# 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:** 27
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/521 "2008-11-05T03:56:02Z")
Obama takes the lead in Indiana for the first time this evening. ---
**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 5, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/522 "2008-11-05T03:56:26Z")
I cannot WAIT to find out who’s going to be in President Obama’s cabinet!!! ---
**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, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/523 "2008-11-05T03:56:40Z")
Okay, now that McCain’s fate is pretty much sealed at this point, we need a rout. I want Obama to get at least 350 EVs. I want a COMPLETE repudiation of how the Republicans operate. I want the wilderness years for them. Give it to me. I command it. ---
**Author:** ![Lantern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d26b3c/32.png) [@Lantern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lantern)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/524 "2008-11-05T03:56:57Z")
Wow! Is that the first use of a hologram on live TV? CNN had better have a flying car by 2012. ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/525 "2008-11-05T03:57:21Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > All I can say about that is that Louisiana is really, really weird. Honest. Culturally, New Orleans is like it’s from another planet compared to much of the rest of the state. Northern Louisiana is basically Southern, albeit a bit more Catholic than, say, Georgia (where I have also lived). You have NO, then you have the rest of south Lousiana, then you have north Louisiana. I think a lot of the state would be happy to see New Orleans be “normal”, aside from the tourism money. > > I’m not surprised by that call, even though I think I should be. And here I was thinking that all the poor black folk were relocated to Houston and so there were no more people to vote for Obama… (just kidding!) I’m watching Colbert meltdown–too funny. He’s blaming the plumbers. ---
**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 5, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/526 "2008-11-05T03:57:25Z")
looking at the county by county map in north carolina i think Obama will win NC too, almost all the counties with less than 100% of precints reporting are blue… ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/527 "2008-11-05T03:57:29Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Obama takes the lead in Indiana for the first time this evening. Sweet!!! ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/528 "2008-11-05T03:57:43Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > I hear VA is for Obama now–I hope so! It’s a done deal. No way McCain’s making up a 34,000 vote deficit from 50 scattered rural precincts, plus Virginia Beach which is only mildly red anymore. Not while Obama still has 57 precincts in Fairfax County, plus all of Richmond and Roanoke, and a smattering of other stuff. Virginia’s home free for Obama. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/529 "2008-11-05T03:57:44Z")
Thy will be done, West Coast style. ---
**Author:** ![HoboStew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f17d59/32.png) [@HoboStew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoboStew)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/530 "2008-11-05T03:57:47Z")
I made a hedge bet of McCain + 100 electoral votes. What do you think my chances are atm? ---
**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 5, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/531 "2008-11-05T03:58:38Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Okay, now that McCain’s fate is pretty much sealed at this point, now we need a rout. I want Obama to get at least 350 EVs. I want a COMPLETE repudiation of how the Republicans operate. I want the wilderness years for them. Give it to me. I command it. Oh Gawd, I’m laughing my ass off here! ---
**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, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/532 "2008-11-05T03:58:44Z")
> [@Lantern](#): > > Wow! Is that the first use of a hologram on live TV? CNN had better have a flying car by 2012. Its green screen **not** real holograms. ---
**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, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/533 "2008-11-05T03:59:04Z")
350 hell. I want 370. (I admit the prospect of 400 is out at this point). Oama nails 378 if he gets North Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Colorado, Nevada, the easy west coast, and of course Hawaii. ---
**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, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/534 "2008-11-05T03:59:14Z")
I’m getting out the sambuca! I will now celebrate! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/535 "2008-11-05T04:00:27Z")
obama wins!!! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/536 "2008-11-05T04:00:37Z")
CNN calls the election for Obama. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/537 "2008-11-05T04:00:39Z")
MSN just called Obama ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/538 "2008-11-05T04:00:39Z")
At what point does it become a blowout? 'Cause I got yer mandate right _here_, Bush. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/539 "2008-11-05T04:00:48Z")
284!!! ---
**Author:** ![papaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@papaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papaw)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/540 "2008-11-05T04:00:50Z")
> [@](#): > > McCain + 100 electoral votes. What do you think my chances are atm? Not very good. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=28)