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2016 Postmortem

oldhippydude

(2,514 posts)

5. thats for sure...

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 3, 2012, 01:03 AM

Dec 2012

however a lot can happen in 8 years.. we need to nibble away at the red districts as the demographics change... we will take a few more each election... of course ultimately we need a majority in 20..

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Popular vote update. [View all] hrmjustin Dec 2012 OP

Thanks. We got some major wins this year, but it's never over. freshwest Dec 2012 #1

When all is said and done the President will probably win by over 5 million votes. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #2

That meme will never die. Nor should it. Jennicut Dec 2012 #8

And apparently, House Dems are up to a margin of 1 million votes democrattotheend Dec 2012 #3

We won the popular vote in the house races of PA but got only 5 seats out of 18. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #4

thats for sure... oldhippydude Dec 2012 #5

The gerrymandering needs to be challenged in court as a violation of civil rights. Coyotl Dec 2012 #6

and we won the popular vote in House races in NC dsc Dec 2012 #17

This needs some media attention! n/t jenmito Dec 2012 #7

UPDATE-Obama up to 65,352,349, Romney up to only 60,708,091: jenmito Dec 2012 #9

This is a great site to bookmark. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #10

Yeah. I have it bookmarked. Maybe you should put it in your OP. n/t jenmito Dec 2012 #11

For some reason my link button does not work properly. hrmjustin Dec 2012 #12

OK. Well, people can see it here. Obama NOW has 65,361,826 to Romney's 60,715,131. n/t jenmito Dec 2012 #14

Looks like Obama will soon be officially at 51 percent or higher VirginiaTarheel Dec 2012 #13

UPDATE: Obama up to 65,398,040 (50.95%) & Romney at 60,732,794 (47.32%). n/t jenmito Dec 2012 #15

UPDATE: Obama-65,423,211 (50.96%) Romney- 60,748,955 (47.32%). n/t jenmito Dec 2012 #16

How many votes are still outstanding NewJeffCT Dec 2012 #18

Somebody called this a "landslide". qwlauren35 Dec 2012 #19

332 EVs to 206EVs IS a landslide. n/t jenmito Dec 2012 #20