Something is rotten in the state of Alaska?

[Theben]

MSNBC had Begich over Stevens tonight by 3 votes.

Half of the remaining votes still need counting.

[Imran Siddiqui]

So now that Begich is going to win do people still think there is something rotten in Alaska?

[Ben Kenobi]

The silence is deafening.

[-Jrabbit]

My opinion on Alaska voting remains unchanged. It clearly calls for an audit/recount. Regardless of the result.

The election was a full week ago. Don't they know how to count up there?

[Bosh]

Well it has been established that Stevens is not an especially competent felon

In any case, something very weird happened with the turnout.

[Theben]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
So now that Begich is going to win do people still think there is something rotten in Alaska?

Sarah is still there.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Bosh
In any case, something very weird happened with the turnout.

Even after Ramo's post you believe this?

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
So now that Begich is going to win do people still think there is something rotten in Alaska?

Previous to any of the votes being counted:

Where is this from? The numbers I've seen suggest much lower numbers than this (~50k)

There's a big difference between these two. I don't see very much strange if there are 80k left.

The AP had reported 50k as the total outstanding number of ballots, when in fact it was only the number of absentee ballots. That difference of 30k makes the difference between an unusually low turnout (given circumstances) and a normal turnout.

[Arrian]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
So now that Begich is going to win do people still think there is something rotten in Alaska?

You have to be an idiot to not see why Begich winning would be considered the "right" answer, regardless of party affiliation.

The other guy is a convicted felon, and the polls had him losing by a significant margin. Now that the result appears likely to jive with both of those factors, you expect sound and fury?

-Arrian

[Imran Siddiqui]

On the other hand, as stated, the exit polls had Stevens winning, so it wasn't like it was beyond the realm of possibility here.

[KrazyHorse]

I wasn't all that surprised at the results. Just turnout (again, based on false numbers from AP). Alaska is weird. It was not beyond realm of possibility in my mind that they would vote for a convicted felon.

And it looks like the absentee and early votes are heavily for Begich, which can explain why both exit polls and first results were won by Stevens (assuming that the exit polls did a bad job of finding out who had cast absentee/early ballots)

[Imran Siddiqui]

Do exit polls even really poll absentees?

[KrazyHorse]

They're supposed to also include calls that query casting of absentee or early ballots.

[KrazyHorse]

Whether or not those exit polls did is open to question.

[Arrian]

Anyway, Imran & BK, if you want to hear screaming about election fraud b/c the Dems are winning/have won, feel free to stop by any number of right-wing blogs. I made the mistake of checking out a couple (following links from Real Clear Politics) yesterday. Apparently, Obama didn't actually win the election. He stole it, with assists from ACORN, the Mob, and various other sketchy characters (read: MSM).

This is more delusional than believing the Republicans stole '04 (bigger margin), and that was delusional.

-Arrian