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https://twitter.com/BarackObama
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Now australian news channels can show australian news again :D
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me gusta obama
That discussion on Skype holy fuck.
Lets parteh
I voted for Obama because hes black.
Election Results
obama feel happy :w00t:
romney feel sad :*:
i feel nothing :ott1:
I voted for mitt Romney cause he has magical underwear and he wants to wage war with muslim. that's fine by me.
Overall a pretty amazing election... Colorado legalizes weed period. A few others pass medical marijuana, (cant remember which off the top of my head)
Main, Maryland, Washington, and most likely Minnesota legalize gay marriage.
Oh, and Obama won. Niiccccce.
Can someone please explain if it's actually over?
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There are some states with less than 50% reporting. What is it?
Also last election had over 120mil popular votes and atm only 102mil are in. Wouldn't 20+mil votes change outcome for couple of states giving more votes to romney?
Yes it is actually over... please remember that the popular vote does not decide the president, the electoral college does.
(Current EV counts are 303/203, leaving Alaska and Florida out of the mix currently.)
We already heard Romney's concession speech, and Obama's acceptance speech is getting ready right now.
(http://www.youtube.com/politics)
But I thought popular vote decides who gets EV from the state?Quote:
Originally Posted by Wucas
270 is the majority of electoral votes to get the win. Obama is at 303, and Romney is at 203, even though Florida isn't finished counting their votes.Quote:
Originally Posted by jM2.me
For those of you who do not know how the electoral college works
Electoral college are appointed individuals per each state. Depending on population, these numbers change, usually following the same amount of individuals as those who are in the House of Representatives.
How does this electoral college work? Each state votes and depending on which way the vote slides the electoral college (usually) follows suit. If you win the majority vote, you get all the electoral college. Example, my state has 6 electoral votes. Even though Obama recieved ~40% of the vote, Romney received all of the electoral votes because Romney simply had a higher popular vote.
There are conditions in which the electoral college doesn't have to follow the popular vote or give all its votes to the winner of a state. An example of this is Nebraska in 2008 who gave 1 electoral vote to Obama and all the others to McCain, even though McCain clearly won the state.
As soon as the electors know their decision they vote, even in the case that not all of the individuals have voted. In Alaska some polls are still open, yet Obama has won.
TL;DR: Popular vote is just for show. In actuality 538 people actually decide who will be president, and although they usually follow what the people want, it isn't a rule.
For more info, see CGP Grey On Youtube;
How the Electoral College Work
The Trouble with the Electoral College
What If the Electoral College is Tied?
^ this.
Come time the presidential election takes place, your vote doesn't mean shit in regards to who becomes president. If you think it does then you need a reality check.
And not a single fuck was given.
yayyy I have to drive my friends to colorado now, wooooooot!
Indeed, in some states your vote really is useless, you can vote Obama as much as you want in Texas etc, but he will never win, however a vote on Romney would not have helped either, because he already won there anyway. Only votes in swing states have any use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron
Wasn't it in 2000 that while Bush won, his opponent had more votes.
Anyway this is good, Presidents always do more in their second term, simply because they don't have to worry about re-elections.
I wonder if he will stop the wars this time or will he still be all like "nope lol"
He already made progress to end the war. He stopped Iraq and now AfghanistanQuote:
Originally Posted by exclamatio
Though it could have been stopped by 2011 (i believe), It's always being pushed back. USA has no use for fighting there anymore, since Osama is dead - I'm pretty sure the only reason they are still there is because Afghanistan is requesting their support. If they leave, they leave knowing that thousands of afghans are going to die, sinceal-Qaeda still has alot of powerQuote:
Originally Posted by exclamatio
But there's alot of history (that may not even be available to public) that keeps the US army there.
Alot of people think they're still there just for the money, which could be true too
Regardless of Population Votes or Electoral Votes, Obama won in both after all the votes were counted up.
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303 - 206
Well deserved too imo.
Yes that is correct, Al Gore won with 500,000 popular vote, but lost by 5 electoral college votes.Quote:
Originally Posted by GohanSSJ
(I live in one of those states that hasn't voted Democratic for over half a century (Kansas); The Bible belt sucks.)
Also, on the Colorado Legal Marijuana stuff, if I read right it doesn't come into effect until Jan 2014, so don't stat planning trips just yet ;D. (Washington may be sooner though)