# 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:** 23
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/441 "2012-11-07T03:45:22Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Fuck FOX, they are trying to start a race war. Specifics? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/442 "2012-11-07T03:46:33Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Which decisive states has Obama won yet? I don’t see any. You’re counting out Romney too early. It’s never too early to count out Romney. ---
**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, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/443 "2012-11-07T03:47:13Z")
It’s generally a question of population density. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/444 "2012-11-07T03:47:44Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > Palin is “perplexed”. In equally amazing news, it’s a day that ends with the letter Y. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/445 "2012-11-07T03:48:13Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > How many hours is Hawaii behind Pacific time? I mean, I wouldn’t ever not vote, but it has to be kind of discouraging to have the election all but called before the polls close. Sure, but it’s still a cool thing to go out to the local polls and cast your vote. So American. We took our kids and they were fascinated. Poll workers were totally cool too and gave them “I voted” stickers 🙂 ETA: It’s not over til the fat lady sings. And yes, I’ve been drinking 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DxZero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@DxZero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DxZero)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/446 "2012-11-07T03:48:22Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > BBC was saying that Romney has a lakeside home in New Hampshire and was sort of counting it as a home state too. So now he’s lost his home states of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, plus Ryan’s home state of Wisconsin. Of course he’s going to take Utah though. > > Obama, on the other hand, has won his home state of Illinois and will certainly take his birthplace of Kenya. Er, I mean Hawaii. **And they’ve taken Biden’s home state of New Jersey.** Good all around. > > BBC just called New Mexico for the Dems. I’m proud of my former home. Delaware-State of residence PA- State of birth ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/447 "2012-11-07T03:48:33Z")
In Megan Kelly’s defense, Rove was spewing numbers like crap out of a Celiac who ate a pizza. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/448 "2012-11-07T03:49:16Z")
Romney gets MO according to MSNBC… ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/449 "2012-11-07T03:49:26Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > Why are all the red counties full counted and the blue counties not counted yet? Do the red counties actually bother counting votes or do they just assume everyone voted for Mittens? In general, they are rural counties with smaller populations, and with precincts that have smaller numbers of people. They don’t have much of anyone in line when the polls close, they get their vote tallys done quickly, and sent to the state’s election headquarters right away. Urban counties often have precincts with much larger populations to vote. Often, there are lines at the time the polls close, and they have to let all those people vote. That delays the report from those precincts. Then, there are more machines to pull the information from, more provisional ballots that have to be properly handled and stored for later counting, etc. Urban votes have ALWAYS been slow to be counted. ---
**Author:** ![Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omg_a_Black_Conservative)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/450 "2012-11-07T03:49:31Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > Which decisive states has Obama won yet? I don’t see any. You’re counting out Romney too early. Obama is going to take FL (unbelievable) and OH is a longshot right now. We all know it’s over. So as I said before, I’d be here win or lose. No way to spin it. A loss is a loss and I was wrong. But life goes on. ---
**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, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/451 "2012-11-07T03:49:50Z")
What is it with Missouri? Seriously, how has it become so Republican at the Presidential level? ---
**Author:** ![J\_Cubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@J\_Cubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Cubed)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/452 "2012-11-07T03:50:34Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > It’s never too early to count out Romney. Yeah, that thread is like two months old! ---
**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, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/453 "2012-11-07T03:50:47Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > How many hours is Hawaii behind Pacific time? I mean, I wouldn’t ever not vote, but it has to be kind of discouraging to have the election all but called before the polls close. voter turn out in hi is very low. one of the reasons is the hours behind. cnn did a really good article on hawai’i and voting. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/454 "2012-11-07T03:51:28Z")
> [@DxZero](#): > > Delaware-State of residence > PA- State of birth Why was I thinking New Jersey? Ah well, no matter. They bagged Delaware and Pennsylvania both. BBC is calling Arizona for Romney. Big surprise. ---
**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, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/455 "2012-11-07T03:52:13Z")
Fox News just paid for a promoted comment on my Twitter feed. “@FoxNews: Obama adviser predicts “they’ll be counting until 2 a.m.” in #Florida. #election2012 [http://fxn.ws/VB2lRN](http://t.co/VWk3GAaR)”. Wow, can’t say I understand that. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/456 "2012-11-07T03:52:30Z")
Just want to throw my thanks out to you political junkies keeping this thread boiling. Way more succinct and entertaining than any major media outlet. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/457 "2012-11-07T03:52:48Z")
Angus King Coolest name of any candidate. ---
**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, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/458 "2012-11-07T03:53:45Z")
Florida at 90% votes counted Obama + 35,000 ---
**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, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/459 "2012-11-07T03:54:44Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Angus King > > Coolest name of any candidate. Sounds like a hamburger. ---
**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, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/460 "2012-11-07T03:54:47Z")
Barring changes in the recount, it looks like Florida and Ohio both go Obama… Romney needs more than 52% of the (estimated) remaining vote in each to win [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=22) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=24)