# 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:** 26
**Author:** ![Implicit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Implicit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Implicit)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/501 "2012-11-07T04:10:26Z")
CNN just called Iowa. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/502 "2012-11-07T04:11:19Z")
NBC calls NC for Romney ---
**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, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/503 "2012-11-07T04:11:28Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Wow, how did Obama just shoot into the lead like that? Which states got counted that weren’t before? The Left Coast. That’s 78 votes when you include Hawaii. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/504 "2012-11-07T04:11:50Z")
Joe Walsh out! ---
**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, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/505 "2012-11-07T04:12:08Z")
249 to 191! ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/506 "2012-11-07T04:12:13Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > Still need Iowa for that route. That would be 272, but at that point we don’t have to care about Ohio, Virginia, or Florida. I think 332 is still very possible for Obama. > > How is Oregon too early to call? Especially since all of us in Oregon voted weeks ago. ---
**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, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/507 "2012-11-07T04:12:22Z")
Why is CNN waiting to call Oregon–do they know something I don’t? edit: ninjaed a long time ago, apparently. ---
**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, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/508 "2012-11-07T04:12:55Z")
And NBC calls Ohio. That’s it. ---
**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, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/509 "2012-11-07T04:13:03Z")
MSNBC calls it for Obama! ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/510 "2012-11-07T04:13:06Z")
DONE ---
**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, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/511 "2012-11-07T04:13:10Z")
21 electoral votes to go. Let’s finish this early and win me $50! ---
**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, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/512 "2012-11-07T04:13:22Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Wow, how did Obama just shoot into the lead like that? Which states got counted that weren’t before? The west coast closed (CA, WA) Boy… there’s a bald guy on the Fox channel that is really NOT happy about the election. He also talked about Romney like he’d lost and the main guy (dark hair guy) immediately corrected him that Romney had not lost yet. ---
**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, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/513 "2012-11-07T04:13:26Z")
Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ---
**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, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/514 "2012-11-07T04:13:32Z")
That’s it! MSNBC just called OH for Obama, giving him 274! ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/515 "2012-11-07T04:13:41Z")
Bloomberg is showing 225 votes without California’s 55. Faux just called Ohio for Obama ---
**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, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/516 "2012-11-07T04:13:41Z")
> [@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. It speaks well of you to show up here. Take heart in this- if you were wrong about how the election would turn out, it’s also possible you’re wrong about what kind of President Obama is (and will continue to be). There are decent, hard-working patriots who happen to disagree with you about policy- but they may make America better. We shall see. I’m confident that we’re both rooting for the same results as to the economy and the American people. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/517 "2012-11-07T04:13:53Z")
After an increasing frenzy of anti-Obama / Democrat posts (though, strangely, no pro-Romney ones) in the last few weeks my Facebook teabaggers are 100% silent. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/518 "2012-11-07T04:14:04Z")
Early results in Arizona. Gifford’s hand picked successor (Ron Barber) may be in for a long night. R’s may pick up an extra house seat. [http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110612\_election/awaiting-election-results-arizona/](http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110612_election/awaiting-election-results-arizona/) > [@](#): > > Congress - Dist. 2 > Candidate Party Votes % > MCSALLY, MARTHA REP 77,034 49% > BARBER, RON DEM 81,322 51% ---
**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, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/519 "2012-11-07T04:14:10Z")
Time to break out the Scotch - Ohio called for Obama by FOX NEWS. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/520 "2012-11-07T04:14:12Z")
Yep, all the networks are popping their corks - even Fox. I’m just waiting for the black borders to appear as a matter of principle. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=25) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=27)