# The official election day 2012 thread: 11/6/12 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 6, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045 "2012-11-06T04:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/321 "2012-11-07T02:41:46Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > So for me, every “interactive electoral map” the media has to offer is broken. have you tried hufpo? [Election Results](http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/2012/results/) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/322 "2012-11-07T02:42:47Z")
> [@Nuveena](#): > > On NBC they said there’s a rogue tweet going around that they’ve called the Massachussetts senate race, but they say they haven’t. They’re calling it for Warren now. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/323 "2012-11-07T02:42:51Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > So for me, every “interactive electoral map” the media has to offer is broken. CNN seems to be OK. Here anyway. ETA: Maybe you haven’t updated your Adobe Flash Player in the last 2 hours; that seems to be the required frequency. ---
**Author:** ![mbetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@mbetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbetter)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/324 "2012-11-07T02:42:51Z")
Called for Warren! Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/325 "2012-11-07T02:42:53Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > So much for the last-ditch run for PA. Fool’s Gold indeed… Indeed. CNN just called PA for Obama. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/326 "2012-11-07T02:43:12Z")
Take that, McTurtle. You could have let her run the CFPB but no, so now you get to deal with her every single day. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/327 "2012-11-07T02:43:19Z")
Elizabeth Warren wins the Senate seat! ---
**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 7, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/328 "2012-11-07T02:43:28Z")
Mourdock went down?! ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/329 "2012-11-07T02:43:35Z")
> [@Nuveena](#): > > On NBC they said there’s a rogue tweet going around that they’ve called the Massachussetts senate race, but they say they haven’t. Now REALLY called by NBC! ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/330 "2012-11-07T02:43:53Z")
Just called for Warren. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/331 "2012-11-07T02:44:20Z")
NBC calls Mourdock the loser! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/332 "2012-11-07T02:44:33Z")
Tommy Thompson loses the WI senate race according to Fox News! ---
**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 7, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/333 "2012-11-07T02:45:03Z")
heeee! pa. rachel maddow noted on her show that republicans go to pa right before the election and still lose. now at 143 to 152. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/334 "2012-11-07T02:45:09Z")
> [@jordanr2](#): > > And Bill O’Reilly brings forth [this charming explanation](http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/11/bill-oreilly-the-white-establishment-is-now-the-minority-148705.html) of the day’s events. Because it’s well known that Republican voters don’t “want stuff” and feel “entitled to things.” :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/335 "2012-11-07T02:45:14Z")
> [@jordanr2](#): > > And Bill O’Reilly brings forth [this charming explanation](http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/11/bill-oreilly-the-white-establishment-is-now-the-minority-148705.html) of the day’s events. Part of me wants to punch him, and part of me wants to put it on billboards. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/336 "2012-11-07T02:45:19Z")
And Baldwin called by FOX. Openly lesbian Senator-elect? Most excellent… ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/337 "2012-11-07T02:45:34Z")
Sherrod Brown beat Josh Mandel in Ohio. Josh Mandel had a Neocon Foreign policy and a tea party domestic policy so I don’t really know how much it means. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/338 "2012-11-07T02:45:46Z")
> [@jordanr2](#): > > And Bill O’Reilly brings forth [this charming explanation](http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/11/bill-oreilly-the-white-establishment-is-now-the-minority-148705.html) of the day’s events. What a dork! From the article: > [@](#): > > “The white establishment is now the minority,” O’Reilly said. “And the voters, many of them, feel that the economic system is stacked against them and they want stuff. You are going to see a tremendous Hispanic vote for President Obama. Overwhelming black vote for President Obama. And women will probably break President Obama’s way. People feel that they are entitled to things and which candidate, between the two, is going to give them things?” I think the better explanation is that more people use the Internet and can find out when someone is blowing smoke up their patootie. ---
**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 7, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/339 "2012-11-07T02:46:08Z")
Warren winning and Mourdock losing were my biggest hopes for tonight _after_ reelecting The President. ---
**Author:** ![bengangmo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@bengangmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bengangmo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/340 "2012-11-07T02:46:40Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > heeee! pa. rachel maddow noted on her show that republicans go to pa right before the election and still lose. > > now at 143 to 152. Is also interesting to see Obama catching up in the popular vote. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=18)