# 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:** 5
**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 5, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/81 "2008-11-05T00:16:07Z")
So far McCain is ahead in Virginia but, as the mayor of Richmond just said, Northern VA has yet to report. It will swing to Obama and they have broken records with turn out. Fingers crossed. ---
**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, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/82 "2008-11-05T00:16:43Z")
OK, CNN has lost it. They’re “beaming in” holographic reporters. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/83 "2008-11-05T00:17:03Z")
So is that seriously a hologram on CNN, or just some green screen stuff that they are calling a hologram? :dubious: ---
**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, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/84 "2008-11-05T00:18:28Z")
I’m surprised to see results from Florida this early. IIRC, the polls won’t close in Tallahassee for another 40 minutes or so. Wasn’t the early reporting in Florida a big issue in 2000? ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/85 "2008-11-05T00:18:52Z")
Are the numbers in this thread, particularly those IN and KY ones, exit polls or official votes counted so far? ---
**Author:** ![ParentalAdvisory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/53a042/32.png) [@ParentalAdvisory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParentalAdvisory)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/86 "2008-11-05T00:19:24Z")
Maybe they shouldn’t _suggest_ anything until 100% of the votes are in. ---
**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, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/87 "2008-11-05T00:19:25Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > So is that seriously a hologram on CNN, or just some green screen stuff that they are calling a hologram? :dubious: Green screen stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/88 "2008-11-05T00:20:32Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > OK, CNN has lost it. They’re “beaming in” holographic reporters. Fricking ridiculous! ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/89 "2008-11-05T00:20:33Z")
With only 10% of the vote in from Kentucky, McCain is ahead by about 4%. But Kentucky was going for McCain by **thirteen percent** according to the polls. That means one of two things: a. The pro-Obama parts of the state have been counted up, and for the rest of the night, Kentucky will get redder and redder, or b. Kentucky is a **lot** closer than the polls indicated. ---
**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, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/90 "2008-11-05T00:20:54Z")
> [@ladybug](#): > > I’m surprised to see results from Florida this early. IIRC, the polls won’t close in Tallahassee for another 40 minutes or so. Wasn’t the early reporting in Florida a big issue in 2000? More the early call than the reporting. I am surprised that numbers are even being released before all the polls have closed, but if they are, they should be reported. ---
**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, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/91 "2008-11-05T00:21:27Z")
Hologram or no hologram, I can’t stand Wolf, so I’m switching to MSNBC. I think they made KY red to heighten the drama (as if that was needed). I am so nervous and anxious, I can’t sit still. I’d drink, but then I’d fall asleep. ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/92 "2008-11-05T00:21:48Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > Are the numbers in this thread, particularly those IN and KY ones, exit polls or official votes counted so far? Me too ask this question. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/93 "2008-11-05T00:22:07Z")
> [@Cyberhwk](#): > > MSNBC projects KY for McCain. He’s gonna need it. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/94 "2008-11-05T00:22:36Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > 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. You’d spend you time looking at porn on a night as momentous as this one? Have you no shame? ---
**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, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/95 "2008-11-05T00:23:11Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > Are the numbers in this thread, particularly those IN and KY ones, exit polls or official votes counted so far? Votes, as far as I can tell. ---
**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 5, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/96 "2008-11-05T00:23:33Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Me too ask this question. Official votes counted-- all 0% of them. ---
**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, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/97 "2008-11-05T00:23:55Z")
> [@tds1273](#): > > Are the numbers in this thread, particularly those IN and KY ones, exit polls or official votes counted so far? Actual numbers of real votes. Follow along [here](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23887017). ---
**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, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/98 "2008-11-05T00:24:15Z")
> [@ParentalAdvisory](#): > > Maybe they shouldn’t _suggest_ anything until 100% of the votes are in. There’s the little matter of statistics. If they have enough votes from enough counties, then it becomes reasonably safe to assume that the votes they have are approximately a random sample of the votes that they’re going to get. That becomes indicative of the actual outcome very quickly. Yeah, there’s a chance that predictions based on the early returns are wrong, but that chance isn’t large enough to keep a news organization from reporting _something_. The only other choice is for news anchors to sit there and try to say something intelligent, and nobody wants that. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/99 "2008-11-05T00:25:52Z")
Where would I find out, once the polls close, on the status of the propositions in California. ---
**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, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/100 "2008-11-05T00:26:47Z")
Argh. I cannot get the Kos map to load fully. Now I’m stuck with TV. Ya know, Rachel Maddow is kind of a downer. Is she every optimistic? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=6)