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United States Election: Nov 6, 2012 |OT| - Barack Obama Re-elected
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You are right. It doesnt
We already have Bush.
No I mean I just mean with respect to presidential race. Haven't looked at Senate or House but now that the presidential vote decided in Indiana I will transition to looking at that.
shadyspace
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David Cameron, shining beacon of liberalism
It won't do anything to us, which is why I want Romney to win. Him winning will turn the news into a movie.
BigJonsson
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LOL @ the line of people waiting to register to vote......kinda waited until the last minute eh
Psychotext
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Why do your polling stations close so early in the US? 7pm seems ridiculous.
The Mana Legend
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See, I wouldn't have any problem with John McCain winning four years ago if it weren't for batshit crazy Sarah Palin.
Now I am scared of batshit crazy Romney and batshit crazy Ryan.
Now I am scared of batshit crazy Romney and batshit crazy Ryan.
Stumpokapow
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Indianapolis, Gary, South Bend, Fort Wayne, and Evansville (the five largest cities in the state--all except for Fort Wayne were blue on a county level in 2008) have no returns yet.
Gucci Messiah
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We voted for Bush twice
If I got this right, to start we're not actually voting for president. We are voting to choose representatives (an electoral college) who will choose the president.
Mostly Republican counties in and Donnelly is running 7% ahead of Obama. So no, Mourdock is not going to win.
The more Democratic counties in Indiana won't report for 2-3 more hours.
IMHO, Donnelly's a lock to win.
jamesinclair
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6pm in some states.
Naturally, its the republican states that want to stop being who work from voting, so only the old retried people can.
Yeah, like beginning of political times old, and morons still buy into it :lol
oh they didn't vote because of Halo 4..
Evening Musuko
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If the Democrats gain house seats I will drink 1 Beer.
If the Democrats win a Senate seat I will drink 2 beers.
If Obama wins Texas I will drive a truck full of Steveweiser to the first Romney Ryan signs I see, spray them with beer and then give them a stunner.
But I expect to be sober tonight.
And back when the country was founded, this system actually made more sense.
WAR recon zero
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BBC coverage is awesome.
MetalGuardian
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Could you elaborate?
The number of electoral votes is proportional to the state's population, right? It just seems like there is no reason for us to not directly elect the president. I would think an argument could easily be made that it harms democracy, especially since the swing states are the only ones that matter and get any play under the EC
Deified Data
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2000 was the most important election of our lifetimes, yet no one knew it at the time.
FlyingTeacup
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please perm ban me if romney wins, especially so by the popular vote.
Originally the people didn't vote for the president. Officials in their state governments would cast electoral votes to choose who would lead the federal government. The reason they did this is that they didn't think the citizens really knew what would be best for the country as a whole, and that the people they elected to run their local government would make better decisions. The federal government of the United States was designed to be a Republic that had minimal direct influence by the people.
Karma Kramer
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LOL looks like Nate was wrong perhaps
samus4ever
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Can't wait for the end of the night and Wolf. "We'll, basically Obama won, but it as only 2% higher so its virtually a tie in my book."
oh my god... none of those places voted???
Psychotext
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Holy shit. That's crazy.
Basically.
Jive Turkey
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LiquidMetal14
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I think the writing would be on the wall. Lots of Romney crap out here in central FL. Not sure if that speaks to the state as Obama holds an early lead.
darkside31337
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Obama doing well in Orange County, better than I expected. My +1 mattered!
Yeah it's crazy that Romney seems to have a real shot at winning this.
Still have hope sanity will prevail, but I was shocked when it happened in 2008 and would be even more shocked if americans do the right thing 2 times in a row.
The Mana Legend
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I was only 11 during that election, but I remember people not hating on Bush or Gore nearly as much as people are hating on Obama/Romney.
Elections have gotten lethal with all of the social media and shit these days.
OriginofHysteria
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No worries yet, that's as early as you can get.
Delusibeta
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Essentially, yes.
Baconsammy
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And then Ohio will mean as much to this election as the Bengals and Browns mean to the NFL. Absolutely nothing. Fingers crossed.
People from America and foreign countries posting in here like they are fearing Romney winning like it's the worst thing ever need to chill. Sounds just like people tripping out when it was looking like Obama might win. Neither candidate is the worst ever and will ruin everyone's lives and the world. There are still tons of elected officials and other members of government who have an enormous influence on the direction of the country. I don't particularly love either candidate, but neither am I fearing the election of either as a possible embarrassment to our country/ vessel of imminent destruction.
Yes everything has been decided within the first 10 minutes of like 3 states polls being closed.
The fuck is wrong with some of you people? lol
EDIT: And I'm sticking with watching CNN again for this election like my last 2. Their mastery of touch-screens is straight up fucking boss status.
Deified Data
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Agreed. I don't know how everyone has the stomach for watching this coverage from beginning to end. Starts out with a lot of anxiety.
They don't care lol. They voted Bush twice...
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