2008 Election Results Thread

Obama (365)
Maine (4)
New Hampshire (4)
Vermont (3)
Massachusetts (12)
Rhode Island (4)
Connecticut (7)
New Jersey (15)
Delaware (3)
Maryland (10)
D.C. (3)
New York (31)
Pennsylvania (21)
Virginia (13)
Florida (27)
Ohio (20)
Michigan (17)
Wisconsin (10)
Illinois (21)
Minnesota (10)
Iowa (7)
Colorado (9)
New Mexico (5)
Nevada (5)
Washington (11)
Oregon (7)
California (55)
Hawaii (4)
Indiana (11)
North Carolina (15)
Nebraska 2nd District (1)*

McCain (162)
West Virginia (5)
South Carolina (8)
Kentucky (8)
Tennessee (11)
Alabama (9)
Mississippi (6)
Arkansas (6)
Louisiana (9)
North Dakota (3)
South Dakota (3)
Nebraska (4)*
Kansas (6)
Oklahoma (7)
Texas (34)
Wyoming (3)
Idaho (4)
Utah (5)
Arizona (10)
Alaska (3)
Georgia (15)
Montana (3)


Undecided
Missouri (11)
Nebraska (1)*

*Nebraska can split its vote

The first results are in!

Obama wins in earliest vote in tiny Dixville, NH

DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. – Barack Obama came up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, N.H., where tradition of having the first Election Day ballots tallied lives on.

Democrat Obama defeated Republican John McCain by a count of 15 to 6 in Dixville Notch, where a loud whoop accompanied the announcement in Tuesday's first minutes. The town of Hart's Location reported 17 votes for Obama, 10 for McCain and two for write-in Ron Paul. Independent Ralph Nader was on both towns' ballots but got no votes.

"I'm not going to say I wasn't surprised," said Obama supporter Tanner Nelson Tillotson, whose name was drawn from a bowl to make him Dixville Notch's first voter.

With 115 residents between them, Dixville Notch and Hart's Location get every eligible voter to the polls beginning at midnight on Election Day. Between them, the towns have been enjoying their first-vote status since 1948.

Being first means something to residents of the Granite State, home of the nation's earliest presidential primary and the central focus — however briefly — of the vote-watching nation's attention every four years.

Town Clerk Rick Erwin said Dixville Notch is proud of its tradition, but added, "The most important thing is that we exemplify a 100 percent vote."

Dixville Notch resident Peter Johnson said the early bird electoral exercise "is fun." A former naval aviator, Johnson said he was voting for McCain, but added, "I think both candidates are excellent people."

Voting was carried out in a room in a local hotel festooned with political memorabilia from campaigns long past. Each voter gets an individual booth so there are no lines at the magic hour. The votes were quickly counted, announced and recorded on a posterboard that proclaims, "First in the Nation, Dixville Notch."

The tradition drew spectators, including Tim McKenna, who drove with his wife 16 miles from Cambridge, N.H., to witness the event.

"Living in New Hampshire, you hear so much about it in the news," said McKenna. "I think it's a very historic election this year."

Ed Butler, a Democratic state representative who runs the Notchland Inn in Hart's Location, said, "Being this small and being able to be first just makes it that much more special."

Although scores of states have voted early, the two villages are the first to officially announce the results on Election Day.

New Hampshire law requires polls to open at 11 a.m., but that doesn't stop towns from opening earlier. It also allows towns to close their polls once all registered and eligible voters have cast ballots.

Hart's Location started opening its polls early in 1948, the year Harry S. Truman beat Thomas Dewey, to accommodate railroad workers who had to get to work early. Hart's Location got out of the early voting business in 1964 after some residents grew weary of all the publicity, but brought it back in 1996.

Dixville Notch, nestled in a mountain pass 1,800 feet up and about halfway between the White Mountain National Forest and the Canadian border, followed suit in 1960, when John F. Kennedy beat Richard M. Nixon. Nixon, the Republican, swept all nine votes cast in Dixville that year, and before Tuesday, the town had gone for a Democrat only once since then. That was in 1968, when the tally was Democrat Hubert Humphrey eight, Nixon four.

ELECTION RESULTS:

New Hampshire:
Barack Obama: 64%
John McCain: 32%
Ron Paul (write-in): 4%
Margin of error: +/- 13.86%
Less than 1% of precincts reporting

I'd say that although Obama has a statistically significant lead in New Hampshire, the fact that only 50 votes have been cast leads me to believe it's way too soon to call New Hampshire one way or the other. Ron Paul is doing quite well so far with 4%.

Most every poll indicates Obama will win New Hampshire rather easily so I doubt either side cares much about this first poll. It is worth noting; however, that in 2004 Bush won this vote:

Bush: 61.4%
Kerry: 36.8%
Nader: 1.8%

Overall, Kerry won New Hampshire by 1.37% in 2004.

catbox_9 wrote:

ELECTION RESULTS:

New Hampshire:
Barack Obama: 64%
John McCain: 32%
Ron Paul (write-in): 4%
Margin of error: +/- 13.86%
Less than 1% of precincts reporting

I'd say that although Obama has a statistically significant lead in New Hampshire, the fact that only 50 votes have been cast leads me to believe it's way too soon to call New Hampshire one way or the other. Ron Paul is doing quite well so far with 4%.

Go Ron Paul!

Obama is voting right now. I wonder who he's voting for?

bobrob2004 wrote:

Obama is voting right now. I wonder who he's voting for?

Hitler

Ron Paul

Socialist Party

GoGetEmTigers wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

Obama is voting right now. I wonder who he's voting for?

Hitler

Ron Paul

Socialist Party

What's wrong with Ron Paul?

I voted for Ron Paul as a Write In


And I voted no on 2


No on WCCC


But Yes on Weed for Medical purposes


Hopefully this will lead to marijuana being legal

Then I can smoke all I want with out fear of getting busted!

Just Joking!

gs78 wrote:

Just Joking!

But did you actually vote yes? I abhor the use of marijuana but not only would I vote to legalize it for medical purposes, I'd vote to legalize it completely. It's like Prohibition - you won't ever stop people from using it so why try? Let Marlbro sell marijuana and they can pay taxes on it taking drug dealers off the streets....most drug dealers make most of their money from marijuana.

gs78 wrote:

And I voted no on 2

gs78 wrote:

But Yes on Weed for Medical purposes


Hopefully this will lead to marijuana being legal

catbox_9 wrote:

gs78 wrote:

Just Joking!

But did you actually vote yes? I abhor the use of marijuana but not only would I vote to legalize it for medical purposes, I'd vote to legalize it completely. It's like Prohibition - you won't ever stop people from using it so why try? Let Marlbro sell marijuana and they can pay taxes on it taking drug dealers off the streets....most drug dealers make most of their money from marijuana.

I voted yes on Mary Jane and no on stem cell research. There weren't enough details for me on #2 to vote yes.

bobrob2004 wrote:

:haha: That guy looks so angry!

YES!


YES I DID


VOTE YES

ON WEED!

California already voted yes....in 1996.

catbox_9 wrote:

California already voted yes....in 1996.

I know! I voted for it!

Georgia, Indiana, Virginia, South Carolina, and Kentucky all close in less than 2 hours.

McCain will win South Carolina and Kentucky with little difficulty. Georgia will be a bit trickier but he should win that one. Indiana might be close but it hasn't gone Democratic in 40+ years so he'll probably win that one. The real prize is Virginia which could go either way.

I voted!

bobrob2004 wrote:

I voted!

Good for you!

bobrob2004 wrote:

I voted!

Did you get a sticker? I didn't

Parts of some of the states have closed. No results are available yet

CORRECTION: 1% of New Hampshire precincts are reported according to Yahoo! I doubt that's correct as only 50 votes have been counted.

catbox_9 wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

I voted!

Did you get a sticker? I didn't

bobrob2004 wrote:

catbox_9 wrote:

bobrob2004 wrote:

I voted!

Did you get a sticker? I didn't

I did..you can have mine! I haven't seen anybody to show it off to since I got back from the polling place.

RESULTS:

In Maine Yahoo! has results:
Obama - 2 votes
McCain - 1 vote

Polls aren't closed there so I don't know where that came from

With 1% of precincts reporting, Obama leads 55-44% in Indiana.

CNN has made 2 projections:

Obama wins Vermont
McCain wins Kentucky

No surprises there.

1 more hour until the east coast polls close!

Democrats pick up a Senate seat in Virginia.