# 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:** 27
**Author:** ![Stoneburg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Stoneburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoneburg)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/521 "2012-11-07T04:14:34Z")
DONE!! Well done Ohio. Congrats Americans (and rest of the world…) ---
**Author:** ![Hakuna\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hakuna\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hakuna_Matata)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/522 "2012-11-07T04:15:02Z")
yes! ---
**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, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/523 "2012-11-07T04:15:16Z")
If Obama reaches 270 before OH, FL, and VA, I’m going to laugh and laugh and laugh. Edit: Nevermind then. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/524 "2012-11-07T04:15:21Z")
DONE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/525 "2012-11-07T04:15:42Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > 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? Unlikely; you’ll see claims that they weren’t intransigent enough, that they “compromised too much”, and that Romney wasn’t ideologically pure enough. ---
**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, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/526 "2012-11-07T04:15:42Z")
256 to 191! ---
**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, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/527 "2012-11-07T04:15:51Z")
Go OHIO! ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/528 "2012-11-07T04:16:12Z")
Four more years! ---
**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, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/529 "2012-11-07T04:16:35Z")
Done! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/530 "2012-11-07T04:16:49Z")
275 vs 203 projected now that Ohio goes to the pres. ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/531 "2012-11-07T04:16:49Z")
CBS calls the election for Obama! ---
**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, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/532 "2012-11-07T04:16:51Z")
Suck it Romneybot! You’re history! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/533 "2012-11-07T04:16:51Z")
Barry o’ Bomber just did a slam dunk! 🆒 ---
**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, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/534 "2012-11-07T04:16:53Z")
Now on to the California propositions. Anyone have a good site for results? ---
**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, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/535 "2012-11-07T04:16:57Z")
Wonderful. I feel confident enough to start my day now and head out. Good show, everyone! BBC is reporting that while they’re not calling the entire election yet, US networks are calling it for Obama. This makes my day, I’ll clue ya. 😃 ---
**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, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/536 "2012-11-07T04:17:08Z")
I’m not a gloater by nature, but I cannot wait to hear Glen Beck cry on the radio tomorrow. ---
**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, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/537 "2012-11-07T04:17:32Z")
Thank God!! ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/538 "2012-11-07T04:17:33Z")
Suck it, Mitt. ---
**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, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/539 "2012-11-07T04:17:42Z")
Bronco 'Bama gets four more years! ---
**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, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/540 "2012-11-07T04:17:42Z")
I’m so happy right now. Hope it holds. Will Romney concede? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=28)