# 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:** 38
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/741 "2012-11-07T05:17:53Z")
If the senate numbers hold up (some of them are very early and I have no idea which precincts came in first etc), the Dems will end up with 54 Senators (plus 2 friendly independents). Which is way more than I would have thought. ---
**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, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/742 "2012-11-07T05:18:10Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Is he so stunned that he does not realize that the votes from the west coast have not all been counted yet? Is he actually that stupid? Yes. Yes he is. ---
**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, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/743 "2012-11-07T05:18:32Z")
The Faux News vulture-analysts are now picking apart Romney’s bones. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/744 "2012-11-07T05:19:11Z")
At Romney Headquarters, Talk about dissonance, most do know what took place and all the deflated people there are held hostage 🙂 but being soothed with a mega dose of FOX news in the big screens… ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/745 "2012-11-07T05:19:15Z")
OMG! I’m having a schadenfreude orgasm watching Fox News right now. What a train wreck! ---
**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, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/746 "2012-11-07T05:19:37Z")
Fox News is epic right now. Just epic. ---
**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, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/747 "2012-11-07T05:20:20Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > Hooray for Obama! Hooray for America! This rocks. 😃 Voted for official Obama campaign celebration of 2012. Hooray for Obama! Hooray for America! This rocks. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/748 "2012-11-07T05:20:47Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Is he so stunned that he does not realize that the votes from the west coast have not all been counted yet? Is he actually that stupid? Well, he is a birther, so yes, yes he is. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/749 "2012-11-07T05:21:54Z")
Four more years of gridlock. Woo-hoo!! ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/750 "2012-11-07T05:21:57Z")
Can I exhale now? Sheesh! I am so glad this is over. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/751 "2012-11-07T05:22:23Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I’ll never be able to name a cat “Mittens” because of Romney. > > :mad: How do you think I feel? My dad is named Willard. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/752 "2012-11-07T05:22:39Z")
CNN just called Colorado! W00t! ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/753 "2012-11-07T05:23:06Z")
Looks like the marriage equality ballot measure passed in MD! 😃 ---
**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, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/754 "2012-11-07T05:23:39Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > People in FL are STILL in line waiting to vote! Thank you to those that hang in there like that. Disgraceful, twelve years later and the GOPers can still cheat with impunity. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/755 "2012-11-07T05:24:09Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Four more years of gridlock. Woo-hoo!! Beats the hell out of 4 years of running the country back into the ground right when we’re starting to crawl out of the crater Bush left for us. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/756 "2012-11-07T05:24:51Z")
Brett whatshisname on Fox looks like he is wearing a plastic mask. Does he always look like that or is he trying to mask his disappointment? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/757 "2012-11-07T05:25:13Z")
John King on CNN just pointed out that with Colorado in Obama’s column, he’s won even if Romney wins Ohio, Virginia and Florida. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/758 "2012-11-07T05:25:20Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > How do you think I feel? My dad is named Willard. Did he have pet rats? ---
**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, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/759 "2012-11-07T05:25:21Z")
Romney does realize that Ohio doesn’t matter with him losing CO, IA, NM, and NV, right? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/760 "2012-11-07T05:26:26Z")
CNN is reporting that Romney is leading in the pop vote nationally by **335**! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=37) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=39)