# 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:** 41
**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, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/801 "2012-11-07T05:40:47Z")
bachmann in a tight too close to call race in her district. best laugh of the night, msnbc anchors skipped to the loo during a commercial break and didn’t know that colorado was called for obama. too funny! ---
**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, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/802 "2012-11-07T05:41:05Z")
Holy shit!! Recreational use of marijuana in Colorado got the nod. Did I wake up in Bizzaro world today? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/803 "2012-11-07T05:41:10Z")
Ol’ Nate Silver done all right this time, he sure did, I reckon. ---
**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, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/804 "2012-11-07T05:41:43Z")
Thank you Virginia… Now it’s time to get greedy - let’s get either Bachmann or West out of the House (I’m not crazy enough to ask for both…). ---
**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, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/805 "2012-11-07T05:42:07Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Michele Bachmann is tied at 50% with her challenger. Oh please, oh please… ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/806 "2012-11-07T05:42:15Z")
Bachmann only up 120 votes with 58% counted. ---
**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/807 "2012-11-07T05:42:47Z")
Thank you USA. ---
**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, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/808 "2012-11-07T05:43:10Z")
> [@scr4](#): > > I think you mean 97% reporting. That’s what New York Times is currently showing - a 0.7% lead by Obama. I"m going off the CNN website. NYT must be ahead. ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/809 "2012-11-07T05:43:20Z")
On a negative note, it looks like Roy Moore will once again be the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. (Negative for those of us in Alabama, at least. I’m sure everyone else will find it entertaining.) ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/810 "2012-11-07T05:43:43Z")
And Allen West is down by [almost a 1000 votes with 97% counted.](http://elections.msnbc.msn.com/ns/politics/2012/florida/house/18/#.UJn0_nXR7Sg) ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/811 "2012-11-07T05:44:07Z")
Called Virginia for Obama. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/812 "2012-11-07T05:44:30Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > Sheldon was 0-6 in his funded candidates, I think. Hopefully 0-7 by the beginning of next year. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/813 "2012-11-07T05:45:14Z")
I don’t think I can stay up for Mittens to give up. I’ll just have to watch it online later. Yay America! Good night, SDMB, sleep well. ---
**Author:** ![Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Kimmy\_Gibbler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimmy_Gibbler)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/814 "2012-11-07T05:45:14Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > NBC reporting Tea Party darlings Michelle Bachmann (MN) and Allen West (FL) are all necked-and-necked up with their Democratic challengers. Bachmann as up by a few hundred, and West down by a few hundred. > > Those would be interesting upsets, should they happen. And that Tea Party jackhole Walsh is out in Illinois. (Delicious to see North Shore Republican Bob Dold running as an explicit non-Tea Partier … but it didn’t work! Democrats win in Winnetka!) ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/815 "2012-11-07T05:45:19Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Bachmann only up 120 votes with 58% counted. I need more digits to cross, blast it! ---
**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, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/816 "2012-11-07T05:45:21Z")
He’s conceding soon. Per PBS. “Will concede tonight” ---
**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, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/817 "2012-11-07T05:45:31Z")
Maryland becomes the first state to approve same-sex marriage via popular election. Other states look good. Anderson Cooper remaining admirably stoic. ---
**Author:** ![Spastic\_Zen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Spastic\_Zen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spastic_Zen)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/818 "2012-11-07T05:45:33Z")
Romneys conceded! ---
**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, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/819 "2012-11-07T05:46:32Z")
West 97% in: Candidate Votes Pct. Patrick Murphy 155,366 50.2% Allen West I 154,392 49.8% Bachman 58% in: Candidate Votes Pct. Michele Bachmann I 98,604 50.0% Jim Graves 98,484 50.0% ---
**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, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045/820 "2012-11-07T05:46:47Z")
spastic - where is that being reported? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-election-day-2012-thread-11-6-12/640045.md?page=42)