Bush 269-Kerry 242

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2004-11-03 01:48am

Ace Pace wrote:
HemlockGrey wrote:CNN is holding out Ohio to the last, despite Bush being up 130,000.
Absentee ballots and Provisional ballots won't change a thing I assume?

Well, I guess it depends on who usually sends such ballots in, and if it will be enough to offset the 100,000 votes Kerry is behind in the state. (He'd need 7 votes for every 10 cast to make up for it, assuming my math was correct and there are 250,000 provisional ballots as some people had said on the news.

Yarcamos · Post by **Yarcamos** » 2004-11-03 01:48am

White Cat wrote:Bush's Ohio lead is down to 100,000 again.

Hmm... If Bush were to lose Ohio, he'd have to get Wisconsin, Iowa, and either New Mexico or Nevada to win.

True. Bush will get Iowa by the looks of it probably both NM and Nevada, but it will be tough for him to come back in Wisconsin.

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2004-11-03 01:48am

White Cat wrote:Bush's Ohio lead is down to 100,000 again.

Hmm... If Bush were to lose Ohio, he'd have to get Wisconsin, Iowa, and either New Mexico or Nevada to win.

Unusually enough, it seems he has Iowa, and he's almost certainly got New Mex. As much as I hate to admit it, he's pretty much got it.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-11-03 01:48am

New Mexico looks like a shoe-in for Bush, although Iowa is still a bit close, but he could easily win there, too.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-11-03 01:50am

Bush is leading in Iowa by more than 11,000. I don't see Kerry winning it.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-11-03 01:50am

Yeah, Bush leads by nearly 11K in the Hawkeye state.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-11-03 01:50am

Kerry will not concede until all the provisional votes have been counted. This isn't going to be over for at least a week.

Sam Or I · Post by **Sam Or I** » 2004-11-03 01:51am

What is going through my mind right now.........

Flight of the Bumble Bee with swarms of Lawyers on both sides attacking.

The Dude · Post by **The Dude** » 2004-11-03 01:51am

Is there any explanation for why the exit polls seem to consistently overestimate Kerry's numbers by 3+ points?

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2004-11-03 01:51am

Joe wrote:Kerry will not concede until all the provisional votes have been counted. This isn't going to be over for at least a week.

At least ten days, if what I've heard about Ohio waiting that long to count the provisonal votes is true.

Yarcamos · Post by **Yarcamos** » 2004-11-03 01:51am

The Dude wrote:Is there any explanation for why the exit polls seem to consistently overestimate Kerry's numbers by 3+ points?

Good question. I've got no idea personally.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-11-03 01:52am

CNN calls Ohio "too close to call"

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-11-03 01:52am

Strangely, I've got "Auld Lang Syne" stuck in my head...

Pcm979 · Post by **Pcm979** » 2004-11-03 01:53am

The Dude wrote:Is there any explanation for why the exit polls seem to consistently overestimate Kerry's numbers by 3+ points?

Hope?

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2004-11-03 01:53am

fgalkin wrote:CNN calls Ohio "too close to call"

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

CNN's too afraid it'll turn into what Florida was last year. Bush's all but got it.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2004-11-03 01:53am

Oh my God, Ohio's gone Purple!

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2004-11-03 01:53am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Oh my God, Ohio's gone Purple!

What?!?!

Yarcamos · Post by **Yarcamos** » 2004-11-03 01:54am

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Oh my God, Ohio's gone Purple!

Yeah, what the hell is this? This is the first state they've done this too.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-11-03 01:54am

He's kidding.

frigidmagi · Post by **frigidmagi** » 2004-11-03 01:54am

No he isn't IT WENT FUCKING PURPLE!

Trogdor · Post by **Trogdor** » 2004-11-03 01:54am

I'm watching CBS. Did CNN really turn Ohio purple?

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-11-03 01:54am

Read my post. Ohio is too close to call.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Yarcamos · Post by **Yarcamos** » 2004-11-03 01:54am

frigidmagi wrote:He's kidding.

No, he's not. CNN has it purple for "too close to call."

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2004-11-03 01:55am

StormtrooperOfDeath wrote:I'm not so much pleased that Bush is winning as I am that Kerry isn't. Just my $.02

Okay, I can understand and almost sympathize with Spanky and MKShepperd's philosphy of deliberately trying to be as evil as possible, but how anyone can see Kerry as worse(as in actually worse, not just counter-productive) than W. is just beyond me.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2004-11-03 01:55am

I'm not sure litigating the vote will necessarily be a good move. Americans hated having to wait almost a month to get a clear winner in 2000, and Al Gore had a much stronger case for litigating the vote then than Kerry does now.