Election 2004
BREAKING NEWS: BUSH WINS!!!!!!!!!!!! Kerry must win EVERY remaining state to tie the electoral vote at 269:269, in which case, the vote will go to the Republican-controlled congress and Bush will win. George Bush is re-elected!
ELECTION BLOG
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Indications from Florida’s early voting returns are the Bush has an 8% advantage over Kerry.
UPDATE 1: Guam goes to Bush by a nearly 2 to 1 margin.
UPDATE 2: Earliest exit polls in battleground states show:
Ohio Tied
Florida Kerry +2
Penn. Kerry+2-4
Wisconsin Kerry+4
Michigan Kerry+2
New Hampsire Bush +7
UPDATE 3: Early results being “tracked” by CNN.com are just stupid. Only five million votes have been counted and CNN already has Bush winning 6 southern states and Kerry winning 9 states(New England States and Illlinois).
Bush 2,830,229 66 (electoral vote)
Kerry 2,154,936 77 (electoral vote)
Nader 15,721 0
Wouldn’t it be weird or perhaps weird karmic justice if Bush were to win the popular vote but lose the Electoral vote?
Early Florida results are 1,000,000 for Bush and 800,000. That’s 55% to Bush.
UPDATE 4:
Bush took North Carolina, John Edwards’ home state. That is 15 more electoral votes. Bringing the total to 81 electoral votes for Bush and 77 for Kerry.
South Carolina is leaning Bush, which would give 8 more votes to Bush and an 89 to 77 electoral vote in Bush’s favor.
Bush also expected to take Virginia, which would give 13 electoral votes to Bush and a 102 to 77 electoral in favor of Bush.
UPDATE 5: Don’t tell me the media isn’t biased. On NBC, Tom Brokaw interviewed John Dean then went right into an interview with Kerry’s oldest daughter. He has gone into the past five commercial breaks with shots of crowds chanting “KERRY! KERRY! KERRY!” No sign of Bush supporters or Bush campaign people.
UPDATE 6: Huge boost for Bush who is projected to take Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, and Wyoming. Kerry is projected to pick up New York and Rhode Island.
This would bring the electoral count to 156 for Bush and 112 for Kerry.
UPDATE 7 (11:31am): Mississippi and Louisiana go to Bush bringing the electoral total to 171 to Bush and 112 to Kerry.
Current popular vote:
George W. Bush (REP)* 12,884,813 53%
John F. Kerry (DEM) 11,178,038 46%
Ralph Nader (IND) 53,718 0%
UPDATE 8 (12:04pm): Utah has gone to Bush. There was never any doubt about that. They day Utah votes to put a Democrat in the Whitehouse, is the day that Hell freezes over (the traditionally born-again fiery Hell…not Dante’s already frozen Hell). It is odd because Utah routinely puts Democrats in governor slots and a mayor slots, but never even close in presidential elections. Anyway, it is 5 votes for Bush.
Arkansas also went to Bush for 6 more votes. Thus, the current electoral total is 182 to Bush and 112 to Kerry.
UPDATE 9 (12:18pm):
Missouri goes to Bush. Bush picks up the 11 electoral votes to bring the total to 193 Bush and 112 Kerry.
UPDATE 10 (12:53pm): Big score for Kerry as NBC projects Penn. for Kerry and Arizona to Bush. The electoral vote now sits at Bush 203 to Kerry’s 133.
UPDATE 11 (1:30pm): Another big score for Kerry with California and Hawaii. The electoral votes have narrowed to 207 for Bush and 199 for Kerry. It should be noted that Bush has not yet lost a state that he won in 2000, and Kerry has not lost a state that Gore won. So far, it is an exact repeat of the 2000 election.
UPDATE 12 (2:00pm): Oregon has been called for Kerry. This brings the race to a dead head with 207 electoral votes to Bush and 206 to Kerry. Still no change from the 2000 election.
UPDATE 13 (2:15pm): Montana (3 votes) and Florida (27 votes have been called for Bush). This opens up Bush’s lead to 237 over Kerry’s 206.
UPDATE 14 (2:24pm): NBC is calling Colorado for Bush. Colorado’s 9 electoral votes raises Bush’s total to 246 over Kerry’s total of 206. Again, this is still the same as in the 2000 election. Howevet, at this point, Kerry MUST win Ohio in order to take the presidency.
UPDATE 15 (2:24pm): NBC CALLS OHIO FOR BUSH! Bust takes 20 more votes and the election is all but re-elected. Add three more for Alaska and that brings the total to 269 votes for Bush and 216 to Kerry after adding Minn.