# 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:** 6
**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, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/101 "2008-11-05T00:26:56Z")
McCain is ahead in Indiana, Virginia and Florida. So far. ---
**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, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/102 "2008-11-05T00:28:20Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Where would I find out, once the polls close, on the status of the propositions in California. Your best bet is probably to go to the website of a California newspaper or TV station. Those are going to get lost in the noise on a nationwide scale. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/103 "2008-11-05T00:28:23Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Where would I find out, once the polls close, on the status of the propositions in California. > **[Elections and Voter Information :: California Secretary of State](https://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/)** ---
**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, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/104 "2008-11-05T00:28:48Z")
> [@Orbifold](#): > > 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. Depending on **which** counties those are. For instance, the vast majority of voters in Washington State reside in King and Pierce counties. If you haven’t got election returns from either county, you can’t safely call Washington. ---
**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, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/105 "2008-11-05T00:29:27Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > 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. It was the early release of the numbers that surprised me, too. I just didn’t word it very well. CNN shows McCain leading in Florida, 54 percent to 46 percent. I’m hoping that Palm Beach County hasn’t been counted yet (Obama is very popular around here). ---
**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, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/106 "2008-11-05T00:29:45Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > Where would I find out, once the polls close, on the status of the propositions in California. I couldn’t find anything on the Secretary of State’s website yet, but CNN is letting you track Props 4 and 8. [Start here](http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/your.races/index.html). ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/107 "2008-11-05T00:32:09Z")
> [@Shayna](#): > > Actual numbers of real votes. > > Follow along [here](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23887017). Looks like that map needs to be refreshed to see updates (and as far as I can tell, the same thing w/ DailyKos and TPM’s maps). Any online results maps that update w/o the need to refresh the page? ---
**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 5, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/108 "2008-11-05T00:32:26Z")
> [@DanBlather](#): > > > [@Cyberhwk](#): > > > > MSNBC projects KY for McCain. > > He’s gonna need it. Gonna make him squeal like a lipsticked pig. ---
**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, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/109 "2008-11-05T00:33:46Z")
> [@ladybug](#): > > It was the early release of the numbers that surprised me, too. I just didn’t word it very well. > > CNN shows McCain leading in Florida, 54 percent to 46 percent. I’m hoping that Palm Beach County hasn’t been counted yet (Obama is very popular around here). Fox’s online map presently has Obama with a narrow margin in Florida (damned flipfloppers ;)). ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/110 "2008-11-05T00:34:46Z")
> [@5-4-Fighting](#): > > You’d spend you time looking at porn on a night as momentous as this one? Have you no shame? You don’t know the half of it. It’s 10.30 am, I’m in my office, my door’s open and my employees can see my computer screen. ---
**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, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/111 "2008-11-05T00:35:09Z")
CNN’s Florida tally is suddenly missing 18%. I didn’t even know Buchanan was running this year. ---
**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, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/112 "2008-11-05T00:36:04Z")
Kos map works now–and they’ve got FL blue! ---
**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, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/113 "2008-11-05T00:36:05Z")
Lunsford almost dead even with McConnell in KY Senate race with 16% reporting. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/114 "2008-11-05T00:36:18Z")
What a marked difference so far in the votes between North and South Carolina. Is that expected? I know nothing of those two states voting tendencies. ---
**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, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/115 "2008-11-05T00:37:42Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > What a marked difference so far in the votes between North and South Carolina. Is that expected? I know nothing of those two states voting tendencies. Yeah, NC was considered a potential win for Obama, but SC never was projected as going for Obama. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/116 "2008-11-05T00:37:56Z")
[Politicalwire’s tracker](http://politicalwire.com/aggregator/electionresults.html) autorefreshes I think. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/117 "2008-11-05T00:40:06Z")
fox news has West Virginia called for McCain with 0% of the votes counted ---
**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 5, 2008, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/118 "2008-11-05T00:40:27Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > Fox’s online map presently has Obama with a narrow margin in Florida (damned flipfloppers ;)). Virginia is annoyingly too close to call, Obama behind McCain, but suddenly Florida is looking up for Obama! ---
**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, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/119 "2008-11-05T00:42:19Z")
Holy Schmoly! MSNBC has: Florida Barack Obama (dem). . . 313,475. . . 55% John McCain (rep). . . . . 204,112. . . 36% Electoral votes: 27 | 2% of precincts reporting ---
**Author:** ![Lily\_Milliner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8edcca/32.png) [@Lily\_Milliner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lily_Milliner)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031/120 "2008-11-05T00:43:05Z")
Yes, I’m worried about Virginia. Anyone have a good rundown on how the voting went there? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-presidential-election-results-thread-see-it-here-as-they-come-in/471031.md?page=7)