Apparently, only younger women voted for Obama. For the record, and she can will correct me if I'm wrong, my Mom was for Obama all the way. My Dad was (at least initially) for Hillary.
Showing posts with label election 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label election 2008. Show all posts
12.29.2009
11.21.2008
Minnesota Recount
Looks like Al Franken is slowly closing the gap on Norm Coleman in the Minnesota senate recount. If you're wondering just how tedious a recount is, MN Public Radio has posted a sampling of "challenged ballots" on its website and lets you be the judge...
The Coleman campaign challenged this ballot, arguing the voter didn't intend to vote for Franken, because of the small dot inside the bubble next to Dean Barkley’s name. (MPR Photo/Curtis Gilbert)
11.17.2008
The Scream
They laughed at him at the time, but Howard Dean's Democratic campaign strategy -- elucidated so memorably in 2004 -- is exactly approach that ultimately led to Barack Obama's landslide Electoral College victory in 2008...
Democrats rule the map these days.
Democrats rule the map these days.
11.08.2008
It's Official, Nebraska Sees Some Blue
Omaha World Herald sez Barack Obama has won that one last Electoral Vote....
OMAHA -- For the first time ever, a blue circle will appear in Nebraska on national electoral maps.
Democrat Barack Obama won the Omaha-based 2nd Congressional District on Friday, scooping up one of the state's five electoral votes.
In the process, he made history and shone the spotlight on Nebraska's unusual electoral college system.
Obama won 8,434 of 15,039 mail-in ballots counted Friday by Douglas County election officials. These early ballots arrived in the election commissioner's office too late to be included in Tuesday's election results.
The additional votes gave Obama a 1,260-vote lead over Republican John McCain in unofficial returns. McCain won the popular vote statewide and four electoral votes.
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The Nebraska results give Obama his 365th electoral vote. McCain's tally stands at 162. Only Missouri's 11 electoral votes remain undecided.
11.07.2008
Racial Divide
See if you can follow me here: There's a bit of a spurious argument going around that many, if not most, African-American Obama supporters voted for Barack "solely" because of his race, and so were as guilty of racism as white McCain supporters who voted GOP solely because they would never support a black candidate. This theory was put to me during some water cooler talk at work this very day. The rumor is that blacks split for Obama over McCain 95%-to-5%, and somehow that makes for reverse racism.
Really?
Let's review, shall we?
2004 Voting by Race: Black voters supported John Kerry over George Bush 88%-11%.
2000 Voting by Race: Black voters supported Al Gore over George Bush 90%-9%.
In fact, if you look back even further, blacks supported Bill Clinton 84-12 over Bob Dole and 83-10 over George H.W. Bush.
So no, the overwhelming support black voters showed Barack Obama was not reverse racism. It was the natural culmination of blacks' decades-long repudiation of the Republican Party. This racial divide actually dates back to the early 1960s, when southern Democrats who opposed the Civil Rights movement were welcomed into the Republican Party with open arms.
At the time he signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, Lyndon Johnson remarked that, by taking a stand for equality, the Democrats had "lost the South for a generation."
Republicans, on the other hand, incorporated institutionalized racism as a part of their platform, calling it "the Southern strategy" and cynically riding it -- and its trove of southern state electoral votes -- into the White House repeatedly, from Nixon to George W. Bush, with only the brief interludes of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton (both Southern governors at that).
Make no mistake about, Black America did not reject the Republican Party in this election, the Republican Party rejected Black America in the 20th century.
Only now are they beginning to pay.
Really?
Let's review, shall we?
2004 Voting by Race: Black voters supported John Kerry over George Bush 88%-11%.
2000 Voting by Race: Black voters supported Al Gore over George Bush 90%-9%.
In fact, if you look back even further, blacks supported Bill Clinton 84-12 over Bob Dole and 83-10 over George H.W. Bush.
So no, the overwhelming support black voters showed Barack Obama was not reverse racism. It was the natural culmination of blacks' decades-long repudiation of the Republican Party. This racial divide actually dates back to the early 1960s, when southern Democrats who opposed the Civil Rights movement were welcomed into the Republican Party with open arms.
At the time he signed the Civil Rights Act in 1964, Lyndon Johnson remarked that, by taking a stand for equality, the Democrats had "lost the South for a generation."
Republicans, on the other hand, incorporated institutionalized racism as a part of their platform, calling it "the Southern strategy" and cynically riding it -- and its trove of southern state electoral votes -- into the White House repeatedly, from Nixon to George W. Bush, with only the brief interludes of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton (both Southern governors at that).
Make no mistake about, Black America did not reject the Republican Party in this election, the Republican Party rejected Black America in the 20th century.
Only now are they beginning to pay.
Electoral College Technicality
FYI -- The reason the Electoral College vote currently adds up to only 537 votes, rather than the full 538, is because in the state of Nebraska (which allocates its 5 EC votes proportionally), the balloting in the Second Congressional District remains too close to call.
More from the NYT on Electoral College politics here.
More from the NYT on Electoral College politics here.
11.06.2008
Obama Wins North Carolina
President-elect Barack Obama has officially turned North Carolina Blue and will be taking its 15 Electoral Votes with him to Washington. The result puts the final EC tally at 364-173 and renders my pre-election prediction of a 348-190 Obama victory moot.
But look at all the Blue in that map!
On a side note, among the interesting results of Tuesday's election is this: There are no -- none, zero, nada, zilch -- Republican congresspersons in all of New England. The bloody chowdaheads hella tossed every last one of them out on their keisters, like a regular Boston Tea Party.
But look at all the Blue in that map!
On a side note, among the interesting results of Tuesday's election is this: There are no -- none, zero, nada, zilch -- Republican congresspersons in all of New England. The bloody chowdaheads hella tossed every last one of them out on their keisters, like a regular Boston Tea Party.
11.05.2008
Waterloo
John McCain spent Election night holed up the Barry Goldwater suite at the Arizona Biltmore...
It was poetic in a sense that McCain grimly awaited his electoral fate in the Barry Goldwater Suite at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel, the site of Goldwater's 1964 concession speech.
Perhaps he should have seen it coming?
Post-prognostication
Scattershot's pre-election EC vote prediction:
As it stands, Obama has 349 EVs, while McCain stands at 173. North Carolina, which holds 15 EVs, remains too close to call. Should McCain take NC, the final tally will be:
Not sure what happened to that stray EV, but it's still not bad for government work!
Obama 348 -- McCain 190
As it stands, Obama has 349 EVs, while McCain stands at 173. North Carolina, which holds 15 EVs, remains too close to call. Should McCain take NC, the final tally will be:
Obama 349 -- McCain 188
Not sure what happened to that stray EV, but it's still not bad for government work!
11.04.2008
The Calculus for Obama
All the 2004 Kerry states plus Virginia (or Florida or North Carolina) and it's a done deal.
"This is a Day for Glory"
Talking Points Memo has been soliciting voting experience stories from across the country. Here's a great one...
"My polling place is at the fairgrounds in Southern Maryland, about 40 minutes from Washington, D.C. This used to be tobacco country, but is slowly being developed, or other crops are grown. We waited until 10:00 to vote, to avoid the lines. When we got there a 97-year-old Black man was being wheeled out of the polls in his wheelchair. It was the first time he had ever voted in his life. When he came outside he asked if anyone could give him an Obama button. There were none left at the Democrats' booth so I gave him mine. He was so proud and I started crying. He looked at me and said, "Why are you crying? This is a day for glory." I am still crying."
How Long Did You Wait?
For people who voted today -- or early voters for that matter -- we'd be curious how long was your wait time? Let us know in the comments if you'd be so kind.
DKos has a wonderful post up in which people were aksed not "how long did you have to wait?" but "how long would you be willing to wait?" Among the answers:
What's your wait time story....?
DKos has a wonderful post up in which people were aksed not "how long did you have to wait?" but "how long would you be willing to wait?" Among the answers:
--My whole day is devoted to this one moment in history, i never want to look back and regret that i was not involved in one of the most important moments in United States history.
--Considering that there are some that wait ....and sometimes fight a lifetime for the opportunity to vote, I will wait happily for as long as it takes to vote for my chosen candidate. I urge everyone to do the same!
--You take your pick: A few hours, or a few years. I’ll be voting tomorrow. Guaranteed.
--I’ve already waited 8 years. One day is nothing.
What's your wait time story....?
1st Results Are in the Books, on the Record
from DKos...
Dixville Notch, NH, traditional first voters in presidential elections....
Dixville Notch gives us (per tradition) our first real results of the 2008 election:
Obama: 15 McCain: 6
In 2004:
Bush 19 Kerry 7
Dixville Notch, NH, traditional first voters in presidential elections....
Dixville Notch gives us (per tradition) our first real results of the 2008 election:
Obama: 15 McCain: 6
In 2004:
Bush 19 Kerry 7
Voting
I'm off to vote in just a few minutes. Last June, for the historic primary, I was first in line at 7am as the polling place opened. We generally have a pretty sleepy polling station. Will things be different this morning?
There was a lot of early voting going on yesterday (and for the last couple of weeks) in the county government building where I work. Lots of hustle and bustle. My polling place is about two blocks from there. It'll be interesting to see what the turnout is. People are excited!!!!
Californians, you have two essential votes: Yes on Obama; No on H8
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