# 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:** 37
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/721 "2008-11-05T04:37:02Z")
Seriously, when are the Republicans going to clean house and take back the moderates? If this isn’t a gigantic message to them, I don’t know what is. ---
**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, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/722 "2008-11-05T04:37:15Z")
Nevada for Obama ---
**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, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/723 "2008-11-05T04:37:38Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Concession speeches are generally not considered effective ways of winning votes. 🙂 > > McCain is classier, it seems, than many of the people who voted for him. It was a very honorable and gracious speech. Yes, yes it was. ---
**Author:** ![lokij](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@lokij](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lokij)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/724 "2008-11-05T04:37:40Z")
John McCain looked a hundred million times better giving his concession speech than he has in months. I don’t mean in his attitudes, or the content of the speech (although that is true also), I mean the man looked actually physically and almost spiritually RELIEVED. He looked younger, more clear headed… like an enormous burden has been lifted, not exactly the vision of defeat one might have expected. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/725 "2008-11-05T04:38:00Z")
Huh. Obama may yet get above 350 – he’s just pulled ahead in NC again, at least according to CNN and MSNBC. That and Indiana puts him to … 359, I think. ---
**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, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/726 "2008-11-05T04:38:01Z")
MSNBC just called Nevada for Obama. YAY!!! 338 EVs so far!!! ---
**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, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/727 "2008-11-05T04:38:17Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > John McCain, I salute you. > Gov. Palin, get the fuck out and don’t come back! Notice no McCain Palin love after his concession. She stuck her hand out to shake his…just shows how much they truly didn’t know one another. ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/728 "2008-11-05T04:39:05Z")
Or 364, then. ---
**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, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/729 "2008-11-05T04:39:23Z")
we did it!!! ---
**Author:** ![CaveMike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cavemike/32/16379_2.png) [@CaveMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaveMike)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/730 "2008-11-05T04:40:08Z")
Which states are (or potentially are) upsets from the predictions? Just Indiana? ---
**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, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/731 "2008-11-05T04:40:21Z")
> [@eleanorigby](#): > > we did it!!! Yes we did. (No more “can”, we did!) ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/732 "2008-11-05T04:41:21Z")
> [@MeanJoe](#): > > Yes we did. (No more “can”, we did!) This was the _easy_ part. Now the hard stuff begins. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/733 "2008-11-05T04:41:40Z")
> [@MeanJoe](#): > > Yes we did. You beat me to it. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Paranoid\_Randroid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paranoid_randroid/32/18_2.png) [@Paranoid\_Randroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paranoid_Randroid)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/734 "2008-11-05T04:41:43Z")
Well, NC, possibly. I thought it would go pretty solidly Obama, but McCain was leading most of the night and could still pull ahead, I suppose. It’s very close. ---
**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, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/735 "2008-11-05T04:41:50Z")
Five senate pickups now. 51 + 5 = 56. And they called it for Landrieu. No reverse pickups. Prospects for 60: Chambliss and McConnell got by (damn). Collins did fine (yay! Sorry, can’t help it, I really like those Maine Republican Senators). Franken is mildly ahead in Minnesota with 41% reporting. Ted Stevens is going down hard when his timezone cometh. That’s 58. Merkley is ahead of Gordon Smith in Oregon. That would make it 59. But there just ain’t no 60th. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/736 "2008-11-05T04:42:01Z")
Along with my tears of happiness, I can’t help but be sad that Obama’s grandmother missed seeing him be elected President. McCain’s speech was very gracious, but I doubt he would have given a speech as the “Campaigning McCain” without looking like a giant asshole. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/737 "2008-11-05T04:42:23Z")
> [@CaveMike](#): > > Which states are (or potentially are) upsets from the predictions? Just Indiana? I’m refreshing [fivethirtyeight.com](http://fivethirtyeight.com) every other minute and right now the called states map looks exactly like their final prediction map. Still a few states to color in, but no suprises. ---
**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, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/738 "2008-11-05T04:42:35Z")
> [@anu-la1979](#): > > Seriously, when are the Republicans going to clean house and take back the moderates? If this isn’t a gigantic message to them, I don’t know what is. McCain said as much in the opening lines of his speech - “The American people have spoken, and they have spoken loudly.” Sounded like a wake-up call to the party if ever I heard one… just a step from saying Obama got a mandate. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/739 "2008-11-05T04:42:37Z")
> [@anu-la1979](#): > > Seriously, when are the Republicans going to clean house and take back the moderates? If this isn’t a gigantic message to them, I don’t know what is. If I had money to bet with, I’d put it on the Republican party deciding that this just proves they weren’t wingnutty ENOUGH. Especially if Bachmann pulls it out…her district still isn’t in, but with 42% reporting, she’s 4% ahead of El Tinklenberg. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/740 "2008-11-05T04:42:49Z")
i believe mo and mt are still to close to call. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=38)