voting for, and asking to see their licenses in an effort to disqualify them based on their addresses.
― another regrettable cheesesteak (Jesse), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
man, I would have outed his bullshit right there in line, I live for that stuff
― good luck usa (dan m), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
obv xp to Amanda
― another regrettable cheesesteak (Jesse), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:08 (fifteen years ago) link
i glared at him and then loudly told another judge what he saidher response: "he's mean"
that's why i called the hotline.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh man, I wish I could have met that fucker.
― another regrettable cheesesteak (Jesse), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Lemme at him!!
he's old, fat, seated and sitting at the nursing home at sheridan and chase
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
(not a resident, at least not that i know of)
I bet Joe Biden will drop in at that Q-Tip listening party.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:13 (fifteen years ago) link
Anything can happen -- Joe Biden was at my high school last night!
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Joe Biden thinks that sweater brings out your eye color nicely.
― another regrettable cheesesteak (Jesse), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:19 (fifteen years ago) link
http://barackobamaisyournewbicycle.com/
― another regrettable cheesesteak (Jesse), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Joe Biden doesn't know that I have been wearing this very sweater since I was in the high school he was at last night.
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Amanda, I shared your horrible experience with Jenny and she said to email here: http://www.nationalcampaignforfairelections.org/page/s/sharestory
― another regrettable cheesesteak (Jesse), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:29 (fifteen years ago) link
this is obv a pretty new measure - but most (but not all) bloggers kept quiet as they feared going to jail.
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:32 (fifteen years ago) link
This show talked about the election -- from what they said, it sounded like some Canadians living abroad (on foreign servers) covered it.
― Eazy, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:36 (fifteen years ago) link
lol @ my sister sending me a someecard
http://mail2.someecards.com/filestorage/soto_59.jpg
― good luck usa (dan m), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 21:37 (fifteen years ago) link
i got a good amount of work done today so i am now feeling more interested in leaving the house tonight, though probably only to a bar that is nowhere near downtown ... anything brewing?
― metametadata (n/a), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:07 (fifteen years ago) link
the hideout is having a party that i will stop bysame with danny's
― deej, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
i wanted to leave work early but i was told that i have to stay "at least" until 5:30
;_;
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
basically i want everyone to come to a bar near my house, where i will probably hang out for about an hour or so before i go home, leaving everyone else at the bar
― metametadata (n/a), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
ok?
theenks, but no theenks
― La Lechera, Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:17 (fifteen years ago) link
dudes m@x is hanging at the election party w/college pal who worked on the campaign which might mean he will be touching the hem of his garment or something o_O
― the perfect blovian move (gbx), Tuesday, 4 November 2008 22:22 (fifteen years ago) link