# 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:** 34
**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, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/661 "2012-11-07T04:52:20Z")
So where the fuck is Mittens? It’s time to concede. Show some class at the end. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/662 "2012-11-07T04:52:21Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > Romney didn’t write a concession speech.. so he’s gonna wing it (IF, and only IF, it comes to that)… “Proceed, Governor.” – B. H. Obama ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/663 "2012-11-07T04:52:39Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I am so drunk. > > OHIO BABY. YES. I LOVE THIS STATE. You and me both, dearest. O-H! ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/664 "2012-11-07T04:53:31Z")
Hey ho way to go Ohio. ---
**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, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/665 "2012-11-07T04:53:37Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > Donald Trump is losing his mind on Twitter… I mean more than normal. Details? ---
**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, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/666 "2012-11-07T04:54:06Z")
Fox News is disputing Secretariat’s victory in the Belmont Stakes. ---
**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, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/667 "2012-11-07T04:54:17Z")
CNN calls NV for Obama. Even if Fox was right and OH is still in play, Romney has to sweep all of the undecided states – and he’s trailing in every state that never elected Palin as governor. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/668 "2012-11-07T04:54:28Z")
Hey how are they calling Ohio? It still seems really tight. Not to piss on anybody’s parade or anything, just curious. ---
**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, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/669 "2012-11-07T04:55:09Z")
Fox News is disputing FDR’s third Presidential election. Details to follow… ---
**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, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/670 "2012-11-07T04:55:12Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Hey how are they calling Ohio? It still seems really tight. Not to posse on anybody’s parade or anything, just curious. Cleveland, basically. Obama is running where he needs to be state-wide to win, and most of the outstanding vote is in Cuyahoga. ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/671 "2012-11-07T04:55:17Z")
Times like these I wish I had cable… ---
**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, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/672 "2012-11-07T04:55:40Z")
Give it to us Mitt! You know how bad we want to hear you say it! Come on baby…say it! ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/673 "2012-11-07T04:55:41Z")
Romney now up 2000 votes in Ohio. I’m finding this humourous. Although if my math is right Ohio doesn’t even matter anymore with Nevada and Colorado going blue. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/674 "2012-11-07T04:56:02Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > (Oh, and if this is TV coverage of news. I’m sticking to the Internet… these people are just babbling now) Heh. I didn’t want to get an ulcer, So I just kept [this](http://elections.nytimes.com/2012/electoral-map) and [this](http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/President/2012/) up side-by-side and only paid attention to the details in the toss-up states, and watching out for surprises that never came. That beat the\*\* hell\*\* out of trying to glean what was going down from the talking heads. (Only turned on the actual video to see how people were reacting when the election was called, because that’s golden.) ---
**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, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/675 "2012-11-07T04:56:10Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > Hey how are they calling Ohio? It still seems really tight. Not to piss on anybody’s parade or anything, just curious. Because the remaining areas to be counted are \*heavily \*Democratic. ---
**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, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/676 "2012-11-07T04:56:16Z")
who is the Brit commentator on Faux? Seems weird to me to have a limey commenting on septic politics ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/677 "2012-11-07T04:56:58Z")
HuffPo is showing Obama at 290 votes, if you take out Ohio’s 18 he’s still over 270 to win. The fact that they’re refusing to concede Ohio is a waste of time. Concede the race, already. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/678 "2012-11-07T04:57:00Z")
> [@Scotty Mo](#): > > Times like these I wish I had cable.. The President is on! He’s on every channel, we’re gonna miss Flipper! ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/679 "2012-11-07T04:57:00Z")
I’m still anxiously awaiting the results of Minnesota’s proposed amendment to install bigotry in our state constitution. ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/680 "2012-11-07T04:57:06Z")
> [@alphaboi867](#): > > Screw California, I want to know how the marriage-equality measures faired in Maine, Maryland, & Washington. Maryland is extremely close…Equality is winning 51%-49% with 84% of the vote in. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=35)