# 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:** 16
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/301 "2008-11-05T02:23:33Z")
Ohio called by MSNBC 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, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/302 "2008-11-05T02:23:45Z")
> [@ladyfoxfyre](#): > > Seriously? Did many people think Obama was going to win Georgia? The results up right now are not correct. Georgia was never going to be a landslide for McCain, and the polls for the past week or two showed his lead within the margin of error most of the time. Don’t rule Georgia out yet. There could be an upset. Also in ND. [hijack]Why the fuck did CNN call ND with 0% of the vote in when they marked it as a battleground? Doesn’t that indicate that you’ll need a good bit of the vote in to tell?[/hijack] And if Biden is elected VP, the Governor of Delaware appoints a successor. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/303 "2008-11-05T02:23:55Z")
> [@bam boo gut](#): > > w00t - ohio projected to obama wooooooooooot!!! ---
**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, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/304 "2008-11-05T02:24:23Z")
MSNBC just called Ohio for Obama. ---
**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, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/305 "2008-11-05T02:24:32Z")
Join the club. Ohio for Obama 😃 ---
**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, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/306 "2008-11-05T02:24:36Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Fox just called Ohio for Obama yet again. > > MSNBC makes the call as well. Turn out the lights; the party’s over. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/307 "2008-11-05T02:24:58Z")
I think my poor sister, a precinct judge in Perry County, Ohio is still there. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/308 "2008-11-05T02:25:42Z")
Projections **For Obama:** Maine Vermont New Hampshire Massachusetts Connecticut New Jersey Delware DC Pennsylvania Illinois Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin New York Rhode Island **Ohio** EV 195 **For McCain:** Kentucky Tennessee South Carolina Oklahoma Arkansas Alabama North Dakota Wyoming Kansas Georgia EV 76 ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/309 "2008-11-05T02:25:47Z")
Early casualty amongst Obama supporters - the [538.com](http://538.com) server has died. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/310 "2008-11-05T02:25:52Z")
WOOOO!!! OHIO OHIO OHIO I LOVE YOU WOOOO!!! …and yes, if you live in Columbus and just heard a man’s voice yelling in joy outside - that would be me. 😛 WOOOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/311 "2008-11-05T02:26:09Z")
It’s done folks… If he wins WA, CA, OR, and HI he’s over the top… time to watch the senate now ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/312 "2008-11-05T02:26:11Z")
Which of the battlegrounds do we still need to sew this thing up? ---
**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, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/313 "2008-11-05T02:26:15Z")
O-H-I-O!!! ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/314 "2008-11-05T02:26:38Z")
So, do you guys have any guesses for Ohio yet? ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/315 "2008-11-05T02:26:50Z")
243 safe EVs for Obama + PA’s 21 + OH’s 20 = 284. Congratulations to Barak Obama! ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/316 "2008-11-05T02:26:54Z")
I am very proud of my state right now. ---
**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, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/317 "2008-11-05T02:27:10Z")
Pennsylvania has 18% in now, with 66% Obama. Wow. I just don’t want to take anything for granted. I’ll drive myself nuts if I keep checking all the numbers every minute. I’m going to step away from the computer for a half hour, read my book, then check out the coverage on Comedy Central. (I was watching BBC America, but for some reason they’ve included some well-known U.S. gasbags. If I wanted to hear them, there’s a virtually unlimited supply of U.S. gasbags on the other channels.) ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/318 "2008-11-05T02:27:23Z")
> [@rayh](#): > > Projections > > **For Obama:** > [snip] > > EV 195 > **For McCain:** > [snip] > EV 76 195 + west coast & hawaii = 272 ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/319 "2008-11-05T02:27:38Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Which of the battlegrounds do we still need to sew this thing up? Florida ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/320 "2008-11-05T02:27:40Z")
I love how they just interrupt whoever … it could be the pope with news that God Himself wanted air time and Wolf Blitzer would say, “I’m sorry your holiness, this just in, Texas has gone to McCain.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=17)