The Final US Election Thread

[LittleGrizzly]

What time should i start watching the news ?

Basically i want there to be a rough idea before i start watching... rather than time filling... time in GMT please...

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

In GMT? Midnight maybe. I know I'm staying up all night to watch the results come in.

[CountArach]

Counting has started in Kentucky. McCain is up about 60% to 38%, but very early days there (Obama can't win it realistically anyway).

[LittleGrizzly]

McCain is up about 60% to 38%

On what bush had or on what the polls thought he would have ?

Is there any reasons Kentucky would be different from other states or could this be showing a late swing towards mccain ?

Edit: your my expert for the next 20 minutes until BBC coverage starts..

[CountArach]

On what bush had or on what the polls thought he would have ?

I mean he is leading 60-38.

Is there any reasons Kentucky would be different from other states or could this be showing a late swing towards mccain ?

Nah, way too early to tell.

[Hosakawa Tito]

I voted after work this afternoon about 5 pm. I was #306 in a small rural district and only had 2 people in front of me. I didn't realize one could take their under voting age children into the booth with you to show them 'democracy in action' or I would have stopped at home and picked up junior first. We're still using old lever machines circa 1953:

[LittleGrizzly]

I mean he is leading 60-38.

how does this compare to previous elections and polls ?

same questions on indiana

come on expert! talk!

Are you kidding?

Nope dave im sure he's not, explain why the candidate who appears to be in the lead would do something as idiotic as sending out people to intimidate voters, so show us your secret source.... or do you just 'know' that obama did this... ?

go to www.msnbc.com and watch their coverage - much better than the BBC to be honest - as you dont have to hear about the 'American system' and the stupid talk for ignorant Brits - if you know about the US system and even just a lil bit about the political situation - much better analysis.

ohh thanks, yes im probably better informed than average brit on american politics, ill probably watch them both (turning my head depending on how intresting they are)

BBC coverage is decent enough so far though...

[Lemur]

LittleGrizzly, it is way too early to say anything meaningful about the election results. Everybody needs to take a chill pill.

Except DevDave. Dave, the most logical thing to do right now is to plunge into a full-fledged racial panic. I heard a rumor on a website that referred to a coot who read something in his tea leaves, and this is what I heard: Black men re coming to bully you at your job and sexually violate your women. They are approaching your house as you read this. If Obama wins they will run riot and take all the good jobs away from people with advanced degrees.

I hear a lot of machetes were shipped to your neighborhood ...

[JAG]

I mean he is leading 60-38.

how does this compare to previous elections and polls ?

same questions on indiana

come on expert! talk!

Griz that was after 20,000 votes TOTAL out of the whole State of... a fair few millions.

At the moment it is 50/50... but far too early and info not from the important counties yet.

[CountArach]

I mean he is leading 60-38.

how does this compare to previous elections and polls ?

same questions on indiana

come on expert! talk!

Bush won Kentucky with 60% of the vote in 2004 and 56% in 2000. Clinton won Kentucky with mid-40% of hte vote in both of his elections. However, Kentucky is a state where Obama is likely to have a lot of racial problems and as such it is unlikely he could ever have won it.

Indiana is currently just about a 50-50 tie. The Republicans won it in all 4 of the last elections quite comfortably. If Obama wins Indiana he will be slightly out-performing the polls, which had the race at about McCain by 2 points.

[JAG]

Edit: your my expert for the next 20 minutes until BBC coverage starts..

go to www.msnbc.com and watch their coverage - much better than the BBC to be honest - as you dont have to hear about the 'American system' and the stupid talk for ignorant Brits - if you know about the US system and even just a lil bit about the political situation - much better analysis.

[PanzerJaeger]

One possible silver lining for those of us tired of living in wacky world of political correctness...

When President B. Hussein Obama is elected, will we finally stop having to hear about the black struggle?

Every American has been inundated with that singular obsession through the school system, the media, and pop culture for decades. Has the promise land been reached? Do the rest of us have to keep hearing about it?

Hopefully this election will deflate the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. I think it's high time that the mexicans got their shot at telling the world how the WASPs have kept them down and how they deserve handouts. Its only fair. Sorry Asians, you've been far to successful for that sort of tomfoolery...

[Caius]

I'd suspect if McCain can win... I mean, he can win, but I'm not sure that will happen.

[Strike For The South]

One possible silver lining for those of us tired of living in wacky world of political correctness...

When President B. Hussein Obama is elected, will we finally stop having to hear about the black struggle?

Every American has been inundated with that singular obsession through the school system, the media, and pop culture for decades. Has the promise land been reached? Do the rest of us have to keep hearing about it?

Hopefully this election will deflate the likes of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson. I think it's high time that the mexicans got their shot at telling the world how the WASPs have kept them down and how they deserve handouts. Its only fair. Sorry Asians, you've been far to successful for that sort of tomfoolery...

No we wont but that is a forgone conclusion anyway. I wonder if in 50 years they will be able to keep this up after the hispanics have passed them and they are the ones doing the "oppressing" It is rather sad that we allow a whole race to be kept down simply for power politics.

[Caius]

I'm certain that this t-shirt will be worn for more than one.

[CountArach]

Kentucky called for McCain and Vermont for Obama.

[Devastatin Dave]

Remember the egg upon many a face during the 2004 exit polling. I wouldn't start slaughtering the bull for Obama just yet.

[JAG]

Obama wins Vermont, McCain wins Kentucky.

[CountArach]

Obama wins Vermont, McCain wins Kentucky.

Way ahead of you

[Lemur]

Counting has started in Kentucky.

[Lemur sticks fingers in ears and yells "La la la la la I can't hear you"]

[Lemur will continue in this manner until much later in the evening]

[CountArach]

[Lemur sticks fingers in ears and yells "La la la la la I can't hear you"]

[Lemur will continue in this manner until much later in the evening]

Haha, fine I won't talk about the preliminary results in Indiana.

[CountArach]

What time should i start watching the news ?

Basically i want there to be a rough idea before i start watching... rather than time filling... time in GMT please...

Indiana polls close in an hour and a half, and then the other states start coming in an hour or so after that.

EDIT: here you go LG:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...Key-times.html