GameTavern's Election '04 Coverage

Neo · 11-02-2004, 03:39 PM

People here in Austin are looking at one hour waits.

Typhoid · 11-02-2004, 03:47 PM

Just a question here, how long until we know who won? Because i know this may sound crazy, but here in Canada, we know by the end of the day of the election. Yes, it is a crazy thing, i know.

But like, i forget how long it took last year, but how long will it take this year?

Neo · 11-02-2004, 03:58 PM

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Ohio - African American precincts are performing at 106% what we expected, based on historical numbers. Hispanic precincts are at 144% what we expected. Precincts that went for Gore are turning out 8% higher then those that went Bush in 2000. Democratic base precincts are performing 15% higher than GOP base precincts.

Florida - Dem base precincts are performing 14% better than Bush base precincts. In precincts that went for Gore, they are doing 6% better than those that went for Bush. African American precincts at 109%, Hispanic precincts at 106%.

Pennsylvania - African American precincts at 102% of expectations, Hispanics at 136% of expectations. The Gore precincts are doing 4 percent better than bush precincts.

Michigan- Democratic base precincts are 8% better than GOP base states. Gore precincts are 5%

Ohh sweet jesus

DeathsHand · 11-02-2004, 03:59 PM

My dad, grammy, and brother went at liiiike 9:30AM and stood in line for an hour and 45 minutes...

They went around the same time last election, and they said the line had to have been more than twice as long this time around...

GameMaster · 11-02-2004, 04:28 PM

I'm going tonight. Any advice for a first-timer?

Neo · 11-02-2004, 04:33 PM

Bring a gameboy

Typhoid · 11-02-2004, 04:38 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

I'm going tonight. Any advice for a first-timer?

Bring protection.

Bond · 11-02-2004, 04:40 PM

You're going down bitch.

Neo · 11-02-2004, 05:05 PM

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Here's some early exit data polling of Latinos in Florida (2000 numbers are in parenthesis):
KERRY BUSH

Hispanics 46 (35) 53 (65)
Cubans 32 (17) 68 (82)
K
erry continues to lead Florida overall as well. Again, these are exit poll numbers, so doubt them, but it looks great! Matthew Dowd has said that without 40% of the Hispanic vote, Bush cannot win.
Kirsten Powers an update on Florida from Kerry campaign, including:

-- Dems are running ahead of where we were in 2000 at this point in the day.
-- Bush is running behind where he was at this point in 2000
-- In comparison to 2000, by this time of day there were widespread reports of problems in the state and today that is not the case. Things are proceeding well and no widespread reports of problems.
--Touchscreen voting machines are working.

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The Germanator · 11-02-2004, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

I'm going tonight. Any advice for a first-timer?

Don't be a minority.

Crono · 11-02-2004, 07:50 PM

I bet that if Bush wins, liberals are gonna find a way to make it seem like the elections were rigged. But so far, Bush seems to be doing really good, but the key states aren't finished yet I dont think.

The Germanator · 11-02-2004, 07:57 PM

Yeah, nothing at all has really happened yet, Bush leads 39-3 right now, but all of the states so far have gone to the person they were expected to, so it's no big deal yet. We'll wait for Ohio because that is huge.

Edit: Zogby predicted Kerry to win with 311 Electoral votes but for Bush to win the Popular vote. Wouldn't that be just perfect?

Edit 2 : Latest projections have it at 77-66 for Kerry. All the NE states started rolling in and obviously most are for Kerry.

DeathsHand · 11-02-2004, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Crono

I bet that if Bush wins, liberals are gonna find a way to make it seem like the elections were rigged. But so far, Bush seems to be doing really good, but the key states aren't finished yet I dont think.

So far only 2% of precincts accross the nation are reporting........ Although the current numbers still have me worried

Though CBS noted that of course it's very early, and also many of those votes counted so far came from areas Bush was expected to win anyways.......

Virginia's apparently too close to call, and it was expected to go to Bush... Hasn't gone democratic in long time... *crosses fingers*

Coming up in a few minutes a lot more states close the polls...

Edit: Man, Dan Rather is awesome...