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News & ArtsMonday, November 5, 2012
Election The Election Is a Tie So Far
Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 9:20 PM
Dixville Notch, that weird little New Hampshire town that is only famous for being pathologically insistent on voting first in every presidential election, has voted. Obama and Romney both received five votes.
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I voted for Obama long before tonight.
Voting, counting. . .
You must mean first to officially count their votes.
And that makes their little ritual that much more fucked up.
Voting, counting. . .
You must mean first to officially count their votes.
And that makes their little ritual that much more fucked up.
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Are there any Stranger hosted election night parties tomorrow night? Or parties which are open to the public which will have writers from the Stranger in attendence?
I work until 8pm, which seems like a prime time to leave the Financial district and hit up some Capitol Hill parties, I just don't know where to go!
I work until 8pm, which seems like a prime time to leave the Financial district and hit up some Capitol Hill parties, I just don't know where to go!
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@4
Mudede knows some basic Situationist philosophy. He'd be the best one to tell you how to address party night.
Mudede knows some basic Situationist philosophy. He'd be the best one to tell you how to address party night.
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I don't know if there's some other goofy little town that follows Dixville's lead, but I just heard where the popular vote now stands at 23-9 Obama. Down with the electoral college! (seriously, fuck the EC.)
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@7: The other goofy little town is Hart's Location, New Hampshire, which reported Obama 23, Romney 9, Gary Johnson 2. So, thus far, Obama is up by a two-to-one margin in one of the swing states.
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Up until this year, I wanted the electoral college disbanded. However, this year? With all the weirdness going on around the country and the obvious bullshit going on in so many States? Suddenly the electoral college seems like a bastion of sanity, which tells me just how fucked up things are.
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@9,
But how does the EC preserve sanity? If you'd prefer localized counts and reporting, then that seems fine, but you could still submit everything to a general tabulation. I don't really see how the current system is doing anything to curtail corruption.
But how does the EC preserve sanity? If you'd prefer localized counts and reporting, then that seems fine, but you could still submit everything to a general tabulation. I don't really see how the current system is doing anything to curtail corruption.
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In related news, I took a dump earlier that was pretty big. It might have been the biggest in the county.
Nobody really cares about this Paul but whatever, you've got a blog and you must keep posting. I understand.
Nobody really cares about this Paul but whatever, you've got a blog and you must keep posting. I understand.
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If Romney wins the popular vote and Obama wins the EC, you guys will love the EC Wednesday morning.
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The CNN website is practically screaming the polls are all tied. Naturally, when Obama has this locked up Tuesday evening with a clear majority no one will ever hold them to account for trying to claim the election is too close to ever call.
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"In 2008, President Obama defeated GOP nominee John McCain 16-5 in Dixville Notch...."
Do you see where this is going?
You girls are going to see what Real Hope and Change look like today....
Do you see where this is going?
You girls are going to see what Real Hope and Change look like today....
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@11, look at it this way. If we went to a national popular vote, then not only would it pay for the GOP to disenfranchise people in Florida and Pennsylvania, it would also pay for them to disenfranchise people in Texas, Oklahoma, etc. etc. You would see what is happening in Florida playing out all across the red states. I'm not saying it would be worse than the status quo, since those states already go Republican, but at least it gives me pause.
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@12, I'm assuming you don't spend a lot of time leaving comments on porn videos explaining how no one cares about them. Political news, however trivial, is porn to some of us. It may not be your cup of tea, but let us do our thing.
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@12 - And?? You can't just leave us with that loose thread! What color was it? How firm? What did you eat to get yourself to this landmark achievement? What's next for your butt? Dammit, Urgutha, what's the story here?
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@16, I could only imagine the Republican fuckery in major metro cities that vote blue in Blue states (NYC, Buffalo, LA, Seattle, etc) if we got rid of the EC. With the current system it makes no sense to go to these areas and try to suppress big chunks of voters because it's so lopsided but with a popular vote it could be important
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In 2008 Obama beat McCain by 16 to 5 (in tinpot Hicksville). This year, the result is 5-5. Did six people leave town? Or die? Seems odd that the loss of six probably old white men would lose votes for Obama.
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@21: Blue cities in blue states are in control of their own destiny. I just stood in line for 3.5 hours to vote in Brooklyn, with nary a Republican in sight. The question is blue parts of red states. Think Houston or Atlanta or Salt Lake City.
@23: Fair enough. I also assumed I was the only one, so that's two wrong assumptions.
@23: Fair enough. I also assumed I was the only one, so that's two wrong assumptions.
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How does a town of 10 people function? Is there a town council? A mayor? I'm guessing the roads are in terrible shape.
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