Obama 332, Romney 206

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6 responses to “Obama 332, Romney 206”

1. 

   JMPrince

   November 13, 2012

   Yes, Laughingstocks for the rest of the nation:
   http://wonkette.com/489403/a-childrens-treasury-of-ridiculous-write-in-votes-against-georgia-congressman-and-witchfinder-general-paul-broun

   “A CHILDREN’S TREASURY OF RIDICULOUS WRITE-IN VOTES AGAINST GEORGIA CONGRESSMAN AND WITCHFINDER GENERAL PAUL BROUN BY RICH ABDILL” JMP

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   JMPrince

   November 11, 2012

   More readings on Electoral Demography:

   A Reprise of the essential ‘Emerging Democratic Majority’: Via TPM:
   http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/forget-nate-silver-meet-the-guy-who-called-2012-in-2002.php?

   “Calling all 50 states the day before the election as Nate Silver did is one thing — predicting President Obama’s winning majority 10 years in advance is hard to top. Ruy Teixeira did. Since 2002, when Democrats were at a low point and sinking lower, Teixeira has consistently argued that long-term demographic trends pointed to brighter days ahead for the party. He and John Judis published a book that year, “The Emerging Democratic Majority,” that envisioned a governing majority in the next decade consisting of three rapidly growing voting blocs — women, minorities, and professionals”.

   But were did they get their data from? A Census report from 1995-96. See: “The Problem with a Really Tiny Tent”, & obvious to Census geeks for like 20 years. But no one knew when it would go off though. That’s what was hard to predict. Ditto for Ga.. perhaps, but a bit slower. Via Invictus @ The Big Picture:

   http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/11/the-problem-with-a-really-tiny-tent/

   JMP

3. 

   ire

   November 10, 2012

   Going to hazard a guess and say this is the first (and last) post on BfD from a bus in Hong Kong.

   Can’t imagine the post-election letdown of losing a POTUS race. As anyone know who has worked on a small race it sucks. Poor guy.

4. 

   JMPrince

   November 9, 2012

   Other things noted, We had more Votes for the US House than the GOP did:
   http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/08/house-candidates-votes_n_2096978.html

   And John Lewis gives us this good idea on reforming voting: http://brennan.3cdn.net/31aaaead7d170a6105_81m6ivezy.pdf

   JMP

5. 

   Tim Cairl

   November 9, 2012

   Candy Crowley has a great article on cnn.com about the grieving process post losing-campaign. It’s quite telling to hear past election stories.

6. 

   Auntie Vera

   November 8, 2012

   from Boing Boing/GQ

   “Of all the indignities involved in losing a presidential race, none is more stark than the sudden emptiness of your entourage. The Secret Service detail guarding Governor Romney since Feb 1. stood down quickly. He had ridden in a 15-car motorcade to the Intercontinental Hotel in Boston for his concession speech. He rode in a single-car motorcade back across the Charles River to Belmont. His son, Tagg, did the driving.”—GQ.