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Watching election results come in - What states are you paying most attention to?

blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
edited November 2008 in A Moving Train
I absolutely love watching election results come in...

Even though voting makes you a part of the process, it's like the ultimate spectator sport for me.

While obviously I'm watching the biggies like Florida & PA (where I grew up), I love watching to see some of the smaller states go.

Georgia is interesting to me, I doubt Obama will win, but I want to see how close the numbers are, and also the senate race.

I am also intently following Missouri as well.
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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    Virginia is the early key to THIS election.

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  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    Idaho and California.

    Not that they will be surprises.
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  • Mrs.Vedder78Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    Im not really looking forward any exit polls because those are a fraud but tonight when polls start closing I'm interested to see: VA and IN little later of course PA.
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  • Gonzo1977Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    Virginia!!

    That's a big one.

    PA, OH and FLA as well
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    g under p wrote:
    Virginia is the early key to THIS election.

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    http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3641

    7 pm eastern ... Virginia, Indiana and Florida ...

    and the big one, 8 pm, Pennsylvania ... if they can call Pennsylvania for Obama by 8:30 or so, McCain will pretty much be toast. If you hear the words, "Pennsylvania, with ninty-something percent of the precincts reporting, is STILL too close to call," get comfortable, it's going to be a long night.
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  • beachdwellerbeachdweller Posts: 1,532
    indiana and virginia, indiana is the first to close polls, and virginia the horu after, how those states end up, should tell the story of the election.
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  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    beachdweller wrote:
    indiana and virginia, indiana is the first to close polls, and virginia the horu after, how those states end up, should tell the story of the election.


    while 90% of Indiana closes at 6 pm eastern, there is a small portion that closes at 7 pm, so, treat it like a 7 pm closing time (see the link I posted above for poll closing times)
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    indiana, virginia, missouri & florida.

    also...nevada & new mexico
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    i too have read that Indiana will be one to watch early.
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  • digsterdigster Posts: 1,293
    If Obama loses PA, it could be a difficult first step for how the night will proceed. It might show that,

    1) In record turnout, new, unregistered voters for Obama could not break the Republican strongholds.
    2) Undecided, last-minute voters may break overwhelmingly for McCain.
    3) The inexperience and/or race issue that works against Obama may be a bigger deal than originally thought.
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    jimed14 wrote:
    http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3641

    7 pm eastern ... Virginia, Indiana and Florida ...

    and the big one, 8 pm, Pennsylvania ... if they can call Pennsylvania for Obama by 8:30 or so, McCain will pretty much be toast. If you hear the words, "Pennsylvania, with ninty-something percent of the precincts reporting, is STILL too close to call," get comfortable, it's going to be a long night.


    Good to know about the 7PM states... Also, Ohio and NC are at 7:30. We will probably have a pretty good idea maybe even before PA. If McCain doesn't win Florida, Virginia AND Ohio, he doesn't seem to have a shot.
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  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    digster wrote:
    If Obama loses PA, it could be a difficult first step for how the night will proceed. It might show that,

    1) In record turnout, new, unregistered voters for Obama could not break the Republican strongholds.
    2) Undecided, last-minute voters may break overwhelmingly for McCain.
    3) The inexperience and/or race issue that works against Obama may be a bigger deal than originally thought.

    Well ..

    1) PA is historically a democratic state ... I know republicans have a huge base in the center and north of the state (the "T" if you will) ... but, even Kerry and Gore took it, not sure you were calling PA a republican stronghold. But, PA is McCain's key to victory, no doubt.

    2) I think undecided voters are going to break for ...... not voting. Seriously ... some people may of just not wanted to tell pollsters who they were voting for, but, if you were seriously "undecided" this late, you're probably not going to vote.

    3) Even I, in California, saw tons of ads for Rev Wright yesterday ... should be interesting if any of that media blitz will work.
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    digster wrote:
    If Obama loses PA, it could be a difficult first step for how the night will proceed. It might show that,

    1) In record turnout, new, unregistered voters for Obama could not break the Republican strongholds.
    2) Undecided, last-minute voters may break overwhelmingly for McCain.
    3) The inexperience and/or race issue that works against Obama may be a bigger deal than originally thought.

    4) fraud

    :)
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    jimed14 wrote:
    2) I think undecided voters are going to break for ...... not voting. Seriously ... some people may of just not wanted to tell pollsters who they were voting for, but, if you were seriously "undecided" this late, you're probably not going to vote.

    I think that this is true... at this point undecideds will probably not vote for the most part.


    I am a bit leery about counting on the youth vote once again. If there is one thing that has been proven year after year, is that the young vote underperforms,

    This year might be a bit different, because they showed up for the primaries, but I'm still not holding my breath.
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  • Solat13Solat13 Posts: 6,996
    polaris wrote:
    4) fraud

    :)

    No, I think this article sums it up:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/us/politics/03penn.html?em

    If Obama doesn't get over 70 in Philly, he probably doesn't win in PA. Kerry needed 80% in 2004 and barely carried the state.

    And judging from the signs in and around my neighborhood, it's about 50/50 in South Philly. In 2004, it was about 75/25 for Kerry.
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  • polarispolaris Posts: 3,527
    Solat13 wrote:
    No, I think this article sums it up:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/us/politics/03penn.html?em

    If Obama doesn't get over 70 in Philly, he probably doesn't win in PA. Kerry needed 80% in 2004 and barely carried the state.

    And judging from the signs in and around my neighborhood, it's about 50/50 in South Philly. In 2004, it was about 75/25 for Kerry.

    i was just saying it's another option to digsters ...

    based on recent history and the way the polls have been the last month or so - i am comfortable in saying that if obama doesn't win - there is likely fraud in effect ...

    look at inmytree's post - there have been numerous reports of dodgy behaviour ... plus did you hear the clip of obama voting this morning? ... he's like: "does this thing even work - it should would be embarassing if it didn't" ... you can hear the skepticism in his voice ... it is why he has spent a good chunk of money on trying to put in precautionary measures ...
  • Jack_C_GregoryJack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    beachdweller wrote:
    indiana and virginia, indiana is the first to close polls, and virginia the horu after, how those states end up, should tell the story of the election.


    Indiana might be interesting. It's the first time since the 1960's that the state isn't automatically considered a red state. I am skeptical though. Obama will probably have a good voting turnout in Indianapolis and the Gary area (which is real close to Chicago),but other than that I think the rest of the state will heavily be in favor of McCain.
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