# 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:** 20
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/381 "2012-11-07T03:12:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Euphonious Polemic > Ack! Now at 81% and Romney’s back in the lead by 700 or so. I have to quit watching it. > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Can’t quit. 82% counted, Obama now up by 14,000 Now Florida with 86% counted, Obama up by 37,000 votes. ---
**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, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/382 "2012-11-07T03:15:05Z")
Is there a legit live stream out there? NBC keeps crapping out. ---
**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, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/383 "2012-11-07T03:15:37Z")
Seems to be working for me. Maybe I’m taking all the bandwidth. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/384 "2012-11-07T03:16:07Z")
Akin out! Will of God strikes again! [God distances self from Christian Right](http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-distances-self-from-christian-right,30087/) ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/385 "2012-11-07T03:16:23Z")
CNN just called New Hampshire for Obama. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/386 "2012-11-07T03:16:47Z")
First, I want to thank the posters to this thread. Really helpful stuff. Looking good for the O-man. I think I think I can sleep well even if OH and FL remain undecided by bedtime, as appears likely. As others mentioned, have flipped over to FOX for the entertainment value. Whoa, Palin, for what it’s worth, appears to be assuming a Romney loss. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/387 "2012-11-07T03:16:57Z")
Ohio seems to be tightening up in a disturbing way. ---
**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, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/388 "2012-11-07T03:17:43Z")
Kinda sucks to lose Nebraska Senate, but not exactly surprising. ---
**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, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/389 "2012-11-07T03:18:20Z")
> [@Jonathan\_Chance](#): > > Seems to be working for me. Maybe I’m taking all the bandwidth. I moved from Firefox to Chrome, seems to be working better. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/390 "2012-11-07T03:18:35Z")
On the one hand, I’d love for Obama to open some daylight in Florida. On the other hand, it would be awesome if he won by fewer votes than Gary Johnson received. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/391 "2012-11-07T03:19:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Euphonious Polemic > Ack! Now at 81% and Romney’s back in the lead by 700 or so. I have to quit watching it. > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by Euphonious Polemic > Can’t quit. 82% counted, Obama now up by 14,000 > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Now Florida with 86% counted, Obama up by 37,000 votes. now with 87%, Obama up by 47,500 (someone will tell me if I am pissing them off with this, OK?) ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/392 "2012-11-07T03:19:57Z")
Fox News is going into meltdown mode. ---
**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 7, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/393 "2012-11-07T03:20:00Z")
In my electoral map, I see that (as it is likely now) Obama wining Ohio and Iowa means that Obama does not need to worry about Virginia or Florida, If Florida goes for Obama then it is an early game over for Mittens. ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/394 "2012-11-07T03:20:17Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > CNN just called New Hampshire for Obama. For the 2012 election, or for 2008? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/395 "2012-11-07T03:20:26Z")
Time to unskew the election! ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/396 "2012-11-07T03:20:30Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Whoa, Palin, for what it’s worth, appears to be assuming a Romney loss. I saw that. Greta jumped all over her immediately to make it clear that Romney still had a chance. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/397 "2012-11-07T03:20:45Z")
Palin is “perplexed”. Next up on Fox…Karl Rove. This is comedy gold, Jerry…gold! ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/398 "2012-11-07T03:21:34Z")
Is it just me, or does the map look hauntingly familiar? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/399 "2012-11-07T03:22:22Z")
Oy. Mourdock concession speech is likening losing to the Dems is like countries under severe totalitarian regimes continuing their regimes. Unbelievably ungracious. As a Hoosier dem, I have to mentionvthat I’d have voted for Lugar. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/400 "2012-11-07T03:22:24Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Time to unskew the election! Have you looked at the crosstabs? They seem fishy to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=21)