The Official 2012 Presidential Election Thread

[kentonio]

Huge turnout being reported not just in Virginia but Pennsylvania too.

[regexcellent]

NOVA turnout is huge apparently with hours long lines of black people.

Virginia's black population is almost entirely in the southern part of the state IIRC. The black people in the Washington Metro area live primarily in DC and Prince George's County.

[giblets]

CNN exit poll: Virginia party identification D/R/I is 39/33/28
Obama slightly more "favorable" than "unfavorable" while for Romney it's the reverse.

edit: Obama and Romney both at 49% in exit poll.

[kentonio]

Romney will of course will Indiana but it's a bit ridiculous that they're calling it after 2% of the vote. What exactly is gained by this nonsense?

[Hauldren Collider]

That us a patently absurd partisan breakdown

[giblets]

Romney will of course will Indiana but it's a bit ridiculous that they're calling it after 2% of the vote. What exactly is gained by this nonsense?

So far CNN has only called Kentucky and Vermont. What are you watching?

[kentonio]

BBC, so it'll be ABC. Huffpo meanwhile just called Vermont for Obama after.. 0% of the vote.

[regexcellent]

Everyone called Vermont with 0% of the vote months ago so that's fine by me.

[kentonio]

It's just a bugbear of mine. Watched a fair few elections when they had to tweak later due to stupid early calls.

[giblets]

CNN exit poll: Ohio Obama/Romney is 51/48

[kentonio]

Hilarious moment when the BBC woman called SC for Republicans and then clicked the graphic to see the details which showed Obama leading by 77%.

[Jaguar]

It's just a bugbear of mine. Watched a fair few elections when they had to tweak later due to stupid early calls.

With only two parties of consequence, our results are very stable. Most states should just be called with 0% of the vote in. Sure, they should tread lightly with even the super-marginal swing states like Missouri or Arizona or Minnesota, but not Vermont.

[kentonio]

With only two parties of consequence, our results are very stable. Most states should just be called with 0% of the vote in. Sure, they should tread lightly with even the super-marginal swing states like Missouri or Arizona or Minnesota, but not Vermont.

So colour the map for those states from the start, and save us the pseudo-suspense of waiting for each one to be 'called'.

[regexcellent]

Looks like Ben's map is already wrong. South Carolina and Indiana have been called for Romney.

I wonder how wrong the exit polls will be this year. With numbers so close, the usual 2-5 point error or so will make a difference.

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Did Wolf Blitzer start some kind of coke habit recently? He seems rather...frenzied.