early returns

[2minkey]

well, looks like obama has won a bunch of the less backwards states so far.

given the point spread the projection in ohio is certain to stick. wonder how many other states he'll flip.

yep.

 

[Leslie]

Yay!

 

[H2O boy]

well, looks like obama has won a bunch of the less backwards states so far.

less backward?

your true colors are showing

 

[H2O boy]

is no one else alarmed when noncitizens cheer for one candidate? does it not send a message?

actually, it probabkly doesnt. nothing else has.

 

[spike]

is no one else alarmed when noncitizens cheer for one candidate? does it not send a message?

There's smart people in other countries too.

 

[Gonz]

if only we had some more here.

 

[spike]

There's a whole lot more than there used to be. Enough for a freakin' landslide.

 

[2minkey]

is no one else alarmed when noncitizens cheer for one candidate? does it not send a message?

actually, it probabkly doesnt. nothing else has.

rationalize it however you want.

 

[Gonz]

Enough for a freakin' landslide.

Let's not get overzealous. He won by about 3 points-hardly a landslide.

 

[BeardofPants]

Eh? Electoral vote, gonz. Not popular vote.

 

[spike]

Yep, sitting at 338-156 right now.

 

[2minkey]

is that a landslide, technically?

 

[BeardofPants]

Landslide = clear majority of the vote... so yep.

 

[Gonz]

Nope,,,

something like 60% of the vote

 

[BeardofPants]

majority |məˈjôrətē; -ˈjär-|
noun ( pl. -ties)
1 the greater number : in the majority of cases all will go smoothly | [as adj. ] it was a majority decision.
• the number by which votes for one candidate in an election are more than those for all other candidates combined.
• Brit. the number by which the votes for one party or candidate exceed those of the next in rank.
• a party or group receiving the greater number of votes.



Are we playing this game again?

 

[Inkara1]

So is 52-48 a "landslide"?

 

[spike]

338-156 seems like one

 

[Gonz]

For this reason, many presidential victories appear to be huge landslide victories when examining the electoral vote, but much less so when examining the popular vote; for example, in the 1984 election, Ronald Reagan won 97.5% of the electoral vote but 58.8% of the popular vote.

Thus, a landslide victory can be either over 55.5% of the popular vote or over 60% of the electoral vote.

The ever popular wiki

 

[spike]

Well, a landslide it is then.

 

[A.B.Normal]

Let's not get overzealous. He won by about 3 points-hardly a landslide.

Fox says it is and they tend to be Pro-Republican leaning.

WASHINGTON -- There's no set definition for what constitutes a landslide, but Democrat Barack Obama's resounding electoral victory Tuesday night seems to fit the bill.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/11/05/obama-victory-resounding-landslide/