# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/21 "2008-11-04T22:03:08Z")
Polling time closures and estimated result times :- from [here](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7705795.stm) [Nearly completely quoted article deleted. **Rayh** , I appeciate what you were trying to do, but we would still prefer a link and a short quotation rather than +90% of the article. (Even the Brits deserve “fair use” consideration.)] ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/22 "2008-11-04T22:06:05Z")
i just had an horrifying thought, what if the SDMB stops working tonight? server overload, something like that?, what i am gonna do if that happens? (starts hyperventilating) ---
**Author:** ![Merkwurdigliebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/74df32/32.png) [@Merkwurdigliebe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merkwurdigliebe)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/23 "2008-11-04T22:29:45Z")
btw guys, that kos map is very cool. They have the results there as soon as the networks get them. So essentially you’ll get to play with the equivalent of Chuck Todd’s map. It already has the votes cast in Dixville Notch and that other hamlet. Just in case you guys wanted to know. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/24 "2008-11-04T22:49:21Z")
Where I’ll be watching the returns, we will have two televisions and at least three computers watching the various media sources. It’ll be our own little Wolf Blitzer Situation Room. Now, with the dailykos map, I think we need four computers. ---
**Author:** ![Jesus\_Harold\_Christ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@Jesus\_Harold\_Christ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jesus_Harold_Christ)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/25 "2008-11-04T22:52:10Z")
Per Drudge, Obama +15 in Penn. ---
**Author:** ![Lakai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/26 "2008-11-04T23:02:34Z")
Polls closed in Indiana and Kentucky. Now what? How long must we wait? ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/27 "2008-11-04T23:02:37Z")
Nice timeline there, **rayh**. ---
**Author:** ![Henrichek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5daacb/32.png) [@Henrichek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henrichek)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/28 "2008-11-04T23:06:16Z")
Where, second only to this thread of course, is the best online source for election results? Maybe there is some live video stream somewhere, or just some good website? What would you suggest for a TV-less person? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/29 "2008-11-04T23:06:30Z")
Before people get their hopes up: [10 Reasons You Should Ignore Exit Polls](http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/11/ten-reasons-why-you-should-ignore-exit.html) (from 538). ---
**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 4, 2008, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/30 "2008-11-04T23:09:38Z")
I’m watching all night on CNN. Mostly, because it’s the only news channel I get in HD. Gotta have this shit in the ol’ High-Def. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/31 "2008-11-04T23:10:08Z")
MSNBC is streaming it, you can link from their website or it’s at [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22887506#22887506](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22887506#22887506) ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/32 "2008-11-04T23:12:14Z")
Great, the SDMB is not reporting the last posts in the threads, Is the site going down? ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/33 "2008-11-04T23:17:11Z")
Holographic congress on CNN. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Unkempt\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Unkempt\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Unkempt_One)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/34 "2008-11-04T23:18:01Z")
I was about to post the same thing! Pretty cool! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/35 "2008-11-04T23:34:31Z")
CNN: 0% reporting in Kentucky 52% McCain, 38% Obama 1% reporting Indiana 54% Obama 46% McCain. Yeah, zero percent reporting from Kentucky. I dunno, you tell me. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/36 "2008-11-04T23:36:51Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > CNN: 0% reporting in Kentucky 52% McCain, 38% Obama > 1% reporting Indiana 54% Obama 46% McCain. > > Yeah, zero percent reporting from Kentucky. I dunno, you tell me. I assume it is some fraction that automatically gets rounded to the nearest tenth (or whatever), and it’s \< .05. But that’s just a guess. You’d think that after all these years of showing us that, the networks would figure out a way to make it look sensible… ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/37 "2008-11-04T23:37:09Z")
It’s neck and neck in Indiana so far; Obama 50% (18,271) and McCain 49% (18,015). Eeeeeeee! ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/38 "2008-11-04T23:39:25Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Eeeeeeee! Seconded. ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/39 "2008-11-04T23:39:33Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > It’s neck and neck in Indiana so far; Obama 50% (18,271) and McCain 49% (18,015). > > Eeeeeeee! Looks Like Obama is pulling ahead in Indiana. But only 1% in so it really is way to soon. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2008, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/40 "2008-11-04T23:42:38Z")
> [@Frodo](#): > > i just had an horrifying thought, what if the SDMB stops working tonight? server overload, something like that?, what i am gonna do if that happens? (starts hyperventilating) I heard once that there were other places on the internet. 'Course I slapped the guy who first told me that and called him a “foolish boy”, but since then I’ve heard other things that suggest he may have been right. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=3)