# 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:** 24
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/461 "2012-11-07T03:54:56Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > Angus King > > Coolest name of any candidate. I’m rather fond of “Albert Gore, Jr.,” our Senate challenger in Mississippi. ---
**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, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/462 "2012-11-07T03:55:09Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > Obama is going to take FL (unbelievable) We’re three recounts, six appellate courts and $100,000,000 in legal fees from a decision in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/463 "2012-11-07T03:55:53Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Yay, Tammy! No Tommy! Weeeeeeel, the Illinois 8th has been [del]gerrymandered[/del] rearranged so much in Tammy’s favor that I wasn’t entirely sure I was in it until I got my ballot, but it was the second time I voted for her in the second district she was in, with neither of us moving. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/464 "2012-11-07T03:55:54Z")
Did I just hear Anderson Cooper say “California up for grabs?” Since when? We wouldn’t go for Romney if meant snow. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/465 "2012-11-07T03:55:59Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > If Florida goes for Obama then it is an early game over for Mittens. The [MS-NBC](http://elections.msnbc.msn.com/ns/politics/2012/florida/president/#.UJnay0q51QQ) folk have been calling it for Obama for half an hour. Romney has pulled very close – within 16,000 – as one final northern Republican county finally posted their results. The remaining uncounted votes are going to be strongly for Obama and he should pull away. 89% presently reporting. ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Mike\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_H)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/466 "2012-11-07T03:55:59Z")
George Allen giving concession speech in Virginia ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/467 "2012-11-07T03:56:04Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > We’re three recounts, six appellate courts and $100,000,000 in legal fees from a decision in Florida. It’s not going to matter- Obama will be over 270 EVs _without_ FL, so I doubt there will be much fight in a recount. ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/468 "2012-11-07T03:56:11Z")
Thanks for the explanations regarding counting in red and blue counties. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/469 "2012-11-07T03:56:21Z")
Warren is giving her victory speech. Oh my heart doth flutter. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/470 "2012-11-07T03:56:45Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > Alan Grayson(D-FL) is back! Boo-yah! > [@asterion](#): > > I don’t really like McCaskill, but I’m glad for the hold. I don’t particularly like her and I _worked_ for her! She accurately reflects her state, which is a lot more conservative then I am. But unlike the Republican primary voters in Indiana, I prefer someone who will represent my state well and vote my way on important things to someone with a better level of doctrinal purity. > [@JohnT](#): > > Romney gets MO according to MSNBC… That was expected. > [@asterion](#): > > What is it with Missouri? Seriously, how has it become so Republican at the Presidential level? They split tickets there all the time. Claire McCaskell is a VERY conservative Democrat - the 50th most liberal Senator. Most of my clients in Missouri are Republican, and she’s well liked by them. Remember that Missouri has a Democrat Governor in Jay Nixon. Tim Kaine! Yeah! ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/471 "2012-11-07T03:57:03Z")
So, just turned on the local Fox station (I don’t have cable) and they are using the FoxNews pundits… wow, they aren’t even making sense? Has someone piped CO2 into their studio? They seem lost and rambling about how it was supposed to be and then they promoted as an ‘excuse’ the fact that there were issues on the ballot that caused voters to come out and vote. OMG, voters are voting! Oh and now Warren’s acceptance speech! - I’m glad she won. ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/472 "2012-11-07T03:57:18Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > Just wait until some number-cruncher sits down and figures out how much all this 1%er spending has increased the economy and how much it lowered the unemployment rate in the last few months of the campaign. I bet there will be some puckered up faces when they realize that they collectively knocked the unemployment rate below 8%. local tv and radio stations are so booked up with political ads that my friend who owns a printing company made more money this year than the least 3 years combined. > [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > Win or lose I said I’d be here so… Congrats guys. To the victor go the spoils. Clearly, I was wrong. I just really don’t know what else to say at the moment. I’m just so disappointed in America right now. Don’t be too disappointed, liberals were pretty disappointed by both candidates. > [@Alley\_Dweller](#): > > Actually, I salute Mourdock and Akin for their candor. It is good they let the voters know exactly where they stood on these issues so the voters could make an informed choice. Keep it up, guys! And THATS why Republicans lie ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/473 "2012-11-07T03:57:26Z")
Best campaign slogan: In Wyoming, Democratic challenger Tim Chesnut is a long shot; his actual slogan is\*\* “Chesnut is the best nut for Senate.” \*\* ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/474 "2012-11-07T03:57:53Z")
> [@Mike\_H](#): > > George Allen giving concession speech in Virginia So, so far that’s D+3 in the Senate. No way McTurtle is getting the gavel. ---
**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, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/475 "2012-11-07T03:57:58Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > What is it with Missouri? Seriously, how has it become so Republican at the Presidential level? Population loss in St. Louis and especially Kansas City (hell, population loss in the state as a whole). It’s just a less urban state now. ---
**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, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/476 "2012-11-07T03:59:44Z")
> [@Mike\_H](#): > > George Allen giving concession speech in Virginia Yes! Virginia shows sanity! ---
**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, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/477 "2012-11-07T04:01:40Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Florida at 90% votes counted > > Obama + 35,000 Don’t forget that if the Presidential candidates are within .5% of each other, that triggers an automatic recount. We really want that lead to be over 50,000 as to not trigger this. Colorado has the same % requirement, btw. ---
**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, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/478 "2012-11-07T04:02:04Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > We’re three recounts, six appellate courts and $100,000,000 in legal fees from a decision in Florida. If it’s clear that there is no point (ie if a Florida win would not put Romney over the top anyway), then we won’t see anything like this. Grumbling and threatening maybe. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/479 "2012-11-07T04:02:11Z")
So, with the spanking the Republicans are getting, are they going to learn their lesson and become somewhat more tractable? That fillibustering everything didn’t work? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/480 "2012-11-07T04:02:35Z")
Ouch. Looks like I went 1-3 on the major races on my ballot. Romney, a Dem challenger for the House, and a Dem-backed candidate for our Supreme Court all appear to have lost. Only winner I picked was the incumbent GOP Senator. The only other race on the local ballot was a guy running unopposed for Election Commissioner. I wrote myself in rather than vote for him, just to be cantankerous. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=23) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=25)