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The media said they might start giving out information between 5-6pm EST.
 
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Borek said:
What time does voting end? NY time please, this one I know how to convert to MR (my room) time.

Or just tell me how many hours to the end, so that I can use my abacus :wink:

This was posted yesterday by Coin about poll closing times across the country:
http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3641
 
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It ends at different places in different states, Borek. Go to CNN.com for a map of poll-closing times.
http://www.cnn.com/

Bear in mind that in most locations, the line is cut off (at the back) at poll-closing time, but that the polling places remain open until the people already in line get a chance to vote. There could be some really long nights for poll-workers this time around.
 
If Obama wins, it'll be the first time that I am older than the president.

2004 Presidential election
Code: 
                 Bush         Kerry
Popular vote  62,040,610   59,028,444 
Percentage       50.7%        48.3%
Total Bush+Kerry = 121,069,054

2000 Presidential election
Code: 
                 Bush         Gore
Popular vote  50,456,002   50,999,897 
Percentage       47.9%        48.4%
Total Bush+Gore = 101,455,899

I wonder if close to 140 or 150 million people will vote, or more?

Numbers from Wikipedia.
 
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Evo said:
The media said they might start giving out information between 5-6pm EST.

6 PM EST is when Indiana supposedly closes except for Gary and the SW corner.
 
what time are the results going to be announced?
 
Astronuc said:
If Obama wins, it'll be the first time that I am older than the president.
I hadn't thought of that! And despite your gray hair, I've got a number of years on you, too. If I send Obama a congratulatory note, should I start it out "Good job, you whippersnapper."?
 
john16O said:
what time are the results going to be announced?
They will be announced continuously, as they are tabulated. The whole process will take several hours, but if the numbers are not very close, the race may be over for all practical purposes by as early as about 8:30-9pm EST or thereabouts.
 
john16O said:
what time are the results going to be announced?

When the polls close in a particular state, they begin to announce results for the state.

See the map link below for those times:
http://www.swingstateproject.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=3641

For National results I think they are supposed to hold off calling it for the polls to close on the West Coast. But if it's a landslide they may have difficulty keeping a lid on it. After all they all of them want to be the first to call it.
 
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Borek said:
What time does voting end? NY time please, this one I know how to convert to MR (my room) time.

Or just tell me how many hours to the end, so that I can use my abacus :wink:

The BBC have a good rundown of the expected proceedings of the evening (for those of us that don't know too much about American politics). Times are in GMT: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7705795.stm
 
Could be an exciting night. I'll be reading a book - and not listening to the news.

BBC said:
Too close to call: Colorado, Virginia, North Carolina, Indiana, Montana, Missouri, North Dakota, Georgia, Arizona

Swing states now and in 2004: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida
 
lol if obama wins I am defiantly saving the newspaper tomorrow. That way 30 years down the road I can show my kids that I was around for the electing of the first black president.
 
LowlyPion said:
For National results I think they are supposed to hold off calling it for the polls to close on the West Coast. But if it's a landslide they may have difficulty keeping a lid on it. After all they all of them want to be the first to call it.
There is no such universal policy. For instance, the NBC policy requires only that they not call a winner until 270 EVs have been passed by a single candidate. But if those votes have been called before say, Cali is done voting, they will still name the winner. That's unlikely to happen, of course, unless Obama has a great day, but there is a good chance that the winner will be called before Hawaii (and probably Alaska too) are done.
 
jtbell said:
Okay, everybody, this is it. Polls are open now in the eastern USA. Get out there and vote, unless of course you're in an early-voting state and have done it already, and then buy some popcorn for watching the election results tonight.

I'm going to do it right after my 10:00 class.

Woop woop just voted for Obamarama!

Heres the interesting thing. I talked to a friend who him and his dad I thought would vote McCain for sure. They both voted Obama.
 
Cyrus said:
Woop woop just voted for Obamarama!

Heres the interesting thing. I talked to a friend who him and his dad I thought would vote McCain for sure. They both voted Obama.
That IS good news. I wonder how many conservative people will look at the radical policies of the GOP for the last 8 years, and flip to Obama...
 
yeah and I wonder how many racist people are exercising their right to vote for the first time EVER. People in their 40s who have never voted before but decide to vote today to keep a black man out of office. How many people who said they are voting for obama will second guess themselves when its time to pull the lever. I am a McCain supporter, but i think that that kind of behavior is sad. People should not vote based on skin color, but rather for whom they think is the better candidate. I think McCain will surprisingly win because of this...
 
There are reports that a Deerfield Beach (FL) polling place in a black neighborhood had hundreds of voters in line, with only ONE voting machine. Later in the day, 7 more machines were delivered. Right now, the reports are hitting the blogosphere, so I can't post links, but the major media ought to be picking this stuff up.
 
john16O said:
People in their 40s who have never voted before but decide to vote today to keep a black man out of office.

I think you are talking about people that are worried for their jobs. If they have any dog in the fight it's not their race, it's their jobs and I seriously doubt that anyone but a Fortune 500 CEO is thinking McCain will be good for their job.
 
LowlyPion said:
I seriously doubt that anyone but a Fortune 500 CEO is thinking McCain will be good for their job.

A private contractor for the military?
 
drankin said:
How would McCain be bad for our jobs?
Have you not noticed the economy lately? Businesses closing? People getting laid off?
 
Evo said:
Have you not noticed the economy lately? Businesses closing? People getting laid off?

What's that got to do with McCain? That certainly does not answer my question.
 
Good news, My state is doing away with the Die-Bold scam, I mean voting machines after this election and going back to paper.
 
drankin said:
How would McCain be bad for our jobs?

We need fiscal responsibility and despite McCain's big talk about cutting expenses - he can't - and adherence to trickle down economics - we can see it doesn't work - and his life long devotion to deregulation that only guarantees further abuse with another crisis in healthcare on the launching pad with his idiotic privatizations and another crisis building as he extends his ideas to Social Security.

All in all I'd say his proposed policies are a toxic brew of ill thought out schemes designed not to solve any problem other than to get him elected. Any further weakening of the economy by someone erratic like McCain will of course not be good for jobs.
 
LowlyPion said:
We need fiscal responsibility and despite McCain's big talk about cutting expenses - he can't - and adherence to trickle down economics - we can see it doesn't work - and his life long devotion to deregulation that only guarantees further abuse with another crisis in healthcare on the launching pad with his idiotic privatizations and another crisis building as he extends his ideas to Social Security.

All in all I'd say his proposed policies are a toxic brew of ill thought out schemes designed not to solve any problem other than to get him elected. Any further weakening of the economy by someone erratic like McCain will of course not be good for jobs.

yeah so let's spread the wealth!..uh no! Let's say you make straight As in college and I make straight Ds. Let's Average them out and well both get Cs? Same idea as obamas' economic policy. Socialism. I work hard and go to college and study my butt of so that way I DON'T make as much money as someone who is contributing nothing to society. If you want this, than move to Sweden where everyone is on an equal scale..lol
 
LowlyPion said:
We need fiscal responsibility and despite McCain's big talk about cutting expenses - he can't - and adherence to trickle down economics - we can see it doesn't work - and his life long devotion to deregulation that only guarantees further abuse with another crisis in healthcare on the launching pad with his idiotic privatizations and another crisis building as he extends his ideas to Social Security.

All in all I'd say his proposed policies are a toxic brew of ill thought out schemes designed not to solve any problem other than to get him elected. Any further weakening of the economy by someone erratic like McCain will of course not be good for jobs.

At least this is an answer, even if only an unsupported opinion.