Election Predictions/Results Thread

[N8]

I predict no real change in the status quo.

[H8R]

I predict no real change in the status quo.

You mean you will stubbornly keep posting your delusions?

[dante]

massive electoral fraud?

[BurlyShirley]

I seriously wonder what's going to happen in TN. Im predicting the republican (corker) will win even though he has really said NOTHING of substance in his entire campaign. All he says is "strong family values" over and over, and I bet that will be enough. The Democrat, Harold Ford Jr. is just a little too black to win in Tn. That's about the long and short of it.

[N8]

It's amusing that this election is so close since the DNC says most Americans hate the current GOP controlled government...

This should have been a slam-dunk for them

[H8R]

This should have been a slam-dunk for them

See BS's post above, the GOP has an army of stupid old people.

[N8]

See BS's post above, the GOP has an army of stupid old people.

It the much touted "Blue Tidal Wave" merely a weak stream of pee-pee..?

[jimmydean]

There will be little or no change here. I don't want to call other states to early, but Oregon is so blue it's nearly aqua with the green party folk.

[$tinkle]

This should have been a slam-dunk for themwe need to distance ourselves from this phrase

[skinny mike]

more than likely, all those who get elected or stay will still suck. just some will(hopefully) be on a slightly lower level of suckitude.

[H8R]

It the much touted "Blue Tidal Wave" merely a weak stream of pee-pee..?

More like a Blue Haired Tidal Wave of people who can't hold their pee-pee.

[N8]

i voted at lunchtime here.

i was the only 'youngster' under 65 in the place...

:)

[Echo]

I've already voted 12 times. Last time I made it to 19 before they caught on, I'm hoping for a personal best this time.

[peter6061]

I've already voted 12 times. Last time I made it to 19 before they caught on, I'm hoping for a personal best this time.So that's how Bush beat Gore in 2000.....

[N8]

So that's how Bush beat Gore in 2000.....


sorry, but no... algore actually sucked that bad.

[Old Man G Funk]

Let's not forget all the gerrymandering done by incumbents to ensure that incumbents continue to get elected. Even if people are dissatisfied, challengers always face a rather large, uphill battle.

[N8]

Let's not forget all the gerrymandering done by incumbents to ensure that incumbents continue to get elected. Even if people are dissatisfied, challengers always face a rather large, uphill battle.

this shouldn't matter squat if the dem's message is what the voters want....

[sanjuro]

Ah N8, living the Deep South, totally against change...

[Echo]

this shouldn't matter squat if the dem's message is what the voters want....
I wonder why they even bothered to make it illegal then :huh:

[peter6061]

sorry, but no... algore actually sucked that bad.And what did we get? How much better could GWB have been to only win by a margin that required a recount in Florida. At this point, I'm surprised a Giant Douche didn't win... oh wait.

[Changleen]

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/11/experts_senate_.html#more

Originally posted: November 6, 2006
Experts: Senate will go Democratic

Posted by Frank James at 9:10 pm CST

In their final, pre-election forecast in what is called Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball, Sabato and David Wasserman of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics predict Democrats will win control of both the Senate and House, with Democrats picking up six Senate seats and 29 House seats.

Their analyses of the races makes worthwhile reading, especially their take on the race they have probably followed the closest, the freakish Virginia Senate race between Sen. George Allen, the Republican, and Democrat James Webb, the former Reagan Administration Navy Secretary who was a Republican until he switched parties to make the Senate race.

Here's what they say about the Allen-Webb race:

Jim Webb (D) will unseat Sen. George Allen (R). Of course we're not counting him out altogether, and no one remembers better than us that Virginia was the grand exception to the GOP wave of 1994 (is this Senate seat jinxed?). Nonetheless, Allen's slow self-destruction has been nothing short of breathtaking, and we at the Crystal Ball are still somewhat shocked to find ourselves at the epicenter of the fight for the Senate.

Let's get one thing out of the way: the evolution of this race's closeness has had little to do with Jim Webb or his campaign's efforts and almost everything to do with Allen's self-inflicted wounds, which have made voters' memories of his leadership of a "silicon Dominion" in the 1990's as governor less accessible and have recast him as more of a strictly "Red America" politician. A coordinated attack on Webb's fiction writing may have been the last straw, as the move was roundly criticized by editorial writers. All the alarm bells for Allen are now ringing: he is stuck at about 45 percent in most surveys, the Webb side (an entourage of Governors Wilder, Warner, and Kaine) is clearly being met with more enthusiastic receptions on the stump, and most sources tell us the GOP is headed for major carnage in the Commonwealth's largest vote trove, Northern Virginia. Much as the toppling of Democratic Sen. Tom Daschle came to symbolize the GOP's Senate triumph in 2004, the once-unthinkable defeat of Allen would put an exclamation point on Democrats' wins this year.

They have Democrat Claire McCaskill beating Republican Sen. Jim Talent in Missouri and Democrat Jon Tester defeating Sen. Conrad Burns, the Republican, in Montana.

Even if Democrat Rep. Harold Ford loses his Senate race in Tennessee to Republican Bob Corker, so long as the Democrats hold all their contested seats, which Sabato and Wasserman believe they will, the Senate would go Democratic by a slim margin.

[sanjuro]

That's all the talk around the Bay Area, annointing Pelosi as the new speaker, but I think it is premature and akin to discussing the Red Sox's chances in the Bronx.

[BurlyShirley]

I just want to give my stance on this whole thing:

I really could care less about party affiliation, what bugs me are the current issues. The ones that the republicans are pushing the forefront (gay marriage, terror, abortions, church and state) could really be dealt with any time. What concerns me are the immediate issues (Iraq, deficit, oil, immigration, CORRUPTION) and the republicans just seem to be ignoring them or saying "We're making progress" but I just dont see it. Im for whichever candidate is looking at the pertinant, immediate issues and has a plan for dealing with them. That's it. The "family values" card is so tired, and after the Clinton/Lewinski mishap, it was a great move I suppose to get votes from old folks and the religious right. But there are simply much more pressing issues than that right now.
Where is Bin Laden?
Why is Iraq getting WORSE and why are MORE soldiers dying?
Where is the PLAN to make it better?
Why are govt. grants and scholarships being CUT when its obvious this country needs EVERYONE IT CAN AFFORD to be educated to keep up in this world?
Why sell off the natl. forests? Why?

I just want the right issues adressed. It has nothing to do with picking sides. I feel like alot of people see it the same way.

[Westy]

I just want to give my stance on this whole thing:

I really could care less about party affiliation, what bugs me are the current issues. The ones that the republicans are pushing the forefront (gay marriage, terror, abortions, church and state) could really be dealt with any time. What concerns me are the immediate issues (Iraq, deficit, oil, immigration, CORRUPTION) and the republicans just seem to be ignoring them or saying "We're making progress" but I just dont see it. Im for whichever candidate is looking at the pertinant, immediate issues and has a plan for dealing with them. That's it. The "family values" card is so tired, and after the Clinton/Lewinski mishap, it was a great move I suppose to get votes from old folks and the religious right. But there are simply much more pressing issues than that right now.
Where is Bin Laden?
Why is Iraq getting WORSE and why are MORE soldiers dying?
Where is the PLAN to make it better?
Why are govt. grants and scholarships being CUT when its obvious this country needs EVERYONE IT CAN AFFORD to be educated to keep up in this world?
Why sell off the natl. forests? Why?

I just want the right issues addressed. It has nothing to do with picking sides. I feel like alot of people see it the same way.

Unfortunately elections have never been about the issues. Since TV I think something like 95% of all presidential elections have gone the way of the taller better looking candidate. Hell we are voting on a constitutional amendment in VA that outlaws gay marriage, it is already illegal here. A law would never pass in this state allowing it, it is just a way of stirring up the "family" values votes. If people had to vote on things like the deficit they would have to make hard decisions like cutting spending or raising taxes.

[golgiaparatus]

I only saw infadels where I voted... mostly old infadels.

[Silver]

I just want the right issues adressed. It has nothing to do with picking sides. I feel like alot of people see it the same way.

Then you have to explain single issue voters and all those people who vote straight R or D tickets, no matter the candidate? "Yeah, Hitler's bad, but he's a Republican! The Democrats want to ban the Bible...gotta vote Republican!" or "Sure, Mao is a bit of a dick, but Republicans want to cut spending on Womyn's Action Coalition Diversity Councils! Gotta vote Mao, at least he's a Democrat!"

The fact that there are asshats who still have W and Kerry bumper stickers on their cars helps illustrate the fact that politics is more about cheerleading than issues in this country...

[jdschall]

My wife and I voted around 9 this morning. Seemed like my polling place had a pretty wide variety of ages. There was a really annoying number of referendums to read. Most of them made no sense whatsoever and I just hope I didn't vote to give my first born to the government or something else stupid.

One thing that was interesting is that we got to vote on a state constitutional ammendment that would require that state recreation lands can't be sold with out consent of the state congress. (Our fine upstanding governor recently tried to sell a bunch of state park land to developers to get some quick cash, f'ing bastard.)

We have the new electronic machines here in MD. I'm not sure about this whole electronic voting thing. In one sense, I liked it because you could correct and change your vote as many times as you like. On the other hand I really don't like that there is no paper trail. (so yeah, I'm with Dante, on that mass voter fraud thing he said...)

[narlus]

More like a Blue Haired Tidal Wave of people who can't hold their pee-pee.

now that's SOLID GOLD, jerry. :monkeydance:

[Beast]

There was a really annoying number of referendums to read. Most of them made no sense whatsoever and I just hope I didn't vote to give my first born to the government or something else stupid.

If you don't know what the referendum is saying, don't vote on it . . . try to be at least a little bit knowledgeable about your decisions.

Also - Ritter for Governor in Colorado
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DU Environmental Team (http://www.projectduet.com)
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University of Denver Environmental Team (http://www.projectduet.com)
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DUET in the dark (http://www.projectduet.com) Come on google . . .

[Jeremy R]

Unfortunately elections have never been about the issues. Since TV I think something like 95% of all presidential elections have gone the way of the taller better looking candidate.

Why are things like that not said more often?
They are simply true.
Good looks and also likability.
When Bush got elected the first time, I kept hearing people say things like, "Bush just seems like the kind of guy I liked to hang out with and share a beer with."
While that may be true, the kind of guy I like to share a beer normally ended up passed out in the front yard with his shirt off, but hey if thats who you want leading the country.
Kerry never stood a chance, with his cartoon Icabod Crane bobble head. That election was over before issue one. Ugly and unlikable.
Bad combo.

[Westy]

Why are things like that not said more often?
They are simply true.
Good looks and also likability.
When Bush got elected the first time, I kept hearing people say things like, "Bush just seems like the kind of guy I liked to hang out with and share a beer with."
While that may be true, the kind of guy I like to share a beer normally ended up passed out in the front yard with his shirt off, but hey if thats who you want leading the country.
Kerry never stood a chance, with his cartoon Icabod Crane bobble head. That election was over before issue one. Ugly and unlikable.
Bad combo.


The elections I remember

Movie Star vs Carter
Movie Star vs Mondale
Bush Sr. vs Dukaki
Clinton vs Bush Sr
Clinton vs Bob Dole
Shrub jr vs Gore (I'm no man beauty judge but that was a push, you could say so were the results)
Shrub jr vs horseface.

[kidwoo]

I always have and always will vote for nice hair.

[Westy]

I always have and always will vote for nice hair.

I want to know how they keep the hedges trimmed.

[Secret Squirrel]

I only saw infadels where I voted... mostly old infadels.

I want to start my own intifada....I'm not really sure what that means...but it sounds cool. :biggrin:

Buncha stuff

For being a Bears fan, you're alright! Unfortunately, common sense like that just doesn't work in the most uncommon of places....(i.e. DC) I'm with ya though.

[sanjuro]

I just want to give my stance on this whole thing:

I really could care less about party affiliation, what bugs me are the current issues. The ones that the republicans are pushing the forefront (gay marriage, terror, abortions, church and state) could really be dealt with any time. What concerns me are the immediate issues (Iraq, deficit, oil, immigration, CORRUPTION) and the republicans just seem to be ignoring them or saying "We're making progress" but I just dont see it. Im for whichever candidate is looking at the pertinant, immediate issues and has a plan for dealing with them. That's it. The "family values" card is so tired, and after the Clinton/Lewinski mishap, it was a great move I suppose to get votes from old folks and the religious right. But there are simply much more pressing issues than that right now.
Where is Bin Laden?
Why is Iraq getting WORSE and why are MORE soldiers dying?
Where is the PLAN to make it better?
Why are govt. grants and scholarships being CUT when its obvious this country needs EVERYONE IT CAN AFFORD to be educated to keep up in this world?
Why sell off the natl. forests? Why?

I just want the right issues adressed. It has nothing to do with picking sides. I feel like alot of people see it the same way.

You know, I would have agreed with you last week. But a friend of mine is in Colorado working for Angie Paccione. I was making fun of Angie until I read more about the incumbent, Marilyn Musgrave, who declared this year that gay marriage is the "number one issue" we face.

After reading about some of the Republican losers in Congress (particularily the Rolling Stone article), and the many problems, from coverups to corruption, to the fewest days worked; I realized the problems we face are not about individuals, but about a need for change in the leadership of our country.

Maybe if the Democratics ran things, we all be complaining about more Republicans, but we do need a change...

[macko]

Well I'm trying to flip back and forth between CNN, MSNBC, & Fox. It's all pretty interesting ... I hope the Republican/Conservatives feel like a pack of jackasses tomorrow morn.

[Reactor]

if the results so far are any indication, they will.

[macko]

Santorum just conceded and thanked God for his blessings. I could say something very funny and sac-relig but ... I'll refrain.

[Reactor]

If that pig J.D. Hayworth loses my day will be complete.

[N8]

Looks like the Dems are within 3 seats for control of the senate... but are those last 3 likey to fall?

They are within 11 of the House.

[jimmydean]

When Bush got elected the first time, I kept hearing people say things like, "Bush just seems like the kind of guy I liked to hang out with and share a beer with."

That reminds me of a funny article:

Long-Awaited Beer With Bush Really Awkward, Voter Reports (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/42590)

[N8]

Wow.... even in victory these losers (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=364)are foul-mouthed jerkoffs...

:disgust1:

[H8R]

Wow.... even in victory these losers (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=364)are foul-mouthed jerkoffs...

:disgust1:

Really?

May I quote the one of the last election's winners? Someone who was actually ELECTED, not some poor slob on a net forum?


"Go fvck yourself..."

[N8]

Really?

May I quote the one of the last election's winners? Someone who was actually ELECTED, not some poor slob on a net forum?


"Go fvck yourself..."

H8R is my new DU log on name...

:D

[H8R]

H8R is my new DU log on name...

:D

Make us proud, fvckface.

[Reactor]

Peterson is leading kyle in arizona....and that wasn't even predicted to be a close race.

[N8]

Dems need

3 for the Senate
5 for the House

[Reactor]

Giffords is about to take a rep seat for the dems.

[narlus]

Really?

May I quote the one of the last election's winners? Someone who was actually ELECTED, not some poor slob on a net forum?


"Go fvck yourself..."

typical right wing hypocrisy.

[N8]

Peterson is leading kyle in arizona....and that wasn't even predicted to be a close race.

link:
http://www.pima.gov/elections/results.htm

[Reactor]

Looks like AZ is going to get a $6.75 minimum wage, and isn't going to ban gay marriage(any more than it has already). The $1,ooo,ooo voter reward is going down in flames...

[BurlyShirley]

Looks like AZ is going to get a $6.75 minimum wage, and isn't going to ban gay marriage(any more than it has already). The $1,ooo,ooo voter reward is going down in flames...

TN banned teh gay marriage and Corker is a few points ahead.

[Reactor]

Also in AZ, if early results hold. (http://www.azcentral.com/elections/)

Probably pass:

No bail for illegal immigrants caught commiting a crime.
No punitive damages for illegal aliens in lawsuits
English to be the official language
State land trust lands to be preserved (big win for the mountain bikers!)
State-wide smoking ban in all public places (including bars abd resturants)
Humane treatment for farm animals
Increase in allowable municiple debt
Protection for gov siezure of your land "for the public good"
No instate tuition for Illegal aliens
banned probation for meth.
pay raise for leg.


Toss ups:
property tax relief
cig tax
Gay marriage


Probably defeated:

Million dollar voter reward.
Mail in ballots
Ban smoking in rest, not bars

[H8R]

Foley lost???


WTF??!!?1?1

[Reactor]

TN banned teh gay marriage and Corker is a few points ahead.

Corker is about 5% ahead with 25% of the vote, so looks like he's close to winning.

Kyle(r) is starting to pull away Petersen in AZ senate race. Gifford(d) has all but locked up former republican seat in the house.

[Reactor]

oh....the preservation of 694,000 acres of stateland trust land has flipped, now leaning (barely) towards defeat. Crap.

[Reactor]

JD Hayworth(r) is going down he's 7% behind with 12% of the vote left to count. He's need to win virtually every vote not counted to win.

[H8R]

8:18 PST - Fox News calls it: Dems control the house.

[blue]

Looks like the Democrats have taken the House...Senate is still a toss-up.

[Reactor]

Looks like the Democrats have taken the House...Senate is still a toss-up.

I doubt the dems will take the senate, reps are ahead in two many critical races.

[blue]

I doubt the dems will take the senate, reps are ahead in two many critical races.

Unless Tennessee or Missouri pull rabbits, looks like Dems fall one Senate seat short of a majority :(

[Transcend]

Looks like it comes down to Virginia, then conditional ballots tomorrow, then the lawyers and recounts. Ugh.

[N8]

Wow.... even in victory these losers (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=364)are foul-mouthed jerkoffs...

:disgust1:

Wow... first time since the 04 election I've surfed over to www.freerepublic.com what a contrast in civility.

[jdschall]

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/POLITICS/11/08/election.main/newt1.brn.tstr.wed.02.c.jpg

Conrad Burns (left), Republican Montana senatorial candidate.

http://www.hedonistica.com/archives/moshguy.jpg

Moshgirl and Straightedge boy

Separated at birth?

[Westy]

Wow... first time since the 04 election I've surfed over to www.freerepublic.com what a contrast in civility.

The difference being that as they civilly sit behind the computer they are secretly felching shaved men in gimp costumes.

[N8]

The difference being that as they civilly sit behind the computer they are secretly felching shaved men in gimp costumes.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42/vwgn/misc/ronaldgetsshowzy3.gif

[N8]

Looks like the race in MT is called for the Dem canidate

the leaves VA

[jimmydean]

Come on VA!

[blue]

Looks like dems have a 7000 vote lead in VA...I'm going to go ahead and call Senate for the Democrats.

Praise Jeebus.

[H8R]

Looks like dems have a 7000 vote lead in VA...I'm going to go ahead and call Senate for the Democrats.

Praise Jeebus.

Where are you hearing that? Maybe there is still hope for the Reps?

Come on Diebold, don't let us down now! Get glitchy wit it!

:twitch:

[Transcend]

CNN is now calling Va for the Dems (before any recounts anyways).

[Westy]

Come on VA!


I did my part. Let's see if I regret it.:twitch:

[narlus]

is N8 buying ammo?

[Transcend]

is N8 buying ammo?

Naw, he's gonna bury himself in weeping mortar.


Quoted for hilarity.

Election Predictions/Results Thread
I predict no real change in the status quo.

[$tinkle]

Where are you hearing that? Maybe there is still hope for the Reps?

Come on Diebold, don't let us down now! Get glitchy wit it!i voted w/ a diebold machine yesterday. the poll worker was watching my every move.

[blue]

i voted w/ a diebold machine yesterday. the poll worker was watching my every move.

I totally could've caused a green party landslide in my precinct...the crazy old poll workers didn't know their right hands from their left...I guess they had trouble starting the machines that morning. Shocking, they'd probably not come within 20 feet of a computer in their natural lives...

[Echo]

Quoted for hilarity.
New sig :D

[Transcend]

New sig :D

Borat says: NIIIICE. Great Success!

[narlus]

New sig :D

ahahaaaahaahaha!

[RenegadeRick]

Schlocking!

Politicians Sweep Midterm Elections (http://www.theonion.com/content/node/54918)

:clapping:

[stevew]

rockwool is going to hate this... (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3326053,00.html)

All those jews and only one muslim.