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2012 US Presidential Election
Nikkoru:
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--- Quote from: vicious796 on November 05, 2012, 03:25:56 PM ---Bad news for President Obama - the Redskins lost to the Panthers yesterday. Only once, since 1940, has the Redskins matchup been wrong and that was in 2004 with Bush v. Kerry. Every other time, the current party holding the seat has won or lost as the Redskins have
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One has to wonder how great a precedent is when the only recent exception is the last time it could have occurred.
While we're on the subject though, XKCD had a nice recent comic on precedents.
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It's not the last time it could have occurred. It's by party - not by person. Of course the whole thing's coincidence (also, the Alabama vs. LSU superstition favors Obama, which turns the debate to college football vs. NFL) but it's a shit ton better than the 150 commercials I have to watch every night here in VA.
I swear to you, I sat through an entire hour television show last night and every single commercial was an election ad. Every. Single. One.
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At this point they might as well just buy their own networks -- like the Democrat/Republican version of QVC or something.
Burkingam:
Nice! Look what I found!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2012/nov/06/america-elect-graphic-novel?fb=native
vicious796:
I understand WHY the press isn't allowed to have any poll numbers until 5PM EST, but I'd really like to know where the east coast states are leaning right now. Like most people with a brain, I'm fairly positive Obama will win the election, but I want to know by how much.
Burkingam:
--- Quote from: vicious796 on November 06, 2012, 05:06:21 PM ---I understand WHY the press isn't allowed to have any poll numbers until 5PM EST, but I'd really like to know where the east coast states are leaning right now. Like most people with a brain, I'm fairly positive Obama will win the election, but I want to know by how much.
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Personally, I'd like to see a meta-survey of how many people think Romney is gonna win.
occasional:
Wednesday's South Park episode is called "Obama wins"
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