# The official post-Election Day thread:11/7/12 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 7, 2012, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177 "2012-11-07T05:00:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/121 "2012-11-07T21:37:54Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Donald Trump was just chewing out Karl Rove on Twitter. It’s awesome. It’s like the end of a bad action movie where the villain blames all of his failures on the henchman who carried out his orders. Usually that ends with the henchman kicking the villain in the groin and walking out of his lair, but I don’t think we’ll see that this time. I’d love to see Ham Rove fight Jack’o’Lantern Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/122 "2012-11-07T21:41:08Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > The market isn’t happy. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley are way down, which makes me happy. ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/123 "2012-11-07T21:41:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Donald Trump was just chewing out Karl Rove on Twitter. It’s awesome… Got a link? Sounds worth reading. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/124 "2012-11-07T21:47:54Z")
> [@Knorf](#): > > Got a link? Sounds worth reading. It’s just one tweet, but read it and feel the wonderful entitled bitterness: > [@Blowhard](#): > > Congrats to @KarlRove on blowing $400 million this cycle. Every race @CrossroadsGPS ran ads in, the Republicans lost. What a waste of money. Trump really flipped his wig Tuesday night and did a lot of over-the-top whining/trolling on Twitter. [Apparently he somehow managed to embarrass himself because he deleted some of the tweets later.](http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/trump-is-election-nights-most-unhinged-goper.html) ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/125 "2012-11-07T21:49:57Z")
Interesting stuff on the electoral map: The most Republican state, unsurprisingly, was Utah: 72.7% for Mitt. Other than that special case, it was Wyoming: 69.7% Mitt. Most Democratic state (suprisingly to me at least) was Vermont: 67.1% Obama. The District of Columbia was a whopping 91.4% Obama. I was bemused when I saw my ballot yesterday; for my Congressional representative I had a choice between a Democrat (and probably the most liberal one in Congress), and the Peace & Freedom Party candidate. I realize that I may not live in an area that’s entirely representative of the US as a whole. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/126 "2012-11-07T21:53:58Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s just one tweet, but read it and feel the wonderful entitled bitterness: > > Trump really flipped his wig Tuesday night and did a lot of over-the-top whining/trolling on Twitter. [Apparently he somehow managed to embarrass himself because he deleted some of the tweets later.](http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/11/trump-is-election-nights-most-unhinged-goper.html) Impossible. Donald Trump embarrassing himself, not making and deleting stupid tweets. I thought Victoria Jackson was the one who took the award for the most unhinged tweets though. ---
**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, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/127 "2012-11-07T21:56:21Z")
Just learned that a Chicago woman who was in labor stopped to vote on the way to the hospital. Wow!: [Galicia Malone, Chicago Woman In Labor, Votes En Route To Hospital | HuffPost Chicago](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/06/galicia-malone-chicago-mo_n_2082711.html) ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/128 "2012-11-07T21:57:45Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s just one tweet, but read it and feel the wonderful entitled bitterness… It’s sort of like the bitter herb at a Passover Seder. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/129 "2012-11-07T22:01:59Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Most Democratic state (suprisingly to me at least) was Vermont: 67.1% Obama. More than Hawaii? Democratic stronghold forever and Obama’s home state? Wow. Funny thing that occurred to me: I read that New Jersey can still vote until Friday, and by e-mail. What if enough votes came in, by hook or by crook, between now and then to actually turn the state to Romney? Then I saw that Obama’s ahead by over 500,000 and that little bubble broke. Ah well. 🙂 Here’s a serious question: of the states called for one candidate or the other right now, which is the most likely to have its call proven incorrect? How many are there for which such a scenario is even likely? Not many, I wager, and certainly not enough to change the current outcome, but just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/130 "2012-11-07T22:03:37Z")
> [@Ibn\_Warraq](#): > > I thought Victoria Jackson was the one who took the award for the most unhinged tweets though. Hers were more sincere. I don’t know if that’s better or worse. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/131 "2012-11-07T22:22:06Z")
The county where I live had the highest percentage of votes for Jill Stein (Green Party) of any county in the US - 2.1%. I’m surprised the Socialists only got 0.07%. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/132 "2012-11-07T22:52:36Z")
Well there’s that name: Socialist. I’m sorry, but for a lot of Americans, especially the uninformed ones, campaigning as a Socialist is a lot like campaigning for the Rapist Party or the Pedophile Party. Not a matter of issues, but the name Socialist just isn’t gonna fly in the US anytime soon. The Peace and Prosperity Party works a lot better. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/133 "2012-11-07T23:02:08Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > \Funny thing that occurred to me: I read that New Jersey can still vote until Friday, and by e-mail. What if enough votes came in, by hook or by crook, between now and then to actually turn the state to Romney?\… > > \Here’s a serious question: of the states called for one candidate or the other right now, which is the most likely to have its call proven incorrect? How many are there for which such a scenario is even likely? Not many, I wager, and certainly not enough to change the current outcome, but just curious.\ I like you Leaps. I’ve been watching you throughout this election season. I gotta tell you…I’ve been a bit worried about you. I wanted to comfort you sometimes and say, “It’s all gonna work out…don’t worry” but I couldn’t do that. I was worried myself. The time has come though. I can finally reach out to you and say, [relax](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-camfVharsxI/TyLoRBDECKI/AAAAAAAAATc/xrAzc9128N8/s1600/ok.jpg). It’s all over now. Romney can’t get you. Go ahead and relax into the ample bosom of a Romney free future. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/134 "2012-11-07T23:10:12Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > The county where I live had the highest percentage of votes for Jill Stein (Green Party) of any county in the US - 2.1%. I’m surprised the Socialists only got 0.07%. Judging by some folks, you’d think the socialists got 50% of the vote last night. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/135 "2012-11-07T23:55:22Z")
With the news of Tester beating Rehberg, I can finally finish letting out my sigh of relief. Having lived in Montana for over a decade, I feel a sort of connection to that race. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/136 "2012-11-08T00:02:29Z")
The interesting thing about the presidential race is that all of the third-party voting seems to have come out of Romney’s end. What do you make of that? ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/137 "2012-11-08T01:48:00Z")
In a very minor point (at least for me, I live in Washington state), Colleen Lachowicz (D) won the Maine State Senate District 25 election. This is the woman whose opponent attempted to “smear” her by outing her as an Orc Assassin on World of Warcraft. ---
**Author:** ![tomcar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tomcar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomcar)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/138 "2012-11-08T01:54:27Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > The interesting thing about the presidential race is that all of the third-party voting seems to have come out of Romney’s end. What do you make of that? What do you mean? He lost votes because of a 3rd party candidate (Johnson) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/139 "2012-11-08T01:55:35Z")
> [@Omg\_a\_Black\_Conservative](#): > > Preface: Obama is a shitty president and will still be one for the next four years. > > With that being said, the people have spoken. At this point, there isn’t anything left to say. I’m bummed about the outcome, but that’s life. As a country, we’re boned. But it doesn’t matter. If I were Senate and House Republicans, I’d just sign on to whatever piece of legislation Obama wants to pass. If that’s what the people want, let them have it. It does no good blocking them, as they’ll just be labeled “obstructionists”. So pass them and whatever happens, happens. If they end up turning the country around, great! If they cause damage to the country then maybe, just maybe, it’ll cause people to rethink their loyalty to the Democratic party. I offer you my sympathies. [Been there myself](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284949&highlight=bush). [Shoe, other foot](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=284649). ---
**Author:** ![Sal\_Ammoniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sal\_Ammoniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sal_Ammoniac)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177/140 "2012-11-08T04:26:02Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > Most Democratic state (suprisingly to me at least) was Vermont: 67.1% Obama. The District of Columbia was a whopping 91.4% Obama.) \*\*Leaper \*\*was right to doubt. Hawaii came in at 70.6% for Obama. I’m sure Vermont is having an existential crisis about that, and wondering whether it too should move to the middle of the Pacific Ocean. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-official-post-election-day-thread-11-7-12/640177.md?page=8)