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brooklynite

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4. Um, it WAS close...
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 05:23 PM
Nov 2012

...The popular vote was split 50-48. Yes, the Electoral Vote was a blow-out, but the bottom line was that almost as many people voted against the President as voted for him.

KICK! patrice Nov 2012 #1
Maybe it helped us GOTV n/t doc03 Nov 2012 #2
I'm sure it did! Bake Nov 2012 #11
Even though I kept track of Nate Silver's 538 blog, I didn't think doc03 Nov 2012 #12
I thought president would win but GOP would steal Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #17
Because we needed extra votes to offset cheating Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #18
They should have listened to Nate. sadbear Nov 2012 #3
Um, it WAS close... brooklynite Nov 2012 #4
I dont think the networks didn't know . . . brush Nov 2012 #5
MAYBE they were secretly for Obama (it "is" the so-called liberal media, after all) Bake Nov 2012 #20
That's exactly right. I screamed so often at my TV that I was hoarse. Grammy23 Nov 2012 #6
The big difference is PsychProfessor Nov 2012 #7
ironically they did Obama a favor by keeping voters in lines and at the polls tomm2thumbs Nov 2012 #8
Like the way you think! Kber Nov 2012 #9
Yes, Nate's model was based on DEMs showing up Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #19
This DemocratSinceBirth Nov 2012 #10
I seem to recall a bunch of talking heads telling us Romney would win in a landslide... Scuba Nov 2012 #13
It's pretty frightening that it apparently never occurred to Romney that he might lose Gargoyle22 Nov 2012 #14
I agree. He really thought he was going to win. Can't fake that kind of devastation. sammytko Nov 2012 #16
They sure did brush Nov 2012 #21
One of the networks, I don't know which one... yashoo Nov 2012 #15
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