The totals
 

The current totals of the vote count have it at Obama 50.4%, Romney at 48.1% and others at 1.6%. That was an advantage of about 2.6 million votes for Obama.

It also appears that about 11.6 fewer million people voted this year than in 2008. That is disappointing.

Regards,

D-Ray

Michigan had its highest voter turnout since the JFK election. 67.2%.

JFK was 72.7%. Obama/McCain in '08 was the next highest at 66.2%.

I'm suprised the my state, Virginia, went for Obama.

The elderly woman standing in line behind me on election day said she had voted for McCain in '08, but what she admires about Obama is that he has taken so much personal abuse over the last four years and still presses on, still remains optimistic....."If that doesn't show strength and character, what does?"

I tend to agree.

Regards,
Dave

Gaining some confidence in your neighbors, Dave?

Regards,

D-Ray

Things like that help restore your faith in our system. It ain't perfect, but the people spoke pretty clearly.

Maybe. We'll see. I see certain things changing. What I see happening locally, is that a few years ago the hard right folks were running amuck. Other folks were afraid to say anything. That has changed to some degree. People are beginning to speak up and the teabagger types aren't so brazen.

In '08 it was a bit harder to find an Obama/Biden sign in my 'hood. This time....not so much.

Kinda like the Rebel Flag thing. When I came here in '86, it was everywhere. Now.......................Meh, every now and again.

Yep, like I figured last night, California is almost 2 million of the popular vote. :)



Barack Obama Dem (I) 5,573,450 59.1%
Mitt Romney GOP 3,635,571 38.6%
Gary Johnson Lib 98,615 1.0%
Jill Stein Grn 57,748 0.6%
Roseanne Barr PFP 36,914 0.4%
Thomas Hoefling AIP 27,046 0.3%
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/electi...ate=2012-11-06

Carl

The Domestic Goddess caught 36,914 votes!:D I am loving it!!!

This isn't exactly breaking news but I haven't seen it mentioned here.

The Romney campaign has conceded Florida to the President. (Meanwhile, Florida says they won't be done with their count until Saturday.)

That gives President Obama 332 electoral votes to Romney's 206, 62 more than he needed. He carried 26 states.

John

That is amazing. Take CA out of it and it's close to a tie?

Pete

Similarly, take out the Faux and talk radio dittoheads and Obama would have swept the election.:cool:

If you group Texas, Oklahoma and Tennessee, which aggregate about the same total of electoral votes as California, you have just about a wash in the popular vote. Obama took 26 states, including some of the more populous states. I don't think you can point to one state and say that it provided all of the margin.

Regards,

D-Ray

One needs to also remember that NY, NJ, and CT (all Dem states) likely had low turnout due to the storm. The popular vote totals could have been worse for the GOP.

They did and, doubtless, you're right. New Jerseyans (ites?) still have today to get their email ballots in so we still don't have hard numbers there.
John

I was just amazed at the power of a single state.

Pete

It's the power of 10% of the US population.

John

My dad used to say, CA's too powerful, it should be cut into north and south CA.

Pete

The have the votes because they have the population, buy they still only get two Senators, just like Wyoming and Rhode Island.

Now split it in two and they would have four Senators - be careful what you wish for.

"Politicians and diapers need to be changed often for the same reason," LOL!

Rob, whoa, I didn't think of that.

Pete

Not only are we powerful the weather kicks the shit out of Cleveland.
You just stay there ok we do not need any more people from Ohio out here we have enough thank you.

We're got a branch out there, the last guy who ran it used to call me in the middle of winter just to let me know it was 75 and sunny :D

But it's unlikey we'll fall into Lake Erie anytime soon lol. Thank goodness!

Pete

And its very unlikely it will ever snow here in January, much less April and May;)

you can have that lake lol

Nothing like pulling the ladder up after you make the climb! ;)

John

Just wait for the water wars! Bwwwuhahahahaha :D

And with global warming there'll be surfing and palm trees! While I'm dreaming, can I have a million dollars?

Pete

What? You want to purchase a starter home here in San Diego or SF?:D

Is it actually possible to fall INTO lake Erie?

Northern California should be okay. We have the Sacramento River and a few other smaller ones, like the Russian River, to draw on. It's Southern California that could be in trouble. I think it may be time for everything north of Monterey to annex itself to Jefferson State. ;John

Them be shootin words! We demand your water. :D

Let's get them dope smokin' hippies!:D
Break Californie into four states (eight Senators) Bwaaahahahaha!

No words needed here.

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You don't like democracy?

If only I knew how to draw lemmings.

What's the difference between a sheep and Karl Rove:

The sheep says baa baaa; Karl Rove says waa waaa.

Regards,

D-Ray

Says the dittohead.

Where lemmings get their dirty little stories...http://www.trbimg.com/img-5080ec47/t...121018-001/600

That's good 'cuz you know why? 'Cuz Boss Limbaugh says people like you - you know, losers - should just sit down and shut up.

John

Just wait till wicked cousin Karl Rove's sugardaddy's castrate him for blowing almost $400,000,000 of their hard stolen money for zip return. I love these wacked out wingnuts who can't even glimpse that their dirty little war on freedom has failed. All I can say is wait for the mid terms because the sheep have grown fangs and we are coming for every last house and senate seat those teabaggers occupy. Are you listening? Sayonara, baby.:cool:

Here you go, John.http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...hBSPlALbB5P9sx

Viva Cascadia!

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I like 'Despair' :)

Pete