Official Election 2008 Results Thread - Federal

[OCGuy]

Originally posted by: TheSlamma

Originally posted by: techs
FIRST EXIT POLL DATA:
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR YOU?

ECONOMY 62 PERCENT
IRAQ 10 PERCENT
TERRORISM 9 PERCENT
HEALTH CARE 9 PERCENT

God is the fear FINALLY wearing out some!?

Yes, because everyone knows radical Islam is made-up!

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: loki8481
can the president even have a real impact on the economy?

The president affects optimism / pessimism. That impacts the economy - possibly even BEFORE the president is even in office.

The president BY LAW sets the initial budget in the beginning of the year, by law puts the budget back on his/her track mid summer, and by the consititution signs the budget or vetos it if it didn't stay close to his/her initial budget. With government spending a major factor in the economy, the president has a real impact on the economy. Sure, congress was supposed to have this full authority but they gave it up in the 1920s with the laws they wrote.

The president appoints the federal reserve chairman. The chairman's actions on interest rates have real impacts on the economy.

Not to mention dozens of other impacts, such as the $700 billion dollar bailout under control of the president's appointees.

 

[jonks]

Originally posted by: Ocguy31

Originally posted by: TheSlamma

Originally posted by: techs
FIRST EXIT POLL DATA:
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR YOU?

ECONOMY 62 PERCENT
IRAQ 10 PERCENT
TERRORISM 9 PERCENT
HEALTH CARE 9 PERCENT

God is the fear FINALLY wearing out some!?

Yes, because everyone knows radical Islam is made-up!

no, but the chances of an Islamic radical killing you is.

 

[winnar111]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: techs
FIRST EXIT POLL DATA:
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR YOU?

ECONOMY 62 PERCENT
IRAQ 10 PERCENT
TERRORISM 9 PERCENT
HEALTH CARE 9 PERCENT

can the president even have a real impact on the economy?

Well he can lead his party to double the national deficit in 8 years and with his legislative buddies he can deregulate the banking industry leading to the greatest economic meltdown since the Great Depression.
Short answer, yes.

Are you talking about the deregulation that took place before Bush became President?

 

[PG]

Originally posted by: wwswimming

Originally posted by: sunzt
so now we're doing these drinking games county by county?

that's the way Andre the Giant does it. he drank 11 gallons of
beer a few weeks ago. training for election day i suppose.

You do realize he's dead right?
If this was supposed to be humor, sorry but you fail.

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: techs
FIRST EXIT POLL DATA:
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR YOU?

ECONOMY 62 PERCENT
IRAQ 10 PERCENT
TERRORISM 9 PERCENT
HEALTH CARE 9 PERCENT

I looked and I looked. And yet I don't see Ayers or Wright.

 

[techs]

WHOA!
EXIT polls show:
72 percent of new voters went for Obama
27 percento of new voters went for McCain

Permanent Democratic Majority, here we come.

 

[konakona]

Originally posted by: techs

Originally posted by: techs
FIRST EXIT POLL DATA:
WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR YOU?

ECONOMY 62 PERCENT
IRAQ 10 PERCENT
TERRORISM 9 PERCENT
HEALTH CARE 9 PERCENT

I looked and I looked. And yet I don't see Ayers or Wright.

no guns or religion either.. guess it was trivial and inconsequential after all? duh! 😉

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: techs

Permanent Democratic Majority, here we come.

no. stop saying it. we'll never see a "permanent" majority short of Obama being elected President for Life.

the democrats are going to win big tonight, but we're a cyclical country. the democrats winning tonight falls within the established pattern.

 

[JJChicken]

Looking good :thumbsup:

 

[Farang]

Nate Silver told me to ignore exit polls but I can't help myself.. Drudge has Obama +15 in PA

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: techs
WHOA!
EXIT polls show:
72 percent of new voters went for Obama
27 percento of new voters went for McCain

Permanent Democratic Majority, here we come.

18-22 year olds?

 

[Kanalua]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: techs

Permanent Democratic Majority, here we come.

no. stop saying it. we'll never see a "permanent" majority short of Obama being elected President for Life.

the democrats are going to win big tonight, but we're a cyclical country. the democrats winning tonight falls within the established pattern.

Dem majority for a couple of terms, then the inevitable abuse of power by the party in power and then a cleaning of house (see 1994, 2006)...

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: techs

Permanent Democratic Majority, here we come.

no. stop saying it. we'll never see a "permanent" majority short of Obama being elected President for Life.

the democrats are going to win big tonight, but we're a cyclical country. the democrats winning tonight falls within the established pattern.

ditto.. I remember hearing this crap in 2000, how the Democrats would become a permanent minority. All because Gore didn't pick up 500 voters in Florida.

 

[TheSlamma]

Originally posted by: PG

Originally posted by: wwswimming

Originally posted by: sunzt
so now we're doing these drinking games county by county?

that's the way Andre the Giant does it. he drank 11 gallons of
beer a few weeks ago. training for election day i suppose.

You do realize he's dead right?
If this was supposed to be humor, sorry but you fail.

I was gonna say.. that was like what 10 YEARS ago?

 

[Baked]

Results from KY and IN are coming in now. So exciting!

 

[Farang]

I think its funny to watch MSNBC because you know all these guys are auditioning for Meet the Press.

 

[DrPizza]

KY and IN should be particularly interesting. KY is "solidly" McCain. If he does better than polls have shown, then maybe he has a chance. But, even if he wins, if he does worse there than the polls have been predicting, it'll be a long night for the Republicans.

 

[Pneumothorax]

Put my vote this morning in CA for McCain (who probably isn't going to win). I know my vote doesn't count, but I can't vote for somebody who's going to add $5k more to my taxes per year and give free checks to people who don't pay income tax at all. We'll see if the Holy Trinity of Obama, Pelosi, Reid can fix this country with miracles.

 

[Mill]

Wow. Out of the two biggest counties reporting in Indiana one is 90% White and the other is 97% White. Both are going big for Obama.

 

[DrPizza]

Wow, CNN's site is slow (for me.) Getting hammered maybe?

 

[techs]

Interesting! Very limited results in Kentucky but McConnell is doing 7 percentage points LESS than McCain. Meaning a fair portion of the people split their ticket and didn't vote for McConnell.

 

[jpeyton]

HuffPo leaked some exit polls (read with caution; they tend to lean Democrat by a few points, and they're early):

Obama Leads
Florida: 52 percent to 44 percent
Iowa: 52 percent to 48 percent
Missouri: 52 percent to 48 percent
North Carolina: 52 percent to 48 percent
New Hampshire: 57 percent to 43 percent
Nevada: 55 percent to 45 percent
Pennsylvania: 57 percent to 42 percent
Ohio: 54 percent to 45 percent
Wisconsin: 58 percent to 42 percent
Indiana: 52 percent to 48 percent
New Mexico: 56 percent to 43 percent
Minnesota: 60 percent to 39 percent
Michigan: 60 percent to 39 percent

McCain Leads
Georgia: 51 percent to 47 percent
West Virginia: 45 percent to 55 percent

 

[TheSlamma]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Wow, CNN's site is slow (for me.) Getting hammered maybe?

Pretty fast for me. (Comcast)

 

[techs]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
HuffPo leaked some exit polls (read with caution; they tend to lean Democrat by a few points, and they're early):

Obama Leads
Florida: 52 percent to 44 percent
Iowa: 52 percent to 48 percent
Missouri: 52 percent to 48 percent
North Carolina: 52 percent to 48 percent
New Hampshire: 57 percent to 43 percent
Nevada: 55 percent to 45 percent
Pennsylvania: 57 percent to 42 percent
Ohio: 54 percent to 45 percent
Wisconsin: 58 percent to 42 percent
Indiana: 52 percent to 48 percent
New Mexico: 56 percent to 43 percent
Minnesota: 60 percent to 39 percent
Michigan: 60 percent to 39 percent

McCain Leads
Georgia: 51 percent to 47 percent

West Virginia: 45 percent to 55 percent

Something wrong in Florida. It only adds up to 96 percent. Is there a large 3rd party vote?