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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Obama 347 Romney 191 [View all]whttevrr
(2,345 posts)48. D'oh! So close...
But it looks like if Obama can pick up a few more votes in the final tally...
Romney might hit the magic percentage:
47%
From huff post:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/who-won-the-popular-vote-2012_n_2087038.html
As of this writing, Obama had a 58,720,700 (50.1%) to 56,145,950 (48.4%) lead on Mitt Romney for the popular vote.
(UPDATE: As of 2:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Obama has widened his popular vote lead. He now leads 60,193,076 or 50.4% to 57,468,587 or 48.1% with nearly all precincts reporting. Still no official word yet, however.)
(UPDATE (2): As of Noon on Friday, with nearly all votes in, Obama assuredly will win the popular vote, leading Romney by a count of 61,173,739 or 50.5% to 58,167,260 or 48.0%. At this point, a few final votes are being counted and then all that's left is for the results to be officially certified.)
(UPDATE: As of 2:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Obama has widened his popular vote lead. He now leads 60,193,076 or 50.4% to 57,468,587 or 48.1% with nearly all precincts reporting. Still no official word yet, however.)
(UPDATE (2): As of Noon on Friday, with nearly all votes in, Obama assuredly will win the popular vote, leading Romney by a count of 61,173,739 or 50.5% to 58,167,260 or 48.0%. At this point, a few final votes are being counted and then all that's left is for the results to be officially certified.)
48.4% to 48.1% to 48.0% to ?? I hope it goes down to 47% in the final tally.
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That's what they said in 2008. See Arizona & understand the coming Obama Landslide
johnlucas
Nov 2012
#16
But how did a state like NC that hadn't gone Blue since 1976 suddenly go Blue in 2008?
johnlucas
Nov 2012
#32
I could see Obama at 303 or 332 but this seems like a stretch especially in NC
craigmatic
Nov 2012
#14
Then that means all the polls are wrong which means we cannot use any of them. Like Ohio, etc.
Logical
Nov 2012
#36