Election Coverage Discussion

[Alkarin]

I wanted to make a thread about the current precincts of the election.

CNN Coverage

Electoral votes

Obama : 207
Mc Cain : 95

Popular Votes

Obama : 24,564,835
Mc Cain : 23,835,887


Fox News Coverage

Electoral Votes -OLD NUMBERS fox has set them both to 0

Obama : 81
Mc Cain : 39

Popular Votes

Obama : 25,134,470
Mc Cain : 24,301,043


MSNBC Coverage

Electoral Votes

Obama : 207
Mc Cain: 135

Popular Votes

Obama : 24,199,180
Mc Cain: 23,529,805

I will try to update these every 15 minutes or so.


EDIT: May drop updates from fox news coverage because it fails to update properly and constantly resets for me.

[C-Rob]

Sweet. Screw watching TV, I can just visit here! haha.

[Frankie88]

NBC is saying Obama won Pennyslvannia a bit early maybe.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032553

[The Dude]

CNN is not calling Pennsylvania at all yet. They're saying they're only calling states atm where vote results show a clear agreement with earlier exit polls.

Got CNN on all the time right now. It's hard to keep this updated just as fast

[Frankie88]

Try this btw if your lazy like me http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/1..._n_139361.html

[Santius Clausus]

Al Jazeera currently: Obama 103, McCain 34

3% of the precincts...lol

[The King Of Peasants]

This online coverage is sick but I'll probably watch a basketball game so I'm not on cnn/fox for the next 4 hours.

[mrmouth]

Al Jazeera currently: Obama 103, McCain 34

3% of the precincts...lol

When they call a state that early it is based on more than just the reporting numbers. Each network has insiders, and NBC likely has insiders in Philadelphia who have crunched some early, unofficial numbers, along with demographics, and are confident enough to call it this early.

Some precincts don't necessarily release their numbers to the public right away. The insiders might be privy to them before they are released. Sometimes as much as an hour before.

For NBC to call it this early, they much know something and be awfully confident. They are competing with every other network, and the race is to call states first, but more importantly, call them correctly.

[Dayman]

When they call a state that early it is based on more than just the reporting numbers. Each network has insiders, and NBC likely has insiders in Philadelphia who have crunched some early, unofficial numbers, along with demographics, and are confident enough to call it this early.

Some precincts don't necessarily release their numbers to the public right away. The insiders might be privy to them before they are released. Sometimes as much as an hour before.

For NBC to call it this early, they much know something and be awfully confident. They are competing with every other network, and the race is to call states first, but more importantly, call them correctly.

As a Philadelphian, I can say with confidence that Obama had the state locked up as soon as he won the nomination.

[JP226]

When they call a state that earl it is based on more than just the reporting numbers.

no network has received any actual data just yet. It's all based on exit polling as of now.

[Garrigan]

I'm watching the BBC's coverage. Its explained the American Election system to me. Bloody complicated if you ask me.

[mrmouth]

Right. Each network has people in place at the polls who put together as much as they can in order to get their network a leg up. Sometimes they are able to get the official numbers, or even numbers on the fly, that allow them to call a state for their network.

I'm watching the BBC's coverage. Its explained the American Election system to me. Bloody complicated if you ask me.

I had it explained to me by a superdelegate. While it is complicated, it actually is a good system and arguably represents the will of the people better than that of a system based on the popular vote.

[André Masséna]

I'm watching the BBC's coverage. Its explained the American Election system to me. Bloody complicated if you ask me.

They're doing it wrong then.

[mrmouth]

I have to tell you, I think NBC is the best coverage after watching them all. NBC is really breaking down every precinct in the key states.

[Frankie88]

I have to tell you, I think NBC is the best coverage after watching them all. NBC is really breaking down every precinct in the key states.

I agree completely, I was a little worried with the early Pennsylvania call though. Risky claim(network reputation wise) but some of the other networks have already taken it over so it must be based on something.

[pericles_plato]

I agree completely, I was a little worried with the early Pennsylvania call though. Risky claim(network reputation wise) but some of the other networks have already taken it over so it must be based on something.

The 04 election i think. I have no idea its a guess.

[Frankie88]

The 04 election i think. I have no idea its a guess.

There was an election in 04?

[Alkarin]

There was an election in 04?

theres one every 4 years... George W Bush was elected twice.

[MaximiIian]

There was an election in 04?

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I'm speechless.

[Garrigan]

I had it explained to me by a superdelegate. While it is complicated, it actually is a good system and arguably represents the will of the people better than that of a system based on the popular vote.

More democractic then the British system...