WallStreetNobody
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:18 AM
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What Time Will Election Results Start Rolling In? |
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I'm overseas in Asia for business and want to make sure to watch the results as soon as they start coming in, what time do you think that will start in EST? 7pm? 8pm? later?
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mucifer
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:23 AM
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1. after the last state ends it's voting the tallys start coming in. |
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:26 AM
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2. Really? I thought they started coming in after each state closes its polls |
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the last state doesn't close until past midnight.
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:28 AM
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Results will start rolling in and networks will project (when they can) after polls close in a particular state.
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:41 AM
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8. there will be projections starting right at 7:00 est, but it will be an hour or so before anything |
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interesting is tabulated. Only the blow outs can be projected early
I expect the best stuff to be from about 7:30 - 10:30 est
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:41 AM
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9. The poster below says it's not until all state polls close |
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to dissuade people in later time zones from not voting.
I vaguely remember that. So are you sure?
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:35 AM
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6. They can't recite the results until every state has finished their voting or it |
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would turn people away from the polls. The results therefore might be very late if there are long lines and machine problems.
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Tallison
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:42 AM
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10. I vaguely remember this from past elections |
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But the folks upthread demure.
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:54 AM
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14. once the entire state closes it's polls the projections start. Remember Florida in 2000? |
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the problem there was that a tiny corner in the western panhandle is on central time while the rest of the state is on eastern. This caused a big part of the fuck up because they started talking about Florida an hour before the polls closed in that part of the state.
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Sun Nov-02-08 09:12 AM
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15. Thanks for the reminder n/t |
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:42 AM
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11. until each state.. not until every state.. We don't need to wait for Hawaii to talk about New York |
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:26 AM
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3. IN and KY close at 6:00 ET. |
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:29 AM
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5. That's perfect, thanks! |
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:37 AM
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7. That's a very cool map |
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We'll start getting an idea at 6:00 PM, with IN's poll's closing. If the state is "too close to call", it will be good news because the Chicago East Side (North West IN), will have a lot of Obama support. But I'm not sure if the networks will call a state before all the polls in that state have closed. I hope they won't and will wait until 7:00 to call IN one way or the other.
I can't believe it will end in two days. Wow.
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:51 AM
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13. I think it will take some time until IN (and other close states) is called. |
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It took hours in the primary because the results were so close after Gary reported.
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Sun Nov-02-08 09:58 AM
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16. The bulk of Indiana will close at 6 PM EST, close statewide at 7 PM EST. |
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If Indiana isn't called for McCain at 7 PM EST, then it's all over. I'll go out on a limb and declare that.
If Indiana is too close to call at 7 PM EST, then we could be looking at an Obama landslide.
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Sun Nov-02-08 08:48 AM
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12. Thank you very much for this, just sent it to everyone in my family. |
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