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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:56 PM

alcibiades_mystery (28,385 posts)

CNN Popular Vote Tally: Obama Just Passed 3 Million Vote Margin

I've been watching this on and off all day. For the first time in the last 20 minutes or so, Obama's margin of victory over Romney just crossed 3 million votes. The numbers at present:

Obama: 61,164,405
Romney: 58,159,408

Margin: 3,004,997

Just as a note, Bush's margin over Kerry was 3,012,166.

Obama is within less than 8,000 votes of Bush's margin.

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31 replies	Author	Time	Post
CNN Popular Vote Tally: Obama Just Passed 3 Million Vote Margin (Original post)	alcibiades_mystery	Nov 2012	OP
YESS! Can you say "mandate"? HAHAH	snow2wake91	Nov 2012	#1
Can cnn, bob schieffer, and chuck todd say: "Obama	Cha	Nov 2012	#15
I Am Pretty Sure	1ProudAtheist	Nov 2012	#17
No, they shouldn't. President Obama has a Mandate. End of story.	Cha	Nov 2012	#19
+1 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#20
Same margin as the Bush "mandate"	grahamhgreen	Nov 2012	#23
welcome	Angry Dragon	Nov 2012	#24
you know when the Media was going on about how Romney may win the Popular Vote	JI7	Nov 2012	#2
Do I hear four? Four? Four?	aint_no_life_nowhere	Nov 2012	#3
FOUR!	snow2wake91	Nov 2012	#4
Welcome to DU	aint_no_life_nowhere	Nov 2012	#6
Thanks for the warm welcome!	snow2wake91	Nov 2012	#10
+1000 nt	ProudProgressiveNow	Nov 2012	#21
No, California will give a few tens of thousands.	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#8
I read something on the Internet this afternoon but can't find it now	aint_no_life_nowhere	Nov 2012	#12
San Diego alone still has 375,000 more to count	FreeState	Nov 2012	#25
And you honestly think all of those will go to Obama?	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#27
Over 1/2 of them will	FreeState	Nov 2012	#28
The point I will try to make is that when all is said and done	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#29
Now that the counting is almost done...	FreeState	Nov 2012	#30
Yes, I am actually surprised	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#31
In the words of Wolfie	Politicalboi	Nov 2012	#5
LIke the "debates".. wolf:	Cha	Nov 2012	#16
CNN reports...too close to call	nadinbrzezinski	Nov 2012	#7
Repukes all of sudden just stopped talking about the popular vote?	Thrill	Nov 2012	#9
If you believe the reports of millions still left to be counted...	TTUBatfan2008	Nov 2012	#11
Excellent! Between this and 332 EVs,	CakeGrrl	Nov 2012	#13
Nate Silver: Be careful about reports of down turnout. Perhaps still 10 million votes to be counted	Tx4obama	Nov 2012	#14
Let me know when Romney gets down to 47%. I wish it to be so. Sweet justice.....	yellowcanine	Nov 2012	#18
It is most definitely a mandate.	kentuck	Nov 2012	#22
How did that happen?	malaise	Nov 2012	#26

Response to alcibiades_mystery (Original post)

Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:58 PM

snow2wake91 (3 posts)

1. YESS! Can you say "mandate"? HAHAH

I have been waiting the past two days to hit that mark and I have a feeling it is going to keep increasing as the days go by =)

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Response to snow2wake91 (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:16 AM

Cha (124,395 posts)

15. Can cnn, bob schieffer, and chuck todd say: "Obama

Has A Mandate"? We know we do.

Welcome to DU, snow2wake

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Response to Cha (Reply #15)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:40 AM

1ProudAtheist (259 posts)

17. I Am Pretty Sure

That I heard today that President Obama lost at least 800,000 votes in the northeast because of Superstorm Sandy. Granted, those votes were not needed, but they should be taken into consideration when determining the size of the mandate.

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Response to 1ProudAtheist (Reply #17)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:49 AM

Cha (124,395 posts)

19. No, they shouldn't. President Obama has a Mandate. End of story.

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Response to snow2wake91 (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:51 AM

ProudProgressiveNow (3,239 posts)

20. +1 nt

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Response to snow2wake91 (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 02:42 AM

grahamhgreen (9,785 posts)

23. Same margin as the Bush "mandate"

Last edited Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:00 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

But it's a progressive mandate!

286 electoral vote was Bush's mandate - Obama got 332!

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Response to snow2wake91 (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:02 AM

Angry Dragon (24,073 posts)

24. welcome

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Response to alcibiades_mystery (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:01 AM

JI7 (40,055 posts)

2. you know when the Media was going on about how Romney may win the Popular Vote

and the idiots who dont' understand how votes are counted thought Romney was ahead based on republican areas being counted first ?

a lot of wingnuts were writing about how we need to switch to popular vote. and how unfair the system is.

but i haven't heard much about it since Obama got ahead in popular.

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Response to alcibiades_mystery (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:01 AM

aint_no_life_nowhere (18,936 posts)

3. Do I hear four? Four? Four?

Seems like much of California, Arizona, and Florida are left, no?

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Response to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:03 AM

snow2wake91 (3 posts)

4. FOUR!

If we hit FOUR that would be fitting since it's 4 MORE 4 44!

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:06 AM

aint_no_life_nowhere (18,936 posts)

6. Welcome to DU

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Response to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #6)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:10 AM

snow2wake91 (3 posts)

10. Thanks for the warm welcome!

This forum kept me sane during the weeks leading up to this amazing election =)

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:51 AM

ProudProgressiveNow (3,239 posts)

21. +1000 nt

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Response to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #3)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:09 AM

nadinbrzezinski (120,136 posts)

8. No, California will give a few tens of thousands.

Counties are dealing with absentee and provisionals at this point.

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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #8)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:30 AM

aint_no_life_nowhere (18,936 posts)

12. I read something on the Internet this afternoon but can't find it now

It projected far more than a few tens of thousand votes outstanding in California. Overall, it projected about a 3.9 million advantage to Obama when all the results from all the states are finally in.

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Response to aint_no_life_nowhere (Reply #12)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:20 AM

FreeState (7,431 posts)

25. San Diego alone still has 375,000 more to count

http://www.sdcounty.ca.gov/voters/results/election.xml

There are APPROXIMATELY 375000 Mail / Provisional ballots still to be counted

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Response to FreeState (Reply #25)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:21 AM

nadinbrzezinski (120,136 posts)

27. And you honestly think all of those will go to Obama?

I don't...

Now speaking of San Diego, keep your eye on the Bilbray Peters race.

There are a few local ones where it matters as well.

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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #27)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:34 PM

FreeState (7,431 posts)

28. Over 1/2 of them will

San Diego is the second largest city in CA - LA, which has even better numbers for Obama, just under 70% - http://rrccmain.co.la.ca.us/0012_FederalContest_Frame.htm -

There are a lot of outstanding votes in CA still - and those votes will increase the lead.

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Response to FreeState (Reply #28)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:04 PM

nadinbrzezinski (120,136 posts)

29. The point I will try to make is that when all is said and done

It will not be a million votes

This was a mandate level election, but when all votes are counted I will be shocked if you add 1,000,000 to the tally.

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Response to nadinbrzezinski (Reply #29)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 03:55 AM

FreeState (7,431 posts)

30. Now that the counting is almost done...

This was a mandate level election, but when all votes are counted I will be shocked if you add 1,000,000 to the tally.

November 8th count:

Obama: 61,164,405
Romney: 58,159,408
Margin: 3,004,997

Today:

Obama: 65,138,059
Romney: 60,606,054
Margin: 4,532,005

Difference = 1,527,008

So are you shocked?

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Response to FreeState (Reply #30)

Fri Nov 30, 2012, 10:56 AM

nadinbrzezinski (120,136 posts)

31. Yes, I am actually surprised

It s still a mandate.

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Response to alcibiades_mystery (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:04 AM

Politicalboi (9,439 posts)

5. In the words of Wolfie

It's still too close to call.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:17 AM

Cha (124,395 posts)

16. LIke the "debates".. wolf:

"it's a draw"

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Response to alcibiades_mystery (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:08 AM

nadinbrzezinski (120,136 posts)

7. CNN reports...too close to call

Was too tempting.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:09 AM

Thrill (16,951 posts)

9. Repukes all of sudden just stopped talking about the popular vote?

Wonder why?

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Response to alcibiades_mystery (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:19 AM

TTUBatfan2008 (2,805 posts)

11. If you believe the reports of millions still left to be counted...

This is going to end up being a 3.5 million vote win, maybe even bigger.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:37 AM

CakeGrrl (9,030 posts)

13. Excellent! Between this and 332 EVs,

The GOP will probably clam up about claiming 'no mandate' real quick.

Or maybe some clueless soul in the press pool will ask about it.

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Response to alcibiades_mystery (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:15 AM

Tx4obama (28,770 posts)

14. Nate Silver: Be careful about reports of down turnout. Perhaps still 10 million votes to be counted

Nate Silver Nate Silver ‏@fivethirtyeight

Be careful about reports of down turnout. Perhaps still 10 million votes to be counted.

http://twitter.com/fivethirtyeight/status/266698036548345856

Numbers regarding post election day ballot numbers here: http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/there-are-no-missing-voters

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Response to alcibiades_mystery (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:45 AM

yellowcanine (24,444 posts)

18. Let me know when Romney gets down to 47%. I wish it to be so. Sweet justice.....

Can it happen?

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Response to alcibiades_mystery (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 01:54 AM

kentuck (66,150 posts)

22. It is most definitely a mandate.

The election was the only way to resolve the stalemate between Congress and the Executive Branch. The people decided.

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Response to alcibiades_mystery (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:37 AM

malaise (105,918 posts)

26. How did that happen?

They said Rmoney was going to win the popular vote?

Is Trump in a straight jacket yet?

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