2008 Presidential Election Night Thread

Obama did as well as a democrat can do, I don't think we'll ever see anyone do what reagan did in 88 again. just still too divided

 

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/individual/#mapPTX

LOL. Margin of victory in Maverick County:

Obama: 8,554 78%
McCain: 2,316 21%

 

My county voted 55% for Obama in IN. Of course we are a college town with 40k students, but it was nice seeing so many kids vote. They had to extend the voting time about half an hour to make sure all students standing in line can finish voting.
Looks like IN will go blue for the first time in 44 years and join Virginia as the new frontier states.

 

If Obama has a successful first term, he may well do what Reagan did in 84.

DD

 

1936: 523 - 8
1984: 525 - 13

1984 had more EV's going to the winner but 1936 had a larger percent of the electorate going to the winner and a larger margin of victory. Depends on how you look at it.

 

In the information age, we are never going to see an election that lopsided ever again.

 

I was surprised a little at the numbers, but they allowed me to trumpet Austin's liberalism.

 

actually.........no. By whom? you?

you missed the whole point

Blacks already vote in droves for Democrats so the biggest difference was that everyone else came out to vote for a man that they believed could be a great president. People saw past his color to vote for who they wanted to. Yes, the color of his skin makes this moment historic but only because people ignored it when they casted their ballots.

 

The poster asked what's the record on electoral votes won though.

 

Reagan ran in 88?

 

Finally CNN shows IN as blue!

 

If things hold, it will be:

Obama 368 EVs
McCain 178 EVs

Obama turns Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Iowa, North Carolina, Indiana, New Mexico, Colorado, and Nevada.

That's a national win folks.

 

If you want to know how CNN's hologram interview system works, check it out here:

http://gizmodo.com/5076663/how-the-cnn-holographic-interview-system-works

 

I can't believe Obama won the popular vote by 7%. He blew away my prediction (and expectations).

 

Congrats to anybody who made phone calls,donated money, or even fought back the smears on this man.

 

Worth every penny and minute! I'm just now starting to come down!

 

Mine as well, so you aren't alone.

I thought the popular vote would be close (in the 3% range), but that the electoral college victory would be big (+300). My last prediction on the electoral vote was deliberately low, because I was trying not to jinx it. I said we'd take all the Kerry states, plus Virginia, Colorado, and Nevada. Well, we sure took those three states, but blew through that number on the way to an electoral landslide. Needless to say, I'm delighted I was wrong!

 

mark, good on you for volunteering for the campaign. I just donated money this cycle. Should have done more.

 

Well, i can't believe it took me this long... In honor of the 50 State Strategy, and it's main author...

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