# 2008 Presidential Election Results Thread. See it here as they come in. **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 4, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031 "2008-11-04T12:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/241 "2008-11-05T01:41:39Z")
> [@autz](#): > > ??? > > Any pictures? How would that work? Why would anyone think that was a good idea? A quick googling doesn’t turn anything up, but they showed the ballot on MSNBC. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/242 "2008-11-05T01:43:46Z")
Arizona (or just Maricopa County) [has something similar](http://recorder.maricopa.gov/media/ballot/Visio-1-0513-00.pdf). (Link goes to PDF.) Oddly enough, there aren’t any voting horror stories coming out of Phoenix that I’ve heard. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/243 "2008-11-05T01:43:53Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Oh my god, problems in Palm Beach county again?! Who would have people connect the arrow? Bernalillo County (Albuquerque) in New Mexico (don’t know about the rest) did that in 2002-2006. Not sure about 2008, as I voted in-person early this year. It’s not hard to do, you just have to RTFM in either English or Spanish. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/244 "2008-11-05T01:44:11Z")
CNN is projecting PA for Obama ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/245 "2008-11-05T01:45:03Z")
What the hell is going on in Georgia?! 62-37? Gore and Kerry didn’t lose that badly! ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/246 "2008-11-05T01:45:09Z")
That’s the way my paper ballot was here in California. We’re used to it. You draw a line from one end of the arrow to the other, so it points at your choice. Takes all of 30 seconds to complete the page. No hu-hu. **Bosstone** , that pdf is exactly what a California ballot looks like. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/247 "2008-11-05T01:45:43Z")
> [@ladybug](#): > > Draw a box? The poll workers told us to connect them with a line. The sample ballot says the same thing (I’m looking at it right now). I even asked the poll worker if the line should be the thickness of the entire arrow, and he said no. Crap. I hope my vote got counted. > > I should have known there would be problems when a poll worker informed those of us still on line, “just because there are 13 candidates for president on the ballot doesn’t mean you have to vote for all 13.” :smack: Did anyone object to this oddity? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/248 "2008-11-05T01:46:16Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > What the hell is going on in Georgia?! 62-37? Gore and Kerry didn’t lose that badly! And Obama is up 64-35 in Ohio, a total impossibility. Calm down. Super-early results are not statistically meaningful. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/249 "2008-11-05T01:46:31Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > I will not believe this until I see photographic evidence. Not a photograph, but you can view a PDF of the ballot [here](http://pbcelections.org/). It’s the second link on the right. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/250 "2008-11-05T01:47:19Z")
> [@Jack\_Batty](#): > > Kay Hagan crushed Elizabeth Dole like a beer can. **Wooo yeah!!!** 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/251 "2008-11-05T01:47:57Z")
Still voting in Minnesota. Man, I hope Franken wins. I might even start watching C-Span 2. Looks like we’re keeping our incumbent douchebag, Saxby Chambliss. (Though that’s with 21% reporting.) ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/252 "2008-11-05T01:48:11Z")
> [@ladybug](#): > > Not a photograph, but you can view a PDF of the ballot [here](http://pbcelections.org/). It’s the second link on the right. Oh, that doesn’t look horrible. I’d have probably marked it up a bit more than just a single straight line, but that might just be me. ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/253 "2008-11-05T01:48:19Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > There were two boxes beside a candidate’s name. If you wanted to vote for that candidate you had to draw a **third** box between the two printed boxes, so it would look like an arrow pointing to the candidate’s name. I had to do that, too. Dumbest ballot I’ve ever filled out. Bring back the chad! Kos map is weird–it has Maine has having 1 vote for McCain and 2 for Obama–in the popular vote section! ME has gone Obama, but still–wtf? Never mind–must have been a glitch. It’s up now. and Kos has NJ as RED? What the hell? ---
**Author:** ![Yogurt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/f0a364/32.png) [@Yogurt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yogurt)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/254 "2008-11-05T01:48:49Z")
Anyone else taking to the bottle already? 🆒 At least Warner has won in VA. As mentioned earlier, when are the early votes added to the tabulation? ---
**Author:** ![Burton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Burton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burton)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/255 "2008-11-05T01:49:33Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > What the hell is going on in Georgia?! 62-37? Gore and Kerry didn’t lose that badly! They aren’t black. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/256 "2008-11-05T01:50:23Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > Did anyone object to this oddity? Which one? I don’t remember any controversy about the ballot’s design. As for the comment about not needing to vote for every candidate, we just shrugged and said, “hey, it’s Palm Beach County.” ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/257 "2008-11-05T01:50:24Z")
Funny electoral math on the CNN web page. They say 102 EVs for Obama. ## IL 21 DC 3 MD 10 DE 3 PA 21 NJ 15 CT 7 MA 12 VT 3 NH 4 ME 4 ttl 103 ??? ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/258 "2008-11-05T01:51:28Z")
> [@Captain\_Carrot](#): > > What the hell is going on in Georgia?! 62-37? Gore and Kerry didn’t lose that badly! The heritage of Stone Mountain appears to have drummed up additional support. Damn shame though. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/259 "2008-11-05T01:51:41Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Funny electoral math on the CNN web page. > > They say 102 EVs for Obama. > > ## IL 21 DC 3 MD 10 DE 3 PA 21 NJ 15 CT 7 MA 12 VT 3 NH 4 ME 4 > > ttl 103 > > ??? Maine can split theirs. 3 for Obama, 1 for McCain. ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/260 "2008-11-05T01:52:06Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > Kos map is weird–it has Maine has having 1 vote for McCain and 2 for Obama–in the popular vote section! ME has gone Obama, but still–wtf? Never mind–must have been a glitch. It’s up now. > > and Kos has NJ as RED? What the hell? There’s some general confusion. I think that [electoral-vote.com](http://electoral-vote.com) has the New Hampshire results literally backwards. EDIT: okay, he’s corrected that but I think he has Vermont backwards too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=14)