Maine: Question 1, Prop 8 part 2 (And WA's R-71)

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2009-11-03 09:04pm

So far it's close with 5% reporting in. This'll be a long night.

The Defenestrator · Post by **The Defenestrator** » 2009-11-03 09:05pm

The current results in Maine, with 5% of precincts reporting:

Good 14,988 54.48%
Evil 12,524 45.52%

Pint0 Xtreme · Post by **Pint0 Xtreme** » 2009-11-03 09:24pm

14% precincts reported in

No 32670 52.49%
Yes 29575 47.51%

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2009-11-03 10:07pm

22% Precincts in:

No 58,748 51.0%
Yes 56,515 49.0%

God damn it is close.

The Original Nex · Post by **The Original Nex** » 2009-11-03 10:11pm

Links to the results? I'm curious which precincts have already reported. Have the urban areas been tallied yet? Portland and Bangor should be more heavily on the "No" side.

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba · Post by **Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba** » 2009-11-03 10:16pm

There's nothing precinct-by-precinct, but urban areas almost always tally and report later. A close run now is a good sign for No.

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2009-11-03 10:17pm

Some of the urban areas have already reported- a lot of Portland. It's not looking too good :\

24% Reporting
No — 63,033 50.2%
Yes — 62,450 49.8%

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2009-11-03 10:24pm

The Gay Marriage Repeal is now leading by 0.51%

The Original Nex · Post by **The Original Nex** » 2009-11-03 10:24pm

The folks following the returns at OpenLeft aren't as pessimistic:

http://www.openleft.com/diary/15823/mai ... lts-thread
http://www.openleft.com/diary/15830/mai ... s-thread-2

Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba · Post by **Nieztchean Uber-Amoeba** » 2009-11-03 10:24pm

Yes is now in the lead, 28% reporting in.

Yes 74802 50.51%
No 73292 49.49%

EDIT: Beaten by a hair. Damn you Duckie.

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2009-11-03 10:26pm

Open Left's numbers are unsourced garbage from the inside of the campaign. I don't know why they'd lie, but the statements of wildly huge marriage equality wins aren't matching reality at all.

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2009-11-03 10:29pm

32% in. We're UP by 327 votes (0.1%)

EDIT- Stupid No/Yes confusion.

Nate Silver: "Not sure it looks too good for gay marriage in Maine. Cumberland County, the most liberal in the state, is way overrepresented so far."

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2009-11-03 10:46pm

Yes leads by less than one one hundredth right now- 37 votes in a ballot of 100,000 plus on each side. I'd love to be a fly on the wall of the No on 1 and Yes on 1 campaigns. Every single person across the country who cares either way is probably busy hyperventilating.

The Defenestrator · Post by **The Defenestrator** » 2009-11-03 10:50pm

I can't get it to update from 28% in for some reason.

Washington results are scheduled to start going up here in about 10 minutes.

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2009-11-03 10:56pm

Bangor Daily News' rundowns have crashed due to server strain, I'm using the NYT. It's still completely a dead heat. This is probably bad for us since every podunk little rural town chips away whereas we get only a few huge gluts.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2009-11-03 10:58pm

I hate these campaigns where I'm not sure which positions "Yes" and "No" stand for. I can't help but think that others get confused as well.

The Defenestrator · Post by **The Defenestrator** » 2009-11-03 10:59pm

And I just found the NYT site.

41% in:

No — 123,756 50.6%
Yes — 120,916 49.4%

Crossroads Inc. · Post by **Crossroads Inc.** » 2009-11-03 11:09pm

I am too much of a pessimist on this. Everywhere were Gay Marriage has been ut to the vote, it Losses, largely because either people are stupid or they dont know how to vot. Im willing to bet there will be a great deal of people in "Support' of gay marriage who accidently vote to have it repealed.

The Defenestrator · Post by **The Defenestrator** » 2009-11-03 11:09pm

A more detailed Washington State results map for R-71

Approved/Green is good, Rejected/Yellow is bad.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2009-11-03 11:11pm

The Defenestrator wrote:A more detailed Washington State results map for R-71

Approved/Green is good, Rejected/Yellow is bad.

Looks like green is getting its ass kicked so far.

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2009-11-03 11:15pm

Darth Wong wrote:
The Defenestrator wrote:A more detailed Washington State results map for R-71

Approved/Green is good, Rejected/Yellow is bad.
Looks like green is getting its ass kicked so far.

Yeah, but that's all rural counties and Spokane. Nothing from the Seattle area.

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2009-11-03 11:17pm

Darth Wong wrote:I hate these campaigns where I'm not sure which positions "Yes" and "No" stand for. I can't help but think that others get confused as well.

It is annoying. In Maine, "No" are the good guys.

I'm worreid enough that my head is starting to act up and it's itnverfering with my typing. I'll probably stop updating. This type of a close loss is too painful to watch, and I'm starting to get sick to my stomach over it.

Bigots are up by thousands of votes now. They're going to win unless a few kilovoters are pulled out of a hat, possibly in washington too.

Duckie · Post by **Duckie** » 2009-11-03 11:20pm

Gay marriage is completely tanking now that rural isolated community numbers are going in- they've shot up to a 10,000 vote lead. What is wrong with america?

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2009-11-03 11:23pm

Duckie wrote:Gay marriage is completely tanking now that rural isolated community numbers are going in- they've shot up to a 10,000 vote lead. What is wrong with america?

The better question is "What isn't wrong with america?"

Imperial Overlord · Post by **Imperial Overlord** » 2009-11-03 11:31pm

King county is now reporting in for Washington. Good is up 35K.

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