Romney wins popular vote and Obama wins electoral college?

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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    Combination of polls shows Romney and Obama are virtually tied in a nationwide vote:

    http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pol ... y-vs-obama
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Prince Of Dorkness wrote:
    Nominating Paul Ryan, who is on video saying that "rape is just another form of conception." Opposing equal pay for women.

    I would love to hear a clip of Ryan saying that...and the context of it....because taken the way you are stating it is deplorable. Since this is the only place I've heard that, I'm having trouble believing it happened as you say.
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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    know1 wrote:
    Prince Of Dorkness wrote:
    Nominating Paul Ryan, who is on video saying that "rape is just another form of conception." Opposing equal pay for women.

    I would love to hear a clip of Ryan saying that...and the context of it....because taken the way you are stating it is deplorable. Since this is the only place I've heard that, I'm having trouble believing it happened as you say.

    Here's the context of what he said:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cat5SyMBSpk

    His exact words were: "the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life".

    I would agree that "rape is just another method of conception" sounds worse, so it's a bit unfair to say he said it that way, however he does say that regardless of the method of conception, he is against abortion.
  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,995
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    i think i made my point.

    why is romney pulling resources from some of the swing states to shore up support in others?
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    what percent of gay voters support him?
    Probably none.
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  • grooveme
    grooveme Posts: 353
    Should be interesting. If it happens, maybe the repubs will push to change the system. I live in Texas. In national elections, there is little point in voting, since all of Texas electoral votes will go to the republican candidate. The few swing states decide all the elections, effectively disenfranchising millions of voters. I find this wrong
  • grooveme
    grooveme Posts: 353
    kenny olav wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    Prince Of Dorkness wrote:
    Nominating Paul Ryan, who is on video saying that "rape is just another form of conception." Opposing equal pay for women.

    I would love to hear a clip of Ryan saying that...and the context of it....because taken the way you are stating it is deplorable. Since this is the only place I've heard that, I'm having trouble believing it happened as you say.

    Here's the context of what he said:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cat5SyMBSpk

    His exact words were: "the method of conception doesn't change the definition of life".

    I would agree that "rape is just another method of conception" sounds worse, so it's a bit unfair to say he said it that way, however he does say that regardless of the method of conception, he is against abortion.

    Ryan co-authored legislation to grant full personhood and rights thereof to fertilized eggs. That equals no abortion for any reason and outlaws IVF and the IUD and the morning after pill. And they wonder why the republicans have a problem with getting women voters
  • g under p
    g under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,249
    grooveme wrote:
    Should be interesting. If it happens, maybe the repubs will push to change the system. I live in Texas. In national elections, there is little point in voting, since all of Texas electoral votes will go to the republican candidate. The few swing states decide all the elections, effectively disenfranchising millions of voters. I find this wrong

    I agree, maybe more citizens should move to these battleground states.....I did from MD/DC to Florida. This was not my main reasons but I'm here and I will vote.

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  • brianlux
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    What would happen in the event of an electoral vote tie?

    http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la ... 9070.story


    By Paul West

    October 22, 2012, 7:34 a.m.

    A new national poll is showing a dead heat in the presidential contest, making this an opportune time to revisit the question of whether the Nov. 6 election might produce a 269-269 electoral vote tie.

    The prospect of an electoral deadlock has been around for months. It was explored here over the summer, with an explanation of why a tie would likely result in Mitt Romney becoming president. Intrade, the online prediction market, currently pegs the chances of an electoral-college tie at 5% (down from a peak of 10% earlier this month). Heading into the final two weeks of the campaign, Romney and President Obama were at 47% each in the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll, released Sunday night.

    Of course, the White House is won in 51 separate elections, not by the national popular vote. And at this point, the outcome in 42 states and the District of Columbia seems to be pretty much locked in. That leaves just eight tossup states, where neither man has opened up a lead greater than 3 percentage points in the latest RealClearPolitics polling averages, to decide the election.

    INTERACTIVE: Battleground states map

    For an electoral deadlock to occur, Romney has to carry five of them: Florida, Virginia, Iowa, Colorado and Nevada. He currently holds a tiny lead in two, Florida and Colorado. Virginia is tied. He trails by 3 points in Nevada and 2.4 in Iowa (again, these are RealClearPolitics averages).

    Obama needs to carry Wisconsin, Ohio and New Hampshire. He currently has a slender edge in the first two and is behind in New Hampshire by one point.

    Over the next two weeks, in other words, Obama would need to gain just over one percentage point in New Hampshire. Romney would have to pick up a little more than three points in Nevada, two and a half in Iowa and anything at all in Virginia. The remaining tossup states would have to wind up where they are leaning now.

    Will it happen? Probably not.

    Could it? Absolutely.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,420
    I was poking fun at my Pops over the weekend about how when Obama was winning, conservatives dismissed the polls as being manipulated by the main stream media and now that Romney is winning they are trumpeting them.

    :lol: :fp:

    Fun Fact:

    Final 2008 Gallop Poll: Obama 55% - McCain 44%
    Actual Popular Vote: Obama 53% - McCain 46%

    What's to make of this??? Who knows ...
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